Seemingly random but related thought: Perhaps it’s time to consider paying board members? As the saying goes, “you get what you pay for.” Time to find ways to incentivize serious and well qualified residents to become involved, otherwise you’re left with a group of clowns which appears to be the situation now.

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The one upside to all of this is that people are actually starting to pay attention to what's going on with the CA and in at least one village (OM), someone is running against the longtime CA rep.

Agreed but this isn’t the first time people have paid attention. A couple years ago an organization tried (through deceptive means IMO) to generate increased interest in CA elections - it didn’t work. I’m not sure this issue or there blog articles will make much difference either… but here’s hoping!

No, I don’t think anyone knows. Months ago, it was speculated that some members of the board already had a replacement in mind (current head of Inner Arbor Trust) but she has denied interest in the position.

I don’t think that’s a random thought. Several people have suggested it. I agree.

Think about it this way. If you were looking for this sort of job and saw what the board is like to a candidate they vetted and hired, would you want to work there? We’ll be lucky to have an effective or engaged CEO ever again after this fiasco.

There's some buzz being generated in other SM forums. In the past, I'd only seen a passing comment in the village newsletter. Seems like people are getting involved now--individuals rather than organizations.

Right, I only thought it was random because the article does not directly address this issue, but appears to be the indirect result of the problems raised in the article.

We might just end up with representatives that are actually representative of our community instead of a bunch of retirees

Who is running?

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