These minutes have been approved by the controllers (and the chairman).
The agenda items were followed in a different order. The numbering used here is the numbering of the agenda, but the order of presentation is the order in which the items were followed; this is why the numbers appear to be mixed up.
Contents
Active members present
- Pieter Hintjens
- Jan Macek
- Hartmut Pilch
- Alberto Barrionuevo
- Michael Uhlenberg
- André Rebentisch
- Erik Josefsson
- Antonis Christofides
- Jonas Maebe
- Dieter van Uytvanck
- Geza Giedke
- Ivan Villanueva
- Jochen Ahleff
- Stephan Uhlmann
- Roland Orre (initially absent)
- Bernhard Kaindl
- David Vuorio
- Alexandra Combes
- Steffen Maas
- Georg Jakob
- Koen Martens
- Benjamin Henrion
- Renier Bakels (became an active member during the assembly [item 1.2])
1. Procedural issues
(Pieter Hintjens chaired the assembly until the election of a chairman.)
Jonas Maebe elected chairman (19 votes in favour, 1 abstention).
Antonis Christofides elected secretary of the assembly (19 in favour, 1 abstention).
Erik Josefsson and Geza Giedke elected controllers of the assembly (18 in favour, 2 abstentions).
Renier Bakels is an active member (unanimous).
Christine Segard may attend and talk (unanimous).
The General Assembly was properly announced according to the statutes (5 abstentions).
Agenda unanimously approved with the following changes:
- Point 7, "Other business", added
- Point 5.1 Vote for two vice-presidents (instead of one)
- Point 4.5, "hosting external sites on ffii.org infrastructure", added
- Switch items 2 and 3
3. Statute Changes
Amendment 1 passed (21 in favour, 1 against, Orre absent).
Amendment 2 passed (21 in favour, 1 abstention, Orre absent).
Amendment 3 passed (20 in favour, 1 abstention, Orre and Jakob absent).
Amendment 4 passed (20 in favour, 1 abstention, Orre and Jakob absent).
Amendment 5 passed (22 in favour, Orre absent).
Amendment 6 passed (split vote: item 5, 21 in favour, 2 against; item 6, 16 in favour, 4 against, 3 abstentions; item 7, 20 in favour, 2 against, 1 abstention).
Amendment 7 rejected (10 in favour, 7 against, 6 abstentions).
Amendment 8, split vote:
- Item 1, with "and" changed to "or", passed (20 in favour, 1 against, 2 abstentions);
- Item 2 passed (22 in favour, 1 abstention);
- Item 3 rejected (0 in favour, 18 against, 5 abstentions);
- Item 4 as is rejected (0 in favour, 18 against, 5 abstentions);
- Item 4 changed to "The General Assembly can terminate the affiliation agreement at any time" rejected (9 in favour, 9 against, 5 abstentions);
- Item 5, first sentence, with "granted the status of" added between "automatically" and "contributing", passed (19 in favour, 2 against, 2 abstentions);
- Item 5, second sentence, rejected (11 in favour, 7 against, 5 abstentions);
- Item 6 passed (21 in favour, 1 against, 1 abstention);
- Item 7 rejected (12 in favour, 4 against, 7 abstentions);
- Amendment 8 as a whole, as specified from the above voting results, passed (20 in favour, 1 against, 2 abstentions).
2. Exoneration of the board
The treasurer (Jochen Ahleff) gives the financial report for Jan 2006 - Sep 2006).
The financial controllers (Roland Orre and Koen Martens) found previous year ok.
The previous board (the one whose term ended in the GA of November 2005) is exonerated (22 votes in favour, 1 against). (More recent boards may not be exonerated because the financial report cannot be complete because the year hasn't ended).
The financial report of this year (up to the end of September 2006) is approved unanimously.
5. Election of board members
Alberto Barrionuevo is elected vice president (21 in favour, 2 abstentions).
Antonis Christofides is elected vice president (21 in favour, 2 abstentions).
Hartmut Pilch is elected treasurer (21 in favour, 2 abstentions).
David Vuorio is elected secretary (19 in favour, 4 abstentions).
Alexandra Combes is elected simple board member (20 in favour, 3 abstentions).
Georg Jakob is elected simple board member (19 in favour, 4 abstentions).
All candidates accept their election.
6. Election of other positions
Koen Martens, Christine Segard and Roland Orre elected financial controllers (21 in favour, 2 abstentions).
Item 6.2 withdrawn from the agenda (21 in favour of withdrawal, 2 abstentions).
4. Other issues
Membership fee is changed to 15 euros; but the board may implement the change when they think it is technically possible (unanimous).
General Assemblies may be held in Brussels (Belgium) (20 in favour, 3 abstentions).
Items 4.3 and 4.4 withdrawn by Georg Jakob; item 4.5 withdrawn by André Rebentisch.
7. Other business
Following a motion of Benjamin Henrion, the issue of a Newsletter is briefly discussed.
No further issues, General Assembly is closed by the Chairman.
Signatures
Certified/Signed: Geza Giedke, Dec 04, 2006
Certified/Signed: Erik Josefsson, Dec 06, 2006
Certified/Signed: Jonas Maebe, Dec 07, 2006
