New Years Strata Resolutions

There are many traditions for New Years Eve around the world.

Some of my favourites include –

• In South America, where "Ano Viejo" is celebrated by creating a fake person or dummy (completely dressed and stuffed with old newspapers and firecrackers) and at midnight each family lights the dummy on fire. 
• In Greece, where St. Basil fills the children's shoes with presents at midnight.
• In Denmark where it is a good sign to find your door littered with a pile of broken dishes at New Years and old dishes are saved all year to throw them at the homes where their friends live on New Year's Eve.
• And, in Nepal there is a four day parade during the New Year celebration.

But, the most famous western tradition is to make New Years resolutions promising to be better and/or to do better things.

So, what kind of New Years resolutions would a strata scheme make since they don’t need to lose weight or quit smoking?

Here’s a few ideas …

• To catch up on unfinished business like delayed owners works approvals.
• To resolve those long running disputes between the scheme and owners in a fair and balanced way.
• To make sure all outstanding or overdue certifications, lodgement and compliance forms are completed and lodged.
• To chase up the outstanding levies and get the strata schemes cashflow in order.
• To pay all those overdue accounts.
• To get all the tings in the common property that need repair fixed.
• To make a proper assessment of what long term works are needed and what it will take to fund them.
• To update owners on what’s really happening in the strata scheme.
• To get the AGM held on time (finally).
• To get a new and better (choose the service provider you’re unhappy with)

So, let’s make some New Year Strata resolutions and make them happen in 2011.

Francesco …