Summary: The CBWRA ‘co-chairs’ recently claimed that there was a limit of 3 motions per person at the 2023 AGM and that it would be the same this year (at the 2024 AGM).… Continue reading
Residents were sent the following email (below) re the AGM by CBWRA ‘co-chairs’ Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall, who changed the constitution in September 2023 resulting in only 9% of leaseholders… Continue reading
CBWRA made a unilateral decision to close the CBW app a few weeks ago, supposedly because it was ‘unsustainable’ at a cost of £5k per annum (which is roughly what they have left… Continue reading
At the so called ‘Leaseholder forum’ on 24th Jan, El Presidentes (Chairs Louis Sebastian Kendall & Larissa Villar Hauser) stated that the Chair elections (due in February) will be postponed for reasons of… Continue reading
In February 2023, CBWRA was given 6 months’ notice by the main CBW freeholder (Berkeley Homes) that they would be derecognised. Despite that notice period, CBWA have not been able to satisfy Berkeley… Continue reading
Many thanks to those who supported the motions I put forward for this meeting which focussed on freedom of speech on the CBW app, trying to ensure fair elections for the future and also trying to ensure that Right to Manage actually delivers increased power to residents not just to a handful of people on an unelected/unfairly elected committee. The meeting also included a vote on ‘ratification’ (i.e. not an election) of the committee and a new constitution. Two of the five motions I proposed were passed.
These motions (in plain language) were that:
That no residents CBW app account can be closed in an arbitrary manner without any due process (as was the case with the closure of my account in May 2022). The closure or threat of closure of CBW app accounts has carted a ‘chilling effect’ on the CBW app which means that residents are afraid to say what they think or to be critical of the CBWRA committee in any way.
That there will be quarterly meetings with the new managing agent (Urang) assuming that RTM foes ahead and they are appointed – the meetings will e hybrid (face to face with the option to attend online) and ALL residents will be welcome not just leaseholders.
The CBWRA constitution which the CBWRA committee wish to have adopted at the special general meeting on 12th September is a major backward step, increasing the control of the Chair and reducing their accountability to residents even further and handing up to four committee places to the LANDLORDS/FREEHOLDERS.? I hope this is not the case but the wording is very unclear:
