Sent: Sun, Mar 8, 2015 1:48 pm
Subject: Just a fyi

The reason I am sharing this with the public is that I saw this as an issue back in 2014 when it first came up.    The board agreed it was a problem, and put some safe guards in place.    

Yet it appears the only two people with admin rights to Beth's Madison Park HOA facebook page is Beth who created it and Douglas.   The email above sent to part of the board from Valerie Delby then President clearly states that Beth needed to be off the facebook page, two not one board members needed access as admins so it could be passed along as board changed, and to ensure it was ran properly.

Yet Douglas does as he pleases and ignores the past board (just the year prior) and starts advertising the site.  He was told to not advertise it since Beth could not relinquish admin as creator.   

This all came up currently because Douglas decided last week to censor post of Madison Park resident Ruth Tansill.    When I say censor I mean deleting save the date for a Halloween trunk or treat / food truck festival that she had been working for weeks. The planning involving her and the school and city.   She did ask the HOA board if they would consider helping with the truck permits.    This is not unusual to have residents ask the HOA to support something they worked on.  As president for many years there was a long history of us chipping in money or buying something for peoples privately started events that improved the quality of life for the neighborhood, or where residents were also invited to take part.

Not only did Douglas censor Ruth he blocked her from the facebook page.    I know for a fact that Ruth reached out to all board members requesting her access be restored and the ones that answered all pointed back to Douglas with various replies.  She then reached out to Beth Smith-Shuey who created the Madison Park facebook page as a resident without any HOA direction years ago.  Not saying that is bad, that was her right to do.   It simply at the time was not actually connected to the HOA, or requested by the HOA for her to do.   

That facebook page ...or any facebpok page that was official was to be owned by the HOA....and was for the use of the neighborhood.  It't intention was not be controlled by someone that can like and unlike you and remove or block you from using it.   It does not and never was intended to give any one person the power to do this on the HOA official facebook.  

Again Shame on You Douglas for blocking the site access from Ruth.

I am pretty darn sure the HOA board never made any changes since our board voted in 2014 on the use of the facebook and the creation of a page.   So I would strongly suggest that you guys, (meaning the current board), bring yourself back in line as to what the directions and vote was for from previous HOA boards that included some of you.   I don't expect the new board members from the last 2 years to know the history.  I also don't expect Eric Stenstrom either since he was gone and off the board for years.    Now you do know the history if you read this post. 

Hopefully this gives anyone that reads it some background and this issue of censorship can be corrected or something put in placed to deal with it.  

All you facebook users have joined a page where Douglas and Beth have apparent access of users, but no one else.  Beth did say in an email that she just leaves all the Admin stuff to Douglas to deal with on the facebook page, and that Ruth had to deal with him to get back on the facebook page. 

Keep in mind that Douglas told Ruth to use Social media to advertise her events, after she requested one be added to the Madison Park HOA web site calendar.   The response was that it would be a slippery slope on the book drive,  and just use Social Media pages.   She does than and still gets her events removed.   Rumor has it Ruth is not the only one that had issues.    Apparently if what I was told was true MadPark 5K run post were deleted in the past by Douglas. 

What someone replied today about Beth having Admin rights on the facebook page for Madison Park HOA.

"From a Realtor's viewpoint, she should have full disclosure on the Facebook page if it is her page.  Otherwise, it is a violation against our Realtor Code of Ethics.  And, that can be serious."

"I'm not sure if I've met Ruth Tansill or not?  As a resident of this neighborhood she should have as much right to post on their Facebook page as anybody.  I would be tempted to report that to the news."

I have to throw in the fact that board members lied to me as a director of the HOA by telling me they had stopped using Beths' Madison Park Page in 2015, and were using another facebook page.   This when Douglas started to adverstise the facebook page aftrer being told by prior board and president Valerie Delby he could not advertise it.    Beth admitting to Ruth yesterday that she is the Admin, but that Douglas was also an Admin and handles the site as far as blocking and allowing users, and that she was unwilling to help get her back on the facebook page.    Why did you Lie Douglas?  Pretty sure Mrs Margaret Sexton and Heidi (whatever your last name is now) was present at the lie.  You have been sneaky from the moment I switched to director for 2 years.  Sneaky by having partial board meetings that were not propertly annoucned,  and not telling the entire board what was going on.    Once Valerie Delby stepped back from the HOA,  and came off as President you just really got out of control.   

Missing minutes,  board members serving that have termed out or without proper elections being held, disregard for prior board votes on topics, acting like a child by rude behavior blocking residents from the Madison Park facebook page. 

Anyway hopefully VP Eric Stenstrom can get some order restored to the Board and the HOA.  I am counting on YOU to make it right.  After all you wrote those original bylaws which the HOA should be operating under now.   Perhaps you can work with Emily and get rid of those on the board that don't belong immediately.   Emily was always professional in any dealings I had with her.   Ensure and election occurs this fall.   Make sure the minutes start coming out.   Work out this issue with facebook.   Find out why the board lied about which facebook they were using...you now have the emails and the dates when Douglas was told to not use that facebook from Beth, written from President Valerie Delby.  Get Ruth Tansill restore to facebook, and prevent others from being blocked without cause.   I have literally 1000's of emails in my HOA folder.   I documented everything for a reason.  Glad I saved them. 

If you have issue with Ruth's events, simply put on the facebook in a post that this is a non sponsored HOA event. Then you have covered yourself.   If we were hosting it I would simply note not an official HOA event, but we are supporting it.  Then it is clear to anyone reading or attending that this is not an event the HOA came up with .   Does not mean the event is not worthy...just that the HOA did not put it on.  

I heard from a very good source....(will not name) that one former board member was allowed to sell Madison Park T-shirts on the facebook and keep all the money.   So if that is true how can Douglas block a user posting an event when he is the one that told her to use social media facebook and nextdoor to advertise her events, because of the slippery slope situation with the web site calendar.   This person apprently was using the HOA facebook to make money. 

I wish nothing but the BEST for the HOA, but it ain't gonna happen until you clean up the mess!   Get to Scrubbing!