Egret Run Voice

Even though the root of a major problem was outlined  in the previous posting, AND we are now aware that there  is a difference between "SUCCESSIVE" and "CONSECUTIVE", AND even if the two words are interchangeable (which  they are not), AND if there actually was a RESOLUTION  (which there is not), to make a new by-law binding, all new  BY-LAW RESOLUTIONS must  be recorded.            Since 2018, the SC Homeowners Association            Act states the following: "In order to be enforceable,            all governing documents for a homeowners association            must be recorded in the public registry of the county            where the property is located.            To continue to be enforceable, governing documents not       ...

In one of the first posts on Egret Run Voice titled Egret Run History 1, the post stated two (2) major problems with the manner in which the ER BOD has continued to use information from the failed attempt to change the by-laws and the subsequent, but suspicious way the board has used an erroneous interpretation of the original by-laws to justify being elected to the board over and over and over, etc.  The two major problems are outlined below.  Problem 2 will be addressed in a separate post:    1                   PROBLEM: In order for the FERRIS family to stay on the ER BOARD, they needed to change the by-laws. The original law firm that constructed the ER By-laws correctly stated the wishes and will of the developers.   Even before the South Carolina Homeowners Association Act was enacted in 2018, they advised the developers that non-consecutive term limits would l...

Even though there were occupants in Egret Run in 1999, the Egret Run community held the first official organizational meeting on March 12, 2009.  AM Ferris had been on the developer board and wanted to remain on the board of the newly formed Egret Run Homeowner’s association.  Ferris was President of the BOD at the time.  It is unknown as to the desire to stay on the board of an HOA, but the Ferris family wanted to be able to stay on the ER BOD, seemingly, forever.  As was learned from a response to the SC DEPT of Consumer Affairs filing, a special meeting was convened in 2010, in an attempt by the BOD, with AM FERRIS AS PRESIDENT to change the by-laws to allow members of the ER BOD to run for and be elected over and over and over,  etc.    The vote to change the by-laws failed.   Then, the ER BOD, once again with a FERRIS as PRESIDENT engaged an attorney, probably on retainer with the management company at that time, who wrote an op...

  In our neighborhood, there is one family, the FERRIS family, who, by any means possible, has been able to serve on the ER BOD, with a few exceptions continuously for more than 12 years.   And after being asked many times, how an EGRET RUN board member can stay on the board over and over again, I finally figured it out.  STAY TUNED FOR MORE.  IT IS NOT A SHORT STORY!

  S tate legislators who refuse to create adequate accountability and oversight of the approximately 6500 HOA’s operating in South Carolina, and the property management companies who know exactly how to manipulate and exploit the HOA system of governance for their indirect benefit.    As Noble often stipulates, they work “at the pleasure of the board” which hires them and approves their annual contract.    Seems like their main objective is to ensure another contract for another year, without much care for the general members.  

  An HOA management company will most often, if asked,   claim they work for the good of the community, but if that were really true, there would not be a growing number of complaints against HOA management companies.   According to direct reporting from the SC DEPT of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, of all complaints reported in recent years since reporting began in 2018, property management conflict is number two, behind the number one HOA complaint, not following the by-laws.  For the fourth straight year, management companies along the Grand Strand have more complaints filed against them than any other area of South Carolina.

  Blogger is simple to use way to really share ideas of how to make EGET RUN a better community in which to live. The name of this new communication will be EGRET RUN VOICE.   iI hope you will take the time to become familiar with BLOGGER.   Thanks, Ben Pittman UNIT 111