High Desert Living

We owe a big debt of gratitude to the following people for contributing fabulous photographs to our homepage slideshow. They give it life and show us all how beautiful High Desert is. We'll change these pictures as time goes on and new seasons emerge.

Thanks to:
Joseph Coston
Fred Gorenz
John Ledwith
Kathryn Lombard-Thomas
Marcos Montoya (via Lynn Alter)
Larry Reese

Albuquerque residents can attend government meetings remotely, including Albuquerque City Council meetings, on GOV-TV by clicking on this link:  www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/govtv

GOV TV is the local government television channel for Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. GOV TV provides real-time streaming video of local government programming 24 hours a day. Programming includes live coverage of government meetings, recorded news conferences, and a wide variety of locally produced TV shows about public services, facilities, employees, officials, and events.

The current Nominating Committee goal is to set up a more transparent and inclusive system for the High Desert homeowners to become Board Members.

We are following the Nominating Committee Charter, including collecting the Statements of Interest from candidates and ensuring they are in compliance. We are available to educate homeowners on Board responsibilities, duties, and time commitments. We will provide a forumm for all candidates to discuss HOA challenges and visions for the future.

If you or a friend want to learn about the Board, please contact Camille Singaraju, Nominating Committee Chair, so we can set up and informal meeting.

Voting Member Nominating, Election Schedule, and Process

1. For questions and answers about the nomiation process, contact Camille Singaraju at bsingaraju@msn.com or 505-821-6887.
2. Thursday, April 7, 2022, is the last day to submit a Statement of Interest.
3. Nominating Committee will request the following information from the candidates: 
   a. Biography and responses to five questions
   b. During the first and second week of April, a Nominating Committee Forum will be scheduled
   for each candidate to:
   i.   Provide information on board members' responsibilities;
   ii.  Provide the committee an opportunity to ask questions/discuss candidate responses to the questions; and
   iii. Finalize the responses in preparation for distribution to the Voting Members.
4. Saturday, April 16, 2022, distribute each candidate's biography and responses to questions to Voting Members through Google Discussions Group and encourage Voting Members to distribute these to all homeowners.
5. Saturday, April 23, 2022, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. open Zoom meeting for homeowners to meet the candidates and ask questions.
6. Thursday, April 28, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Voting Members meeting for Board member elections:
   a. Entertain nominations from the floor for additional candidates.
   b. Allow nominees from the floor an opportunity to discuss their qualifications and visions for the future (10 minutes each); and
   c. Allow prior nominees an opportunity for any further discussions (5 minutes each).

Upcoming Town Hall
Please attend the next Town Hall
via Zoom on October 20th at 4:00 p.m.