Two things happening for us today: first is the results of the recall effort. By law, the HOA board had 30 days to arrange the vote and hold a Special Meeting. Today is Day 25, and the meeting is scheduled in person at the Caesar Chavez Community Center at 1:30. It is supposed to be just to count and announce the results. I think most people voted online through the Homeowners' Portal, so those votes should already be counted. There were a handful of votes that were turned in to a lockbox that was available at the gatherings last week. There will be the opportunity to vote in person at the meeting. We encouraged homeowners to use the online option, and it appears that is the way it went.
We will find out the results at the meeting, but based on what people were saying at the gatherings, I have expectations. Word is out in the community that the board member being recalled plans to contest every single vote. That has been her "M-O" all of last year and into this new board's year: argue and delay. Don't do the work she volunteered for, but argue about everything.
I will be glad when this ugliness is done. I expect the recall to be successful, as long as enough homeowners voted so there is a quorum. I don't expect her to go away quietly. And I expect she will be retaliatory and continue to walk the neighborhood looking to turn in violations against her neighbors. But, if the vote goes the way I expect, she will no longer be able to delay board business.
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The other thing happening today is FAR MORE upbeat: the Hip Replacements have a gig this evening. The event is the annual fundraiser for the Valley Women's Ensemble, being held at First Church UCC in downtown Phoenix: https://valleywomensensemble.org/#announcements
Tickets are $22 at the door (advanced sales are closed). This is their show. We will be backing them on 4 songs (one with the entire ensemble, three others with 2 different individuals singing). We will also be doing a half hour set on our own.
This has been a lot of "arranging" - not in the musical sense, but in coordinating rehearsals and getting different stories on gear to be used. (They will use their own PA... no, they'll be using ours... no, they will use their condenser mics with our PA... no, they'll use their own PA... and back to: they will be using their mics with our PA, plus we'll need to have a couple extra mics for them to use).
We rehearsed our set on Wednesday, so we're ready to go. We can get in two hours early to set up our gear, while they will be doing one last run-through before the performance. We've heard them sing (a couple songs at a joint get-together, where we also did a couple songs) - they are good. Not our style of music, so it will be interesting to see how their audience does with a rock 'n' roll band.
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