How to defer an AGM?

I return with yet another twist to our troubled scheme.

The Secretary of our scheme has unilaterally gone ahead and called an AGM date, which was due and had being deferred due to the unavailability of three EC members. I understand he is empowered to do so.

He has chosen a mid November date, shy of the new rules coming into play. He has chosen a mid November date, days before he sells his property!

He has previously had brushes with the EC and strata managers over the years when he doesn’t get his way or has some grievance which leads to his repute being questioned. He empowers himself through proxy farming with others from his ethnic background and alliances with their real estate agents, one of which is company nominee for 20% of the apartments as well as managing the in conflict retail complex in the same building!

His view is all they hear and the rest of the EC and SM are besmirched.

We were kind of hoping the new laws would bring a little respite and less conflict. But it looks like this guy is just going to have one more shot before he departs, after being bruised in an attempt to dissolve the entire EC earlier this year and replace with nine toadies, of which at least three were real estate agents and the majority of others who had being pinged for overcrowding and/or unapproved construction or have had their “bathroom renovations” declined by the EC.

So we are looking at an acceptable means to defer the AGM, until December or at least until he has sold in November. Is there a special motion we can put on the agenda where we can use our blocking power(more than 25% of votes held)? All I can think of is that there was no official election of EC office holders at the EC meeting following the last AGM. The office holders just assumed their previous years positions unchanged. The argument being that the Secretary calling the meeting is null and void because he was not elected as the Secretary. It would work if the Chairman(SM acting) accepted it, even if it was overturned later at NCAT, as it would have had the effect of deferring the meeting until after December 1.

Any ideas?

Dont like playing cat and mouse like this but it is our only defence

Sunny