Thanks for asking. The vote to recall the board member was decisive: 134 voted in favor of removing her from the board, 8 voted to keep her on. The homeowners have spoken.
Will she go away with no fuss. Not likely. She has been fighting this all along. No, I have no idea why someone would try to stay on a board where she isn't wanted.
Hopefully, the community can move forward, without all the nastiness. That would be the best outcome.
There were about 25 people at the Special Meeting. In terms of "homes represented," it wasn't much of a turnout. Nobody really needed to be there, is it was held to officially count the votes. I was surprised that we were in a small meeting room in the Community Center, but it was enough - there were a few people who had to stand. It wasn't a typical meeting: the lawyer stated why we were there (to count the votes), he oversaw the counting (Joan and another homeowner did the count), the vote was announced, and the meeting was done.
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The gig with the Valley Women's Ensemble went well. We accompanied them on one song; did 3 songs with 2 individuals (the music director and the woman who handles arrangements for the group)... and then did a set on our own. Then, they did a set. The crowd was responsive; for both groups. And, a full house.
Mark had borrowed a set of powered speakers to use for front of house. It was more than necessary. This crowd was here to listen, so it didn't have be loud. Those speakers were large and heavy. I put one of the speaker cabinets up on a stand - I will be paying for that with an achy back. We need to make a new band rule: if you brought it, you cart it in and set it up.
My Bose PAs worked as expected, being the monitor for Ron (the percussionist) and me. And the S1 Pro was my guitar amp - it works great for that. With the main speakers being out in front of us, we needed the monitors. Mark used one of his Headrush speakers as a monitor for him and Podge. We were fortunate to have the musical director's husband to help us balance sound, since we could not hear what the audience was hearing with those large front-of-house speakers.
I wasn't sure how the crowd would react to our music, since they were there to hear a women's choir - good applause, singing along, and a group of women dancing in the back. It turned out to be a fun gig.
Of course, we had to wait until the ensemble finished their set before we could start our tear down. This venue is a church, and the church has a worship band that has gear set up on the altar - we had to work around their gear to set up and tear down ours.
After the gig, Joan asked, "Do you want me to make you a grilled cheese and ham sandwich when we get home?" That is a nod to my old band rat days on the road: it would often be 2:00 am before we got gear tore down and into the bus; we were always ready for a meal at that time, so it was off to the nearest 24 hour truck stop before getting down the road. The grilled cheese with ham sandwich was my go-to.
Joan isn't just a supporter: she helps me pack gear and get it in and out of the car. She picked out my outfit for the night. She parked the car while I rolled a wagon full of gear into the venue. And she was sitting up front, giving applause. And I get to go home with her after the gig... that really beats getting into a bus with 8 or 9 other guys and rolling all night. ;-)
Yes, Joan took these photos, too. And shot some video. I did some edits, cropped where I could, added some titles and transitions...
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