In my exhaustive (exhausting) survey of of the different voting requirements for different states something bubbled to the surface – a kind of distillation of lots of pretty bad ideas into one good one.
Here’s what I would do:
First, forget quorums. A quorum at a general meeting is those who turn up or send proxies.
However, all decisions made by the meeting (except the election of EC members) are “interim”.
The secretary then sends out a sheet listing the motions approved and owners have 14 days to register an objection.
If they get objections from fewer than 50 percent of owners in the case of ordinary resolutions or 25 percent of owners in the case of special resolutions, the Interim decision is approved.
This is based on several other states’ systems … which means it can’t become law here under the Interstate Hubris Act of 1866.
And to take ScotlandX’s point, a discount means very little in the long run and rewards bad behaviour. But what about a fine for not attending or sending a proxy, doubled each year they don’t turn up?
The hip pocket nerve is the most sensitive part of the body corporate.