My impression is that at regulatory policy formulation level there is not much understanding of the impracticality of loading strata committees with responsibilities. While I am sure there are many schemes in NSW with functional committees, my own experience suggests they may be the exception not the rule. In a a smallish 10 unit scheme I bought into, the strata committee it seems never once met. Whatever business was done was by unrecorded approvals to strata manager. I have sighted a website advisor claim that the Act does not mandate a requirement that a committee actually meet at all. Probably strata manager agencies encourage unimpeded delegation to their nominee.
At the same time, in my experience very few owners saddle up for Ctee membership and most that do are reluctant about responding or giving much time. This fact of life makes it unlikely that requiring training of Ctee members or their involvement in capital planning programs will do much more than discourage recruitment. Of course the problem is not confined to strata management.many incorporated associations struggle to find active officers. For strata schemes I suggest that Fair Work could do more to enliven Ctee functioning and membership if it put more pressure on strata management agencies to reach a set of mandatory KPI ,designed to better inform and involve owners, starting with AGMs