Hawaiian Shores -- Got some 'splainin' to do!

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Aloha Watchdog Readers,

In the words of the Captain in 'Cool Hand Luke' 'What we got here is a failure to communicate!' 

While one wants to be kindly in one's remarks it is difficult to find a positive side to what seems a purposeful lack of communication. As it turns out, the last week of December members of the Election Committee were tasked via email to let the chair know what their individual thoughts were on holding a Candidate Forum this month. EC Members were to have their responses back to the chair by Saturday the 31st. Guess what...while Watchdog can say the responses were of the same mind -- makes no sense to have it -- there has been no email direction or confirmation from the election chair as to the question!  Will there be a candidate forum, or not? Someone, sight unseen, a name on a ballot, may be elected to the Board and no one gets to vet her?

It has only been a year when TRUST issues were the big deal between members who currently serve on the Board and the Board they replaced. There was also TRUST issues among many community members with the previous board -- all manifested during the election cycle last year. Here we are new election cycle MAJOR TRUST issues. 5 candidates arbitrarily disqualified -- perhaps the first time in the history of this community -- all those who are friends, family and neighbors of the candidates are still shaking their heads in disbelief. Yet not so much when looking at the mound of evidence stacking up regarding the practices of 'some' of this Board. Last year the Board made an honest effort to make sure members from 'their side' had representatives on the election committee and were always involved in all things related to the election. This year? NOPE! Last year how many meetings were disrupted by the folks who DID NOT TRUST; how many wrote what they felt on their facebook page -- words that this year written by the Watchdog is referred to as 'spewing vitriol'. First amendment speech sometimes bites but in the bite there may be morsels of truth. 

Please plan to attend the Board meeting this coming Saturday. The Agenda has been posted and it is really alive with material Members should want to know about and understand.

Watchdog is interested in the 'Election Committee Report'. The last meeting the Watchdog is aware of happened November 12, 2011. If there was another Election Committee Meeting not all of the election committee was notified. What is there to report if no meeting?? The last Board meeting, December 10th, considered the report/minutes from the Nov 12th meeting -- so what is being discussed at this Board meeting? 

When did the Communication Committee formed on December 10th, 2011, meet? They are to provide a report. With so many people watching the official website calendar AS DIRECTED BY THE MARQUEE Watchdog can assert there was NO SUCH committee meeting noticed to the community on the calendar. If no meeting what is there to report? Why are committees reporting on meetings Members are not noticed as happening? 

Speaking of the Calendar and NOTICE to the community: Clearly those who enter the community are able to see the direction at the top of the marquee to check the calendar. For what? As of 1015P on Tuesday evening the calendar remains unchanged for over a month! The only things posted are the exercise classes and office hours including the last Tuesday where it is closed all day but really closed half day...or is it the other way around? That little mess has been CONFUSING for months!!!  The upcoming Board meeting on the 14th is not on the Calendar and of all things the ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING is not on the Calendar! We know those two meetings are happening. Is the Candidate Forum happening and just not on the calendar? It was tentatively scheduled for January 14th after the Board meetings? COMMUNICATION -- or Failure to?

UPDATE ALERT! As of 0647 Thursday, January 12th STILL NO NOTE to the official calendar -- to which all community members are directed -- for this Saturday's Board meeting nor next Saturday's Annual Member Meeting! Again! Why are we directed to the calendar as if it will provide TIMELY information?

Yes, what we have here is a FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE anything of interest to the Community. We are on a 'need to know' basis and it is clear we need to know NOTHING. Is that okay with you? Will you show up on Saturday at 10 for the regular Board meeting and ask questions and require answers? 

Read this book yet? It was just released. It is a distasteful title, provocative actually. The bottom line; you accomplish the destruction of a people by telling them a lie. After awhile people will be so conditioned to the lie you can do anything you want with them/to them. Are you going to sit by and listen or will you be asking? Hope you show up.