#18414
Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    I think the simplest thing is to canvass all your neighbours and tell them that there is not enough information for anyone to come to an informed opinion on the night, regardless of whether people support the projects or not.

    And at the meeting you can put up an amendment that a vote on any of the projects should be delayed until such times as fully-costed budgets are made available to all owners.

    Just make it a simple procedural motion that doesn’t accuse anyone of anything untoward.  And make sure you have enough support in the building before the meeting.

    Just a word to the wise:  it helps a lot if you turn down the invective a bit when you are asking for support.  Don’t let a right and wrong debate turn into a ‘me Vs them” battle.

    A simple amendment proposed at the meeting to delay the votes to another General Meeting will seem reasonable and fair to most people.

    By the way, you can propose amendments at a general meeting provided they don’t seek to alter the fundamentals of the motion.  Delaying a vote is a valid amendment where, for instance, suggesting the money be spent on something else wouldn’t be.

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