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Thanks proudsceptic! The link to the WallisView solar project from 2010 contains some excellent advice and a draft by-law that I think we can usefully adopt. https://greenstrata.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/WallisView%20Special%20By-Law.pdf
Your advice about dealing fairly with all owners is also sound. The WallisView project was similar in that respect and I intend, like them, to have all of the homework done before putting the matter to a general meeting.
I also like the idea of drawing roof allocation spots from a hat. Good practice for the Melbourne Cup sweep!
Now here is a puzzle. Let’s say that there are two early adopters and the AGM votes in favour of the common area solar array. So two apartment owners decide to ‘wait and see’. But we also agree that there needs to be a new by-law governing private use of the roof and that costs, say, $600 for legal fees and registration. Who pays the $600? Should it be split between the two early adopters, or paid from the Owners Corp account?