Minutes of the FIFe General Assembly 2007
Albufiera, Portugal, 24th and 25th May, 2007
17. Financial Matters
a) Determination of fees for the period 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2008
No changes were planned for the fees and they remained unchanged. The proposed fees for the period 01.01.2008 until 31.12.2008 were carried with 31 yes to 1 no votes.
b) Determination of the monthly allowance of the General Secretary for the period 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2008
No change was suggested for this monthly allowance. The amount was confirmed unanimously.
17. Presentation of the Budget for the fiscal year 2008, discussion and voting
The Budget was approved unanimously and it is attached to these Minutes as Annex 11.
18. Reports on members under Patronage
The President clarified that these were only reports and no voting was required at this point.
a) Colombia (CO) – ACFEC
On behalf of the Mentor of ACFEC, Mr. Noronha from CPF took the floor and read out the report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 12.
b) Hungary (HU) – MME-Felis Hungarica
On behalf of the Mentor of MME-Felis Hungarica, Mr. Jelenko from ZFDS, took the floor and read the report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 13.
c) Indonesia (ID) – ICA
On behalf of the Swiss Member FFH, the Mentor of ICA, Mr. Wittich read out the report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 14.
He said that he was very sad that the Indonesian ICA representatives were refused their visas by Portugal, due to the geo-political problems with the former Portuguese colony of East Timor. They had prepared, booked and paid their long trip to Europe and were extremely disappointed. Mr. Wittich expressed the hope that the delegates would also consider this when the vote would come for full Membership of ICA. He pointed out that all very positive reports on the shows organised by ICA were available. The General Secretary Mr. Reijers fully agreed with Mr. Wittich and stated ICA behaved in an extremely correct and exemplary way.
d) Poland (PL) – FPL – Felis Polonia
On behalf of the Mentor of FPL Felis Polonia, Mr. Wirth-Färdigh from SVERAK read out the report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 15.
e) Romania (RO) – FAF Felis Romania
On behalf of the Mentor of FAF Felis Romania, Mr. Mahelka from ČSCH-SCHK, read out the report, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 16.
The Assembly had a 15 minute coffee break and reconvened at 16.30
19. Proposals to continue patronage membership for 1 year
a) Hungary – MME – Felis Hungarica
The President explained there was an application of Felis Hungarica, which was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 17 and a report from the Mentor ZFDS. The result of the vote was 30 yes to 1 no vote and thus the Assembly had agreed to continue patronage membership for Felis Hungarica with one more year.
20. Applications for full membership
a) Indonesia (ID) – Indonesian Cat Association -ICA
The floor was given to Mr. Wittich as representative of the Mentor of ICA, FFH (CH), which had forwarded and submitted this application for full FIFe Membership. This application, which was included in the Agenda is attached to these Minutes as Annex 18.
Mr. Wittich gave a lengthy report, in which he referred to the report on ICA and stated that they had met all financial obligations and recommended the Assembly to vote in favour for this application. Mr. Wittich then asked Mrs. Kaae and Mrs. Bydlinski to share their experience with the GA as they have both judged there. Both gave a very positive report on their experiences with ICA in Indonesia.
The result of the vote was 31 yes to 1 no vote; the 3/4 majority needed was 24 votes and thus the Assembly agreed to accept ICA, Indonesia, as a new full FIFe Member.
Mr. Wittich thanked the Assembly profoundly, and said he knew that on the other side of the world people would be ecstatic and very happy.
b) Poland – Felis Polonia - FPL
The floor was given to Mr. Wirth-Färdigh as representative of the Mentor of Felis Polonia, SVERAK (SE), which had forwarded and submitted this application for full FIFe Membership. This application, which was included in the Agenda is attached to these Minutes as Annex 19.
Mr. Wirth-Färdigh gave a short introduction, and referred to the report of Felis Polonia. He stated that they had met all financial obligations and recommended the Assembly to vote in favour for this application. He then asked Mr. Albert Kurkowski, the President of Felis Polonia to address the Assembly.
The result of the vote was 31 yes to 1 no vote; the 3/4 majority needed was 24 votes and thus the Assembly agreed to accept Felis Polonia -FPL, Poland, as a new full FIFe Member.
Mr. Kurkowski thanked the Assembly and was grateful to be able to continue the relationship, which Poland had had with FIFe for several decades
c) Romania – Felis Romania – FAF
The floor was given to Mr. Mahelka as representative of the Mentor of Felis Romania-FAF, ČSCH-SCHK (CZ), which had forwarded and submitted this application for full FIFe Membership.
Mr. Mahelka gave a brief introduction, in which he referred to the report on Felis Romania-FAF, which, was included in the Agenda and is attached to these Minutes as Annex 20.
He stated that they had met all financial obligations and recommended the Assembly to vote in favour for this application. He asked Mrs. Beverly Elian, the President of Felis Romania-FAF to address the Assembly.
The result of the vote was 30 yes to 2 no votes; the 3/4 majority needed was 24 votes and thus the Assembly agreed to accept Felis Romania-FAF, Romania as a new full FIFe Member. Mrs. Elian thanked the Assembly in the name of all Romanian members.
