ESU-Mitgliederversammlung/ESU-General Meeting Lübeck 2008

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Mitgliederversammlung / General Meeting 19 - 20 September 2008 in Lübeck
The executive committee recommended the admittance of both the new sections.
The membership of the section Italia as well as the section France has been unanimously confirmed and both have
been cordially welcomed.
8.2) Revoking the membership of the associations approved by the EDA, according to the statutes § 6.1,
EDU - North Scandinavian Group towards the end of 2008
and EDU – Austria subsequently towards the end of 2007
ESU-North: Revoking the membership has been unanimously approved of.
ESU-Austria: Revoking the membership has been unanimously approved of.
All financial liabilities have been met, about half of the members have joined the EDA.
9.) Financial report 2007
Uwe Vetter reported on the financial situation in 2007.
Takings of 120,182.55 €
as opposed to expenses of 108,437.54 €
Profit 2007 11,745 €
The financial result of the general meeting / Technology Forum 2007 with about 5000 € after the reduction of the
costs for the meeting to the amount of 14,000 € and the balanced result from the magazine allowed for this welcome
result.
Detailed report: see appendix
10.) Report of the cash auditors Dirk Steinbauer and Andreas Bender
Dirk Bauer read the cash auditors’ report. The accounts management, all records and entries were orderly.
Mr Steinbauer recommended to give a release to the executive committee.
A detailed report by the cash auditors has already been published in the September 2008 edition of the EDA magazine.
11.) Determination of the membership fee for 2009
According to Michael Krüger, the considerably increased prices mainly due to the multiplying tasks make it imperative
to also raise the membership fee.
Mr Krüger recommended to the executive committee to increase the membership fee for 2009 about 20%.
This would be the first increase since the foundation in 2001.
Mr Hogrefe pointed out the initiated steps for reorganizing the EDA. He briefly explained the most important points
of the reorganization which had been developped during a task force meeting at the beginning of 2008.
To cope with the executive committee’s work in future professional help from a full-time employee is obligatory.
Without Mr Hogrefe’s work, the association could already no longer function today. The by all means professional
appearance of the EDA can not be achieved by an honorary executive committee. Mr Hogrefe has offered his services
for another four years. However, precautions have to be taken for the time following that period. The association
would not be able survive without a corresponding reorganization.
All the section will have to decide about the increase of the fee and determine whether the fee within the section
will also be increased or whether it will be financed from section funds. In an earlier meeting the German and the
Swiss section had already agreed to increase the fee.
Mr Minniberger asked how the reorganization was progressing and whether a 20% increase of the membership fee
would be sufficient to pay a full-time employee.
Dr. Hesse answered in the affirmative. He explained that the reorganization has already started and that the budget
to be discussed as item 12) of the agenda was based on it. He also pointed out that the reorganization would be
dealt with as item 16).
Dr. Hesse mentioned that the multilingual association aimed at as well as the meetings at European level which
would have to be planned would entail additonal costs.
There were no more questions or requests to speak.
Dr. Hesse applied for a 20% increase of the membership fees starting on the 1st Jan. 2009.
This was followed by the vote on the 20% increase of membership fees which has to be agreed to by the sections.
The request has been agreed to unanimously.
12.) Budget 2008/2009
Mr Hogrefe explained the budget 2008/2009 in detail.
The budget 2008 shows
takings of 63,000 € and
expenses of 53,000 €,
yielding a profit of 10,000 €.
ESU-MAGAZINE Dezember 2008