The Annual General Meeting was
held at Rødovregaard , Saturday 5th of March 2005 at 4.00
p.m.
38 members were present at the
meeting including Board members.
The Agenda for the meeting were
as follows:
1. Election of Chairman of the meeting.
2. The Chairman's report of activities in 2004.
3. Account to be presented for acceptance by the General Meeting.
4. Election of board member, auditor and substitutes.
5. Proposals from members.
6. Miscellaneous.
Minutes of meeting
Ad. 1.
Mrs. Janti von Holdt opened the meeting and proposed Mr. Jim
Luther as Chairman of the meeting. Mr. Jim Luther and the assembly
accepted the proposal. Mr. Jim Luther found the General Meeting
legally called according to DANIF rules.
Ad. 2.
The Chairman, Mrs. Janti von Holdt, made the report of activities
in 2004. (See encl. copy)
Ad. 3.
Mrs. Janti von Holdt presented the account, as DANIF treasure,
Mrs. Mulat Hartmann, was not able to attend the meeting.
DANIF have increased its membership and have had more activities
in 2004 (see encl. copy of the Chairman's report of activities)
The assembly accepted the account. (See encl. copy)
Ad. 4.
Mrs. Janti von Holdt and Mrs. Santi Pedersen were elected.
Ms. Anita von Holdt and Mrs. Mulat Hartmann was re-elected
Mr. Alex Hede was elected as auditor.
Ms. Ananditha Wesakha (Sasha), Mr. Jim Luther and Mr. Henrik
Lisby were elected as new Board members.
Mr. John Hansen & Mrs. Jennifer Thorlaksen does not wish
to continue as Board members.
The assembly accepted the election of Board members.
On behalf of DANIF, Mrs. Janti von Holdt would like to thank
all Boardmembers for the hard work and support they have given
to DANIF.
Ad. 5.
DANIF have received a written proposal from a member, Mr. John
Hansen, to increase the membership fee as followed:
Family…DKr. 250 // Single…DKr. 150 // Student…..Dkr.75.
The assembly discussed the matter
and there were several proposals such as:
- Increase membership fee with DKr. 25 every year.
- Membership fee stayed as it is, but increase the cost of activities.
- Increase membership fee and the cost of activities a little
more.
- Increase membership fee and add senior membership fee as followed:
Family
DKr. 175 - DKr. 200 - DKr. 250 - DKr. 300
Single
DKr. 125 - DKr. 150 - DKr. 150 - DKr. 150
Senior/Pensionist
DKr. 100 - DKr. 100 - DKr. 100 - DKr. 100
Student
DKr. 50 - DKr. 75 - DKr. 75 - DKr. 75
It was decided that DANIF members should vote for either proposal
nr.3 or nr.4.
Ballot paper will be sent to all DANIF members.
Ad. 6.
Input from members for DANIF website is much appreciated. Input
can be anything from: recipes, travel advisories, short stories,
tips, etc…etc…
Mrs. Janti von Holdt informed that IWC (International Women Club)
have donated DKr. 5000,- via DANIF for the victims of Tsunami,
and DANIF have open a special Tsunami account.
Mrs. Janti von Holdt proposed,
as DANIF will have it's 30th anniversary this year, the annual
party should be held in honor of the Tsunami victims and all
the profits from the party should be directed towards them.
Mrs. Janti von Holdt proposed a committee should be establish
for the above event and hope that there will be other members
and not only the Board, willing to help, coordinate and support
the event.
The Board would like to thank Mr. Jim Luther for chairing the
General Meeting.
Thank you to Rødovregaard
for allowing us to hold the General Meeting and all other arrangements
of the society at their premises and last but not least, thank
you to all the members participating at the General Meeting.
We look forward to an enjoyable
and interesting 2005 for DANIF and once again hope that members
will be more active, keep the spirit going and maintain the society
alive.
The Board
