PREPARING FOR SUMMER There are Strata Committee meetings scheduled for early August and early October.  If you want to have your AC upgrade installed before next summer you best have your by-law application considered at an EGM ahead of the August meeting.  Leaving it to October will mean you will be trying to get your upgrade done when the rest of the world is trying to do the same thing.  We urge you to make your by-law application in time to the August EGM – which means submitting it to Strata Partners by FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014. OVERSIZED CONDENSERS One installer has been able to offer an AC upgrade that installs the inside unit in the old AC cupboard.  However a problem with this configuration is that the condenser is oversized (1000mm x 370mm compared to our specification of 900mm x 350mm maximum).  As this is a low cost solution and likely to be preferred by a lot of owners we are prepared to be flexible for owners wanting to use this approach.  We have checked whether the oversized condenser can be used without interfering with neighbouring condensers.  To date it has not been a problem.  We will continue to examine each oversized condenser application and will approve provided it does not interfere with a neighbour’s condenser. If you want to make an application involving an oversized condenser associated with having the inside unit in the old AC cupboard, note that the condenser is oversized on the checklist you will submit with your application and we will see what we can do. RWD13 June 2014