Survey replacing Strata Committee meeting

Hello Flatchatter’s,

Just a bit of background. In 2016 during renovation works to our building our Treasurer created a survey for choosing Balustrade design and paint color. We ended up with the design and color that the Treasurer had chosen in the first place.

Giving the Treasurer the benefit of doubt, it could have been the choice made by a majority of owners. But we would never know because neither the owners nor committee members had visibility/access to the response received.

Yesterday, the Treasurer created an online survey for owners to provide feedback on items that are already tabled in our upcoming AGM agenda. The Treasurer wants to compile results for decision making at the AGM.

Just to highlight, the Treasurer is the only person who will have visibility to the survey responses from all owners.

Also, our Strata Manager had already an email requesting agenda items to be tabled for upcoming AGM, giving us all an opportunity to provide our input/concerns that need to be addressed. The AGM Agenda was finalized and posted to all owners in Dec 2017. 

My concern is the lack of visibility to all the survey responses to make an informed decision that would equally benefit all.

The treasurer is collecting and compiling the results of the survey without collaborating with other committee members.

Can a non-transparent, non-collaborative survey replace having a Strata Committee meeting? Is this methodology acceptable?

Thanks in advance.