What do we do if no one wants to be a chairperson ? Is there such a thing as an independent chairperson ?
In Victoria the lot owners must elect a member to be the chairperson of the owners corporation. Without a chair, any committee decisions might not be lawful so they’d be no point in having a committee.
So technically, without a chairperson, the OC could only be run by the strata manager or by the whole OC itself with decisions made at general meetings.
Many smaller stratas (eg 3 or 4 lots) are actually run that way. Rather casual but if no one complains, it just carries on…
SMs charge fees according to their contract of appointment.