Report about the general assembly 2012
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On Sunday July 22nd, 2012, our annual general assembly took place
already the third time in the
Hotel Reinisch in Schwechat near Vienna. This year the general assembly
commenced after a KKÖ member day and a short presentation of the results of the
annual FIFe general assembly.
A lot of members were present this time, which confirms that the shift towards
Sunday was well accepted. Sundays will also be the target weekdays for future
general assemblies.
After the welcome of the members and the statement of the quorum, the approval
of the agenda of the current assembly and the minutes of the general assembly
2011 passed and afterwards the board gave its reports.
In the last show year KKÖ held three double shows. The shows in Klosterneuburg
and Bregenz showed a high visitor interest as well as a high cat inscription
rate. For the third show in Ebbs were less cats announced, anyhow there was a
positive result from all the shows together.
In the area of the pedigrees, KKÖ reached 2011 the highest value of issued
pedigrees ever. Most pedigrees (appr. 50%) were again issued
for Maine Coon, the second place was reached by the Norwegian forest cats (appr.
15%), followed by the British with appr. 12%.
The amount of members were stable in 2011.
The treasurer Mr. Fister reported about a positive result of the year
2011, which was also the reason for a increased donation towards the Katzenheim
Freudenau.
The president, Mr. Preiss, appreciated his gratitude to all which helped during
the shows, the members of the board and to
all which are not in a official function.
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The auditors Mrs. Ilse Mur and Mr. Michael Szaraz examined the
books. The auditors recommend to discharge the treasurer Mr. Robert Fister from the
period January 1st, 2011 until December 31st 2011.
The treasury was well conducted as well as the resp. documents were
presented in a structured and easy understandable way. There were no reasons
for annotations or comments.
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Afterwards the discharge of
responsibility of the treasurer for the respective period took
place.
Finally the discharge of responsibility of the executive board took place. The executive board would like to thank for the great confidence of the members of KKÖ. |
Following member was elected into the executive board for a
period of two years:
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Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcox as secretary
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The other positions in the board remain vacant. |
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As auditor, Mr. Michael Szaraz was elected for a period of two years. |
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Mr. Michael Szaraz -
auditor |
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The executive board presented following proposals regarding
our bylaws, which were accepted unanimously:
- Adaption of the validity of elections
The validity of the elections were prolonged to the end of the year were the
functional period ends, however it ends with the general assembly in this
year.
This allows that board members to be elected until the respective general
assembly and not exactly for 2 years.
- Adaption of the commissions
The show commission was dissolved, the leader of the judge- and
health-commissions not participate in board meetings longer.
- Adaptation of the co-option
The mandatory co-option was removed and it is not necessary any more to
advertise open functions.
- Adaption of the communication with members
It is no longer necessary to send information by registered mail.
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All updates are included in our new
bylaws (german).
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As there were no proposals from our members, the general assembly was closed
after appr. 90 minutes and the present members enjoyed the summer diner 2012
with discussions and mutual exchange of experiance.
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The executive board of the Klub der Katzenfreunde Österreichs
(Austria's Cat Fancy) |
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