Lake Wildwood Governing Documents prohibit motorcycles on our streets (Reference - Article V, Section 6(a) of Lake Wildwood's C C and R's). In 2002, a campaign was launched to determine if the Community was willing to make a change. We realized from the outset that attempting to change this rule would be a formidable task because the rule regarding motorcycle access is a "DECLARATION" in the HOA CC&R's. As such, it requires a vote of half of the TOTAL membership to affect a change. Not all people vote on issues. Typically, about 1800 votes are cast. If 1410 votes(half the membership) are needed, the measure needs to pass by 80 per cent of the people voting. However, we had a well organized campaign which started with forming a Club and having the Club sanctioned by the Board. A sanctioned Club gives status that allows you to approach the Board to request funds, support and changes to rules. Following the sanctioning, we set up and held 3 Town Hall meetings with PowerPoint presentations(we were the first to make a PowerPoint presentation at LWW - on any topic), sent out 2 mailers to the entire Community and kept the TWI, The UNION and KNCO radio station involved with news releases which supported our position and reported on progress. We made comparisons to other Home Owner Associations, took a survey of the Community, offered to test homeowner motorcycles for sound levels and participated in local charity events(which we still do) etc. etc. Then, we proposed JUST a 120 day TRIAL PERIOD for Restricted Motorcycle Access. All of this spanned a 2 year period and was done in an informative, non-adversarial manner. In July, 2004, the ballot measure for a 120 day Trial Period for Restricted Motorcycle Access was put to a Community vote. The measure did not receive the 1410 required "Yes" votes and the Trial Period was disallowed. (more)