A few years ago our strata manager was one of the big operations, who shall remain nameless, because they were so bad. They liked having GMs at odd times, or even better doing a meeting by paper resolution to approve renovations, with the note that no-one should attend. Two people out of nine voted. That particular decision is now the subject of a long legal dispute.
M S may not have the luxury but we got rid of that strata manager, and found one who fits in with us. The one we have now doesn’t charge for the first two GMs in a year, whenever they are held. Of course a manager has the right to charge for out of hours meetings, but they should not be dictating when they are held.
I don’t like undirected proxies being given to the manager and a meeting being held that way, because effectively you are putting the manager in the position of a compulsorily appointed manager. That is extreme but it does happen.