The vexed question of whether you are allowed to record strata committee meetings has raised its head again – with new complications for the modern age.
First of all, it should be stated that, as with strata, there are different laws for different states and you can read a summary of them HERE.
But there are so many ways of recording these days that it is even more complicated. If someone (not the host) records a meeting held over Zoom by simply holding a recording device near their speaker, are they eavesdropping illegally?
Why would anyone want to record a meeting, anyway? To get a true record of discussions and decisions would be the least controversial one.
But how about using recordings to curb the worst excesses of disruptive members and guests at committee meetings? Or even to hold members to account for decisions or claims that they may have made.
You don’t need much in the way of equipment. A mobile phone will do the trick. You can catch up with the latest comments HERE.
Elsewhere on the Forum
- Can you pass a by-law that contravenes building law? That’s HERE.
- Who’s responsible for maintaining a stairlift owned by a lot owner but installed on common property? That’s HERE.
- How do you estimate reasonable levies? Are our buildings all too different? That’s HERE.
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The vexed question of whether you are allowed to record strata committee meetings has raised its head again – with new complications for the modern ag
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