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@Lady Penelope said:
There are various books that may assist the Chairperson in difficult Meetings as the Act is not overly helpful in this area:
This is one of the many areas where Fair Trading has consistently let us down. The law tells us what we can, must and mustn’t do at meetings, but doesn’t offer any assistance with how to go about running the meeting in a civilised fashion.
A simple guide on how to conduct a strata meeting and a reasonable set of non-compulsory standing orders would give the many, many newcomers in strata – and more than a few rusted-on committee members – an idea of how the meeting should be run (and something to compare their meetings with).
Strata meetings are very different from any other kind of meeting, where the levels of knowledge, experience and engagement vary wildly, and that’s before you even get into the out-of-control sense of entitlement some owners bring.
We haven’t all been on charity committees, company boards or members of our school’s debating society (although you can tell the ones who are – they’re the ones shouting “point of order!” despite the fact that there are no orders).
I suppose we have to remember that the people who devise the laws, regulations and publications spend their lives in committee meetings and assume we all do the same.