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Our AGM in a Sydney block of 42 is coming up. Myriad problems exist here, in my view, ranging from lack of transparency, lack of probity, pet-projects, apathy of owners, faceless and rusted on Strata Committee, Strata Manager who acts like a gate-keeper and does sweet F A…
A couple of these issues are lifestyle-altering in a bad way, also with significant sums of money involved.
Try not to judge me please, I’ve been around a long time and been on committees before. How can I (to quote John Lennon 🙂 throw a Spaniard in the works; stop the rot, change the status quo and get things sorted out? It’s bound to be painful, I know.
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First of all, get all the email addresses of the other owners who don’t live in the building.
Then create a “ticket” of owners willing to get on to the committee with the intention of effecting change.
Then create a calm and logical document listing all the issues that are demonstrably affecting the building negatively.
Highlight any issue where you can clearly show that they are costing owners money.
DON’T, if you can possibly avoid it, make it personal. As soon as you start attcking people by name or by their role in the committee you will lose votes by the truckload.
Send your list of issues and the names of your action group to all the owners and ask for their support at the AGM.
If need be, organise proxy clusters so that votes aren’t wasted by too many proxy votes going to people who are over their limit
If you don’t have the support of other owners, don’t waste your time and energy pursuing this.
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Our AGM in a Sydney block of 42 is coming up. Myriad problems exist here, in my view, ranging from lack of transparency, lack of probity, pet-projects, apathy of owners, faceless and rusted on Strata Committee, Strata Manager who acts like a gate-keeper and does sweet F A…
I may be crazy but this seems like deja vu. Â I have read this quote so many times, in a variety of posts on this site around this exact time of year, and not just from this user. It seems to be a recurring problem.
My advice would be to join the committee yourself. I am always baffled why so many people complain about strata committees and throw the word transparency around, but do not bother to throw their name into the ring and join the committee and seek to actively change it themselves. Especially those that have been around a long time and know how things work.
However I’m no expert and believe the best advice you left until last, Jimmy. “If you don’t have the support of other owners, don’t waste your time and energy pursuing this”.
I would love to hear how this went Mountains?
Big success, thanks for asking. Advice worked. They’re gonski : )
Fantastic! Please elaborate as I am in a similar predicament and would love to hear more. Which advice did you take that worked? Is the entire committee gonski? Â Or am I being hoodwinked here?
In view of one person using multiple usernames, which is a clear breach of our policy and rules, this correspondence is now closed and the user has been permanently banned from the website as this is the second time they have ignored warnings to cease and desist.
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