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Forum: Zombie post poses very live question

  • 15/02/2024
  • Author Jimmy-T

This week we want to feature what can only be described as a “zombie post” – first sent in 2016 – but no less relevant for that, as a reply…

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    Forum: Who has the power to get things done?

    • 25/10/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Here’s a scenario for you to get your teeth into. Your owners corporation has passed a number of items on the AGM agenda, requesting specific action, but the committee and/or…

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      Overexposed strata chairs may hide from the Hub

      • 17/05/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Executive committees could be about to see a mass exodus of office-bearers as a new register of strata schemes takes effect in NSW next month, warn insiders. Simply put, some…

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        Strata secretary’s car torched – dramatic video

        • 10/05/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        A video has emerged of two thugs approaching the car belonging to the secretary of a strata scheme in Fairfield, Sydney, before one of them walks away and the car…

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          Podcast: Will exposure drive away office-bearers?

          • 10/05/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          Imagine you are the chair or secretary of a strata scheme.  You can cope with fielding a reasonable number of messages via the strata manager or building manager. It’s a…

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            Forum: Reno nightmare as upstairs flats combined

            • 23/11/2021
            • Author Jimmy-T

            You can feel the sense of dread in one of our posts to the Forum this week.  A builder has bought the top two flats in a small block and…

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              From the Forum: Facts and fictions in meeting minutes

              • 19/11/2019
              • Author Jimmy-T

              Imagine you’ve had your AGM, there were a couple of contentious issues, a by-law here and there, a few raised voices, maybe, but eventually it was all resolved and everyone…

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