#60272
magpie
Flatchatter

    From bitter and painful experience I recommend that anyone who is a member of a body corporate committee read the strata living guide that Jimmy has noted above. If you are in Vic the consumer affairs site has thorough information for body corps including the roles of committee members. If you need more info their contact people are extremely helpful. You can take control of work in neglected blocks but remember that you need to instruct the manager to act for you. Your works committee, by meeting, taking minutes, then circulating those minutes to all owners, can get work done. Be careful to keep the committee in good communication as well in case one member goes rogue and contacts other owners with misinformation of planned works. It can be very difficult to right a sinking ship so best to be proactive and keep owners informed. It can seem like a lot of thankless work if the majority of owners do not seem to care, never attend an AGM, do not reply to email, etc.