The Wohnen im Eigentum association criticizes the plans to introduce a purely online owners' meeting by the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) and has compiled eleven arguments against such a move. Among other things, WiE cites as arguments that older and educationally disadvantaged citizens could be excluded, that the possibility of exercising voting rights will be unnecessarily limited, and that the voting rights of apartment owners will be interfered with.
Furthermore, the WiE states that many aspects are still unresolved. For example, the association states, "It is still unclear how the decision for an online-only meeting can be reversed if the online-only meeting does not prove successful." The association also questions why changes are needed again, since the last WEG reform did not come into force until December 1, 2020.
In addition, owners could already decide whether to appear on site or attend owners' meetings in person, provided they had decided this course of action by majority vote. Here, only the administrators would have to be on site. By introducing a purely online owners' meeting, owners would no longer be free to decide whether they want to appear on site or only attend the owners' meeting via screen.
Source: live-in-property.com
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