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@Felix said:
Our Strata of 32 units is in a similar situation as to that of Bonnie L.The EC wanted to contact the Owners but the Managing Agent said he couldn’t provide the Owners contact details due to privacy laws.
My understanding is that the e-mail addresses can be provided if these e-mail addresses appear on the strata roll. Is this correct?
In your reply to Bonnie L you state that as an Owner she is entitled to see the strata roll and copy the addresses of non-resident owners.
This sounds a bit strange that the Managing Agent can’t provide the contact details yet any Owner can inspect the strata roll and copy addresses.
They can then contact Owners and pass on contact details to other Owners.
Can you please clarify this?
Managing agents often say that but the OC owns the list and the EC exercises the functions of the OC, so you can look at the list. However, in practice, our EC avoids having the argument because we just prepare whatever material we want to have distributed and direct the managing agent to distribute it.
There is a risk that an EC member, ex-EC member or just any owner might use the list to create a nuisance or infringe privacy. So, we can understand the managing agent’s reluctance to hand it over willy-nilly.
Still, if anyone really does want it, they can get it, as you say. We choose not to ask an EC. I can imagine circumstances when perhaps we might change our minds because we want to send something confidentially to owners without informing the managing agent , perhaps if we were thinking of changing agents, but even then we could probably be open about it.