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Hi Whale
Well, it was “interesting” to say the least!
Another owner and I attended the SM Office and took along all the proxies that had been given to us. The SM works from home and her staff work in a converted garage. We entered the office/garage and one of the young ladies showed us in to the dining room so in essence we were in the “private residence”. We sat there for a few minutes and the SM came in and said “so you have some proxies for me”. My colleague handed over the proxies and she said “thank you, I will send you an email this afternoon with the result”. I asked “aren’t we having a teleconference with the Secretary?” she replied “no, I made this quite clear it was a ‘paper’ meeting”. My colleague started to ask a question and she shut him up by saying again “it is a paper meeting and that was made clear on the agenda.” I then said “I haven’t completed a proxy form because I am physically here to vote.” She asked me how I would be voting and I said “exactly the same as the owners who have given us their proxy.” She then told us to leave. My colleague tried to speak i.e. give his vote and she got upset and said “I want you to leave now.” I said “I thought we could attend the meeting and the secretary would telephone in” she insisted we leave and since we were in her home I said to my colleague “we should go” and we left.
The minutes arrived yesterday and true to form they were wrong! She listed the first item as “deferred” and items 2 and 3 “defeated”. She noted that I had given my proxy to my colleague which is inaccurate because I was present and voted accordingly. She also noted my colleague had given his proxy to himself!!!
Another strange comment she made was she said to the other owner and me “I wish you both peace”. I bit my tongue because all I wanted was an agent who had integrity and was professional – she had neither
Now on to the task of meeting the agents who provided their tenders and getting someone who knows the Strata Laws and has integrity
Thanks Whale for your sound advice.