Strata Community Association - NSW

Notice from NSW Fair Trading - Remind your clients to upgrade emergency phones in their lifts 🛗

With the national shutdown of the 3G network underway, strata managing agents are urged to check their clients have upgraded emergency phones in their lifts, if required.

To confirm a phone’s system network, lift owners can contact their lift technician. For any phones operating on the 3G network which haven’t been upgraded, strata committees and owners corporations are advised that immediate steps should be take to upgrade these phones.

Join us this Wednesday as Frank Boross (Max Dunn award winner, Havencab) and Gary Sharma (National Facilities Management) sit down with SCA (NSW) to discuss New Development Setup in NSW.

Here’s what we’ll cover: 🎓

➡️ The current state of developments in NSW
➡️ The value of early engagement with the developer
➡️ Early-Stage Documentation Review
➡️ Ensuring accurate and ethical budgeting
➡️ Site Set-up
➡️ Administration Set-up
➡️ The lifecycle of development
➡️ Key factors that create community within developments

📅Date: 6 November
⌚Time: 4pm
🔗Link: SCA NSW Education Centre (login and select the webinar from ‘My Learning’)

⚠️ All SCA (NSW) 2024 Webinars are now OnDemand via the SCA NSW Education Portal!⚠️

Congratulations Anne-Maree Paull. Your 2024 Greg Hayward President’s Award Winner 🎉

The Greg Hayward President’s Award is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution through goals, development and overall leadership in the strata industry in NSW.

As an insurance specialist and strata supporter, our 2024 recipient has spent the last 10 years as a member of multiple SCA (NSW) committees, as well as serving on the SCA (NSW) board from 2018 to 2024 - most recently as Vice-President.

Anne-Maree has also engaged with SCA’s National body as a member of the National Strata Insurance Taskforce, Events and Marketing Board Advisory Group, and other forums addressing environmental and sustainability issues in strata.

Previous Greg Hayward President’s Award Winners include Professor Hazel Easthope, Professor Bill Randolph and David Bannerman.

Congratulations Peter Ton! Your Max Dunn Award winner for 2024 🥳

The prestigious Max Dunn Award celebrates an individual who fosters goodwill, comradeship and support among the SCA (NSW) members, reflecting the traits of Max Dunn.

Peter has served across multiple SCA (NSW) committees and has been a quiet achiever, providing extensive expertise and support in reviewing policies and legislation documents for SCA (NSW).

In recent years, he has been instrumental in supporting the education committee, especially on conflict-of-interest issues.

Peter Ton continues a long line of worthy recipients of the Max Dunn Award, previous Max winners include Colin Grace, Frank Borros, David Bannerman and Bill Coles.

Your new SCA (NSW) Board and President 🎉

At the SCA (NSW) 2024 AGM (23 October) nine members were elected to the SCA (NSW) Board along with the appointment of a new President, Senior Vice-President and two Vice-Presidents.

SCA (NSW) is excited to announce Life Member Robert Anderson as the new SCA (NSW) President.

A previous Greg Hayward President’s Award winner in 2006, Robert Anderson brings 30 years of strata experience to the Board. Robert previously served as President of SCA (NSW), then known as the ISTM, from October 2000 through to early 2003, along with a shorter interim term in 2004.

Including Robert, there were 6 members elected to the Professional Strata Manager Chapter – Natalie Fitzgerald, Leanne Habib, Liza Perera, Roderick Smith and James Stewart.

And, three members elected to the Strata Services Chapter - Peter Berney, Edwina Feilen and Matthew Jenkins.

Liza Perera will also take on the role of Senior Vice-President, while Roderick Smith and Matthew Jenkins have both accepted Vice-President roles.

Simon George has been re-appointed as an independent board member.

SCA (NSW) would like to thank departing board members Tony Irvine, Anne-Maree Paull, Emily Doherty, Geoff Linders, Dilber Beattie, Jill Walshaw, Caroline McConnachie, Kirsten Terry and Stephen Brell. We thank them for their over 25 years of combined service to SCA (NSW).

On behalf of the SCA (NSW) membership, we’d like to congratulate and welcome our new board members.

And that’s a wrap! 🎉

Thank you to everyone that joined the conversation at the 2024 SCA (NSW) Convention.

We were honoured to welcome over 300 strata professionals for two days of learning and connecting, delving into the hot topics affecting strata, property, and leadership.

We especially thank all speakers and panel members, as well as all sponsors and exhibitors.
Your continued support is crucial in delivering these events for our industry.

Monday is the last day to submit Proxy and Pre-Vote forms for the 2024 SCA NSW AGM!

All pre-vote and proxy forms must be submitted via email to SCA NSW by 3:30pm Monday the 21st of October 2024 (48 hours prior to the AGM).

🔗https://ow.ly/Tkia50TKoRN
📧[email protected]

Great News 📰 You can access last week’s Guide to Work Health & Safety webinar from your SCA NSW Education Portal!

In a must-watch webinar for any strata professional, David Bannerman () walks you through the basics of complying with WHS for your business, as well as your clients.

