The People Next Door...

The other night, I attended the Annual General Meeting for our Strata council. I've never been to an AGM Strata council meeting, and I've always been curious as to what happens in them, so i thought what the heck I'll skip the flames game and go to the meeting (hah! crazy huh?!?!). Anyways, I arrived a few minutes early to register, and once the scheduled start time came around the property manager announced that we had not reached quorum and according to Strata rules we had to wait at least 30min before starting to allow for late-comers. Oh great...maybe i should have stayed home, i thought...

Turns out someone was able to phone and drag their neighbor to come out, he showed up and we finally had quorum. Anyways, I found the meeting quite interesting cuz i learned things that i didn't know about.

* Always make sure your house insurance covers any renos or upgrades to your unit, cuz most don't...
* If your mailbox gets broken into (like ours) and you ask Canada Post to replace/upgrade the lock it can take up to 6 years! (don't you love gov't beauracracy!?!?!)
* pressure washing vinyl siding is no good cuz it can leave pits in the surface because of the high pressure and allow more dirt to seep through
* it costs over $14,000 to repaint and HAND clean the exterior walls, trimming and grounds..(damn, that's a car!!)

To be honest though, the most fascinating part of the meeting was meeting my neighbors. I've lived in my complex for nearly two years, and i've only met a handful of people. It was neat to meet the "others", especially that guy across the courtyard who has all the loud parties!! hahaha.

Anyways, when time came to elect a new strata council, i raised my hand (for better or worse), and decided to become a council member. . What did i get myself into!! ;-)