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@ccbaxter said:
I politely asked the Strata Manager in an email for more information on the agenda items for the big projects ahead of the AGM so I could arrive at an ‘informed decision’ on how to vote but he replied with one simple line, “These will be tabled at the meeting”. I doubt he even asked the EC.I don’t think this is good enough.
Can I propose motions at the meeting on the night to the effect that “I move that this motion be held over and not voted on because not enough information has been provided in time for owners to arrive at an informed decision.”
(Thanks PeterC, I will do this as well, while also hoping for more advice from Flat Chat readers, maybe even you, hopefully.)
I think your proposed motion could be put. It is a procedural motion. It has the virtue that you allow the possibility that the proposals could be worthwhile and that you might support them with more information. It is standard that procedural motions can be proposed, and voted on if someone seconds the motion, during debate on a motion that was on notice. One can propose that ‘the question not now be put’ which shelves the motion. Another form is a motion to ‘proceed to the next business’ IE go to the next item on the agenda. Again the main motion remains on the shelf for another meeting. Yet another form is to propose to ‘adjourn the debate’ which put the item to the top of the agenda of the next meeting and the justification could be to gather more information for an informed debate.
Such an approach has the merit of being more likely to be supported because it indicates that you are not necessarily opposed, only requiring more information before you can support.
Note, you need to line someone up to second your motion.