Being a Member of an Owners' Committee for a Village or Condo

[maddermax]

I have been retired here in Pattaya for 14 years and own a few condos, the rents of which supplement my meagre UK state pension. During this time I have served on each of the owners' committees, known as CoCs or Co-Owners Committees. I have also served as Chairman of the CoC at each of the condos where I sign documents regularly on behalf of the owners.

The village in which I live is about to be handed over to the owners after 18 years being operated by the developer and a Home Owners' Committee (HOC) has been formed in preparation of the handover. One of the committee members is insisting that the Chairman must have a work permit to be able to act in the position. My believe is that, as volunteers not receiving any remuneration, we are not obliged to do so, and have not done so in the condos without any such problems.

Getting any information out of the Labour Department is like getting blood out of a stone.

Can anybody with knowlegde/experience of such situations please assist?

Thanks