Isn’t this ridiculous? My mob hit the turps during every monthly committee meeting also (and knowing some of the personalities involved, I can understand the drive to do so!) You’d think people would have the respect for the owners they represent to remain sober prior to any meeting deliberations, and not to risk the quality of decision making, and recall for action or minutes thereafter, let alone any challenge to decisions made because of their altered minds while doing so. Afterwards: go your hardest, but not before or during when considering issues relating to one of many owner’s most important assets. I also think it’s a poor precedent and you can bet sooner or later someone with a drinking problem will find their way onto the committee and the disruption and poor outcomes resulting less than ideal and hard then to curtail.
When I looked into it with the Commissioner’s Office in Qld, apparently there is no rule against it so long as they will be considered to have acted reasonably.
When I raised this issue myself here in Flat Chat some time back Jimmy drafted a potential motion about staying dry until all the formal business of the meeting had been concluded. I was ready to put it up but withheld doing so on the advice of others in my block who thought that presenting it would also kybosh my other motion for the same AGM. But I’m still keen to do so at some point as I find the notion just disrespectful and annoying.
Anyways, I hope that offers you some thoughts and lets you know you are not the only one frustrated by this issue.
All the best, Cheers, C.