We are pleased to welcome all new EuroPython Society (EPS) members and
would like to officially invite you to attend this year’s EPS General
Assembly (GA), which we will run as in-person meeting at the upcoming
EuroPython Conference 2015 in Bilbao, Spain.
http://www.europython-society.org/post/123575885615/invitation-to-the-europython-society-general
Place of the General Assembly meeting
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We will meet on Wednesday, July 22 2015, at 15:15 CEST in room Barria1
of the EuroPython 2015 conference venue Euskalduna Conference Center
(ECC) in Bilbao, Spain.
https://ep2015.europython.eu/conference/talks/eps-general-assembly-1
There will be a talk to presenting the EuroPython Workgroup concept in
preparation for EuroPython 2016 at 14:30 CEST in the same room, right
before the General Assembly. You may want to attend that talk as well.
https://ep2015.europython.eu/conference/talks/europython-2016-help-us-build-the-next-edition
General Assembly Agenda
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The agenda contents for the assembly is defined by the EPS bylaws. We
are planning to use the following structure:
* Opening of the meeting
* Selection of meeting chair, secretary and 2 checkers of the minutes
* Motion establishing the timeliness of the call to the meeting
* Presentation of the annual report and annual accounts by the board
* Presentation of the report of the auditor
* Discharge from liability for the board
* Presentation of a budget by the outgoing board.
* Acceptance of budget and decision on membership fees for the
upcoming year
* Determination of the size of the board for the period until the
next annual meeting of the General Assembly
* Election of members of the board
* Election of chair of the board
* Election of one auditor and one replacement. The auditor does not
have to be certified in any way and is normally selected among the
members of the society.
* The optional election of a nomination committee for the next annual
meeting of the General Assembly
* Propositions from the board
* Motions from the members
* General discussion
* Closing of the meeting
Election of the members of the board
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The EPS bylaws limit the number of board members to one chair and 2 -
6 directors.
All members of the EPS are free to nominate or self nominate board
members. Please write to bo...@europython-society.org no later than
Saturday, July 18 2015, if you want to run for board. We will then
include you in the list we’ll have in the final nomination
announcement before the GA.
The following directors from the current board are running again for
board for the next term (in alphabetical order):
* Marc-André Lemburg
* Anthon van der Neut
* Fabio Pliger
We will post more detailed information about the above candidates and
any new nominations in a separate blog post.
Propositions from the board
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The board would like to amend the EPS bylaws with the following
changes:
* Replace all uses of “chairman” with “chair” to make the bylaws more modern.
* Remove the General Assembly agenda requirement in section 8 to
“Determination of the size of the board for the period until the
next annual meeting of the General Assembly”, since such a change
can be implemented using a bylaws change, if necessary, and there
currently is no actual need, since the bylaws already say “one
chair + 2-6 board members”, which already gives us enough
flexibility.
The bylaws allow for additional propositions to be announced up until
5 days before the GA, so the above list is not necessarily the final
list.
Motions from the members
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EPS members are entitled to suggest motions to be voted on at the
GA. The bylaws require any such motions to be announced at least 5
days before the GA. If you would like to propose a motion, please send
it to bo...@europython-society.org no later than Saturday, July 18
2015.
Enjoy,
–
EuroPython Society
http://www.europython-society.org/
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