IAOA Ordinary Assembly - April-2011 (2RIV)
As stipulated in the Association Statute and other legal requirements, an ordinary assembly of the IAOA membership is being called, in April 2011, to examine and approve the 2010 financial report and the 2011 budget. Details will be developed and presented on this page. (2RIW)
Events and Time-table: (2RIX)
- Announcement of Assembly and Voting Process: April 5th 2011 (2RIY)
- Membership cut-off date (to count in ballot): 19 April 2011 (2RKD)
- Discussion opens: April 5th 2011 15:32:15 CEST (2RJ2)
- IAOA Assembly called to order (by the IAOA President): 19 April 2011 12:00 CEST (2RJ5)
- Announcement of vote results (first call): 22 April 2011 18:00 CEST (2RJ9)
- Announcement of second Assembly call: April 22d 2011 18:00 CEST (2RIY)
- see announcement (2SUM)
- Second ballot opens: 23 April 2011 13:00 CEST (2RJ6)
- Second ballot closes: 27 April 2011 12:00 CEST (2RJ7)
- Announcement of final vote results: 27 April 2011 15:00 CEST (2RJ9)
Terms of Reference: (2RJA)
Please refer to the IAOA Statute (especially Clause 17 regarding "Ordinary Assembly" of the Association) (2RJB)
"At the first call the Assembly is validly constituted by the presence of half plus one of the Members; if such required quorum is not met, then at a second subsequent call, the Assembly is validly constituted with any number of Members present. Every Member has the right to vote and may vote directly or via written proxy assigned to another Member. No more than two proxies per member may be accepted. The Assembly approves motions with the favourable vote of a simple majority of the members in attendance with the exception of the cases explicitly established in this Statute and in the Association's Bylaws." (2RKJ)
- we will need the participation of 50%+1 members in this Assembly to have quorum (2RKK)
- the act of casting a ballot (with "for", "against" or "abstain") will constitute a member's participation in the Assembly. Therefore, the total number of votes will be used to qualify whether we have a quorum. (2RKM)
- if you would like to vote by proxy, please state so via email to please state so via email to both (a) the member holding your proxy, and (b) <membership[at]iaoa.org> (2RKL)
Process Details: (2RJC)
- Go to the member's area (http://www.iaoa.org/members/members.php) and log in with your IAOA account details. If you do not remember your password, send a message to <membership[at]iaoa.org> to reset your password. (2SJP)
- Click on the member's "utilities" (top-left menu item on the inner frame of the member's area page). (2SJQ)
- Then click on the "2011 voting system" item. (2SJR)
- Cast your vote. (2SJS)
- Please note: because of the Easter Holidays in Italy, those who have questions or issues (e.g. with access, password reset, etc.) during this second Assembly may not get a response from the team here until Tue 26-Apr-2011 ... but, do send your questions/requests in to <membership[at]iaoa.org> during the interim anyway. (2SUL)
Thanks! (2SJT)
Results of the first vote: (2ST4)
Voting was open from 2011-04-19 12:00:00 to 2011-04-22 12:00:00 CEST (2SUJ)
Total votes: 43 (2SUH)
- Ballot 1 (2010 financial statement): 42 Yes, 0 No, 1 Abstain (2SUI)
- Ballot 2 (2011 provisional budget): 43 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstain (2ST5)
Since there were 99 members, the quorum of 50 participating members has not been met. (2ST6)
A second call is therefore needed, for which no quorum is required. (2ST7)
Results of the second vote: (2ST4)
Voting was open from 2011-04-23 13:00:00 to 2011-04-27 12:00:00 CEST (2SUJ)
Total votes: 11, of which 3 substituted a vote of the first call. (2T3S)
Total votes joining first and second vote: 51 (2SUH)
- Ballot 1 (2010 financial statement): 50 Yes, 0 No, 1 Abstain (2SUI)
- Ballot 2 (2011 provisional budget): 51 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstain (2ST5)
There were 101 members, but no quorum was required. (2T3T)
The vote is valid and both ballots are approved. (2ST7)