If the sector meeting cannot be organised in two different locations, can it be held in Brussels on a Saturday so that colleagues from out-of-town can attend and vote in person?
For thirty years and more, sector meetings have always been held in Brussels, preferably on a Tuesday evening. There is a reason for this. On a Tuesday more non-local colleagues are likely to be in Brussels anyway than on a Saturday. Holding the meeting on a Saturday would mean more colleagues, locals and non-locals, would be unable to attend, because of private and family commitments, and for financial reasons. In any event, nobody is disenfranchised, as votes may be cast by proxy. That is what proxies are for.
