Subject: PBNA 2025 ANNUAL MEETING—SAVE THE DATE,  April 15, 2025

Good evening from beautiful Palmetto Bluff. Spring has sprung and we are excited to send this email as your reminder to “SAVE THE DATE” for our 2025 PBNA Annual Meeting of the Members on April 15, 2025!

Below please review the tentative agenda, subject to change due to the fluidity of various legal proceedings currently presiding over our beloved community.

GOOD NEWS: There is great momentum bringing all homeowners together to ensure our Community and our Club is stewarded in a responsible, by-laws driven direction AND, by original design and intent, to mutually benefit our developer and every single homeowner – whether you bought 20 years ago or last month!

Welcome to the 2025 PBNA Annual Members Meeting

Who: Palmetto Bluff Neighborhood Association, Inc. (PBNA)

What: 2025 Annual Meeting of Members

Where: River Road Lodge Pool Lawn 

When: April 15^th 4:30 p.m. EST

Friends & Neighbors Interested to Join: ALL WELCOME with caveat: only PBNA members eligible to vote on BOD nominees

Please encourage all friends & neighbors to visit PBNA website: www.pbnabluffton.com and click “join”

Membership Fee has been reduced to $1 until further notice

Welcome, Mission and Priorities for 2025 -- (5 minutes)

Allen Roth and Jay Parker

• Active & effective counterbalance to the active & well-funded ownership & management

• Keep members informed of community developments

• Provide resources and referrals for members

• Advocate for member interests with developer

• Revitalize PBNA for strength in numbers 

• Waive Member Dues for 2025 to $1

Election of Directors -- (5 minutes)

John Meltaus

• Introduce Current BOD: John Meltaus, Bob Morette, Frank Riddick, Allen Roth

• Elect Director Nominee(s): to serve three-year, overlapping terms

• Nominee(s): Cathy MacKinnon and Jay Parker for term(s) expiring December 31, 2028

Q & A Community Discussion -- (40 minutes)

Cathy, Allen and Jay

• Prior to 4/15/2025, please email suggestions you believe SHOULD BE part of our Mission and Priorities for 2025. We look forward to a robust and healthy discussion of your suggestions and answering your questions regarding our GREAT COMMUNITY! PBNA2020@gmail.com

PB Governance and Legal Issues Education -- (40 minutes)

Ian Ford, Counsel to Plaintiff(s) Lawsuit #1 & Lawsuit #2 (Mandatory Membership Waiver)

Jim Scheider, retired attorney and Co-Author original Palmetto Bluff Declaration of Recreational Covenant 

John Meltaus and Frank Riddick BOD PBNA                   

• PB Governance Organizational Chart; PB Club Declaration of Recreational Covenant; Authority conveyed by homeowner deeds; Local Jurisdiction for security issues explained including emergency/nonemergency situations

• SSP vs Plaintiffs Lawsuit #1 Update

• SSP vs Plaintiffs MMW Ruling & Update

• SSP vs POA Demand Letter on the horizon Update 

• Given the importance of these matters, we have invited participants in Lawsuit #1 and a representative of Petition signers to discuss where there is common ground uniting all stakeholders (Plaintiffs, Petition Signers, MMW lawsuit, POA demand letter, PBNA, MAC and those who choose to remain unengaged) in order to have leverage with our developer and the direction of OUR club and Community. 

Thank you,

PBNA Volunteers

Cathy MacKinnon, John Meltaus, Bob Morette, Jay Parker, Frank Riddick and Allen Roth

If you have friends and neighbors who are interested in joining, please tell them to go to our website, www.pbnabluffton.com, and click “join”.