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Hi, So read about your issues, believe me I know how frustrated you must be. I was also unlawfully and incorrectly denied the right to self nominate for the Strata committee at the AGM, and again it was the Strata Manager who said I was not allowed to self nominate. The only ‘punishment’ for the SM’s error this was an “education session” from Dept of Fair trading.
I also lived in a small block of only 6 units. The outcome was long winded and led to the other two members of the committee – but mainly the secretary, disparaging me to the other owners, this meant that year after year it became impossible for me to get a spot on the committee, despite being the only resident occupier in the block. Thank heavens proxy harvesting was banned so it is not as easy for one person to do this anymore. I took my case to NCAT and the Adjudicator stated that I had been adversely affected by not being able to self nominate. Maybe you could cite this case in your dealings with the SM and the committee?
See Paragraphs 30 and 39