SLCC-SLA.org Response to Member Questions 7-16 to 7-22-26
- Jul 22
- 4 min read
Question:
Who are you and please name the people in your group.
Response:
Please go to our website: enter SLCC-SLA.org in the URL bar of your home page. There you will see our Mission Statement and a partial list of the core members. It is an information website which has information on our initiatives.
The core members of Sun Lakers for Accountability (SLA) are all SLCC stakeholders that have served our community for many years, including:
Past Chair, Finance Advisory Committee (FAC);
Past Chair, Procurement Advisory Committee (PAC);
Interim Board Treasurer;
Members of the Delegate Assembly;
Director, Pass Action Group;
Members of Task Force that created the Sun Lakes Governing Policy Manual.
Advisors include several past Board members as well.
Question:
So the board is still going with Troon? Hmmm
Response:
It appears that the majority of the Board is fully committed to negotiating an agreement with Troon in spite of Mr. Burkel's recall and the Board being informed that Troon is seeking to be sold (see last Eblast quoting a statement from Bloomberg).
Either one of these events should have been enough to cause any reasonable Board to pause and understand why the flawed procurement process being followed is not likely to yield a good result for the members of our community.
In fact, we our attorney is of the belief that our HOA attorney should have advised the Board accordingly. Unfortunately, the Board can choose to ignore any and all advice. If we can't stop the Board with an injunction, we will just have to wait and see how skilled Mr. Burkel, Mr. Katz, and Ms. Tasko are at the negotiating table. In any case, they have taken the position that they will not share the agreement with our community before signing it.
Question:
Go get them!
Response:
We are blessed with having enough members willing to do the research and hold the Board accountable in order to let our community understand what is actually going on.
It is taking a lot of energy to overcome the rumor mill and cabal support the replacement of FSR with Troon. This is not about the Board's right to seek alternative management companies, it us about the known flawed process certain members of the previous Board and the current one are using.
Question:
Today I logged into a storm in our New Sun Lakers Facebook group. Couple of points that while I’ve watched your meeting video (unable to attend) and went to the coffee, I still don’t understand.
1) “I have yet to see anyone state why Gary deserves to be recalled maybe you can enlighten me. This is what I think I know and maybe you know differently. Gary has only been president for three months. The process to begin searching for a new management company began last August or November. I’m just not sure which one of those is an accurate date, but I know it’s one. When the search began, I believe Bob Walters or Jo Ganino was the president of the master board. Based on that information, why is the recall only for Gary it seems to me he’s the one individual who’s been in that position for a shortest amount of time and the member with less time than anyone else on the board, except for the three newly elected board members.”
2) Is this group going to fully finance the cost of the recall vote?
Response:
Below is a link to the SLCC-SLA.org website. It represents just the beginning of the case to recall Mr. Burkel which, now that the recall will proceed, will be more fully developed and shared with the community in upcoming Announcement Meetings we plan to conduct in the Main Ballroom and will post on this site.
Mr. Burkel has not been on the Board for just three months; his tenure is now three years plus three months. Mr. Walter is no longer on the board. Mr. Ganino has specifically expressed reluctance to proceed with the effort to find a management company based upon the inadequate process the Board is following. Not the fact they are considering Troon. Our position would be the same if the Board had elected to stay with FSR. The Request for Proposal developed by the previous board which included Mr. Day (forced to resign by the board), Mr. Burkel, and Ms. Gutenicht was seriously flawed and should have been amended or redone. Multiple attempts to bring this to the Board's attention have failed. The following link with provide you with a small sampling of the reasons:
It is not the responsibility of this group to fund the recall. If 5% of the membership signs a petition to remove one or more members of the board, then it will be done at the expense of the community. The expense is estimated to represent a one time cost of approximately $3.00 per household. However, our intent is to raise funds and donate the proceeds to the HOA.
Attached you will find two very important documents which are also posted on the website. We suggest that you read them both as to why the RFP is so critical in the procurement, especially for the most consequential decision a Board will ever make - change in management company.
The board remains silent on both these two documents.