Saddlebag Lake Resort (SLR) Board of Directors (BOD) Code of Conduct

03/01/2024, 20:14

Added request for petition signers at the bottom


New deadline: 31.05.2024
Signatures at the time of the change: 0

03/01/2024, 20:04

Added request for petition signers at the bottom


New petition description:

Florida Status Chapter 720 (FS720) was passed into law by the Florida legislature to provide procedures for operating homeowners’ associations, and to protect the rights of association members.

FS720.303(2)(d) Association powers and duties; meetings of board; official records; budgets; financial reporting; association funds; recalls.— requires that "if 20 percent of the total voting interests petition the board to address an item of business, the board shall at its next regular board meeting or at a special meeting of the board, but not later than 60 days after the receipt of the petition, take the petitioned item up on an agenda."

This PETITION is being used to require that the following topic be added to the agenda in accordance with FS720.303(2)(d): Saddlebag Lake Resort (SLR) Board of Directors (BOD) Code of Conduct

FS720.3065 Fraudulent voting activities relating to association elections; penalties explicitly calls out violations such as

• "Using or threatening to use, directly or indirectly, force, violence, or intimidation or any tactic of coercion or intimidation"
• "Menacing, threatening, or using bribery or any other corruption to attempt, directly or indirectly, to influence, deceive, or deter a member when the member is voting."
• "Elections of directors must be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the governing documents of the association."

There have been reports of recent BOD behavior which violates the trust and respect from SLR members and this PETITION serves to provide an open forum to collaborate on violations and resolutions.

There have been many reports of recent BOD behavior which violatesWe the trust and respect from SLR members and this PETITION serves to provide an open forum to collaborate on violations and resolutions.Therefore, we thevoting members of SLR demand that the BOD perform its business in a consistent professional, ethical, and transparent manner.

We demand the following be taken for immediate action by BOD:

1. Report of violations of any Florida statute, SLR bylaw, or expected ethics behavior.
2. Given compelling evidence of violations, BOD members should resign gracefully or be removed by a vote of their peers.

Member signature on this PETITION compels the BOD to add the SLR BOD Code of Conduct item to the next SLR Board Meeting.

Petition signers are asked to provide their SLR stump number as their address and to include "voting member" or "non voting member" in the comments to indicate whether you are the authorized SLR voter for the residence.