Board of Directors

[swirg53 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swirg53]

Policies of the Bluegreen Vacation Club are set by the Board of Directors. Those policies affect all of us in many different ways. Elections to the Board are done at the Fall meeting. Owners in the Bluegreen Vacation Club have the opportunity to vote in person or electronically for the Board. We will soon receive information on the candidates and directions on how to vote.

Many people who do not know the candidates in such elections simply delete the message and don't vote. The purpose of starting this thread in this forum is to alert you to the fact that I am running for a position on the BG Vacation Club Board of Directors in the upcoming election. I am a member of this forum, as well as TUG and also a member and moderator of the Bluegreen Yahoo group. It is hoped that everyone will decide to actually vote and I hope you will give careful consideration to voting for me when the time comes. One of my "campaign managers" (yes, I have people who are this interested in my winning--they have donned this title) or I will make a post with information when Bluegreen sends out details on the voting process and the candidates. Let me close by paraphrasing what one member of the Bluegreen Yahoo Group said:

Susan Wirgau is running for the Bluegreen Vacation Club Board of Directors. If you don't vote then by default Bluegreen gets to use their votes for a Bluegreen picked candidate. I would imagine you'd want to vote for a fellow owner rather than whomever Bluegreen would use their votes for.

Susan and her husband have been owners since 2002 and upgraded several times to enhance their vacation experiences. They have enjoyed several Bluegreen resorts, RCI Exchanges and Select Connections. Susan serves as a moderator and active member of the Bluegreen Yahoo Group which is dedicated to helping members maximize their Bluegreen ownership. This service has greatly increased Susan's knowledge about Bluegreen and the timeshare business.

Using this knowledge and experience, Susan is willing to devote whatever resources needed to serve on the Board of Directors. Having served on boards within her church and other civic organizations, Susan understands the commitment required. She wants to help Bluegreen grow to enhance owners' opportunities and increase Bluegreen's market value.

I will post this in the Bluegreen and CMV HOA forums also. Please pass this information along to other owners you may know as well. Thank you for your interest and willingness to help.

For anyone with interest, the BG VC Annual Meeting is September 20 in Boca Raton and I plan to be there and I would love to meet any of you there!

Susan Wirgau
Petoskey MI

[dukebigtom Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dukebigtom]

Vote for susan

I have known Susan through users boards for quite a while and also have spoken personally with her. She is is very well informed on Bluegreen policies and practices, understands how the system works and is always willing to share her knowledge with others. Susan not only is a moderator on the Bluegreen Yahoo board, but is one of the most frequent posters, replying to people's questions, encouraging new owners and also using the board to keep abreast of what others may have learned. I think she has a good handle on what Bluegreen owners think is important.

I believe Susan would be a great representative of "we - the owners" and strongly urge you to vote for Susan.

BigTom

[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

please vote for susan, she is so helpful on all the bluegreen boards.

[Scarlettt1 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scarlettt1]

Bluegreen Election for board

Go to Welcome to Bluegreen Online

Log in

Look for navy box with check mark " Vote Online"
Click on it

New page that comes up says
Bluegreen Vacation Club, Inc. Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Bluegreen Vacation Club, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 10 a.m. at the Bluegreen Corporate Offices in Boca Raton, Florida. To submit your proxy vote online, please click here.

Vote for Susan Wirgau

[shockwave7_7 Member Find all posts View Profile Close shockwave7_7]

I have seen your many contributions over on the Yahoo board, and I cast my proxy vote for you today.

[swirg53 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swirg53]

If you go to the Bluegreen web site now, and click on the vote icon beside the annual meeting on the home page, it will take you to the page where you can click on another link to a page to vote. You may only vote for one person. You may vote until 10 a.m. September 20, the day of the meeting. Susan Wirgau

[akparsa Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close akparsa]

Me too!

I voted just now for Susan.

When will know the results?

Anita

[scootr5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close scootr5]

Cool- it's great to see owners getting involved with the Boards! It yields a much better result than developer controlled ones.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I voted just now for Susan.

When will know the results?

Anita

I haven't gotten a form for voting. Last year, I heard other complaining of this problem. I wonder if this is how BG keep the voting down so there is no majority?

[wwiggins Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wwiggins]

I voted for susan

I just voted for Susan!

[BeerTentRich Member Find all posts View Profile Close BeerTentRich]

I'm in !!!

You have my vote as well Susan !!!

[swirg53 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close swirg53]

Ballots

I haven't gotten a form for voting. Last year, I heard other complaining of this problem. I wonder if this is how BG keep the voting down so there is no majority?

So far, it has only been announced online. You can go to the BG website and vote online. Some people received an e-mail while others did not, even though those people receive confirmations e-mailed to them for reservations. According to the by-laws though notices of meetings are to be sent or served to the owners to their address of record at least 14 days before the meeting but not more than 30 days before the meeting. The meeting is September 20. Does that mean e-mail is acceptable for an address of record? I don't know? When the by-laws were last amended, I doubt that was the intent but how it is interpreted now may be different from what was intended then.

The difficulty is that unless there is a quorum of in person and proxy voters then the election does not count and Bluegreen may appoint the new director for the three year term. A quorum is 15% of the owners. A guesstimate of owners was given to me by another owner and former BG sales employee today of approximately 225,000. So the 15% would be 33,750. That's pretty staggering considering in the Bluegreen Yahoo group alone we have 2,600 members.

But we can't give up. We need to at least show a good presence. I hope that will speak of our concern as owners even if we do not get a quorum. It has been several years since they have had a quorum to be able to conduct business at the owners annual meeting.

Susan Wirgau

[jabjaw7 Member Find all posts View Profile Close jabjaw7]

I think between here and the yahoo group, you are doing a great job educating people to what you believe.

In the past, I didn't trust giving my proxy to someone I didn't know their philosophy on the Bluegreen issues so I didn't exercise my right. Shame on me.

I didn't not think through the other end of the issue is that without a quorum there is no meeting.

I hope we are successful this time.

How can we be enraged when Bluegreen changes policies, but we are not making sure that we are fairly represented by a bluegreen owner and not an employee... We all know that depending upon what view you are looking from can drastically change any situation.

Good luck, Susan

Justine

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Got my ballot on Sat. Will vote online. Susan, I hope you get in, we need someone who hears and knows our discussions here to represent us.

[stevec Member Find all posts View Profile Close stevec]

Good luck you got my vote
Did it online