At The Sixth AGM

The 6th Annual General Meeting of Tiara Management Corporation, postponed from the previous Saturday through lack of quorum, was held on Saturday, February 3rd , 2007. It was also one of, if not the most dramatic, AGMs ever held. The turnout for the meeting was better than at previous AGMs with more than 50 attendees, most of whom were proprietors.

Even from the beginning, as a precursor of things to come, the Chairman's post was contested. Mr. Jonson Chong, who was proposed by Ms. Goh See Meng, and seconded, was challenged by Mr. Mohd. M .A. Bakar (a.k.a Mike) who was proposed by Mr. Shuk Loh, and also seconded. Next came the question of whether to vote by show of hands or poll. Mr. Shuk Loh, quoting the Strata Title Act , demanded a poll. With the help of a bloc of proxy votes, Mike was elected Chairman of the AGM.

Once the meeting got under way, there were the normal questions from the floor.

Datuk Lim Sun Hoe questioned the purported pilfering of about RM12,000 by the former Accounts Executive, the subsequent compensation by the insurance company and why neither was reflected in the audited accounts. However, there were no satisfactory replies.

Questions were also raised on the justification in the increase of rental parking rates as well as the proposed Sinking Fund. It was decided that both these matters be re-looked into by the incoming Council.

The proposal to hire our own in-house guards was also brought up. Keith Kok (Head of Security) explained the security guard situation and the justification for having such: a hefty saving in costs for Tiara. This matter was also left for the new Tiara Management Council to deliberate and decide.

The swimming pool was in bad shape due to the old tiles, pumps and filters giving way. Major renovations to upgrade the pool was decided to be left to the new Council to look into.

Debate on the limits the Council could spend and whether there was any budget were also raised.. It was left to the Council to prepare a budget.

Minutes of Council Meetings should be highlighted on notice boards whilst minutes of the AGM were to be circulated to all proprietors within a month of the AGM. (For more details of the AGM, refer to the minutes which will be circulated soon.)

Two security guards were present at the AGM and although there were some heated exchanges of words between residents no untoward incidents took place. In fact, there was even laughter when a resident shouted at another seated resident to keep quiet and "sit down !" to which the other resident stated that he was already seated.
The action became more interesting when it came time to elect the Council Members for 2007. Mr. Shuk Loh proposed that the number be limited to eight members. Mr. Jonson Chong counter-proposed that it be twelve or even the maximum fourteen. After some debate from the floor on the merits of having either eight or twelve, the issue was brought to a vote, again by poll. With the bloc of the proxy votes, the proposal for eight Council Members won.

At this juncture, several people, dissatisfied with the proceedings thus far, walked out.

The AGM proceeded with the voting in of the eight Council Members. Fifteen were nominated, including twelve of the thirteen current Councillors (one declined to be nominated). After the vote counting was done, six of the current Council Members were retained: Ms. Goh See Meng (who received the highest number of votes), Mr. Harith Ahmad, Ms. Margaret Lim, Ms. Lily Tan, Datuk Lim Sun Hoe and Mr. Willy Boo. Rounding up the eight were Dr. Asma Ahmad Shariff and Mr. K. Surendran, both serving for the first time.

Tiara Times extends congratulations to Tiara Management Corporation's elected Council Members for the Year 2007.