A neutral, public reference for Woodtrace residents thinking about the homeowner petition being circulated by other residents. This page is editorial guidance from this preserved-record site, not a legal opinion and not an endorsement.
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Signing the petition is not the removal vote.
Under the Woodtrace bylaws that are currently visible to this site, the process is at least two stages:
Call the meeting. Members in Good Standing holding one-fourth of the total votes may call a Special Meeting. That authority is in Art. V §5.3 of the bylaws.
Vote at that meeting. Removal of a Director then requires a separate two-thirds vote at a Special Meeting called for that purpose ( Art. VII §7.8).
Any resulting vacancy is filled by the remaining Directors in Good Standing for the unexpired term ( Art. VII §7.9). The petition organizers do not automatically select replacements.
What this FAQ does not decide: record date, quorum rules, proxy handling, and the precise threshold-calculation base (e.g. total votes as of what date, which lot classes count) are matters the official Special Meeting notice must clarify. Residents should read the notice in full before signing anything final.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we keep hearing.
Which Directors does the petition concern?
The organizer FAQ names three current Board members. To respect resident privacy on this public page, the FAQ describes them by their Board role only; the underlying identities are recorded in the Association's own director register and are visible to qualified reviewers who sign in.
The current Board President — the organizer FAQ lists this Director's term as ending Apr. 1, 2028.
A second current Director — the organizer FAQ lists a term ending Apr. 1, 2028.
A third current Director — the organizer FAQ lists a term ending Apr. 1, 2029.
Term dates: organizer FAQ These dates come from the organizer FAQ. This site has not independently verified them against the Association's official records; residents should ask the Board for the current, dated director-term register.
Explicitly not part of the request
Two other current Directors are not part of the petition organizers' request.
Why do the organizers say they acted?
The organizer FAQ summarises several concerns. This site restates them with visible certainty labels — the labels are ours, the underlying concerns are as the organizers describe them.
AllegationRelated-party payments and control. Organizers say records identify payments and vendor relationships that, in their view, raise conflict-of-interest concerns. This site has not adjudicated whether every such payment is prohibited — see the legal guardrails below.
AllegationARCC solicitation. Residents reported instances they characterise as improper ARCC (Architectural Review Control Committee) solicitation. Investigators have not published a finding.
UnresolvedGate reliability, safety, and vendor records. Organizers say there are gaps in the vendor record and unresolved reliability/safety complaints about the neighborhood gates.
UnresolvedAug. 1, 2026 gate incident and public statements. There is a disputed account of a gate incident on that date and disputed public statements that followed. The organizers and named directors describe the events differently; this site does not adopt either side's version.
AllegationPreferential treatment. Residents alleged preferential enforcement or vendor selection.
Organizers also say
they raised these questions with the Board for months;
they would prefer voluntary resignations or a Town Hall;
forced removal is described as a last resort.
The named Directors are invited to send complete written responses and dated corrections. This site publishes corrections on the Corrections page under the same certainty labels.
What legal and evidentiary guardrails should residents know?
This section corrects three specific overbroad statements that appear in the organizer FAQ. It is not legal advice — residents with concerns should talk to their own counsel.
Reconciled against the primary general ledger
The organizer FAQ cites $3,909.68 paid to two related payees (both current Directors and/or a related household member per the organizer FAQ) between Jan. 1, 2025 and Jul. 7, 2025. This site has now reconciled that figure directly against the entries in the 2025 general ledger already summarised in this project's analytical record:
$3,314.90 — completed payment entries naming those two payees, individually or jointly, in that window (five line items: May 19, May 20, May 20, June 10, and July 7, 2025)
+ $594.78 — a separate check in July 2025 that the ledger shows as VOIDED
= $3,909.68 — matches the organizer figure to the cent
Reconciled The organizer's $3,909.68 appears to combine the five completed entries with the voided check. The accurate way to describe the record is: $3,314.90 in completed payment entries plus a separate $594.78 check shown as voided. The voided check should not be counted as a completed payment.
What this reconciliation does not decide. This is an arithmetic and status reconciliation only. It does not characterise any of the underlying transactions as compensation, self-dealing, theft, fraud, or illegality. Whether each completed entry was an appropriate expense reimbursement, a permitted vendor payment, or something that should have gone through additional disclosure or approval remains a separate fact question that depends on the underlying invoices, approvals, and conflict records — which are not fully in this project's current record.
Bylaws §7.10 — compensation vs. expense reimbursement
§7.10 bars compensation for service in a director capacity, but allows reimbursement of actual expenses. It does not automatically classify every related payment as an unlawful conflict. Whether any specific payment is a prohibited compensation, a permitted expense reimbursement, or something else is a fact question that depends on the underlying records.
Texas Property Code §209.0052 — corrected wording
Corrected The organizer FAQ describes §209.0052 as a blanket prohibition on “conflicts”. That framing is overbroad. §209.0052 does not prohibit every related-party contract; it permits certain contractsonly when specific statutory conditions are satisfied (including disclosure, board approval by disinterested directors, and related requirements). The correct question about any given contract is whether those statutory conditions were met, not whether a “conflict” exists.
Language this site uses
Throughout: “organizers say,” “records identify,” “residents reported,” “allegation,” “unresolved.” This site does not declare fraud, theft, fictitious business status, deliberate lying, criminality, illegality, or personal liability. Those are conclusions only a court or a regulator can reach.
What should a resident review before deciding?
Read the organizer petition carefully — including any exact threshold and eligibility language.
Read the applicable Woodtrace bylaws, particularly §§5.3, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10.
Review the current evidence assessment on this site (Evidence and Findings) — every claim carries a source classification.
Ask the Board for a complete written response to the specific concerns raised.
Wait for the official Special Meeting notice, which should specify record date, quorum, proxy handling, and the threshold-calculation base.
How does this site handle corrections and responses?
Any named person or organization may submit a complete written response or a dated correction. Corrections appear on the public Corrections page under the same certainty labels used elsewhere on the site. This FAQ will be updated in place, with a dated changelog entry, whenever a primary record is reconciled or a claim is retracted.
External organizer form · Not hosted by this site
The petition itself is a Google Form circulated by the organizers.
The link below opens the organizers' Google Form in a new tab. This site does not collect, store, or forward any of your responses. Read the form carefully — including its wording and any signature requirements — before you decide whether to sign.
This FAQ is preserved-record editorial work — not a legal opinion, not an investigation report, and not evidence itself. It exists to help residents read the organizer FAQ and the Woodtrace bylaws side-by-side.