Agora Results

Voting Results Spring Agora Leiden.

Reports Comité Directeur
1. Financial Report 2009 Approved (votes: 224)
In Favor: 207 - 92%
Against: 8
Abstention: 9

2. Intermediate Financial Report 2010 Approved (votes: 230)
In Favor: 210 - 91%
Against: 8
Abstention: 12

3. Budget update 2010 Approved (votes: 230)
In Favor: 205 - 89%
Against: 18
Abstention: 7

4. Provisional Budget 2010-2011 Approved (votes: 222)
In Favor: 200 - 90%
Against: 6
Abstention: 15

5. Activity Report of the Comité Directeur Approved (votes: 227)
In Favor: 189 - 83%
Against: 27
Abstention: 11

Proposals
6. Travel Reimbursement  Proposal Approved (votes: 230)
In Favor: 133 - 60%
Against: 79
Abstention: 18

7. Including subsistence costs for the incoming Comité Directeur Proposal Approved (votes: 230)
In Favor: 195 - 85%
Against: 23
Abstention: 12

8. Deletion of the Working Format Connections Criteria Proposal Approved (votes: 227)
In Favor: 154 - 68%
Against: 48
Abstention: 25

9. Reform of the  Network Commission Proposal Rejected (votes: 288)
In Favor: 155 - 54%
Against: 106
Abstention: 27

10. Working Groups Proposal Approved (votes: 224)
In Favor: 185 - 83%
Against: 12
Abstention:27

11. Working Format Proposal Approved (votes: 224)
In Favor: 192 - 86%
Against: 9
Abstention: 23

12. SUCT Knowledge Transfer Proposal Approved (votes: 295)
In Favor: 251 - 85%
Against: 28
Abstention: 16

13. Members Commission Proposal Rejected (votes: 291)
In Favor: 171 - 59%
Against: 58
Abstention: 62

14. Events Deadline Proposal Approved (votes: 297)
In Favor: 200 - 67%
Against: 53
Abstention: 44

15. AEGEE-Europe Events Contract Proposal Approved (votes: 297)
In Favor: 236 - 79%
Against: 29
Abstention: 32

16. Reform IT Proposal Rejected (votes: 293)
In Favor: 126 - 43%
Against: 131
Abstention: 36

17. Membership Fee System Proposal Approved  (votes: 293)
In Favor: 151 - 52%
Against: 105
Abstention: 37

18. AEGEE-Europe Projects Proposal Approved (votes: 293)
In Favor: 194 - 66%
Against: 17
Abstention: 82

19. CD Assistant Subsistence Costs Proposal  Approved (votes: 289)
In Favor: 210 - 73%
Against: 55
Abstention: 24

20. Youth Agenda 2009 Proposal Approved (votes: 291)
In Favor: 230 - 79%
Against: 13
Abstention: 48




Elections
President AEGEE-Europe
1. Manos Valasis (228)

Secretary General
1. Allla Resheten (176)
2. Sorin Vulcu (119)


Financial Director
1. Anya Petrova (265)


General CD member
1. Thomas Leszke (261)
2. Michael Makowiecki (225)
3. Miroslaw Krzanik (223)
4. Alfredo Selitti (214)
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Miroslava Ganzarcikova (157)


Juridical Commission
1. Anatoli Tsakalidou (270)
2. Martin Gniatczyk (235)


Audit Commission
1. Marko Grdosic (299)
2. Thomasz Richert (217)
3. Tim de Jong (183)


Members Commission
1. Maciej Gad (234)
2. Wouter IJgosse (228)
3. Hatal Yildiz (178)
4. Vedran Jelaca (151)
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Nikola Miladinovic
Hristo Shterev


Network Commission
1.Sara Vierna Fernandez (226)
2. Irina Loginova (197)
3. Dora Kocsis (192)
4. Yanike Sophie (191)
5. Lucille Rieux (190)
6. Milica Lukovic (154)
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Evita Meiere 
Serkan Yarali 
Kemal Sedefçi (withdrawn)


Secretary General of the Agora
1. Anita Kalmane (272)

Extraordinary Agora

As it has been pointed out a couple of time this Agora is to be a special one. Twenty-five years ago AEGEE was founded and that will be celebrated by all the participants. Especially tonight when we'll have the lustrum party. Another memorable moment was the speech of the founder of AEGEE-Leiden during the opening ceremony. She spoke about the way EGEE was founded 25 years ago, and how proud she was now, that AEGEE still exists and nothing has changed: We still believe in the same One Europe and we still try to achieve it in the same way: congresses, meetings, general assemblies and lots of parties.

