@Imogen Bannister said:
… I, the Secretary, called a Strata Committee meeting in relation to a minor renovation… The Strata Committee was very careful to follow due process. However, the Strata Manager got most irrate. We were shocked at his reaction and decided it must be because we had inadvertently avoided having to pay for a meeting. We pointed out that we followed due process and were entitled to call a Strata Committee Meeting as a result of the special resolution at the AGM…
Not only that. The committee is entitled to have a (properly convened) meeting any time it cares to do so, with or without the strata manager. Remember the manager is there to provide a service to the owners corp, not the other way around. The buck stops with the committee so it should have a meeting any time it believes there are matters that require its attention, whether that suits the strata manager or not.