August 13, 2022 at 1:00 PM
At the Sudden Valley Community Center (Dance Barn) and remote via Zoom
How to Attend the Meeting
Attend In Person
A Special General Meeting of the Sudden Valley Community Association (SVCA) will be held at the Dance Barn located within Sudden Valley on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at 1:00 PM.
Attend by Live Zoom Webinar
Webinar ID: 814 2092 7547
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Recall Petition Results & Analysis
On June 15, 2022 the SVCA Nominations & Elections (N&E) Committee Chair collected three
recall petitions from the SVCA attorney’s office in Bellingham, where the petitions had been left
by person(s) wishing to remain anonymous.
During the N&E Committee’s petition verification process, it became apparent the number of
valid signatures on each of the petitions would be very close to the minimum number required
for a successful petition. A successful recall petition requires signatures of 10% of the
property owners. However, a successful recall election to remove a director requires a “yes”
vote from 2/3 (66.67%) of the voting property owners.
In the end, two petitions succeeded and one petition failed in reaching minimum number of signatures to trigger a recall election.
Petition results:
Petition to recall Board President, Director Andrew (A.J.) Tischleder
- 321 valid signatures
- 313 minimum required
- Petition succeeded
Petition to recall Board Vice-President, Director Joshua Bowens
- 310 valid signatures
- 313 minimum required
- Petition failed
Petition to recall Board Treasurer, Director Sonia Wold (Sonia Voldt)
- 318 valid signatures
- 313 minimum required
- Petition succeeded
Petition analysis:
Gates 1&2 contributed 66% of the petition signatures. The remaining 34% of signatures were contributed by Gates 3,5,9,13 & 28.
Two of the recall petitions go forward to a Special General Meeting(SGM) and recall election. The two recall elections and SGM will cost SVCA members over $16,000.
~Nancy Alyanak, SVCA Nominations & Elections Committee Chair
SVCA Board President Tishleder’s
Special General Meeting Announcement
On Tuesday, June 14th, petitions for the recall of 3 SVCA executive board directors were
dropped off at the Association’s law firm. On Wednesday, June 15th, these were retrieved by
Board President A.J. Tischleder and N&E chair, Nancy Alyanak.
As per the bylaws, the president is required to hold an SGM for any legal petitions with
signatures from at least 10% of all members–or 313. After careful vetting and recounting as a
result of slim margins, the N&E committee found that two petitions had enough valid signatures
to move forward. A.J. Tischleder (321) and Sonia Voldt (318) will go forward. A third, Josh
Bowens (310) did not have the required number of signatures.
A voting packet will be sent by mail and the recall SGM will be held on August 13, 2022.
Further information about the process will be forthcoming from the N&E committee.
~Andrew “AJ” Tischleder, SVCA Board President