Minutes of the FIFe General Assembly 2007
Albufiera, Portugal, 24th and 25th May, 2007
1. Welcome speech of the President
The President, Mrs. Annette Sjödin, opened the Meeting at 09.10 am and welcomed those present. She asked for a minute’s silence in memory of three fellow judges, who passed away between the last Assembly and now: Mr. Kurt Rajdl from the Czech Republic, International Judge for categories I+II, Mrs. Toini Tikkanen from Finland, a retired Honorary All Breed Judge and Mrs. Britt Hagar Alvestad, an Honorary International category IV Judge and Member of the Judges & Standard Commission: they would be sorely missed.
Then she stated that the 1.DEKZV e.V. sent in a written request for secret voting for the entire General Assembly, attached to the Minutes as Annex 1.
She then said that if anyone wanted matters to be minuted this should be explicitly requested and all changes or rewording of proposals should be handed in, in writing to the General Secretary.
The President then said that the Vice-President Mr. Sagurski and the General Secretary, Mr. Reijers would assist her to chair the meeting and she referred to article 4.6 of the Statutes. She then indicated the times for the coffee and lunch breaks and gave the floor to the General Secretary for the roll call of the delegates. Mr. Reijers first explained the workings of the voting machines, microphones and the three language versions and requested everyone not to speak too quickly for the benefit of the interpreters.
2. Roll call of the Delegates
The General Secretary called the roll of the delegates, which were as follows:
| Member | Delegate | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| KKÖ (AT) | Mr. Karl Preiss | Mr. Alfred Peikert |
| ÖVEK (AT) | Mr. Herbert Steinhauser | Mrs. Helga Kriz |
| NFFe (BG) | Mr. Hristo Simeonov | |
| Felinolog (BY) | Mrs. Svetlana Stoliarova | |
| FFH (CH) | Mr. Ali Wittich | Mrs. Denise Brügger |
| ČSCH-SCHK (CZ) | Mr. Bohumir Mahelka | Mr. Martin Šanda |
| 1. DEKZV e.V.(DE) | Mrs. Ingrid Seele | Mr. Michael Steines |
| Felis Danica (DK) | Mr. Tom Høj | Mrs. Camilla Scharff |
| ASFE (ES) | Mrs. Maribel Lerones | Mrs. Edith Uhía Castro |
| SRK (FI) | Mrs. Anne Paloluoma-Sundholm | Mrs. Arja Martikainen |
| FFF (FR) | Mr. Robert Lubrano | |
| FB (GB) | Ms Frances de Courcy-Rolls | Mr. Eddie Kitching |
| SFDH (HR) | Proxy on FFH (CH) | |
| AMIL (IL) | Mrs. Lena Preisler | |
| Kynjakettir (IS) | Mr. Marteinn Tryggvason Tausen | Mr. Hubert Noi Gunnarsson |
| ANFI (IT) | Mrs. Cristina Kowalczuk | Mr. Ronny Ciampoli |
| Aristocat (LI) | Mrs. Gina Grob | Mrs. Gaby Zurflüh |
| Bubaste (LT) | Proxy on Felinolog (BY) | |
| Lux Cat Club (LU) | Mrs. Marie-France Pohl | Mr. Marcel Serra |
| CFCA (LV) | Mrs. Laima Vesma | |
| MFF (MT) | Proxy on Mundikat (NL) | |
| FFM (MX) | proxy on SRK (FI) | |
| Felikat (NL) | Mr. IJsbrand Gjaltema | Mrs. Mette Dam |
| Mundikat (NL) | Mrs. Paula van de Wijngaart | |
| NRR (NO) | Mr. Christer Einvik | Mrs. Gøran Vinje |
| CPF (PT) | Mr. João Noronha Carvalho da S. | Mr. José Carlos Gomes |
| FDB (RS) | proxy on ZFDS (SI) | |
| ARRCA (RU) | Proxy on ČSCH-SCHK (CZ) | |
| SVERAK (SE) | Mrs. Eva Porat | Mr. Michael Wirth Färdigh |