Even though this Agora is supposed to be a very happy one, I would also like to pay some attention to the tragedy that happened last Saturday near Smolensku. Unfortunately there has been paid no attention to this Polish tragedy that made the whole of Poland mourn for one week. To show their compassion some of our Polish friends here at the Agora do not attend the parties. Hopefully some time will be spent on this issue as it is not only a Polish matter but concerns the whole of Europe.

Opening Plenary

The Opening Plenary has been quite an extraodinary one, as you might have read on Twitter.
Even though the start went quite fluently a couple of delays caused the Opening plenary not to be finished. Also, the Activity Report Sessions have not yet taken place.

The first delay came when the bodies had to vote whether the candidature lists for the audit commission and juridical commission had to be opened again. Unfortunately due to many juridical issues it took lots of time to get the voting done, that only the voting for the audit commission was done. Afterwards it was decided that the canditate lists for the audit commission, juridical commission and for position of the Secretary of the Agora would still be open till saturday morning. So if you still want to candidate: candidate!

The next holdback was a firealarm during the presentation of the Comité Directeur. The entire building had to be cleared and no one seemed to know what was going on. After the firebrigade declared the building safe it was about time for lunch.

Right now the prytannia have started. What will happen to the rest of the Opening Plenary and the Activity Report Sessions we will see. It has not been announced officially yet..

Agora Leiden: M(eye) back on track

In only two days the Agora in Leiden will start. Of course the M(eye) Agora blog will be updated frequently again for the ones that could not make it to this event.
We have also included a Twitter widget this time. All tweets that are tagged with #agoraleiden will show up in the widget on the right. You can of course also search for #agoraleiden on twitter itself!

If you will be at the Agora and you want to contribute to this blog come to one of the PRWG board members (Francesco De Luca or Maurits Korse)

Hope to see you in Leiden!
the PRWG Board

Back home...

When returning from an Agora, one may think of the Chinese proverb that a Journey is not measured in miles, but in the friends you make

The daily routine seems different now, like it lacks the emotion and the energy of the days of the Agora! We are still there and yet here we are, trying to continue the wonderful times spent together by emails, updated albums on Facebook, thus reliving the special memories!

Thank you, AEGEE Kyiv and all the participants!
See you in spring, in Leiden!

Agora Kyiv's finest

Saturday and Sunday were full days, the most exciting! Candidatures and voting kept members at the edge of their seats! We congratulate all those who had the courage to candidate and wish good luck, motivation and enthousiasm to all those who've been elected!

Audit Commission

Total amount of votes: 294
ALL valid votes

Jeroen Straten: 255 (86.7 %)
Enrico Borella: 221 (75.2 %)
Tomasz Richert: 195 (66.3 %)

Abstentions 3

All candidates elected, Jeroen is the president of the Audit Commission

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Juridical Commission

Total amount of votes: 305
Valid votes: 301

Mirjam Dickmeis: 282 (93.7 %)
Ester de Koning: 229 (76.1 %)

Abstentions 11

All candidates elected, Mirjam is the president of the Juridical Commission

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Members Commission

Total amount of votes: 295
Valid votes: 294

Wouter van den Broek 241 (82.0 %)
Hayal Yildiz 239 (81.3 %)
Nikola Miladinovic 221 (75.2 %)
Anne Weihermann 139 (47.3 %)

Abstentions 4

Wouter, Hayal & Nikola are elected, Anne is not elected. Wouter is the
president of the MemCom

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Network Commission

Total amount of votes: 293
Valid votes: 280

Alfredo Selletti 262 (93.6 %)
Marika Heymann 207 (73.9 %)
Michael Makowiecki 186 (66.4 %)
Eszter Vira’g Rab 172 (61.4 %)
Tural Abdullazada 144 (51.4 %)
Ziya Magsudov 131 (46.8 %)

Alfredo, Marika, Michael, Eszter & Tural are elected, Ziya is not elected.

