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Control of Boards is my issue with DRI. Although I am not an owner at Poipu, I joined COPP because of that issue. I don't know if it is illegal, but it is certainly unethical. i believe this is the norm with DRI and not an exception with Poipu (I know it is true at my resort). When owners trade in their ownerships for points, I think that DRI then controls the voting rights to that ownership. Since they have convinced many owners to do that in exchange for points, DRI then "legally" casts their votes for DRI employees who run for the local board. Without any means to organize resort owners, there is no way to overcome the huge voting block that DRI controls, thereby insuring that their employees are elected. Clearly that becomes a conflict of interest since an employee will do the bidding of their employer if it means keeping their job and potentially a raise in pay.