I was suggesting a personal visit rather than just requests. They can’t ignore you if you turn up at their office ( with a prior appointment)
The theory is good, and that may well work. But I have heard many stories about people being refused appointments, the material not being available when they get there, passwords being “lost” etc etc.
The simple fact is that if a committee and a complicit strata manager don’t want you to see records, they can put all sorts of obstacles in the way to, at the very least delay the process in the hope that you just give up.
Otherwise, you end up going to Fair Trading and/or a tribunal and wish you’d done that in the first place.