newbie question about ec.

hi all,i have recently purchased a unit in a block of 12,having never been in a strata scheme before.we have a strata manager,a large company.as far as i know,there is no executive committee.e.g.the secretaries letter box at at the front of the building has been blocked off,and appears to have been like this for some time.there is no notice board in the foyer.we have our AGM in march,and i would like to form an e.c. what do i have to do to properly form an e.c? do i have to inform the s.m. of my intentions before hand?,do i have to inform all the lot owners? or just the ones who bother to turn up at the AGM.i believe there was only four owners out of twelve at the last one.do i just turn up at the AGM and nominate myself for the e.c? any advice would be greatly appreciated. i have talked to some of the owner occupiers in the building about this and most of them didn`t have a clue as to what i was talking about.they don`t seem to have any idea of the concepts of the o.c,the e.c or their rights and responsibilities in a strata scheme.many of them from non english speaking backgrounds.probably half the units have renters in them as far as i can tell.

I am happy for the s.m to continue to perform all the duties they do at the moment,but they have been slow to act on a couple of issues recently.probably because there isn`t an e.c pushing them to act promptly.i think they are happy with not having an e.c. here as it`s less hassle for them.all help and advice greatly appreciated,thanks.david.