@Whale said:
Austman said….. a special resolution in a large OC is very difficult to obtain (at least 75% must (1) actually vote…..
In NSW the vote on a Special Resolution is determined from the numbers of Owners voting on the Motion at a General Meeting, not from the total number of Owners in the Strata Plan.
So you could have 100 Owners in the Strata Plan of which 25 attend the Meeting personally and/or by proxy, it would be quorate, and depending upon their Lots’ units of entitlement, a vote in favour by as few as 19 Owners could be sufficient to pass a Special Resolution.
The difficulty with a special resolution is that it can be easily defeated by one or a small number of owners campaigning in opposition. They only have to persuade a minority to ‘play it safe’ and oppose. Opponents of something tend to be more motivated than the ordinary folk who would support a reasonable proposal but may or may not get around to showing up for the meeting or appointing a proxy.