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Forum: No fire checks without smokescreens

  • 05/12/2024
  • Author Jimmy-T

Should the same firms that do fire checks be paid to fix the faults they discover? Plus blending levies and loans to pay for major works - all that and…

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    No waiting: You can dump committee duds now

    • 25/04/2024
    • Author Jimmy-T

    I have a few words of encouragement and comfort for anyone who thinks they are stuck with a dysfunctional committee, or is on a committee with a destructively disruptive member.…

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      Statutory SM appointed but owners kept control

      • 01/02/2024
      • Author Jimmy-T

      This is an extended Forum post from Flatchatter Stu who explains how his scheme got rid of an incompetent and borderline corrupt strata manager and replaced him with a statutory…

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        Forum: Sneaky secretary swapped EGM motions

        • 09/11/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Strata chairs and secretaries can get very sneaky when it comes to manipulating votes.  One FlatChatter discovered this when he proposed some expenditure on physical security for an Extraordinary General…

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          Forum: Stalemate, power plays and an even split

          • 03/05/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          At any level of politics it can be hugely frustrating when the numbers on both sides are equal. With everyone in their respective trenches, it can take a casting vote…

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