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At our last meeting, two committee members were voted off the committee due to missing the previous two meeting with no apology or proxy. The committee also voted to give them a right of reply. We are now two weeks out from our next committee meeting and the Strata Manager has finally tracked the two members down and states that they have a right of reply.

The two committee members have made no contact with the Secretary at all.

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We've had a year of disagreement and upsets between owners and committee members. At the upcoming AGM, moves may be made to replace committee members. Under the current system, voting papers are returned in an envelope showing the lot number of each vote. To keep the meeting as calm as possible and hopefully result in a better outcome, can voting be kept anonymous?

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Our body corporate committee has a self appointed 'leader'. They are not an owner, but the partner of an owner. The owner has given this person their rights.

The partner has been head of the committee for approximately 6 years and we're wondering how we politely remove them from this position. What is the first step? A petition amongst the owners?

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I am an owner in a block of nine villas with a professional strata manager. There is an elected committee of five owners, and I am an ordinary committee member. I will nominate myself for appointment as an ordinary committee member again at the upcoming AGM.

Am I only able to nominate one person for the committee? As no one else is likely to nominate me, I need to nominate myself as an ordinary committee member, but I also want to nominate another owner for the position of chairperson. How do I do this?

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I live in a strata development of 110 units in Qld, ruled by the Accommodation Module. Recently, there was a motion at the AGM to top up the caretaker's agreement to 25 years. The body corporate overwhelmingly voted 'No' (70 No vs. 14 Yes). The new committee is now emailing residents saying this was incorrect. They seem determined to overturn the vote.

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When there are not enough nominations for the ordinary committee at the AGM and the chair calls for nomination from the floor, can an owner who does not attend the meeting be elected as an ordinary member?

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In a previous Q&A, Frank Higginson from Hynes Legal stated that if the committee holds physical meetings and an attendee does not attend two consecutive meetings without the committee’s approval, the committee member is removed from their position.

In our committee, a member has not attended two consecutive committee meetings. Although consecutive, the meetings were not in the same financial year. One committee meeting was before the AGM, and another one month later, after the AGM. Can we remove this committee member from their position due to non-attendance?

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