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When I was on our EC I did not want my email address, phone no. given out to all in our complex. They knew who was on it and what unit no. they were in. We asked all owners/residents to send corro to the SM and they inturn to send it to all EC members. In that way there was a written record of the problem/complaint.
We also set up an email address for the EC which was checked regularly by EC members, matters could then be referred to the SM and forwarded to all EC members private emails. Of course only a 20% of residents ever used it and only very occasionally. So we gave up on that.
It was suggested once at an AGM that we get a cheap mobile phone and have an EC number that was accessible all the time. A phone that would only receive calls, or have only a few nominated numbers that could be called (SM and EC members only). Similar to the kind of phone you would give a kid. In that way the phone could be passed to whichever EC member could be “on call” on that day/week/weekend. This was knocked back by the residents who always complain but never put their hands up.
I have have people knocking on my door in the past and then “abusing” me for not making decisions for them on the spot! What would they do if they had my phone number? Calls in the middle of the night?
I was prepared to give up a considerable amount of my valuable free time to get things done around here. But I value my privacy as well. If having all my personal contact details out there for people, who will ring to argue with that I should arrange for a new washer in their taps, is a condition of being on this EC or any EC – forget it!