Hawaiian Shores -- Was it the Rapture?

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We arrived and stood there -- alone; we figured we must have been left behind...

What was it the President wrote a member of the Infrastructure committee when the member did not make it to a recent committee meeting? " As a courtesy, you might have let the chair and co-chair  know in advance that you would not be attending.  ...

When members are conscientious and notify the chair when they know they’ll be absent, then the chair will know if quorum will be met.  It means others won’t have to waste their time traveling to a meeting that won’t have quorum ... You did not notify the committee that you would not make that meeting."  --  

Ya don't say!  

Curiously, what would the etiquette monitor have to say to the chair and 2 other directors -- who are members of the Finance Committee -- about a calendared event [Finance Committee Mtg] on the OFFICIAL website calendar to which the entire community is referred by the Marquee as you enter the community -- scheduled for 6p tonight! Oh wait...the etiquette monitor --author of the 'tips for socially accepted behavior' above -- is one of the offending parties this time...what is that saying??? Shouldn't point a finger at someone else because you have 3 pointing back at you! And to add insult to injury the letter of chastisement or censure was cc'd to 5 other people!

So here is the deal. 4 people showed up at the parking lot well in advance of the meeting. One of those individuals is the co-chair for the Finance Committee. She'd not had the 'courtesy of advance notice' that half of the finance committee would be a no show! Had there been proper notice it would have meant 'others wouldn't have had to waste their time traveling to a meeting that won't have quorum'! 

To be fair, mistakes happen. There have been mix ups about meetings that were scheduled and then cancelled in the past when the info did not get out. The difference here is the heavy handed domination factor when one grown woman, a senior, instructs another grown woman, a senior, as if speaking to a child and then is so cavalier about living up to the same standard she expects from others. Of the 4 individuals present, 3 were battling physical challenges. All who showed up value their resources wishing to use them effectively. Driving to a meeting that doesn't happen is not effective use of one's resources! The four present remained there until 620P when it was determined even the routinely tardy individuals who meander into a meeting arrive within the first 7-8 minutes of the meeting time. By 620P it was obvious they had places to be and things to do that did not include conducting a scheduled Finance Committee meeting. 

Below you will find a screen shot of the calendar to which members are directed as they arrive in the community and read the marquee. Notice even at 953P -- nearly 4 hours after the meeting was scheduled to happen the calendar reflects the Finance Committee Meeting.

And what is up with Tuesday the 27th of September and the 25th of October? The office is closed all day..no ... it is open from 8-12...which is it? You want people to consult the calendar and you do not provide accurate or even logical information? Delegation is simply a wonderful tool of a sound manager.

You wrote a member: "You did not notify the committee that you would not make that meeting." Let's lay it out here a tad differently; YOU did not notify the community there would be NO MEETING TONIGHT! 

DISCLAIMER: For the record it is understood the president is not the chair of the finance committee. However, she is the one who controls the calendar...it is to that place members are used to going to fix their schedule to allow them to attend meetings.