On a matter for us Michael Teys gave us some good advice: He suggested we call a meeting of the owners at which he could explain why it was we needed to pass some resolutions in the manner he recommended. We had organised our parking arrangements since the 1980s in a way that had become untenable, but a few owners were suspicious that the EC was trying to take away some rights that owners believed they had. We weren’t, quite the contrary, we were trying to reinstate what we all thought we had by doing it correctly and legally and ensuring fairness and equity by, at the same time, also allocating parking for those who had missed out under the old regime.
Teys correctly advised that we would face a bunch of people who were angry and defensive and it would not be pleasant or helpful for the EC to wear the full force of that. Instead he suggested that he be invited to explain the situation and deal with the flak. It was very productive. It got a lot of people on side for what we had to do. However, a few remained unreachable. Since the resolution in the ACT required an unopposed resolution, and a few still voted no, we still needed to go to the tribunal with an application to give effect to the failed motion. It helped that nearly everyone had supported it. The objections of the few who did not were found to be ‘unreasonable’.