So after two years of serving on the management council of my condo, my term came to an end yesterday. It's been a frustrating year, however I did manage to implement a fully democratic system into a council that had historically been run as a dictatorship.
We were overwhelmed with the turnout at the AGM, there had also been some studious proxy harvesting, meaning that all of the outgoing council's suggestions for management fund increases etc (in line with the rising cost of services) were voted down. This means that the new council has insufficient funds to run the condo this year. Interesting. This was local politics gone wild, with one rogue council member spreading misinformation and rallying his troops. We had booing, verbal abuse and a lot of angry voices. After 8 and a half years here, I finally came to properly understand the local political mentality. And it wasn't pretty. Lesson learned.
As a result of no longer having this unpaid part time job, I forsee that I'll have more free time... I'm looking forward to it!
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