The non-service of General Meeting notices is such a serious issue that the creation of a by-law to allow agendas by email may jst be a belt and braces approach, just in case, for instance, someone changes their email address and hasn’t told the Strata Manager or secretary.
I do know however that sending out great wodges of paperwork that most people aren’t even going to read is incredibly wasteful. Not only that, electronic notices are easily searchable for years after the original paper notices have gone to recycling.
That said, I think our strata manager sends out the agenda on hard copy, just to be on the safe side. There are people who will claim they didn’t get proper notice of meetings and until such time as there is an automatic system for notifying the receipt of General Meeting notice, I think you will get both.
And I don’t think the by-law over-rides the law – it sits alongside it. It would only appear tooverride the law if it said that’s what it intended to do. And then, of course, it would be invalid because no by-law can override any other law on the statute books.
I think this particular horse has been beaten to expiration. There is nothing to be gained from going round in these circles. Unless someone has a definitive statement that will put this to bed, let’s consider the matter closed.