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Can an owner give a proxy via email?

To be valid, a proxy must be signed by the person giving the proxy. As a result, an unsigned email is not a valid proxy.

Please Note: Clark Wilson�s Strata Property Group represents a large number of strata corporations and strata managers. Therefore, we are unable to respond to strata-related inquiries from individual owners. If you are a current strata council member or strata manager and would like additional information on this topic, please contact our Strata Property Group.

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If every owner who attends a general meeting votes in favour of a resolution. Is that a unanimous vote?If a council member is not available to attend a council meeting, may the council member give his/her proxy to another?Our strata corporation has a council member who is not on title to the strata lot, however, she is the spouse of the strata lot owner. May she be a council member?An owner gives a Power of Attorney to a friend to manage the owner's affairs with respect to their strata lot. May the person with the Power of Attorney stand for election to council?Is a proxy a record of the strata corporation that must be provided to an owner on written request?A number of owners who live outside the strata plan are sending in their proxies by email because they do not have a fax machine and therefore the proxies are not on the "official" proxy form that was sent out with notice of the general meeting. The owners state the purpose of the proxy and to whom it is given. When we print out the email, it includes their return email address. Is that sufficient to meet the needs for a proxy?May a strata manager hold a proxy? At a recent special general meeting, everyone at the meeting voted in favour of the resolution. Is that a unanimous vote?May the strata corporation ban proxies?Our strata corporation is entering into a contract to repaint the exterior of our building. The contract refers to the complex as Mountain Oaks, which is our building name. What is our strata corporation's legal name for purposes of a contract?If there are 40 eligible voters present in person or by proxy at a general meeting and 8 abstain from voting, how many votes are required to pass a resolution by a 3/4 vote?May the spouse of an owner who is not on title to a strata lot stand for council?May a strata corporation prevent an owner from voting if the strata lot is in arrears of strata fees?May council members be paid to perform their duties?How much notice is required before holding a special general meeting?My strata corporation has both residential and non-residential strata lots. The residential strata lots have enough votes to pass amendments to the bylaws without considering the non-residential strata lots. Can the residential strata lots pass bylaws over the objections of the non�residential strata lots?If the strata corporation is the owner of a strata lot, who exercises the vote for that strata lot?

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