Dear Jimmy, with all due respect, secret society is a bit over the top.
Any owner who attends AGMs is totally aware of who the members of the EC are as they are voted in at these meetings each year. BY THE OWNERS. You know this. The minutes of these meetings are then sent to ALL owners.The EC members names are available as information in these minutes. Again, you know this. So realistically there is no such thing as a strata with no names unless of course you are in a building without management or does not record the election of the EC. Possibly there are some other situations I am not aware of? Maybe in other states? I am in NSW.
So why the provactive headline?
As you know any Owner can front up to an EC Meeting and ask to speak.
Having a Strata Manager is an investment well spent, they manage the buiding, this is what they are paid for.
The EC volunteer their time as most are interested in the upkeep of their building and work very hard on their own time to provide a well kept and financially productive community and building, I estimate I spend approximately 10 hours a week on building issues, more when there are big issues, often more, not including phone calls, printer paper and cartridges which our Committee at this stage are not reimbursed for, the SM is able to filter the usual repairs etc and then forward on more serious issues to be dealt with by THE COMMITTEE, therefore reducing the issues we have to deal with personally. There is probably no point really in contacting one particular Member with an issue, as if the issue involved needs Committee approval it will still need THE COMMITTEE to act upon. Meaning it will generally have to go to a meeting anyway, and need a majority to vote on so what exactly is the point of contacting one member on their own time? Does one contact their bank manager or phone provider etc out of business hours?
Really? I am so totally waiting on a ballout! 