#52146
Sir Humphrey
Strataguru

    If a motion includes “lots of advice”, then perhaps it was poorly drafted. A motion generally has to be in a form that clearly directs someone to do some thing. Eg. “That the Owners Corporation must do X when Y occurs”.

    A chair could decline to put a motion to a meeting if it is not competent to unequivocally direct someone to do some thing. The chair could also rule that the motion should not be put because it would require something that would be inconsistent with the relevant strata act or other legislation. The reasonable thing to do would be to come back to you explaining the deficiencies in your motion, as they see them, and to suggest how you might reword them to be a motion that could be voted on.

    Where detailed explanation is required, that can be in an explanatory statement.