Whale said:
……I'm contemplating whether to use trickery in order to elicit attendance by placing an Item on the Agenda to increase the Levies by some outlandish percentage, ……
Reading the posts on this topic I was thinking the same thing myself.
Maybe you need to check with the Strata Manager to be sure you have the latest contact details for the Owners.
As Secretary, send out the Agenda Items as usual, with a proposal for a huge increase of levies, or turning common property into a child care centre or something outlandish.
Later, enlist the help of another caring Owner, and from a hotmail address send an email, or door knock offering to take on proxies to vote at the AGM!!!
That would sure stir people up.