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Home » Committee Concerns » Committee Concerns NSW » NSW: Should a single strata committee member be the communication channel to the strata manager?

NSW: Should a single strata committee member be the communication channel to the strata manager?

Published April 30, 2026 By Rod Smith, The Strata Collective Leave a Comment Last Updated April 30, 2026

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Question: How do you ensure that the day to day decisions of the strata committee are conveyed to the strata manager? Is it best to nominate a single strata committee member to be the communication channel?

Answer: We do find one main point of contact between the strata manager and the committee helpful for a lot of our strata schemes.

Yes, a lot of our strata schemes do have a day to day contact between the strata committee and us as the Strata Manager. This doesn’t prevent other members of the strata committee from contacting the strata manager at all, it just assists with process and governance.

I would suggest that if you do appoint a representative to contact the strata manager, when that person emails the strata manager with an instruction, copy the rest of the committee into that email. This way, everyone is kept in the loop and knows what’s going on. It makes sure there is transparency.

Whether or not we insist on this can depend on the volume of communication and whether there are any politics at play in the strata scheme but we do find one main point of contact on the committee helpful for a lot of our strata schemes.

Rod Smith
The Strata Collective
E: rsmith@thestratacollective.com.au
P: 02 9879 3547

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About Rod Smith, The Strata Collective

The Strata Collective Managing Director Rod Smith has a Bachelor of Commerce and has been a strata manager of over 16 years. Rod currently sits on the SCA (NSW) Strata Managers Sub Committee and has previously been elected as a representative to the UDIA (development peak body) Strata Management Chapter for five years. The Strata Collective is currently the winner of the 2018 Small Strata Manager of the Year – NSW.
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