Do minor VOC decisions require owner notification?

We're not sure what you mean by "report back". A committee's role is to make decisions, and minutes record those decisions. Perhaps that's the "report" aspect you mean. Also, to clarify, a VOC is distinct from a committee meeting.

In any event, refer to sections 67, 68, 69 and 70 of the Standard Module for provisions about voting outside of committee meetings. The provisions allow owners to opt out of receiving details. Those owners who are uninterested can avail themselves of those opt out provisions if they wish.

We can't agree with either your "red tape" comment or that most owners "don't care". While it's true some owners are disengaged from the operations of a body corporate, it's dangerous to generalise about their level of interest. On the issue of red tape, it might seem there are a lot of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo provisions in strata legislation. Having dealt with said legislation for over a decade, we can say with some certainty that every provision has a valid reason. In most cases, and especially in this case, the reason is transparency. It's essential for committee operations to be transparent to all owners. If some owners don't care enough to take advantage of that transparency, that's on them, and they'll have to bear the consequences. Respectfully, though, we don't think it's appropriate to reduce those transparency aims. What may be "minor" to you may be essential to someone else. At the end of the day, all owners' money is contributing to the running of the body corporate, so the provisions are there to ensure all owners can know how that money is spent.

This is general information only and not legal advice.