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Darryl wrote:

That is why I do not believe training should be limited to strata committee members. Training should extend to the owners corporation and owners generally. People who purchase into a strata scheme should understand that they are not simply buying a private apartment with an unrelated management service attached. They are becoming members of a collective legal entity with shared responsibilities for common property, finances, compliance, repairs, risk management and long-term planning.

I agree with you Darryl – it would be beneficial if all owners were required to complete the new training program.

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Thanks for the responses. Now that the Botany St apartment has been widely covered in the media, I would like to ask a follow up question…

During the 11am briefing today, I think I heard Dr Chant say the source of infection is known but when a journalist asked for details today, I don’t think she answered. I am keen to find out more about how the infection was transmitted. This would help other apartments to learn from the experience. Social interaction between apartments? Indoor air? Bins? Surfaces? Lifts? Wondering if Jimmy or anyone else has more inflormation?

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Thank you very much for your responses. Spot on re… “sometimes small line items such as the email ‘fee’ are not scrutinisd well enough by the OC before signing”!!

Unfortunately we overlooked the $$ significance of the new and very brief line entry “emailing $0.55 per page” when we renewed the contract last year!

I was quite shocked when I found out recently that this is actually implemented as 55c x number pages x no recipients. It is at least some consolation to know that others also consider it excessive. We will be more attentive to the fine detail at the next renewal! 

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