Reply To: Strata manager getting it wrong

spmanager wrote:

Hi Gazelle sounds like the meeting was fun.

The manager is probably being practical (depending on the history of the building). All they had to do was ask does anyone want to nominate the co-owner. Lots of Stratas’ do that. Unless there is an issue with the person going on the committee, these one’s are usually let through so meeting don’t take hours.

I understand your point and normally I wouldn’t be so pedantic. But in this case, the committee wasn’t functioning well and one committee officer was causing most of the problems. I put forward a motion to vacate his office but because it requires a special resolution, I knew that I wouldn’t have the numbers because the other 2 committee members would back him up.

That’s why I challenged the co-owner nominations. Because that’s the only way that I was going to get rid of them and force a new election. It might be pedantic but it’s the law.

To your point about the strata manager asking somebody else to nominate the co-owner. That’s true. But that then has an impact because if a different owner nominates the co-owner, that owner can’t nominate themselves or someone else (is that the case?). Which in turn has an impact on the available nominations.

While the committee can do it. it could be an issue with owners. Remember all committee meeting agendas and minutes go out to owners and 25% of owners can block the committee from resolving any issue.

I agree with you. But in this case, the strata manager didn’t send the SCM meeting notice to the owners corporation. Another stuff up by the strata manager. They held the SCM one day and the painting started the very next day, without any notice to the owners or tenants.

I used the 25% rule to make a “qualified request” for an EGM, but by the time the notice period passed, the damage had already been done. Now we’re stuck with a dodgy paint job and the owners don’t like the new colour scheme.