The community chose transparency, communication, and fair treatment over foreclosure, silence, and talking down to the people the HOA is supposed to serve. The reform team now faces active litigation, disputed transition claims, legal spending, existing counsel relationships, and incomplete access to the Association’s records and authority.
This site is no longer about why you should elect us. It is about how we should serve you.
These seven directors were elected by homeowners and took office on October 15, 2026, when the election became final.
Before the election, homeowners were told that following the rules was essential to protecting property values and preserving the community. Now that the governing election rules place the newly elected directors in office, some of those same voices are complaining that homeowners expect the board to follow the rules.
That is not respect for the rules. It is a demand that rules bind homeowners but not the people exercising power. Read the governing authority.
Homeowners must follow valid HOA rules.
The board must follow the governing documents and state law.
The election result does not become optional because the outcome is inconvenient.
The outgoing board continues to litigate the solar dispute, has sought judicial foreclosure, and has advanced disputed positions about when newly elected directors take office and whether the new board can change the budget. Whatever the motive, the result is the same: the reform team must establish its authority, preserve the record, understand every deadline and commitment, and decide what should continue using homeowner dues.
There is no governing authority establishing January 1, December 31, or any other date after the election as the director transition date. The governing authorities identify the election as the transition point: elected directors take office upon election, and the newly constituted board meets immediately afterward. The new board needs access to Association systems and a public transition record. Review the governing-document analysis.
The prior board also claimed its 2027 budget could not be changed without a 90% homeowner vote. State law expressly permits the Association to adopt and amend budgets, subject to notice, ratification, the Declaration, existing contracts, and money already spent. Read the short budget explanation.
The Association’s court filing requested judicial foreclosure while the underlying solar dispute remained unresolved. The new board must preserve evidence, identify every deadline and cost, obtain independent advice, and evaluate lawful resolution options. Review the documented timeline.
Legal strategy should not continue on autopilot. Each matter needs a defined scope, recorded authorization, spending-to-date, available alternatives, and a next decision date. Directors with a personal interest in a matter must disclose it and follow the applicable recusal process.
Establish authority through recorded resolutions, preserve every relevant record, secure the complete legal files and Association accounts, obtain independent and conflict-free advice, inventory every deadline and dollar committed, and publish a nonconfidential legal ledger. No new material legal expense should be approved without a defined purpose, available alternatives, and a recorded board decision.
| Public legal ledger | What residents should be able to see |
|---|---|
| Active matters | Case or issue, present status, next deadline, responsible counsel, and the authority for continued Association involvement. |
| Costs and commitments | Nonconfidential spending-to-date, approved scope, fee arrangement, unpaid commitments, and the board action authorizing the next material expense. |
| Decision options | Whether the board is evaluating defense, appeal, settlement, mediation, corrective action, or termination, without disclosing privileged advice. |
| Conflicts and recusals | The existence of a disclosed conflict, who recused, and who retained authority to make the decision. |
| Records and access | Status of files, accounts, contracts, management instructions, litigation holds, credentials, and other materials needed for lawful control. |
We will continue adding clear answers as the transition progresses and more information becomes available.
The governing authorities place the transition at the annual meeting. Directors are elected there, take office upon election, and the newly constituted board meets immediately afterward. There is no later “seating” date.
This is the process for a properly conducted meeting and transition. Any prior transition that did not follow this process was conducted improperly; past practice does not override the published rules.
Before the meeting, the Association’s attorney provided Associa, the board, and other homeowners with a statement confirming that sequence. The confusion arose when the prior board published a position contradicting its attorney’s statement, followed by the attorney taking a conflicting position at the meeting. Read the governing-document analysis. What is a Point of Order?
At this point, we know only that the former president stated that the “reform board” won and that Associa is working to facilitate transition meetings. We have not received the detailed results or candidate-by-candidate vote totals, and we do not know whether the former board has received them. We will publish the complete results as soon as they are provided to us.
As soon as we are given access, we will communicate through TownSq and the official Brighton Forest Homeowner Information Facebook page. We will remove its posting and commenting restrictions so residents can use the platform of their choice to communicate with one another and the board about HOA-related topics.
We will continue to follow and use the FOBF page. We hope that giving homeowners a voice on the board’s official page will make the conversation less fragmented and easier to follow on both pages.
Residents should not need to understand HOA procedure or hunt through folders to know what their board is doing. This page brings the essential answers together.
Current notices, the next meeting, active projects, and decisions awaiting community input.
A durable list of promised changes, their current status, and the next action required.
Completed work linked to the adopted policy, resolution, minutes, report, or published record.
Simple ways to comment on proposals, attend meetings, ask questions, and follow up.
Each commitment has a visible status, next action, and proof of completion. Status changes only when the underlying record exists.
Identify every active case, claim, lien, counsel engagement, deadline, invoice, and litigation-related commitment before approving further expense.
Publish useful minutes, roll-call votes, conflicts, explanations, and a complete policy register.
Replace subjective language with objective standards, predictable timelines, and written decisions.
Focus on documented problems, provide time to correct them, and use hearings and appeals consistently.
Show budgets, amendments, actual results, reserves, material variances, and year-end projections.
Use written scopes, disclosures, competitive evaluation, and recorded selection reasons.
Ask residents what matters, publish the results, and report what the board does in response.
The roadmap separates proposed work from adopted action and shows the order in which the transition should proceed.
This public record brings together the current version of each decision and the history behind it.
Authority, status, deadlines, counsel, spending, conflicts, options, and recorded board decisions.
Calendar, notices, agendas, homeowner-comment instructions, minutes, and director votes.
Current policy register, proposed changes, redlines, comment periods, adoption records, and prior versions.
Budgets, amendments, quarterly results, reserves, variances, contracts, and annual audits.
Maintenance and amenity work, responsible vendor, schedule, approved cost, current status, and completion record.
No item is marked complete without evidence residents can review.