Dear Members of Democracy International,
We hereby invite you to Democracy International’s next general assembly to take place in Donostia San Sebastian, Spain, on 19 November 2016 (Time: 2:30 pm to 5:15 pm, venue: Donostia/San Sebastian City Hall, Ijentea No. 1, 20003 Donostia/San Sebastian)
The general assembly will form part of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy to take place from 16 to 19 November 2016.
According to our statutes, the general assembly must be held within every three years in order to discuss the principles and objectives of our association and to meet personally.
Please find the exact provisions of our statutes here https://www.democracy-international.org/sites/default/files/PDF/di_statutes_01-06-15_2.pdf
In case you want set additional topics on the agenda or you want to submit a proposal, we would be thankful. Please inform us in advance.
Also of course, we would be happy to see you participating at the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. To register and for more information, please see here: http://www.2016globalforum.com/register/
The board proposes the following agenda for the general assembly:
General Assembly
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 2.30 – 5.15pm: Draft Agenda
A 2.30 Formalities
- Declaration of quorum, minutes, adoption of the Agenda
B 2:45 Activity report 2015
- Report about activities of Democracy International in 2015/2016
C 3:00 Report of Auditor
- Audit report by Dr. Klaus Hofmann for the year 2015 and discussion
- Vote on exoneration of the board
- Election of new auditor
D 3:20 Agenda 2017/2018
- Presentation of Democracy Internationals planned activities for 2017/2018
E 3:40 Budget 2017/2018
- Presentation of Democracy Internationals budget plan for 2017/2018
- Discussion and vote
F 4:00 Accepting procedure of new members
- Experiences and problems
- Discussion
G 4:15 Any other business
H 4:30 Stories from around the world
5:15 END
We hope to see you participating at the next general assembly in San Sebastian on 19 November 2016. We look forward to meeting you.
With kindest regards,
For the board
Daniela Bozhinova
Gerald Häfner
Bruno Kaufmann
Jung Ok Lee
Joe Mathews
Erwin Mayer
Suresh Nautiyal
Arjen Nijeboer
Rafael Piniero
Daniel Schily