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Summer University Coordination Team

Total amount of votes: 297
ALL valid votes

Veronika Braun 224 (75.4 %)
Georg Rehberger 214 (72.1 %)
Marleen Hennemann 188 (63.3 %)
Miha Suster 170 (57.2 %)
Alla Resheten 83 (27.9 %)
Vera Sokolova 63 (21.2 %)
Giovanni Maieli 62 (20.9 %)

Abstentions 2

Veronika, Georg, Marleen & Miha are elected.

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Member of the Comité Directeur

Total amount of votes: 284
Valid votes: 282

Manos Valasis 226 (80.1 %)
Kateryna Vronska 43 (15.2 %)

Abstentions 13

Manos Valasis is elected as Member of the Comité Directeur, Kateryna
is not elected.

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Secretary of the Agora/EBM

Total amount of votes: 301
Valid votes: 292

Valentina Berdinskikh 263 (90.1 %)

Abstentions 21

Valentina is the Secretary of the Agora/EBM

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Chairperson of the Agora/EBM

Total amount of votes: 294
Valid votes: 292

Sido de Weerd 149 (51.0 %)
Katja Behrendt 138 (47.3 %)

Abstentions 5

Sido is elected as Chairperson, Katja is the Vice-Chair

First working day @ Agora Kyiv

The first plenary definitely started with a lot of energy, antennaes searching for exciting ways to make their presence known!

Agata Patecka, President of AEGEE Europe welcomed us with a motivating speech and afterwards the statutes of principles were presented.

After the ratification of the agenda, to which the presentation of former CD Activity Reports and the presentations of Liaison Officers were added, the former CD presented its Activity Report. A long question line of Agora participants queued up, and the hot topics were related to Intranet and funds.

The new CD were on stage afterwards to present their knowledge transfer period and activity plan, 2010 seems to be a full and exciting year!

The new Liaison Officers were announced and we would like to congratulate:

1. LO towards the UN: Sonja Schindelbeck, AEGEE Freiburg
2. LO towards the European Youth Forum: Ildikó Ferencsik, AEGEE Budapest
3. LO towards OECD: Claire Berthier, AEGEE Lyon
4. LO towards the OSCE: Anatoli Tsakalidou, AEGEE Thessaloniki
5. LO towards UNESCO: Basak Uslu, AEGEE Izmir
6. LO towards the World Bank: Fotis Kanavos, AEGEE Athina

AEGEE Fair, a new form of AEGEE Cafe, more dynamic and interactive stopped participants on the way to lunch to check for posibilities to get involved at the European level.

The day continued with Activity Reports session, for the first time splitted in two rooms. Prytannia Session no.1, with interesteing themes like Budget nodified proposal and Depreciation Proposal, Age Limit Proposal, WG Criteria Proposal definitely rose some memorable debates!

Workshops on Causing a Scene in AEGEE and how to Speak Up! followed and the working day ended with Progress Meetings on Logo of AEGEE Europe, CIA reform, Intranet user for SUCT and Interim Financial report 2009 and Budget Update 2009.
After such a long, full day, the organizers created the perfect balance with a crazy, shiny 70's party in a glamorous club in Kiev!

Anxiously waiting for the next working days and partying nights of the Agora!

Laura

The moment...

...you arrive at the Agora, you feel like you are taking part at a family reunion! In the chaos created near the registration desk, AEGEE members meet old friends, share smiles and hugs.

The gyms are filled with sleeping bags, luggage, the moment you enter them, it seems that it's one big mess. And maybe it is, but how many people can say they've shared a room with 200 other people? :)

On the first day, probably the only one when you have time for city tours, you discover Kiev, a beautiful city, where the old and the new meet each other at every step.

Congratulations to AEGEE Kyiv for the wonderful opening ceremony and for all of their efforts! First day finished in 1930's Chicago bang!

Enjoy your Agora!

Laura

The road to Agora…

… starts with an application and it continues with a lot of excitement. AEGEE Agora is one of the most important events for our organisation, delegations from all over Europe reunite to decide on the future of our Youth NGO. It’s a short period, governed by the slogan Work all day, party all night, when the most important decisions are taken and the most unforgettable parties are thrown:)

Autumn Agora Kyiv 2009 announces itself to be a special event, bringing Power for change. Change is familiar to AEGEE, it happens everyday and yet something always manages to stay the same: our great volunteer spirit which touches every single one of our members!


