Most architectural review committees start with good intentions and volunteer energy. Then a wave of remodel submittals hits at once, a key committee member resigns, or a dispute over a fence height turns into a month of back and forth, and the backlog starts to build. If that sounds familiar, you are not alone, and there is a straightforward way to close the gap without asking already-stretched volunteers to do more. The Problem Behind the Backlog A backlog rarely comes from