Question: My wife and I are co-owners. Do we really have to submit proxy forms for the other when only one of us attends a meeting? My wife and I are co-owners. My reading of the act is that if one of us is not at the meeting then the other speaks and votes for…
Question: Can Owners Corporation members use their unit entitlements when calling a poll vote to form a strata committee? In short, yes. Generally, a motion put to a meeting, or an election of officers of the owners corporation or members of the strata committee, is to be decided according to a majority of votes of…
Question: I believe you wrote the following article which I read in Strata News @ 215:Q&A Proxy Vote Requirements for Annual General Meeting I have a similar issue arising with proxies in my own 5-Lot 2-storey townhouse Strata Plan 35133 in Tweed Heads NSW. Can you tell me the date your article was written and I…
Question: As a special resolution is carried if “not more than 25% of the value of the votes cast are against the resolution”, can I confirm that “not more than 25% against” is different from “75% or more in favour”? The Act says a special resolution is carried if “not more than 25% of the…
Question: Can a vote on a decision be raised after a decision and expense has occurred? Under what circumstances does a decision require a special resolution? And who decides a special resolution is appropriate? Once an expense has been incurred and paid for it is difficult to reverse and usually, the only decision that would…
Question: Can a proxy vote be cast in AGM elections for Owners Corporation committee members? If Yes: Each incumbent committee member who be able to hold up to 5pc of owners as proxies, which in a seven-member committee, would be up to 35pc, giving them a very good chance at self-renewal if proxies are cast…
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