Whether a participant or a member interested in finding out what’s going on, you should definitely check out our blog for latest info, on which we will try to capture the most exciting moments of the Agora!

See you in Kyiv!
http://www.aegee.kiev.ua/

Laura

Goodbye Cyprus...

Some people already returned home, others went to the post event and some others stay a bit longer to enjoy some days at the beach and relax after an exciting Agora. The last days were full of surprises some might say full of controversy. Let me try to give you an idea what has been happening the last three days.

Everything started with a long journey from Larnaca Airport to Near East University. For most people their flight had arrived at Larnaka in the middle of the night, so there was hardly time to sleep. In the morning being half awake, some decided to go to Larnaca beach first, others directly tried to go to Nicosia. The problem was to find out which bus to take. A Cypriot bus driver told us: “The bus to Nicosia? It’s coming, just wait!” However, nearly everybody had to wait for at least one hour somewhere on Cyprus. Nevertheless, in the end everybody arrived in the AEGEE Neighbourhood.

The organizers prepared apartments for the participants, which were actually still under construction, so some girls on high-heels had serious problems to manage the tracking. The whole Agora took place at the campus of Near East University, which is a little “town” of 20.000 students close to Nicosia. The concept of walking buses was not new to those who had attended Agora Aachen, however, at Agora Magusa the organizers themselves didn’t know where to go. That’s why the plenary often started with only half of the people present.

In comparison to the last Agorae, there was quite a lot happening this time. The discussion about the Intranet, which has started already on several mailing lists before the MagusAgora, was continued intensively. There were a lot of questions on the presented AR of the CD in Thursday morning session. Suddenly, the contract about the Intranet, which was up to that moment been held secret, turned up. This was the catalyst for a lot of dicussions about the transparency and the implementation process of the whole project and finally led to the postponement of the voting on the AR to Friday. The progress meeting on the Intranet was brought forward. It had the shape of a question-and-answer round, in which the audience could ask questions to Dragan and Robin.
In the following plenary session the voting on the Activity Report took place and, as you all might know already, it has not been approved. About 6 votes tipped the scales, so it was a quite narrow majority. As a consequence the current CD isn’t disburdened and therefore could still be brought to book for their whole term. Nevertheless, the CD decided to stay in office and promised to improve communication and cooperation with the network. I haven’t checked AEGEE’s whole history, but till MagusAgora the CD always resigned after a negative vote on the AR.

Only one day later, a group of more than 10 members of the Agora initiated a vote of confidence. The intention was to confirm the confidence of the network towards the CD. In the past, the intention of a vote of confidence against the CD was usually the opposite.
The vote of confidence has been positive. On the first sight that might seem to be controversial to the negative vote on the AR. For sure, every single delegate had his/ her reasons why he voted in that way. The initiators surely want to show their confidence in the CD. The delegates voting against the vote of confidence don’t trust the current CD anymore and want to replace it or rather kick out some of the CD members. Moreover, there seems to be a bunch of people who want the CD to continue the work they started and evaluate it at next Agora. In other words: “You've made your bed, now you must lie in it.”

As you probably all received the election results on AEGEE-L, you know that there will only be 6 CD members after September 2009. That means that they need to distribute all the tasks among them and it will be interesting to see who will take over which duties. In their presentations at the Agora, it was not clear who will take over Public Relations and Human Ressources, so maybe there will be new combination in task division in a fresh CD with new motivation and working style. Agata, our new president, emphasized the key-role of the network in AEGEE and would like to unite the AEGEE family. It is likely, AEGEE will see a change in the style of leadership. Hopefully, she won’t lose sight of her dream.

Unfortunately, for some the trip back to the airport rather was a nightmare instead of a beautiful dream about a strong AEGEE in the future.
After the closure of the Spring Agora 2009, those who did not go to the last party, had to pack their stuff and leave for the airport. The organizers had prepared transportation from the Campus to the border and provided taxies from Nicosia to Larnaca Airport. Unfortunately, their were not enough taxies at the check point. So people had to move together (7 in one limousine) with the luggage on the top of the car. The driver was almost flying to the airport with 140 km/h (although it was not clearly measurable because of a jumping speedometer) with his 35 year old Mercedes Benz. Suddenly their was a bump in the road and one of the suitcases fell down on the highway. The car behind had to slam on the brakes. The driver stopped the car on the emergency lane. Somebody had to went back to search for the lost luggage. All the other passengers were waiting behind the side rail. Some 15 minutes later the adventurous trip continued and finally all people arrived in time to catch their flight.
One thing is for sure: All participants will never forget MagusAgora!!!

