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The manager of the OC has been given majority rights through proxies from international investors and is running the property like a fiefdom. I’m sure this isn’t unusal, however with privacy laws there is no way to contact other owners directly regarding management issues. She also takes every opportunity to ‘police’ the property in unnecessary ways. Can someone tell me if they’ve had success in overcoming this? I’ve tried to get a seat on the committee, she has said no, we do not need anyone else. There are currently 3 members. There are 38 properties on title.
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Hmmm. You could propose a motion for the next AGM that the EC size be some larger number, say 5 or 7 (In the ACT a special resolution is required to decide to make the EC >7, not sure about elsewhere). You could enlist a few of your resident neighbours to be ready to nominate each other. The managing agent could not reasonably refuse such a motion or to mail out to all owners your statement in support of the motion. If the motion passes and you then have a majority on the EC, they can firmly direct the managing agent in the interests of the OC. The manager acts for the OC as directed by the EC.