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Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    I'm not sure what the point of this posting is but I'll take a stab at it:

    leif said:

    Voting

    There seems to be an unclear definition of voting. I assumed when referring to Owners Corporation it did just that.

    OK, the Owners Corporation is all the owners, whether they want to be members or not. A general meeting is when all the owners are given the opportunity to meet, discuss and vote on issues. This is different from the Executive Committee and their meetings.

    It seems to be assumed to refer to owners present at a meeting.

    General Meeting votes are based on the number of people at the meeting and entitled to vote (including proxies), not on the number of owners in the building. If a general meeting has been properly notified and the agenda circulated and large numbers of people don't turn up and can't be bothered to give anyone a proxy, then that's too bad.

    Hence the special resolution is passed based on attendees to the meeting.

    Correct, the only time the raw numbers turning up at a meeting makes a difference is if the meeting doesn't have a quorum.  A quorum is 25 percent of the owners (or proxies) entitled to vote or owners and proxies representing 25 percent of the unit entitlements of the building and entitled to vote.

    I thought this was wrong and there are special ways to handle situations where there is less than required owners present.

    Well, proxy votes on the correct forms are counted as attendees.  However, if a meeting is inquorate half an hour after it's called to order then it is suspended for at least seven days,.  If the resumed meeting is then inqurate after a half hour, those in attendance are deemed to be a quorum.

    This system works, in the main.  You can't have buildings run on the whim of people who can't be bothered to attend meetings or appoint proxies.

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