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Hi Brianpr… Thanks for this informative post. But you’re obviously starting from a point where the committee has some basic functionality and competence!
I live in a small, 12 unit block (Sydney, south eastern suburbs) built in the 1960s. At our recent AGM (which was more than 3 months overdue) every (financial) resident owner nominated and were appointed to the committee – 7 people in all. One gentleman (I’ll call him U10; he’s lived here the longest and owns 2 units) is treated as the nominal chair simply by dint of his tenure. The building is reasonably well looked after and major issues get fixed fairly quickly but with minimal consultation. I have been trying to institute a more proactive approach since I moved in 5 years ago to no avail. Mr U10 uses textbook passive aggressive tactics to avoid convening meetings and we end up having discussions over group emails. The only benefit of the email issue is that it means these “discussions” are recorded.
I’ve tried to call a meeting but then U10 says “I don’t think we need a meeting…” and so nothing happens!!!! I’m not a particularly patient or politically adept person so this is driving me completely mental.
I look forward to reading more.