IAWLS 2009 General Assembly, Lienz, Austria, January 17, 2009
February 11, 2009
Members Present:
| Grant McLeod, CAN | Minoru Matsuyama, JPN | Robert Palliser, CAN |
| Petter Osthus, NOR | Hannes Larsson, FRA | Boris Petroff, FRA |
| Isabelle Petroff, FRA |
Members represented by Proxy :
| Colin Addison, AUS | Olivier Louval, FRA | Steinar Kvaale, NOR |
| Judy Barnes, AUS | Joseph Luce, FRA | Lars Vagle, NOR |
| Meg Bate, AUS | Gerard Maurice, FRA | Piotr Szkarlat, POL |
| Bob Cranage, AUS | Daniel Montgermont, FRA | Alexei Gumenyuk, RUS |
| Norma Cranage, AUS | Patrick Thomas, FRA | Milena Gumenyuk, RUS |
| John Hillard, AUS | Patrice Turlan, FRA | Sergey Ignatov, RUS |
| John Miller, AUS | Christian Viry, FRA | Danis Kadyrov, RUS |
| Nhan Nguyen, AUS | Berndt Bellmann, GER | Jaume Codina, ESP |
| Allan Rae, AUS | Thomas Huber, GER | Tommy Berggren, SWE |
| W Van Roosbruck, BEL | Barbel Knobbe, GER | Torbjorn Ledel, SWE |
| Fernand Arseneau, CAN | Wolfgang Kopplin, GER | Michael Lauenstein, SUI |
| Peter Hoffman, CAN | Gunnar Por Sigurdsson, ICL | Brian Bennett, USA |
| Phil Shaw, CAN | Corrado Ampezzan, ITA | Frank Dennis, USA |
| French WL Association | Franco Impalmi, ITA | James Devol, USA |
| Gilles Bertin, FRA | Alfonso Marelli, ITA | Bengt Karlsson, USA |
| Michel Boulanger, FRA | Amabile Tatone, ITA | Steve Prudden, USA |
| Jacques Broussou, FRA | Ineta Silina, LAT | Scott Smith, USA |
| Herve Courtine, FRA | Yonel Maniora, LUX | Robert Rude, USA |
| Christian Herbin, FRA | Nancy Lucienne Caviet, NED | Gregory Worsnop, USA |
| Christope Joanblanq, FRA | Georg Jakhelln, NOR |
There were 2 guest attendees: Joel Le Laic and Michel Weigerding, both from France.
The Chair of the meeting, Robert Palliser, called the meeting to order at 16:40. With 7 members present, each of whom can represent 2 proxies, the total of 21 did not meet the number required (20% of 295=59) for a quorum. As per the bylaws the meeting was adjourned and a new meeting called where the required quorum was the number of members present and represented by proxy.
Robert Palliser introduced the EC members present and the new EC candidate who was present. He thanked the Dolomitenlauf organisation for generously providing the meeting place and refreshments.
Hannes Larsson presented the President’s Report and thanked the 2 retiring EC members, Blanka Nedvedicka and Robert Palliser, for their contributions.
Motion to accept the President’s Report: Yes 66, No 0, Abstain 0
The Treasurer’s Report was presented by Hannes Larsson.
Motion to accept: Yes 66, No 0, Abstain 1
Motion to reelect EC members:
| Bengt Karlsson | Yes 65 | No 1 | Abstain 0 | |
| Hannes Larsson | Yes 65 | No 1 | Abstain 0 | |
| Minoru Matsuyama | Yes 64 | No 1 | Abstain 1 | |
| Piotr Szkarlat | Yes 64 | No 1 | Abstain 1 |
Motion to elect new EC members:
| Thomas Huber | Yes 64 | No 0 | Abstain 1 | |
| Jacek Jaskowiak | Yes 64 | No 0 | Abstain 1 | |
| Boris Petroff | Yes 64 | No 0 | Abstain 1 |
New Business: There were 2 topics discussed.
- Robert Palliser noted that the proxy had not included an opportunity to vote on a motion to fix the membership fee at zero for 2009 although the motion was on the agenda for the meeting. The final item on the proxy, giving voting directions to the EC on any new business, was used to complete voting on the membership fee motion. The result was: Yes 63, No 0, Abstain 3
- Grant Mcleod enquired about the list of IAWLS officers for the coming year. Hannes Larsson and Robert Palliser answered that the officers for 2009 would be President: Hannes Larsson, Treasurer: Boris Petroff, Secretary: Bengt Karlsson
The meeting was adjourned at 17:20.
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