Re: Applying for 2nd Dog – EC withholding formal response

Thank you so much for your responses.  I really appreciate the time you’ve all taken to reply.  

JimmyT, you are correct re we thought it was going to be OK given we received an email from the SC Secretary advising that in the main there is support for our application as we have proved ourselves to be exemplary pet owners, however there have been some questions raised that needed discussion (concern around precedent, concern of what ex-committee members may say/do politically).  We addressed these concerns in a letter and urged the committee to assess our application on it’s own merits, which should not be coloured by the context of other issues in the building or concerns re setting precedent.

Irrespective of our own pet situation, we fundamentally disagree with a no pets policy for the building and dislike the thought of every apartment’s value decreasing with this policy, so will definitely propose an alternative approach with facts regarding benefits and losses to the Owner’s Corporation. Does anyone have a link or a consolidated doco regarding all this info?  The majority I’ve found is based around the QLD study which they could argue doesn’t apply in NSW.

However, would it be best to sort out our own issue first before rallying support for a Pet Friendly By-Law?  I know that an Extraordinary GM is required to deal with another issue which may happen swiftly, they may try to put the No Pets By-Law on the table at this meeting rather than waiting 4 months for the next AGM.