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Ulverstone said:
Is there anything that can be done about EC members who never come to meetings? Basically, its yet again the decision of one person .
Possibly. There needs to be a quorum to hold an EC meeting. That is a quorum of people; not including nominee (“substitute”) EC members. If you have an absentee problem then do you actually have a quorum?
If EC members do not want to show up and are just nominating someone else to act for them then that nominee needs to have the consent of the EC. See clause 3 of schedule 3 of the Strata Act.
That means the EC meeting notice should contain a motion to accept the nominee. If there is no quorum in the first place then consent cannot be given.
If you have a quorum showing up in person then there isn't much can be done. If you have less than a quorum showing up with a handful authorisations to act on behalf of the absent EC members then there is no valid meeting because the nominees cannot be given consent – no quorum; no meeting.