Hello neighbors! We had our community cleanup day today. As everyone knows, Dan and Chris Stitt walk the community virtually every day with their sweet dog cleaning the community. Today they had help, but before, we gave them a well-deserved gift!

Community Events

The Landscape and Architecture Committee is hosting a Community Cleanup Day on July 13, 2024. Meet at 9 AM in the pool parking lot.

The Social Events Committee is hosting a Family Movie Night on July 26, 2024, at 7:30 PM in the pool parking lot. A dessert food truck will be setting up at 7 PM, and the movie will start at dark. 

Committe Meetings

Several committees have scheduled meetings in July:

Landscape & Architecture - July 2nd at 7 PM

Social Events - July 8th at 7 PM

Budget & Finance - July 16th at 7 PM

All committee meetings are held at the HOA Office at 79 Baywood Drive. All committee meetings are open to all residents, and all committees have remaining spots for additional members. 

We have some exciting news!

We have a lot of residents that are interested in helping run Ballentine Pointe, but are unable for whatever reason, to sit on the Board of Directors.

The main ways most HOAs do that are through committees. We historically had some committees, but they weren't well organized, and ever since COVID, they haven't really been active.

That changes today. We have dissolved all the old committees and replaced them with 5 new committees. These new committees are given responsibility for a different part of the association.

We wrote a detailed guide about volunteering for a committee, joining a committee as an active member, what the committees are, and how they are ran here: https://ballentinepointe.com/committees

The 5 new committees are:

1. Social Events -- plans and operates the social events calendar for the community.
2. Pool & Recreation - manages the amenity areas, including the pool, soccer field, and playground.
3. Landscape & Architecture - manages the look and feel of the community, including HOA maintained landscaping throughout the community, architecture guidelines, and architecture control requests, as well as the Yard Decorating Contests.
4. Community Relations - responsible for interacting with various neighborhood organizations, such as local schools, local government, other Homeowners Associations, and any other local community organizations.
5. Budget & Finance - responsible for working with other committees, members of the Association, and the Board of Directors to propose the annual operating and reserve budgets

We plan on having a series of kickoff meetings, one per day, the week of June 24th, at 7 PM, at the HOA Office (79 Baywood Drive Hiram, GA).

Please RSVP on Facebook if you plan on attending so we can ensure that we have room for everyone that wants to attend. If you aren’t already on our Facebook group, please join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ballentinepointehoa/. If you are unable to use Facebook for whatever reason, please RSVP by responding to this email with which committee(s) you plan on attending the kick-off meeting for.

• 6/24 - Social Events
• 6/25 - Pool & Recreation
• 6/26 - Landscape & Architecture
• 6/27 - Community Relations
• 6/28 - Budget & Finance

If there isn't enough space, we will move to the front porch.

Each committee will have Members and Volunteers. Volunteers are participants of a committee that are not Members. Volunteering for a committee has no time commitments or obligations outside of volunteering for any events or activities as they wish to volunteer for. Members have official duties and obligations, including a fiduciary duty to all Association Members, must commit to appearing for committee meetings, and volunteering for activities hosted by the Committee, and fulfilling the role within the Committee they volunteered for. To be considered for Committee Membership, you must be in good standing with the HOA. Tenants can participate and become committee members as well.

You must be an Association Member or an Occupant in order to be officially considered for a committee member. Guests may assist in a non-official capacity. Members are not required to be Occupants to join a committee as a volunteer, however, Members that do not reside locally will generally not be considered as an official committee Member if a suitable Occupant or locally resident Member is available.

Once the committees choose their Members, they will be appointed officially in their positions. They must choose their internal organization structure. Each committee shall choose a Chair, with preference given to non-Directors. The committees may also choose a Vice Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer. For committees without a Secretary or Treasurer, the Chair will fulfill that role.

Thank You,
Ballentine Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc.
Board of Directors

Some residents have inquired about bringing back the Trunk or Treats before the regular trick or treating on Halloween. If interested, please reach out via the Contact Us page.

Ballentine Pointe will not be changing the dues amount or the payment schedule in 2023. You might notice in the CMA portal that it still shows the full annual amount will be due in January 2023, however, CMA is addressing this and will have the correct payment schedule reflected soon.

Starting November 1, 2022, CMA Communities will be taking over management of our community from Homeside Properties, Inc. You will receive a welcome packet in the mail with the information you need to pay your dues going forward.

We will be removing the existing entrance signs starting today in preparation for getting our new entrance signs up.