@confused1 said:
I think not electing office bearers is a tactic some (bad) SMs use as only a Secretary can obtain the strata role, and you need the strata role to hold an EGM in order to sack said SM!
Two points: It’s not up to the strata manager to elect the committee and office-bearers – only the owners make that decision.
Also, any owner can ask to see the strata roll and strata records, not just the secretary. The problem with email addresses is that there is no provision under the Act to record and therefore provide email addresses so most strata managers err on the side of caution, re privacy, and don’t provide them.
If you wanted to contact your owners, you could obtain a photocopy of their addresses and then send them letters asking them to provide email addresses for future communications regarding the strata scheme. You could even set up a website for that purpose. It’s much easier than you might think.