CLAUSE 21 Committees
(1) The Executive Committee of the owners corporation may establish committees in accordance with this By-Law.
(2) A committee shall operate for such a period of time as the Executive Committee may determine.
(3) A committee established pursuant to this By-Law shall be constituted by the following persons who shall be appointed by the Executive Committee and subject to the removal and replacement thereby:
(a) A member of the Executive Committee (who shall also be designated as the convenor of the committee); and
(b) Up to four (4) other persons, being members of the Executive Committee, owners or registered lessees.
(4) The functions of a committee shall be confined to those of an advisory and supervisory nature.
(5) The members of a committee shall elect a chairperson who shall preside at its meetings wherever possible.
(6) The meetings and proceedings of a committee shall be regulated in such a manner as the committee may from time to time determine.
That is our by-law … now let us look at how it is continually breached.
Most sub committees self-appoint and are refereed to by the EC but at no point did the EC formally establish them.
Most sub committees do not have an EC member.
I have never heard of the EC specifying a period for any sub-committee and they appear and disappear as if they were a pair of quarks dancing in distant space.
They can have one member, they can have 5 or more members depending on how fashionable the sub committee is.
They make decision and the authorise actions; the EC has no issue with that.
You do not need to be an owner or a registered lessee to get on a sub committee.
If a sub committee do elect a Chair it is a secret because it has never been noted that anyone is the Chair of a sub committee.
If someone raises an issue with the by-law not being followed then nothing comes of it. Can the EC be sent a notice to comply … not really because the EC is a group of people with no legal identity.
We currently have a Hall sub committee, a Social Space sub committee, a Roads sub committee, a Cemetery sub committee, an Events sub committee, the Legal sub committee as well as Landcare co-ordinator, Fire Chief co-ordinator, Youth Projects co-ordinator, Markets co-ordinator, Coffee Club co-ordinator and half a dozen other roles. One third of all these positions are filled by the occupiers of just 3 units and most of these fancy roles are nothing more than names on a sheet. The massive frame work is all about a small group of people holding control and nobody dares question them.
At the end of the day sub committees are good but they are nothing more than an advisory group …. unless you live here.