January 25, 2007

This emergency BOD meeting was called to order at the Southeast Public Library by President Sandy Taylor with Treasurer Barbara Costifas and Director Denise Nicholas in attendance as well as several residents. Ms. Taylor then stated that she was going to read the following into the record:

Good evening. My name is Sandy Taylor and I am the President of the 
Drayton Place Home Owners Association. We are making official 
recording of this meeting on behalf of the HOA. To avoid disruption,  
we are asking all other persons wanting to record to stand at the back of the room so not to interfere, but let it be known that Shaun Miller has refused after being asked continually to oblige. 
 
 
 
I want to personally thank each director and officer who are here 
tonight and have volunteered their time to serve their community. 
Sadly, many residents, including some in attendance, do not appreciate 
that you are volunteers. You have jobs, families, many other 
commitments, but still make the time to volunteer and serve the 
community. I personally thank you. Having been a director for several 
years, I can honestly say that as a board, the current HOA has done 
more and volunteered more time for this community than any 
other. 
 
 
 
As I said at the last meeting, there is a serious increase in crime in 
the neighborhood, some of which, very pathetically, has been directed 
to you as directors and officers. You have experienced slashed tires, 
keying of cars, obscene phone calls, assault, stalking, thrown rocks, 
attacks on your children, vandalism, violence, allegations of 
stealing, improprieties, threats of violence, and I could go on. Many 
of these incidents have been perpetrated by some of the very persons 
in attendance that would rather “get even” then volunteer. 
 
 
 
For instance, there is Bill Davis who resides at 12207 Mantle Drive. 
For nearly 10 years he has “angrily” refused to comply with covenants 
and pay dues. As a community, we were forced to endure his dilapidated 
fence, illegal shed, illegal boat, all surrounded by his diseased and 
bug infested lawn. It was not until the current DPHOA sued Mr. Davis 
in 2006 that these conditions were corrected as part of a court 
approved stipulation. In revenge, Mr. Davis has responded with focused 
range against directors and our agents. 
 
 
Then there is Shaun Miller who resides at 4113 Ripken Circle East. Mr.  
Miller was upset when our attorney requested he stop using his front 
driveway as a storage lot for his 20 foot boat. Rather than simply 
remove the boat as required by covenants, Mr. Miller, and his wife,  
Ann Silverness, driven by revenge, engaged in a campaign to libel the 
directors and our agents in flyer and misleading survey. Ms.  
Silverness even filed bar grievance against our volunteer counsel who 
has volunteered hundreds of hours of time to help the community and 
its residents—free of charge. Mr. Miller and Ms. Silverness, who have 
done nothing to help this community, requested disbarment. 
 
 
 
We have been informed that Mr. Miller and Ms. Silverness tried to get 
our counsel fired from his law firm. I am pleased to inform the 
directors that the Florida Bar dismissed Ms. Silverness’ grievance as 
meritless, and as all of you have known for several months, our 
counsel had long ago accepted a new position at one of Florida’s 
largest and most prestigious law firms. The point being that Mr.  
Miller and Ms. Silverness would rather personally attack directors or 
our lawyer out of revenge than volunteer to help the community. 
 
 
 
Then there is Nancy Coursey who resides at 12227 Ruth Lawn Court. For 
the three years  I have been a director, and I have seen first hand 
her endless barrage of letters and rants  personally attacking this 
and past board members—our volunteers. Most recently, in revenge for 
the HOA only speaking to her attorney, she has been harassing our 
directors by sending total “40” emails within a two day period, most 
successive e-mails being within minutes of the previous. Again, again, 
and again, like a game, Ms. Cousey e-mails, and attacks  If added to 
all other e-mails she has sent, and past letters, many of which the 
HOA had to pay monies for third parties, agents , and attorneys to 
respond, her total communications, most acidic and nasty in tone, 
would approximate 125 personal attacks. 
 
 
 
Then, of course, is past president David Tagliaferri and Treasurer 
Sandra Tagliaferri, who have engaged in a malicious campaign to 
destroy the very association they were once believed to be serving, 
all the time concealing their past actions, which now comprise lawsuit 
the DPHOA has filed against them for breach of fiduciary duty  and to 
recover  missing monies. We will gladly provide copies of the lawsuit 
to any that request so you can see first hand the allegations of 
mismanagement and missing monies. 
 
 
 
Indeed, after the lawsuit was served, Mr. Tagliaferri directly 
contacted current director Beverley Bonner to force and obtain her 
resignation. Using trick, intimidation, and manipulation, Mr.  
Tagliaferri called Ms. Bonner under guise of HOA position to force her 
resignation. This was the very same pattern of trick, intimidation,  
and manipulation previously used by Shaun Miller against Ms. Bonner 
when he tried to force her resignation. After receiving the latest 
call from Mr. Tagliaferri, and in light of the current atmosphere of 
harassments and intimidation being fostered by Mr. Tagliaferri and 
others, sadly, I must inform the Board that Ms. Bonner has tendered 
her resignation to be effective on February 1, 2007. 
 
 
 
In accepting her resignation, I want to personally thank Ms. Bonner 
for her time and efforts in helping the community and apologize to her 
for the behavior of certain residents that necessitated her 
resignation. I also want to personally thank each of you for “putting 
up” with this offensive behavior as we work together as volunteers to 
help our community. 
 
 
 
 With this being said, I come to the emergency purpose of this 
meeting. We as directors need to appoint a successor director to serve 
the balance of Ms. Bonner’s term. We are at a cross road for this 
community in terms of the next step we must to take to effectively 
manage and operate the community and reduce crime. As we discussed at 
the last meeting, there are several pending matters for which the 
input of another director would be of vital importance, particularly,  
as we consider direct engagement of police to reduce crime, a 
management company to insulate the board from harassing behavior, the 
seeming inevitability of a dues increase, and the continuity of legal 
action 
 
 
 
Then Ms. Taylor requested Board discussion on any matters  
deem necessary, and motion to name successive director. 

Denise Nicholas nominated Danny Kaelin, approved by Barbara Costifas & Sandy Taylor, and formally named Dan as a new director. Ms. Taylor then nominated Denise Nicholas as Secretary.

Mrs. Nicholas then went on to say that the attacks on her children were absolutely going to stop and completely unacceptable. No one volunteering and giving of themselves should have to be harassed, threatened, or targeted by a few nasty individuals and Mrs. Costifas and Mrs. Nicholas both agreed to support whatever means necessary to stop the violence aimed at the BOD even the hiring of a management company.

Meeting was then adjourned