I’m not sure I understand.
Any non-owner (with a few specific exceptions) can be nominated in writing by an owner – or any person entitled to vote – who is not standing for office themselves.
Schedule 1, Section 5 of the NSW Act says nominations must be made in writing and may be made before or at the meeting.
This is not about proxies. It’s about written nominations.
5 Nomination of candidates for election prior to meeting
(1) The written notice of an annual general meeting is to include a call for nominations for members of the strata committee at least 7 days before the annual general meeting of an owners corporation.
(2) Any owner, or any person entitled to vote at a general meeting of an owners corporation, may nominate a person for election as a member of the strata committee.
(3) The nomination is to be made by written notice given to the secretary of the owners corporation or, in the case of the first annual general meeting, to the convenor of the meeting, that states the name of:
(a) the person nominated, and
(b) the person making the nomination and that the person nominated consents to the nomination.
(4) The secretary must include the nomination in the notice of the meeting at which the election is to take place. Notice of any subsequent nomination is to be given by the secretary at the meeting.
(5) A nomination may be made at any time before the election is held and may be made at the meeting.
(6) An owner or a person may make a nomination even if the owner or person cannot vote because the owner is an unfinancial owner.