NewThe Master Association · Oct. 22, 2026
The Master’s 2027 budget workshop: the quarterly fee would rise to about $400
Nothing was voted on. The quarterly assessment, $285 since 2009, came out near $400 on the worksheet. The legal line nearly triples. A resort shuttle returns as a placeholder. A redrafted budget goes to a later board meeting.
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The Summit · Oct. 18, 2026
Summit owners seat three directors, and the board takes up what it pays to run the building
Frederick Lanier, Deena Clausen and Megan Shifrin won the three open seats; Sandy Carter had more votes than two of them but fell short of the two-thirds rule after eight years. Keith Raines stays president. The Virtuous contract ends December 31, and the board talked about seeking bids without taking a vote. The budget meeting is November 16.
Read →The Summit · Oct. 13, 2026
The Summit: the 2025 audit is in, and six years of where the money went
Dated October 7 and shared to the owner portal October 13, the audit closes the books on 2025. Read beside the audits and budget minutes back to 2020, it shows how the monthly assessment went from $468 to $980, what each line pays for, and how every budget passed.
Read →The Master Association · Oct. 2, 2026
Master board takes up the tram, the cable proposals and tables for the Beachwalk
Riding the tram is free for everyone, and the question for 2027 is how to fund it. Offers to replace cable with fiber wait for a budget workshop, and the Beachwalk tables were tabled. Owners filled the room and used the end of the meeting for questions about money, the lawsuit and mediation.
Read →The Master Association · Sept. 29, 2026
Master board meets October 1
The TOPS’L Master Association board meets Thursday, October 1, at 11 a.m. Central. Ten items of new business are on the agenda, including insurance, the tram, the 2027 budget workshop and telecommunication proposals.
Read →The Mediation, continued · Sept. 23, 2026
Mediation: ‘concluded without a settlement’
The September 22 mediation ended without a settlement. Court filings show the session was held by Zoom, that the Club’s designated decision maker was a lawyer from Washington State rather than an officer of the company, and that the next court date is January 12, 2027.
Read →The Paper Trail · Sept. 15, 2026
Mediation: the ‘uncommon’ offer that followed the lawsuit
The Club told owners that offering to mediate was a courtesy. The lawsuit came six weeks before the offer, and a pending motion argues Florida law puts mediation first. What each side is asking for, count by count.
Read →The Paper Trail · Part IV
The fee.
Seventy-three dollars per reservation. Where it came from, who set it, what it was meant to pay for, and who now wants it back. Told entirely from the association’s own minutes and books.
Read →From the Beach
Take a left.
The luckiest stretch of the Emerald Coast, in fourteen photographs. Sugar-white quartz, a preserve next door, and a beach that stays empty in peak season.
Read →The standing record · 2023–2026
The Paper Trail.
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