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I would like to join the Council of Owners so that I can assist in making decisions for our building.

Currently, there is one position filled and two vacant positions. Can I be added to fill one of those positions?

If I request to join, does the council have to approve the application?

If the request is rejected, do they need to provide some kind of reason?

Can I somehow appeal the decision?

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An owner who is unfinancial put forward a nomination to be on the council and was elected.

Can an unfinancial lot owner nominate for the council of owners? If they have already been accepted, what do we do?

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• Read more about Eight council members were elected at our AGM despite the seven-member maximum — what happens now?
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At our last AGM, 8 council members were elected even though we have no by-laws allowing that.

When questioned about this, the strata manager responded:

”There was no need for a ballot vote as the majority voted for 8 council members at the AGM (1 reserve member) knowing that 1 or 2 would drop off (which did happen [1], even before the minutes were circulated).'“

The AGM minutes state: