DRI US Collection ballot received

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

I received my ballot today in the mail and there's an online option to assign proxy and vote. So, Spence - can I assign my proxy to you since you will be in attendance?

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

Let me add that the credentials for the candidates - and there are many - are impressive. Too bad there are only 2 openings.

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

I've not committed to attend so, no, do not assign a proxy to me. Just vote for someone who you might know something about, like maybe the last guy on the ballot. I attended last year and the non-DRI person that got elected to the board was not in attendance.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

I've got my Hawai'i ballot, and I don't recognize any of the names. I tried to google a couple of the names to see if I could track down an e-mail address or contact information, but haven't heard anything back from e-mails I sent out based on the googling.

[dale7 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dale7]

I got my DRI US Collection ballot today but I have not gotten my Hawaii ballot yet.

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

Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection

Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection

2008 Election Results

To Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection Members,

The annual meeting of the Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection Members Association was held on October 14, 2008. At the meeting, member Clive Arlington was elected to the Board and incumbent director Kathy A. Wheeler was re-elected.

DRI follows through on their promise to elect another member to the BOD. DRI = 3; Members = 2.

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Spence, do you see any improvement with the election process of t/s members to the board and is Diamond International headed in the right direction for owners?

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

The Hawai'i Trust is structured so that each vote by DRI counts as three votes as long as DRI owns at least 20% of the units in the Trust. At the DRI boards I commented the other day that under that arrangement the best thing that DRI could do for owners would be to simply dispense with voting entirely and credit all of the money saved to maintenance.

Although the moderators are pretty free handed, somehow I doubt that post will ever be approved and appear on the site. It's been four days now and a lot of more recent posts have been approved.

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

Spence, do you see any improvement with the election process of t/s members to the board and is Diamond International headed in the right direction for owners?

Improvement? DRI has a block vote of all their unsold inventory, impossible to beat. They now have a board which will always have a majority of DRI employees sitting but does have member representation.

The Hawai'i Trust is structured so that each vote by DRI counts as three votes as long as DRI owns at least 20% of the units in the Trust. At the DRI boards I commented the other day that under that arrangement the best thing that DRI could do for owners would be to simply dispense with voting entirely and credit all of the money saved to maintenance.

Although the moderators are pretty free handed, somehow I doubt that post will ever be approved and appear on the site. It's been four days now and a lot of more recent posts have been approved.

I doubt they would ever need their triple points.