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The British European – page 4 On October 26 KUKS held the International Gala Festival of National Fare in honour of United Nations Day. A few of us attended and had a wonderful evening. We had black chocolate from Venezuela, cheesecake from the Ukraine, wonderful beef from Albania, hot stuff from India and Indonesia and a lot of other specialities from many countries, not to mention various drinks. Some children played Japanese drums, there was Scottish Dancing and there were some Maori songs. We also danced to a New Orleans jazz band. We would appreciate more input for our Bulletin so if you’ve had some interesting experiences, been abroad, or have other things you’d like to write about – please do! We seem to be standing still as far as achieving our goal is concerned, but we are not going to disappear as we should be allowed a vote in this democratic age. Valerie Kristiansen Minutes BEA AGM, 4/11/07, 12 noon – venue: Rundforbivej 48A ad.1 Appointment of chairperson and secretary Jens Ulstrup was appointed chairperson, Bill Vase was appointed secretary. Greetings and apologies from Paul and Dorothy Westergaard. ad.2 Adoption of the agenda Agenda was adopted. ad.3 Reports: i) The treasurer, Bent Kristiansen, submitted the accounts for the year. The accounts were approved. As an associate member of Europeans throughout the World BEA pays a reduced subscription rate. ii) The home page editor Bill Vase pointed out that he was not suited to organising a programme of speakers. The management team took care of initiatives as a group. Otherwise, Bill Vase will take care of our new website. Philip Hollingbery suggested that the "@" in our e-mail address should not be visible in order not to attract the attention of spam machines. This has been addressed. iii) The Bulletin editor, Bent Kristiansen, announced that the next Bulletin is due out soon but we need input from the other members. Deadline: 1. December. Bill Vase suggested that we publish our bulletins as PDF documents instead of as Word documents. PDF documents cannot be edited but can just as easily be downloaded from a website. The suggestion was approved.
The British European – page 5 iv) Social organiser: We have no SO but this has not hindered the many ad hoc initiatives mentioned by Valerie Kristiansen who proposed we carry on in the same way. The proposal was approved. v) Campaign committee We do not have a campaign committee for the moment. vi) The coordinator, Monty London, keeps the record of members. There was nothing to report. vii) The President: The President, Valerie Kristiansen, thanked all by name who have been active during the past year, especially the members of the management team who had arranged events and the members who had created our new website. The full report will be published in the next Bulletin. The report was approved. ad.4 Appointment of management team for 2007 – 2008. The following members were appointed: President: Valerie Kristiansen Treasurer: Bent Kristiansen Webmaster: Bill Vase Coordinator: Monty London Bulletin editor: Bent Kristiansen Members of the management team: Jill Conway-Fell and Joe McKernan Appointment of substitutes – Elizabethann Burke Madsen. ad.5 Proposals received before 25th October 1) That the annual subscription be substantially reduced to a figure set at the AGM. The current subscription fee was in no way considered excessive. Proposal rejected unanimously. 2) What actions, if any, should we be taking in connection with the Danish Folketingsvalg? Philip Hollingbery said we should, as E.M. Forster said, "only connect". Forster was thinking about Bloomsbury. PH mentioned global warming and the topic in England of European ethnic minorities v. EU citizens. Several of the participants brought up the current situation of Danes finding themselves on the wrong side of the border and being automatically disenfranchised after two years. It was proposed and accepted that we mount a two-stage approach in the press which cites these Danes (EU citizens and DK ex-pats and denied voting rights) and mention our own case (EU citizens resident in DK and denied voting rights). 3) What can we do in connection with the information received from the University of
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