feiea_annual_report_2008_web.pdf
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Governance<br />
The governance of FEIEA’s affairs is assured through the<br />
interaction of two groups, the FEIEA Executive Committee<br />
and the FEIEA Council, both chaired by the FEIEA<br />
President.<br />
The FEIEA Executive Committee meets formally twice a year<br />
in spring and autumn and informally by ‘audio meeting’<br />
(teleconference). This group is the FEIEA management team<br />
which carries out FEIEA’s activities, controls its finances ad<br />
conceives its future. The Executive line-up in <strong>2008</strong> was:<br />
FEIEA President Daniel Ambühl (Switzerland), Immediate<br />
Past President Birgit Snizek (Austria), Vice-President and<br />
Communications Director Steve Doswell (UK), Secretary-General<br />
Diana Janežič (Slovenia), Treasurer-General Marie-Eve Deltenre<br />
(Belgium), Grand Prix Director Lyndsay Markham (UK), Press Card<br />
& Diploma of Honour Co-ordinator Poul Erik Larsen (Denmark),<br />
General Members Attilio de Pascalis (Italy), Gerhard Vilsmeier<br />
(Germany). Mario Branco (Portugal) and Vesna Petkovšek<br />
(Slovenia) were elected to the Executive, bringing the combined<br />
team strength to 11. This remained the Executive line-up at the<br />
end of <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
The Executive has decided to increase the time available<br />
to consider FEIEA business together. From 2009, the audio<br />
meetings will be held monthly.<br />
The FEIEA Council is the ‘parliament’ of the national member<br />
associations. Through its yearly autumn meeting, the Council<br />
governs FEIEA in line with its statutes. The Council meeting is<br />
normally attended by up to two delegates from each member<br />
association, typically the current national President and a<br />
designated European representative, plus all members of the<br />
FEIEA Executive.<br />
In statutory terms, the Executive and the Council are distinct<br />
governance bodies. However, some national associations have<br />
found it increasingly difficult to send national representatives to<br />
the <strong>annual</strong> Council meeting and the size of the Council meeting<br />
has been declining. FEIEA is keen to reverse this trend.<br />
Council hosts Council: FEIEA Council meeting at City Hall, Westminster<br />
FEIEA The Report 2007-08<br />
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