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  • 20/08/2016 at 2:24 pm in reply to: AGM election confusion #25315
    supersleuth

      @JimmyT said:
      Bear in mind that an owner can nominate themselves but can’t be nominated by someone who is standing for election.  That means you can’t nominate your friend (but you can vote for her and yourself and use her proxy to do likewise).

       Could I also please ask about the difference between “nominating” and “voting”?  It is my intention to vote for myself to gain a position on the EC.  If I was successful, would I be able to use my friends proxy to vote for her or would someone present need to nominate her?  I’m a bit confused…

      20/08/2016 at 2:14 pm in reply to: AGM election confusion #25314
      supersleuth

        Thanks so much.  I was concerned there for a little while because I am almost certain that the current EC members would vote for the current secretary.  I believe that they wish to hold onto their positions on the Committee, so then to clarify, they wouldn’t be able to vote him (its a guy) in?  It would take someone else not interested in going onto the committee?  

        Could I also please ask what section of the Act/Law “restriction on moving motion or nominating candidate and Voting rights may not be exercised if contributions not paid” is located and I am certain that they will argue against it…  Would they need to produce a levy notice that is paid or something like that?

        19/08/2016 at 4:53 pm in reply to: AGM election confusion #25296
        supersleuth

          Hi

          Thanks for that. I’ll see as to whether she’s keen.

          Just in relation to voting for the EC & your eligibility. Our current secretary has been in their position for 9 years & in my opinion, is awful. Our AGM is next week & I have seen that of the date of notice, they are in arrears of. their levies. Can they be voted back onto the EC?

          18/08/2016 at 9:45 pm in reply to: AGM election confusion #25290
          supersleuth

            Hi

            I have been given a proxy vote by other owner to vote for her at our upcoming AGM.  If I wished for both of us to be voted onto the EC, could I do that and given the above post, would I need something in writing from her stating that she wished to serve as a member of the EC?

            18/08/2016 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Owners voting rights #25289
            supersleuth

              Hi

              I wanted just to clarify about poll voting. Is it the situation where if you have three owners with a large amount of Unit Entitlements against say six of a lesser, that the vote would be won by the three unit owners with the larger amount of unit entitlements?  Or is cumulative?

              16/08/2016 at 4:17 pm in reply to: EC charging costs for mediation #25286
              supersleuth

                OK but $994 has been spent on things unrelated to repairs. I find this unsatisfactory

                16/08/2016 at 9:44 am in reply to: EC charging costs for mediation #25284
                supersleuth

                  Also in relation to this… The EC has a budget of $7,000 which allows them to use without having to go to the OC for repairs etc. Is this the same?

                  15/08/2016 at 9:08 pm in reply to: EC charging costs for mediation #25283
                  supersleuth

                    My concern is that we used to have an independent gardener & then the Secretary starting dating a landscape gardener & now we don’t. Every so often we have an expense of a few hundred dollars for “gardening products”..

                    Will the new strata laws address this?

                    13/08/2016 at 10:13 am in reply to: EC charging costs for mediation #25276
                    supersleuth

                      Hi…

                      Thanks Whale.  Just in relation to that, I have seen that there has been an already reimbursed amount of $994 to two members of the EC for “Sundry Expenses” incurred throughout the year.  They consists of garden products, a website set up and a general EC expense.  On recollection, for the past 7 years there has always been some kind of reimbursement of a sundry expense to the Secretary.

                      Would this have required an approved resolution at an AGM?

                      01/08/2016 at 8:06 pm in reply to: Items put on the Common Property #25199
                      supersleuth

                        Hi all

                        Just to let you know that I put forward Whale’s suggested motion to go on the agenda and the strata manager has informed me today that it will.  This might be a bizarre question but if very few people turn up to the meeting or at least vote by proxy (which has always been the case) and those present vote against the items being removed, what is my recourse?

                        Thanks..

                        30/07/2016 at 7:23 pm in reply to: Items put on the Common Property #25184
                        supersleuth

                          Hi Peter

                          Thanks for your post.  Unfortunately the EC at my building is notorious for turning the blind eye to those who they prefer and this is what is happening in this case.  We had a situation about 2 years ago, where a tenant chained their bike to the stairwell and the EC was in agreement with informing this tenant that they shouldn’t and to remove it.  They aren’t in this case because the Secretary is friendly with the owner who has placed the items out on the common property.  It’s unbelieveable and with 13 out of 18 units at my property tenanted, its nigh on impossible to get owners to participate.  

                          30/07/2016 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Items put on the Common Property #25178
                          supersleuth

                            And another question, while I remember!  Is the Executive Committee allowed to approve the storage of items on the common property?

                             

                            If it wishes to do so under the provisions and the intent of the Act, NO – but read on to post 8. Whale 1530 30/07.

                            30/07/2016 at 2:18 pm in reply to: Items put on the Common Property #25177
                            supersleuth

                              Thanks very much for the replies and good news about the new strata laws!

                              Just another question :)… I understand that the new laws don’t apply to this but if I have placed a notice on the items about 6 weeks ago advising the person who owns them that they require permission to be there and to please remove them, is this considered notice of the opportunity to remove them as mentioned in Whale’s post?  

                              Whoever did own them wrote on my notices(!) saying that they were talking to the Strata Manager about them.  They also attached a petition to the table asking people who lived in that section of the building as to whether they minded they were there!  Not proper procedure obviously…

                              Thanks

                              29/07/2016 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Items put on the Common Property #25172
                              supersleuth

                                Hi Whale

                                Thanks very much for the reply.  I have missed the opportunity to add your suggested motion to the Agenda for the AGM, as I have been told by our Strata Manager that motions were due to be submitted by Monday 25th July (I have put other motions on the agenda but only raised this issue with them generally).  I have a list of owners (which might be outdated).  If the matter is raised in General Business, can I ask owners to instruct me to be there proxy to vote or is this only for agenda items?

                                You are right on the money in relation to our Strata Manager expecting a poor turn out to our AGM… I’m in a block of 18 units and I have been here for about 7 years.  We struggle every year to get 10 people.  I believe our Strata Manager knows that.

                                Cheers

                                28/11/2015 at 11:51 am in reply to: Intimidation by EC members #24224
                                supersleuth

                                  Who knows… It was more that there was some kind of threat from him.  This regularly occurs.  I really wanted to know about how I can make it stop.

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