deepfriedchips – I understand why, as a new Owner, you would wish to ensure that your approach to the Owners Corporation (via its Executive Committee) on the matter of your proposed renovations is cordially conducted.
However as that’s not having the desired result and as your Plan is in NSW, I’d suggest that you now more firmly, but still cordially, advise your Strata Manager that should a decision not be received by you within say 7 days, that you will be seeking Orders under Sect 138 of the NSW Strata Schemes Management Act (SCMA), where as you’ll see Clause 2(b) requires Owners Corporations (O/C) to make such decisions (i.e. to “exercise its functions”) within 2 months of it receiving an application such as yours to do so.
Re. the Extraordinary General Meeting, that may be convened at any time by the Secretary or in their absence another Member of the Executive Committee (E/C), but otherwise only by a “requisition” to do so by a minimum 25% of Owners, with that percentage calculated from the collective units of entitlement (UOE) of their respective Lots and the aggregate UOE of the Plan.
Re the contact details of E/C Members, any Owner is able to obtain those details by application to the O/C via its Strata Manager under the provisions of Sect 108 of the SCMA.
Finally by all means persist with your polite approach to all things strata, but perhaps moderate that with the benefit of the knowledge that both the Building Manager and the Strata Manager have been engaged, and are paid by the O/C of which YOU are a Member; so don’t permit the tail to wag the dog too much!