Voting and Election Results

Voting Results
 
Activity Report of the Comité Directeur
Total amount of votes:  225
Valid votes:  224
 
Votes in favour:  99 (44.2%)
Votes against:  104 (46.42%)
Abstention  21 (9.38%)
 
The Activity Report of the Comité Directeur has NOT been approved
 
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Closure Financial Report 2008
Total amount of votes:  204
Valid votes:  204
 
Votes in favour:  161 (78.92%)
Votes against:  21 (10.29%)
Abstention  22 (10.78%)
 
The Financial Report 2008 of AEGEE-Europe has been approved
 
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Member’s Commission Decision on the AEGEE-Bologna Case
Total amount of votes:  206
ALL valid votes
 
Votes in favour:  190 (92,2%)
Votes against:  6 (2,9%)
Abstention  10 (4,9%)
 
The Member’s commission decision on the AEGEE-Bologna case has been approved
 
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Commissions Proposal
Total amount of votes:  197
Valid votes:  197
 
Votes in favour: 157 (79.7%)
Votes against: 28 (14.21%)
Abstention 12 (6.09%)
 
The commission proposal has been approved
 
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Proposal on the AR/FR of the outgoing Comité Directeur
Total amount of votes:  200
Valid votes:  198
 
Votes in favour:               182         (91.92%)
Votes against:                  2             (1.01%)
Abstention                        14           (7.07%)
 
The Proposal on the AR/FR of the outgoing Comité Directeur has been approved
 
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Vote of Confidence on the Comité Directeur
Total amount of votes: 266
ALL valid votes
 
Votes in favour:                              207         (77.82%)
Votes against:                  36           (13.53%)
Abstention                        23           (8.65%)
 
A positive vote of confidence on the Comite Directeur has been given
 
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Interim Financial Report 2009
Total amount of votes: 265
Valid votes:  265
 
Votes in favour:                              179         (67.55%)
Votes against:                  22           (8.3%)
Abstention                        64           (24.15%)
 
The interim Financial Report 2009 of AEGEE-Europe has been approved
 
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Budget 2009 – Update
Total amount of votes: 265
Valid votes:  265
 
Votes in favour:                              179         (67.55%)
Votes against:                  22           (8.3%)
Abstention                        64           (24.15%)
 
The interim Financial Report 2009 of AEGEE-Europe has been approved
 
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Flagship Topic
Total amount of votes: 266
Valid votes:  266
 
Beyond Europe:                                              147         (55,26%)
Borders of Europe:                                        31           (11,65%)
European Youth Employment                   87           (32,71%)
Abstentions                                                     1             (0.38%)
 
The Flagship Topic 2010-2012 will be “Beyond Europe”
 
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Membership Fee Proposal
Total amount of votes: 261
ALL valid votes
 
Votes in favour:                              90           (34.48%)
Votes against:                  150         (57.47%)
Abstention                        21           (8.05%)
 
The membership fees proposal has NOT been approved
 
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Proposal to change the Financial Year
Total amount of votes: 265
Valid votes: 265
 
Votes in favour:                              215         (81.13%)
Votes against:                  11           (4.15%)
Abstention                        39           (14.72%)
 
The proposal to change the financial year has been approved
 
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MemCom Minimum Proposal
Total amount of votes: 268
ALL valid votes
 
Votes in favour:                              221         (82.46%)
Votes against:                  10           (3.73%)
Abstention                        37           (13.81%)
 
The MemCom minimum proposal has been approved
 
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Secretary Reimbursement Proposal
Total amount of votes: 261
ALL valid votes
 
Votes in favour:                              223         (85.44%)
Votes against:                  6             (2.3%)
Abstention                        32           (12.26%)
 
The Secretary Reimbursement proposal has been approved

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Election results
 
Audit Commission
Total amount of votes: 262
Valid votes:  252
 
Enrico Borella                    185         (73.41%)
Miroslaw Krzanik             175         (69.44%)
Jeroen Straten                 161         (63.89%)
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Francesco De Luca          73           (28.97%)
Pawel Pudlo                      62           (24.60%)
 
