#55812
TrulEConcerned
Flatchatter
Chat-starter

    Hey Pistonbroke – you ask why am I not on the committee. The plan has 5 lots. In the past every lot was on the committee. The Sec/Tsr a few years back demanded that I not be (re) elected to the committee by setting the number of members no longer at 5 but at 2: him and an elderly woman (was his choice), the latter who serves as chairman but in truth as his echo, asking no questions and offering no opinion. The Sec/Tsr persuaded an elderly male owner who suffers from major memory problems to give him the latter’s proxy. This way the Sec/Tsr has 3 out of 5 votes before even consulting the 5th lot.

    Why did he tell the other owners that he could not sit on the committee if I was elected? Simple, he took a dislike to my demands for transparency where I insisted on quotes before work was performed for the OC, where he prefers no quotes. He also prefers to be paid by the managing agent without revealing such pmts to the OC. Also he never forgot that I unearthed an invoice for another lot’s stove replacement which he as Tsr many years ago paid for with OC funds. You read right. The OC thereafter insisted he repay this amount, which I suppose he did years later (but can’t recall) and am confident any pmt was without any interest or other penalty.

    I also understand he inquired with others about my history as Tsr of a very large strata in Sydney for 9 years, where there too I demanded transparency; but there everyone on that committee was happy with such an attitude by me.