The Board says only 1 seat is up for election on November 30. We're asking the membership to demand all 3 seats — including 2 new seats with staggered terms — be placed on the ballot.
✊ Sign the Petition NowFour things you can do right now to stand up for your community.
Tuesday, August 4 at 6:30 PM ET — coordination call to plan our strategy for the August 6 meeting. Speaking assignments, proxy strategy, and what to expect.
📹 Register for Zoom →Meeting ID: 840 0604 8035 | Passcode: 248359
Show up to the Special Members' Meeting on Thursday, August 6 and make your voice heard on the record. Can't make it? Give a trusted neighbor your General Proxy so your vote and quorum still count.
📋 Submit Proxy →Demand the Board expand back to 5 seats and place all 3 on the November 30 ballot. More signatures = more pressure. Takes 60 seconds.
✊ Sign Petition →Share this page with every West Port homeowner you know. Text it, email it, knock on doors. The more voices, the harder we are to ignore.
We, the undersigned members of West Port Community Association, formally petition the Board of Directors to add the following item to the agenda of the November 30, 2026 Annual Members' Meeting:
Vote to properly amend the bylaws to expand the Board from 3 to 5 directors — this time following the correct legal process, with a filed amendment and member vote.
Place 3 seats on the November 30 ballot: Patrick Durkin's expired seat (currently held by Donna Paules) plus 2 new seats created by the expansion — for a total of 3 seats elected by homeowners.
The 2 new seats should have staggered terms (1-year and 2-year initial terms) so that not all seats expire at once — ensuring continuity and ongoing accountability.
On July 27, 2026, Alliant Property Management sent every homeowner a "clarification" email about the August 6 Special Members' Meeting. In it, the Board claimed that the issues raised in our petition have been "addressed" and "will not be presented to the membership for a vote."
Ask yourself this: When the Board wanted to expand to 5 seats, they did it with a simple vote. They appointed the people they wanted — no homeowner input needed. Five seats were perfectly fine when they controlled who sat in them.
But the moment 97 homeowners signed a petition demanding the right to vote on their own representation, suddenly those 2 extra seats had to go. We pushed hard for a Special Members' Meeting to discuss fair elections, and the Board's response was essentially: "What seats?"
Of the current 3-person Board, only Manny was elected by homeowners. David was appointed to fill Ron Chandler's seat after his resignation — a legitimate vacancy fill. But Donna Paules was shuffled from an illegitimate expanded seat into a legitimate one — without any homeowner vote.
Here's what they don't want you to know: The Board can restore those 2 seats at any time with a simple vote — the same way they created them in the first place. There is no legal barrier. It's not complicated. They simply choose not to, because they know that if homeowners get to elect 3 seats in November, the community flips the Board majority. And that terrifies them.
Under Florida law and West Port's own bylaws, homeowners have the right to petition the Board to place items on meeting agendas. The Board expanded from 3 to 5 seats once before with a simple vote. They can do it again at any point before November — if they choose to.
Legal basis: FL §720.306(1)(b) — 10% of members may call special meetings and propose agenda items. Bylaws §12.3 — Board may amend bylaws to change the number of directors. Bylaws §3.8 — Members may vote by proxy at all meetings.
In the July 27 Alliant email, the Board said the original expansion was done "based on guidance from previous legal counsel and management" — an admission that the process was flawed. But their solution was to eliminate the seats and call it a "reset button."
A "reset" that only resets in one direction isn't a reset — it's a power grab. They kept the expansion when it let them hand-pick loyalists. They eliminated it only when homeowners demanded elections. That's not accountability. That's self-preservation.
The Board can reverse this decision at any point before November 30. All it takes is a simple board vote — the exact same mechanism they used to create the seats in January and eliminate them in June. There is no waiting period and no complex legal hurdle — just a board vote and a county filing, something the management company handles routinely. The only thing stopping them is the math: 3 elected seats means the community chooses who governs it, and the current majority loses control.
The Board also announced plans for a "comprehensive review of the Association's governing documents" and possible amendments. If 5 seats were good enough for the Board to appoint in January, they're good enough for homeowners to elect in November.
Join us on Tuesday, August 4 at 6:30 PM ET via Zoom to coordinate our strategy for the August 6 Special Members' Meeting. We'll discuss speaking assignments, proxy strategy, and what homeowners can do to make their voices heard.
Register for Zoom — Aug 4 at 6:30 PM ETMeeting ID: 840 0604 8035 | Passcode: 248359 | Dial in: +1 305 224 1968
Sign the petition to demand 3 seats on the November ballot — and submit your General Proxy for the August 6 meeting.
Demand the Board expand to 5 seats and place 3 on the November 30 ballot.
Sign Petition →Legally valid e-signature via secure platform
Can't attend Aug 6? Assign a General Proxy so your vote and quorum count.
Submit Proxy →Legally valid e-signature via secure platform
Signing the petition is step one. A personal email from you, as an owner of record, carries real weight — and it creates a written record the Board has to respond to. We’ve written the whole letter for you.
It goes to Alliant Property Management (apmsupport@alliantproperty.com) with a request to forward it to the Board. Just fill in your name and address before you hit send.
To: apmsupport@alliantproperty.com
Subject: Request: place the two additional Board seats on the November 30, 2026 ballot
Please forward this to the West Port Community Association Board of Directors and include it in the correspondence for the next Board meeting. Dear Alliant Property Management and Members of the Board of Directors, I am a member in good standing of the West Port Community Association and the owner of [YOUR ADDRESS]. I am writing about the composition of the Board for the November 30, 2026 Annual Meeting and election. It is my understanding that the Board previously approved expanding from three directors to five, and that the two additional seats are not currently being offered for election. As it stands, only one of three seats will appear on the November 30 ballot. I am respectfully asking the Board to correct that before the election notice is finalized. Specifically, I am asking the Board to take the following action at its next regular meeting: 1. Restore the two additional Board seats, for a five-member Board. 2. Place THREE director positions on the November 30, 2026 Annual Meeting ballot. 3. Assign staggered initial terms to the two new seats - one year and two years - so that not all seats expire in the same cycle, which preserves continuity while keeping the Board accountable to members each year. My reasons are straightforward. A five-member Board spreads the workload, reduces the risk that two people can decide a matter for an entire community, and makes it far less likely that Association business stalls when a director is unavailable. Staggered terms give us institutional memory without giving up annual accountability. And a community of our size deserves a genuine election - one contested seat out of three is not a meaningful choice for the members who fund this Association. I would also ask that this request, and the Board's response to it, be reflected in the minutes, and that the decision be made in time for the required election notice and candidate-application window so that qualified owners actually have time to run. A large number of my neighbors have already signed a petition asking for exactly this. I hope the Board will act on it voluntarily rather than requiring further member action. Thank you for your service and for your attention to this request. I would appreciate a written response confirming whether the two seats will be placed on the November 30 ballot. Respectfully, [YOUR FULL NAME] [YOUR PROPERTY ADDRESS] [PHONE] | [EMAIL] Member, West Port Community Association
Two tips: send it from the email address the Association has on file for you, and change at least one sentence to your own words. A hundred identical emails read as one email — a hundred personal ones read as a hundred owners.