Enrico, Miroslaw and Jeroen are elected
Enrico is the president of the Audit Commission
 
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Members Commission
Total amount of votes: 264
Valid votes:  251
 
Bernhard Mitterlehner                                227         (90.44% )
Hayal Yildiz                                         156         (62.15% )
Nikola Miladinovic                          143         (56,97% )
Wouter van der Broek                  140         (55,78% )
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Marika Heymann                            99           (39,44% )
 
Bernhard, Hayal, Nikola and Wouter are elected
Bernhard is the president of the Members Commission
 
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Network Commission
Total amount of votes:  264
Valid votes:  263
 
Oscar Ronda Prieto        222         (84.41% )
Natalia Hubert                  199         (75.67% )
Thomas Leszke                181         (68.82% )
Sebastiano Perale           167         (63.5% )
Kairi Puss                            154         (58.56% )
Miljan Radunovic            154         (58.56% )
Olga Litvyak                       103         (39.16% )
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Lukasz Kapinos                 43           (16.35% )
 
Oscar, Natalia, Thomas, Sebastiano, Kairi, Miljan and Olga are elected
Lukasz is not elected
 
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Juridical Commission
Total amount of votes: 263
Valid votes:  246
 
Mirjam Dickmeis             230         (93.5% )
Ester de Koning                               182         (73.98% )
 
All candidates are elected
Mirjam is the president of the Juridical Commission
 
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Secretary of the Agora
Total amount of votes: 264
ALL valid votes
 
Carlijn van de Meulenhof                           256         (96.97% )
 
The candidate is elected
Carlijn van de Meulenhof is the next Secretary of the Agora
 
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Member of the Comité Directeur
Total amount of votes: 264
ALL valid votes
 
Agnes Leyrer                                    227         (85.98% )
Anita Kalmane                                 201         (76.14% )
Denis Maksimov                             169         (64.02% )
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Mustafa Dinc                                    75           (28.41% )
 
Agnes, Anita and Denis are elected
 
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Secretary General
Total amount of votes: 262
Valid votes:  260
 
Olga Basova                       216         (83.08% )
 
The candidate is elected.
Olga Basova is the next Secretary General of AEGEE-Europe
 
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Financial Director
Total amount of votes: 264
Valid votes:  264
 
Nico Huurman                  255         (96.6% )
 
The candidate is elected.
Nico Huurman is the next Financial Director of AEGEE-Europe
 
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President of AEGEE-Europe
Total amount of votes: 263
ALL valid votes
 
Agata Patecka                  161         (61.22% )
Percin Imrek                     102         (38.78% )
 
Agata Patecka is next President of AEGEE-Europe

Result: Vote of Confidence

The results of the vote of confidence have just been published.

in favor: 207 (77.82%)
against: 36 (13.53%)
abstention: 23 (8.65%)

266 votes valid

The vote of confidence has been given!

Many people stood up clapping for the CD. Dragan went to stage and said: "When I went to Brussels 1/1/2 years a go, my father said: 'you will work like a horse and nobody will thank you.' I am glad my father was wrong."

Visual Identity

Yesterday evening was a Progress Meeting on the Visual Identity of AEGEE. As you probably all know, the presented Logo from EBM Torino was criticed a lot and therefore Robin Verschuren tries to identify the opinion of the network about the logo issue. That is for sure not an easy task, because there are many people who just don't want to change anything and keep the current one. Others see the need to improve AEGEE's current situation, however, their opinions how to do that are quite diverse. During the Progresss Meeting many points came up and were discussed. The current AEGEE logo was compared with the logos of other European Student Oragnizations, the proposal from EBM (Thanks to the Dutch guy from "AEGEE-Drienerlo" for the living example)was discussed and what the next steps will be.
The conclusion was that there will be various logo proposals according to the ideas gathered at several meetings like the one yesterday. These proposals will be presented to the network. There will be an open call for a team working on it. It seems the message was understood and a new working format will be implemented. Let's see what will happen on this issue the next weeks or months.

