Thanks for that update.

I do want to also say that this Elections Committee like the many other committees that we have, is doing the very best job that they can do. This Board is appreciative of the work that they are doing. You are entitled to your opinion, and I'll leave it right there. 

Sorry, but I have to take a contrarian view on that with regard to chairman Ransdell.  On Saturday, committee chair Steve Ransdell said the committee has been meeting regularly on a number of occasions. Unfortunately, those unannounced meetings are likely in violation of the Maryland HOA Act.

Ransdell also announced the committee voted 3-2 to approve ACE as the election contractor. This was not done at a committee meeting. Ransdell called each committee member individually and asked whether they would vote for ACE or MK.

Unfortunately, only Ransdell knows who voted for each contractor since he never even told the committee members. In other words, Ransdell took a PRIVATE phone call vote and only he knew the result. That is not the way to do things.

There is a Committee meeting on the OPA calendar for today at 5:30 but the official, OPA calendar does not provide the location of that meeting.

Finally, what happened at the Saturday board meeting was a disgrace. Ransdell undermined the vote of his own committee, to the very clear consternation of committee member Cheryl Jacobs. As Jacobs pointed out to the board -  The committee voted to select ACE.

The board has directly involved itself in the contractor selection process while three sitting board members are up for re-election.

Resolution M-06 says the Election Committee approves the contract for the election contractor.

One obviois question is what happens if the board rejects the contractor selected by the committee but the committee refuses to approve a contract for a diffrent contractor? Will the board remove folks like Marlene Ott and Cheryl Jacobs from the committee?

Anyway, your input is much appreciated. Thank you.