Many people, including your own committee members, don’t often know their State legislation and laws, and their own complex’s (live)-by-laws that all owners must comply with. You should spend the time acquiring this knowledge over time as it really cuts to the chase and can save you a lot of time and stress worrying over things you can or can’t get done.
Often you will find good people in power don’t know or understand their role and limits, or duds in power who do and use it for their own benefit, esp old hands who don’t have or want to spend their funds on things that ‘have always been that way’ or wont benefit them.
So quoting a little legislation can work magic in your favor, such as ‘I was going over the Act and couldn’t see where it says that, can you show me please?’ to help flush out those who may be right (but you still verify it) from those who are being silly – and need to get real.