Hi Gaelle,
As to the matter of “co-owner” or “joint owner” i.e more than one person owning a lot….my experience may assist you.
- At several times owners and/or a co-owner self nominated for election. Even in the most appallingly run scheme I am involved in, this was never a barrier to being a candidate for election. Sure at times some folks objected that the self nominees were not nominated in their words “according to law”, but even then the chair said “ok, then I nominate Mr So N. So. Now can we vote”? (Frankly I had no issue with self nominations); and
- The most cunning executive of a committee (of 7) – in a strata with 7 lots, one member per lot – one time pulled a fast one at an annual general meeting. She suggested one lot with 2 owners each be nominated and run for election (so that lot would have 2 members on the committee) and that the person with the least amount of votes amongst the other 6 lots would be tossed off the committee to make room for the joint owners. Given the numbers, the SC was a de facto OC, I smelled a rat and while I did not know what legal grounds I had, I made clear that if this vote passes I will do my best to see the matter run on A Current Affair or similar, where the committee members will be contacted by the program for comment. I will see that a chair is available at the interview and if they don’t show up, the chair (with their names) will be empty. Not only did the committee Secretary not proceed with a vote, he rewrote history by withdrawing the motion from the agenda (something I doubt is legal once an agenda is distributed and the motion about to be voted on). Naturally I did not pursue the matter at meetings or at NSW FT and it was never repeated by the committee.