The idea that you might be excluded from a meeting that discusses an issue in which you have some personal or financial interest is deeply flawed. Don’t all the other members of the committee have a personal or financial interest in the outcome too?
I was just reading a VCAT ruling the other day where the Members said that they didn’t think an owner should have been excluded from the meeting where they discussed his actions against them at the tribunal as it wasn’t a conflict of interest any more for the owner concerned than for the committee members.
On the other hand, they also noted that they were not prepared to say that there were no situations where it might be appropriate to exclude the owner from the meeting.