To the Abbottsford Community:
The Abbottsford Board is made-up of five members. In mid-late 2024 two Board members resigned for various reasons. We will have a special election to replace each of these two members.
The two new elected Board members will complete the terms for the two Board members who resigned.
- One new Board member will have a 2-month (March-April 2025) appointment ending at the Semi-Annual Homeowners meeting in May 2025.
- The other Board member will have a two-year appointment ending in May 2027.
We have so many wonderful, talented, and committed people in Abbottsford. We are asking each of you to consider serving on the Abbottsford Board. We need people who are strategic thinkers, who are information gatekeepers to/for the community and who want to help Abbottsford!
The Board is currently dealing with complex issues that were not effectively addressed or deferred because of cost in the past. For example, re-paving the roads has been deferred for many years. We need to think about what we need to do to enhance and strengthen Abbottsford now and for the future.
Many of you have approached Board members expressing concern about the negativity that you feel has at times dominated meetings and other interactions among Abbottsford homeowners in recent months. Those who approached Board members say that the negativity feels uncomfortable, disrespectful, etc. We realize that this may make some of you reluctant to consider serving on the Board; however, we are fully committed to ensuring that all homeowners (including Board members) are treated with respect in the future. Although there will be disagreements at times, we all have a shared interest in making Abbottsford the best community that it can be, and the long-term success of Abbottsford must be kept at the forefront.
We need you now! We need your help, your thinking, your support, and your ideas to continue to enhance Abbottsford! Please read the election details below. If you would like to talk about running for the Board, feel free to contact a Board member.
Sincerely,
Abbottsford HOA Board of Directors
– Townes Duncan etduncan@invergarryholdings.com
– Christpher Wells dchriswells@gmail.com
– Bradley Pendleton pendletonb@stifel.com
ELECTION DETAILS
INTRODUCTION:
The Abbottsford Homeowners Association is conducting a special election to fill two (2) vacancies on the Association’s Board of Directors that resulted from the resignations of former Directors Noelle Kinser and Ashley Cantrell.
- The Board is asking all homeowners to consider running for the Board.
- The election will be held via written ballot. (The Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act specifically authorizes action by written ballot without a meeting.)
- There will be two separate ballot votes to fill the two vacancies that will have different terms.
- A 2-month (March-April 2025) appointment completing Ashley Cantrell’s term.
- A 2-year appointment ending in May 2027 completing Noelle Kinser’s term.
- Two (2) candidates will be elected to the Board of Directors upon receipt by the Association of a sufficient number of ballots to achieve the quorum.
- Each of the new directors will have the option (but no obligation) to run for a full 3-year term upon the expiration of the partial term to which they were elected.
CANDIDATE ACTION:
- Each candidate must select the Board position he/she plans to run for.
- The 2-month Board term
- The 2-year Board term
- Please provide a brief bio about your background and why you would be an excellent candidate to be on the Abbottsford Board of Directors.
- You have one week from receiving this message (February 21, 2025) to send your bio to David Floyd at abbottsford615@gmail.com
VOTING ACTION:
- The Board will have the ballot (for the two positions) hand delivered to each home along with a self-addressed stamped envelope for returns.
- For a valid election vote, at least forty-four (44) completed ballots constituting twenty-five (25%) of the total votes in the Association must be received by the Association to establish a quorum.
- If no candidate receives a majority of votes cast in either election, a run-off election will be held between the two candidates receiving the most votes.
- For your vote to be counted, your completed ballot must be received by the Association using the self-addressed, paid return envelope no later than March 10, 2025.
