FFII General Assembly 2005-11-29 Brussels
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The 815 registered members of FFII have been invited to a general assembly on Nov 29th in Brussels. The assembly will hear reports from the old board and (hopefully) exonerate this board and elect a new board. The agenda is fixed 1 week in advance. Remote participation will be possible to a certain degree. There will also be meetings with friends from the European Parliament and other interesting side events.
Time and Place
2005-11-29 tuesday
- 15:00-18:00 General Assembly
- 19:00-24:00 Party
- 21:00 announcement of results of the European of the Year election
The General Assembly will take place at 13-15 rue des Ateliers in Brussels (near Place Sainctelette). Thanks to iMatix Corporation for providing the facilities.
Purpose of the General Assembly
Statutory functions of the General Assembly include
- Election of the board and the financial supervisor
- Exoneration of the previous board
Treatment of proposals and statute changes (According to the statute, it is possible to submit proposals for decision by the assembly one month ahead, but no such proposals have been submitted).
- Board members and candidates respond to questions of members
Reelection of board members
3 positions in FFII's Board have to be renewed:
- President (currently: Hartmut Pilch)
- Treasurer (currently Laura Creighton has take the interim since Holger Blasum's resignation)
- General Secretary (currently Alex Macfie)
Candidates are invited to present themselves on the verein at ffii org mailing list (which is automatically synchronised with the list of registered members: please register in http://aktiv.ffii.org/ if you forgot to do so!). Such submissions should be signed with pgp/gpg if possible.
Reports of current situation
Not there yet, but some preparation effort can be seen at
Plan for Activities to show to fundraisers, worked on by phm et al
Financial report, worked on by lac, jahleff, blasum et al
Remote Participation
According to the board decsion of 2005-11-19, the agenda is fixed one week in advance and active members can give a non-binding vote.
Audio streaming
You will be able to listen to the General Assembly remotely via the audio streaming of the conference.
Side events
- Champagne for Creativity lunch tuesday 12:00-14:00 in Rennaissance Hotel; status: booked, invitations sent out, a substantial number of parliamentarians is coming
Dinner & Party tuesday 18-24.00, announcement of European for the Year election result 21:00; status: booked
