Once again, the Master Board, whose legitimacy is being challenged in court, has put the Association at further risk unnecessarily. Despite being forewarned in writing that the By-laws require that elections for the Master Board be held at the Annual Member meeting, the Board members decided to ignore that warning to the detriment of the Baywinds community. I have been told that the Master Board members were advised by Mr. Krivok, the Association's attorney, to ignore this warning.

Even Al Tsacnaris, current Master Association President and recent Heron Cove Association Preisdent, decided NOT to allow his community to vote for Heron Cove's representative to the Master Association Board during the Master Association Annual Member Meeting. This was done despite the fact that one of his homeowners informed the Heron Cove Board at the time of the election what the Master By-laws required.

Now it is likely that Mr. Tsacnaris will continue to ignore, on advice of counsel, selective provisions of our By-laws. However, my opinion is that, if you take the advise of someone who gets paid every time he has to defend your actions in court, you are taking the advise of someone who may have a conflict of interest! Should those who were chosen through demonstrably invalid elections decide to function as Master Board members on December 18th rather than abiding by the By-laws, then how can they subsequently have the authority to demand that the members abide by the the same By-laws that they themselves bend, twist and break to suit their needs?

The current Board has demonstrated its incompetence in many areas:

• There are leaks in our wonderful clubhouse that may prevent us from holding our year-end party.
• The roof of our guardhouse is a shambles and is the first thing that people see when they enter Baywinds.
• The roof on our clubhouse goes unfixed over a year after it was damaged.
• The Board can't even get the decorative lights to function properly.
• Everyone has paid the roof repair assessment, no contract appears imminent.
• Our Board has continued to refuse to meet to discuss settling the lawsuit thus unnecessarily incuring costs that we all have to bear.
• We have no expert leading our calisthenics program, which may give rise to liabilities we will again have to be assessed for.
• Our fees go up as more sellers try to get out of here and buyers dwindle.

It is time for a change. Stay the course is no longer a viable option. Will Baywinders get rid of those that are unable to handle the job and replace them with those who are capable or will Baywinders remain silent and watch our community deteriorate under our feet? Only time will tell.

Robin Redbreast, a ReAct Team Member Pen Name