➡️ War Stories
➡️ Duties
➡️ Important Cases
➡️ What is Required
➡️ WHS Policies, procedures, processes & systems
➡️ Recommendation for Strata Agencies

🔗 - https://ow.ly/fP2z50TKpaw

We’re only ONE week away from the 2024 SCA NSW Convention! 🎉

➡️ The speakers are locked in.
➡️ The conversations are heating up.
➡️ Are you ready?

Join over 300 strata professionals as they delve into the hot topics affecting strata, property and leadership across 2 days of learning and connecting.

📆 23-24 October
📍Hyatt Regency Sydney

Haven’t registered yet?
There's still time!
👉 nsw.strata.community/convention/

Be Part of the Conversation

Missed our last webinar? 💻
All SCA NSW 2024 Webinars are now OnDemand via the SCA NSW Education Portal!

That means all SCA NSW members can access every 2024 webinar, including our recent one on the Strata Managing Agents Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (led by David Bannerman – Bannermans Lawyers), and still earn one Professional Standards Scheme Elective hour.

🔗- https://scaeducation.guroo.academy/login

The Countdown is on! 🕰️
We’re less than 10 days away from kick-off of the 2024 SCA NSW Convention. Bringing together the industry at a time when strata faces pivotal change and big conversations are needed!

Here are 7 unmissable conversations happening at this year’s SCA NSW Convention:

➡️ Remuneration Reform
➡️ The Great Strata Debate
➡️ Leadership skills demonstrated in establishing a business
➡️ Just Because it’s Legal Does Not Mean It is Ethical.
➡️ John Howard - World Leaders I’ve Met
➡️ NSW Government’s Plans for Strata
➡️ State of the Property Industry

Be Part of the Conversation - https://ow.ly/RM3v50TKsVI

📆 23-24 October
📍 Hyatt Regency Sydney

Notice of AGM

The SCA (NSW) Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 23 October 2024, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Sydney.

Click here for the full notice - https://nsw.strata.community/2024-agm/

In 2 weeks, the strata industry will converge on the SCA NSW 2024 Convention 🎉

Join us as we learn from John Howard, former Australian Prime Minister, about being a leader during difficult times.

Be energised by Andrew Winter, television and real estate guru, as he takes your questions on the property market and what influence strata has on it.

There will be debates and educational sessions. Most of all, there will be opportunities a plenty to share ideas on how we can tackle the challenges our industry faces.

📆 23-24 October
📍 Hyatt Regency Sydney

Secure your Place Today - https://ow.ly/gZ2F50TIuMb

Be Part of the Conversation!

This week’s SCA NSW webinar delves into the most commonly asked questions about Building Defects.

Here’s just a snippet what we’ll cover:

➡️ Types of defects
➡️ Rectifying defects
➡️ Prevention
➡️ Legislation
➡️ Project Intervene and Remediate

⌚ 4 pm
📅 Wednesday 28 August
🔗 Access via your SCA NSW Education Centre - https://ow.ly/N9ps50T6hJJ
🎓 1 hour - PSS Elective

⌛ Nominations for the 2024 SCA NSW Board of Directors Election close at 5 pm Friday, 30 August.

Due to constitutional changes agreed to by members at the 2023 AGM all nine (9) Board positions are up for renewal at the 2024 General Meeting:

➡️ Six (6) Professional Strata Managers Chapter Directors
➡️ Three (3) Strata Services Chapter Directors

For further information and nomination forms head to our Nominations page - https://ow.ly/qkER50SUyLK

NSW Government has announced that from February 2025, e-mobility devices sold in NSW must comply with new safety standards 🛴

These standards are designed to enhance consumer safety by reducing the risk of fires associated with these devices.
Lithium-ion batteries used in e-mobility devices (such as e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards) will be considered 'declared electrical articles' under the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017. This means they must meet specific safety requirements before they can be sold.

For more information, check out the NSW GOVT website - https://ow.ly/pF1r50SYjFR

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Walter (Wally) Patterson, a life member and former senior vice-president of our association.

Wally was a member of SCA/ISTM for over 30 years, serving as a board member from 1995 until 2004. In 2003, Wally received the ISTM (now SCA NSW) President’s Award for his outstanding contribution to the industry over many years.

A Memorial to farewell and honour his life will be held at the Cell Block Theatre, National Art School (156 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst) on Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 at 5pm.

For those who are unable to attend, please join the service by using this livestream link: https://www.funeralvideo.com.au/wallypatterson

The team at SCA NSW sends their condolences to Wally’s family.

With the rise of CCTV and security systems in strata, understanding the legal aspects of installing these systems is important.

In a recent SCA NSW webinar, Jeff Shawcross (Managing Director of Quatrix Security) and David Bannerman (Principal of Bannermans Lawyers) joined Rod Smith (SCA NSW Board Member and Managing Director of the The Strata Collective), to provide insights on how to address these legal considerations.

Check out our overview blog, which includes a project brief resource and link to the full webinar - https://ow.ly/y71y50SWywL