Only 10 signatures required to run for Board.
Only 10 signatures of "members in good standing" are required to get on the ballot to at least have some illusion of choice in the election. Scratch that- 9 signatures. I am a member in good standing and will sign any and all petition for any member interested in running.
The nominating committee mentions this process in their email but they were not willing to provide the actual language or requirements. Here they are.
HPCCA bylaws, Article IV Section 4(c)
(c) Any Property Owner meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 1 (see below) of this Article IV may, within thirty (30) days of the posting of the notice of the Nominating Committee’s nominees and solicitation of additional nominees, place or allow such Property Owner’s name to be placed in nomination by filing with the Association Secretary a nomination, to include brief biographical information and qualifications of the nominee, together with evidence of the support of the candidacy by at least ten (10) other Property Owners, which may be in the form of a signed petition or letters of support (which may be submitted via facsimile or email). The support of any person nominating, or signature of any person supporting a candidate, as one (1) of the required ten (10) signatories, shall not be counted if such person is delinquent in the payment of any dues, assessments, charges or fees owed to Association.
Here is Section 1, referenced.
Section 1. General Powers and Qualifications. The control and management of the Association and the Club shall be vested in the Board of Directors. Each Director shall have been either a Property Owner for at least one (1) year or the Spouse of such Property Owner. A Property Owner who has listed with a broker, or otherwise publicly advertised all such Property Owner’s Homes and Residential Lots for sale, is ineligible to serve as a Director and shall resign as a Director within thirty (30) days of placing such Homes and Residential Lots on the market. Upon the failure of such a Director to resign, the remainder of the Board of Directors shall remove such Director as soon as reasonably practical. A person is ineligible to be included in the nominees on the ballot, or to be elected to serve as a Director, if such person is delinquent in the payment of any dues, assessments, charges or fees owed to the Association on the date that is five (5) business days prior to the date the ballots for election of Directors are sent to the Property Owners or such person has not read, signed and agreed to the Association Board Code of Conduct, as amended by the Board from time to time. Only for the purpose of defining persons qualified to serve as a Director or officer, the term Property Owner shall include an owner of any Legal Entity as long as such person is the Primary Property Owner as that term is defined in the Association Covenants or a Designated User as that term is defined in the Club Plan.