I think Whale has expressed something I was trying to get to. By-laws are adopted as a package for a lot of strata plans on a one-size-fits-all basis. But very few strata schemes have exactly the same priorities or needs. Also, in older buildings, by-laws often haven’t evolved to match the world in which they operate. That’s how you very quickly get to a position where the least relevant by-laws are actively ignored. I agree with the notion of a general review of by-laws and I think it should be done as a one-off, based on a simple majority of owners, rather than the progress-crippling 75 percent. After all, we accept the by-laws for a new scheme by a simple majority – maybe once every ten years we should get to review them on the same basis.
Of course, I speak from a fantasy land where the majority of owners know what by-laws are, care what they say and understand what they mean.