| ZFDS (SI) | Mr. Simon Jelenko | Mrs. Božena Jelenko |
| SZCH (SK) | Mrs. Sona Ivanková | |
| UFA (UA) | Proxy on SZCHM (SK) | |
| There were 25 (twenty-five) delegates present with 7 (seven) carrying a proxy, which gave 32 votes. The absolute majority was 17 (seventeen) and the qualified majority (3/4) 24 (twenty-four). | ||
The following members under patronage were present:
ICA (ID) - presented by Mr. Alfred Wittich (ICA delegates were not allowed EU entry)
FPL (PL) - Mr. Rafal Lewandowski and Mr. Ireneusz Pruchniak
AFS/FAF (RO) - Mrs. Beverly Elian
MME-FH (HU) - Mrs. Judit Tóthand Mr. László Pál
The following members of the Executive Board were present:
President - Mrs. Annette Sjödin (SE)
Vice-President - Mr. Dietmar Sagurski (AT-ÖVEK)
Treasurer - Mr. Leo van de Haterd (NL-Mundikat)
Vice-Secretary - Mrs. Dorte Kaae (DK)
Vice-Treasurer - Mrs. Christel Hartmann (PT)
General-Secretary - Mr. Eric Reijers (CZ)
The following members of the Judges & Standard Commission were present:
Chairman - Mrs. Eva Porat (SE)
Secretary - Mrs. Thea Friškovec (SI), speaking for this Commission
Members- Mrs. Satu Hämälainen (FI), Mrs. Miriam Klein-Gasbarri (IT), Mrs. Nurit Pahl (AT-ÖVEK)
The following members of the LO Commission were present:
Chairman - Mr. Ole Magne Grytvik (NO), speaking for this Commission
Secretary - Mr. Ole Amstrup (DK)
Member - Mrs. Alva Uddin SE)
The following members of the Show Commission were present:
Chairwoman - Mrs. Dorte Kaae (DK)
Secretary - Mr. Albert Kurkowski (PL) (speaking for this Commission)
Members - Mrs. Eva Wiéland-Schilla (CH), Mr. João Noronha Carvalho da Silva (PT)
The following members of the Disciplinary Commission were present:
Chairman - Mr. Hans Lindberg (SE), speaking for this Commission
Secretary - Mrs. Eva Minde (NO)
Members - Mr. Bohumír Mahelka (CZ) and Mr. Herbert Steinhauser (AT-ÖVEK)
The following members of the Commission for Health & Welfare were present:
Chairwoman - Mrs. Vanja Knez DVM (SI, speaking for this Commission)
Secretary - Mrs. Carin Sahlberg (FI)
Member - Mrs. .Květoslava Mahelková DVM (CZ)
The following Auditors of the FIFe were present:
Mrs. Paula v/d Wijngaart (NL-Mundikat) and Mr. Michael Wirth-Färdigh (SE)3. Election of two Scrutineers and three controllers of the Minutes of the General Assembly 2007.
Mr. Steinhauser proposed Mrs. Zurflüh and Mr. Gomes as Scrutineers. Consequently, the two Scrutineers were elected unanimously, and Mrs. Zurflüh and Mr. Gomes were asked to sit at the special table for the Scrutineers to control the voting.
Mr. Steinhauser suggested Mrs. van de Wijngaart as Controller for the English version, Mr. Noronha suggested Mr. Steinhauser as Controller for the German version, and Mrs. van de
Wijngaart suggested Mrs. Wieland-Schilla as Controller for the French version.
These three suggested controllers, Mrs. van de Wijngaart for the English, Mrs. Wieland-Schilla for the French and Mr. Steinhauser for the German versions were elected unanimously.
4. Drafting of the Minutes
Mr. Steinhauser proposed that the General Secretary Mr. Eric Reijers would draft the minutes. This was decided with 29 yes to 1 no vote and 2 abstentions.
