What part of the Act states that the role of Executive Committee Members has to be voluntary?
Answer… none, and that’s precisely why it provides a mechanism for Owners Corporations to consider, authorise, and permit such payments, which are particularly but not exclusively relevant where Plans are self-managed and Members are often doing the work that a Strata Manager would at a charge-rate of $160/hour.
Andos, at the end of the day, whether or not your Owners Corporation decides to pay it’s Chairman doesn’t depend upon how common or otherwise that practice is, but rather upon how much if any value those voting at the General Meeting place upon his “time and effort”.