Document Lawsuit

The lawsuit was filed because the TVPOA's General Manager instituted Procedures, Guidelines and Rules for document access requests, and the Board of Directors changed the By-Laws in direct violation of the Tennessee Legal Code for Non-Profit corporations.

Joe Marlette President of the Tellico Village Property Owners Association wants Tellico Village Property Owners, only the select few, to believe that the TVPOA complies with the Tennessee Code, § 48-66-101 thru § 48-66-105, regarding document access requirements for Non-Profits like the TVPOA. He states in the April 25, 2010 "guest column" of the Knox-News Sentinel newspaper that "The POA (has) operated for more than 20 years with no document access problems. Not only is disclosure required under the state law, it's the right thing to do".

If the TVPOA Board of Directors believes, as Mr. Marlette has been quoted as saying, "Not only is disclosure required under the state law, it's the right thing to do." Then one must ask, why did the TVPOA expend in excess of $100,000 of the Villagers monies fighting this lawsuit? After all, the Court clearly ruled that the document access requests submitted by Richard Anklin and Dan Hutcherson were to be provided!

Anthing else that Mr. Marlette has to say on the TVPOA's compliance is just his way of justifying the Board's legal fees to the small group calling themselves "Friends of the POA", and nothing more. If his letters to the "Friends" were so important and contained justification of the Court's ruling, then why did he not publish the information for all Villagers; including those who do not currently reside here? This could have easily been accomplished by adding the information to the POA website.

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05/20/2009 - Board Minutes

Document Access Request & Denial

(a) Dan Hutcherson Request

( i ) 06/04/2009 - POA Denial

( i i ) 06/08/2009 - Appeal Of POA Denial

(b) Richard Anklin Request

( i ) 06/11/2009 - POA Initial Letter

( i i ) 07/08/2009 - POA Denial

06/17/2009 - Board Minutes (Page 4) - 68 Document Requests / Not Thousands as Advertised

07/21/2009 - Lawsuit Filed Against POA