5. Approval of the Agenda
The Board had a written request from the Slovenian Member ZFDS to deal with their proposal 1 to change the Statutes, before the elections. She gave the floor to Mr. Jelenko, President of ZFDS to clarify the request. On behalf of the Board, the General Secretary said that they respected their request, but also stated this did not seem fair, because the candidates, who presented themselves for this year’s election, had done so based on the present wording of the Statutes. There were a few speakers and the request from ZFDS to deal with their proposal 1 before the elections was not carried with 15 yes to 12 no votes and 5 abstentions.
The following changes to the Agenda were suggested:
- Under point 21 f), to jointly deal with the proposals regarding the judging in groups for hairless cats, of FB, AMIL, ANFI and ZFDS because they were almost identical.
- Under point 21 e) SRK’s proposal no. 3 was added to the table of contents, which had been forgotten
- Under point 21 c), to deal with the proposal of SVERAK before the proposal of the JSC, which aimed to delete the article SVERAK wished to amend
With these changes, the Agenda was approved unanimously.
6. Ratifications
6a. Ratification of the appointment of a Probational Member from 13.09.2006 until the General Assembly 2007
The President gave the floor to the General-Secretary, who provided background information on this ratification request. The former Hungarian Member was expelled last year and the Board had decided to grant MME-Felis Hungarica probational membership until this Assembly.
Now, the highest authority of FIFe, the General Assembly, needed to ratify the decision of the Board and the fact that MME-Felis Hungarica had served a year under patronage membership
The ratification of the appointment of Probational Membership of MME-Felis Hungarica (HU) was approved with 31 yes to 1 no vote.
6b.Ratification of the cooption of two Members to the Judges & Standard Commission from 15.11.2006 until the General Assembly 2007.
The President gave the floor to the General-Secretary, who provided background information on this ratification request. At the GA 2006, there had been queries as to why the vacancies in the Disciplinary and Judges & Standard Commissions had not been included on the Agenda, so the Board had decided to co-opt two persons until this Assembly, also to make the work in this Commission more bearable for all.
Now, the highest authority of FIFe, the General Assembly, needed to ratify the decision of the Board.
The ratification of the cooption of two Members to the Judges & Standard Commission was approved with 30 yes to 2 no votes.
7. Approval of the Minutes of the General Assembly 2006 in Rome
The General Secretary stated that he realised the Minutes had been sent much too late. Mrs. Grob asked for the floor and urged that the minutes of the 2007 Assembly would be send out within 4 months after the GA.
The Minutes of the GA 2006 were not approved with 13 yes to 11 no votes and 8 abstentions.
The Vice-President, Mr. Sagurski stated that because the Minutes of 2006 were not approved they should be included for approval on the Agenda for the GA 2008. He also stated that the decisions made in Rome were legal and valid because these had not been contested within 14 days after the GA 2006 took place.
Mr. Wirth-Färdigh asked the Assembly to vote that the decisions made in 2006 were legal and valid. Mr. Simeonov, Mr. Preiss, and Mrs. van de Wijngaart stated that would not be needed because this was self-evident and matters had already been voted on. After these arguments, Mr. Wirth-Färdigh said it would be sufficient to state this fact in the Minutes. Mrs. van de Wijngaart asked to minute this discussion and the General Secretary answered this had already been done.
8. Report of the President
The President read out her report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 2.
9. Report of the General Secretary
The General-Secretary read out his report, which is attached to these Minutes as Annex 3.
10. Report of the Treasurer
The Treasurer read out his report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 4.
11. Reports of the Two Auditors
On behalf of the auditors, Mrs. van de Wijngaart read out the report, which is attached to these Minutes as Annex 5.
12. Discussion on the report of the Treasurer and the two Auditors.
There were no speakers.
13. Discharge of Responsibility:
a) of the Executive Board: the Board was discharged with 30 yes and 2 abstentions
b) of the Treasurer: the Treasurer was discharged with 31 yes and 3 abstentions