Saturday Morning Surprises

The plenary started at 10 o'clock, nevertheless there were only half of the partcicipants present and maybe missed one of the most important happenings during this Agora. There was a vote of confidence- the initiators want to show their support to the current CD and hope for a majority to be in favor. There were a lot of questions how to vote now and in case of a negative result, who can candidate.
In the meanwhile all elections have been taken place and we are waiting during the "tanning workshop" on the grass in front of the plenary buidling. Everybody is waiting for the results and the reactions from the CD however the result will be. So far the atmosphere seems to be rather optimistic, but Agora can always bring up unexpected results.

Voting results from Friday plenary sessions

Here are the votes from Friday:

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Activity Report of the Comite’ Directeur

Total amount of votes: 225

Valid votes: 224

Votes in favour: 99 (44.2%)

Votes against: 104 (46.42%)

Abstention 21 (9.38%)

The Activity Report of the Comite’ Directeur has NOT been approved.

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Closure Financial Report 2008

Total amount of votes: 204

Valid votes: 204

Votes in favour: 161 (78.92%)

Votes against: 21 (10.29%)

Abstention 22 (10.78%)

The Financial Report 2008 of AEGEE-Europe has been approved

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Member’s commission decision on the AEGEE-Bologna case

Total amount of votes: 206

ALL valid votes

Votes in favour: 190 (92,2%)

Votes against: 6 (2,9%)

Abstention 10 (4,9%)

The Member’s commission decision on the AEGEE-Bologna case has been approved

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Commission Proposal

Total amount of votes: 197

Valid votes: 197

Votes in favour: 157 (79.7%)

Votes against: 28 (14.21%)

Abstention 12 (6.09%)

The commission proposal has been approved

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Proposal on the AR/FR of the outgoing Comité Directeur

Total amount of votes: 200

Valid votes: 198

Votes in favour: 182 (91.92%)

Votes against: 2 (1.01%)

Abstention 14 (7.07%)

The Proposal on the AR/FR of the outgoing Comité Directeur has been approved

Transparency - Bullshit

The Progress Meeting taking place this morning answered some questions about the intranet contract, but some were not satisfied with all the answers given. The contract as such is legally okay, but the participants were especially intersted in the progress and who took the decision about specifications and the communication progress. Dragan and Robin explained the contract, however, it became clear that there was no real internal call for volunteers with IT background (maybe paid for there effort) and only a limited open call for companies (It was stated that 4 companies made offers, but Dragan couldn't show the documents with concrete prices.) The next problem are the trainings for IT people to sustain the new intranet. There is no word about it in the contract, according to Dragan the Company are willing to give trainings in Serbia, so let's hope this will take place without further payment.
In the following plenary, Dragan gave a short summary of the main topics discussed. During his speech he said "Transparency" na dthis was the last word missing in the "bullshit bingo" some people were playing during the plenary :-)

The last news from the plenary: The CD will not resign. They understand the rejection of the AR in a way that the Agora is satisfied with their actions as such, but not with the way of communication and contact to the network.

Right now, the Candidates for the CD are presenting themselves. We will keep u updated about all new developments happening on Cyprus.

Isabell

AR has not been accepted!

A few minutes ago, the Voting results of the Plenary before lunch were announced. The Activity Report of the CD was not approved.
The Financial Report was approved
all proposals have been accepted.
Percentages will follow right after the plenary. (Sorry the presentation of the voting results were too quick :-(
It will be curious how the CD will now react on this decision. On last Agoras, when the Activity Report was not accepted, the CD resigned... It will be interesting!

Isabell

Unexpected inofficial Meeting about the Contract for the Intranet

When you follow our MagusAgora blog you might have recognized, that the Intranet was the dominant topic at this Agora so far. There were many questions to the CD, especially to Dragan, about the new Intranet. Among others, the lack of transparency in this issue, the conflict between ITWG and Dragan and many many more were pointed out.
Last evening some members surprisingly got a copy of the contract which has been kept secret till now. Therefore, the voting on the approval of the Activity Report of the CD was postponed to Saturday morning so that there is the chance to check the contract and discuss it.
This was done during a small inofficial meeting Thursday night. As there was nobody with juridical background present, it was not possible to figure out if there are any legal problems in it or not, but some questions were collected for the CD to answer either in a second question round on the Intranet (if allowed by the Chair) or in written form before the voting on the Activity Report.
The new Intranet will be presented Friday evening to the whole network. All the ones who were not at the EBM in Torino are very much looking forward to this agenda slot/ point. Maybe there will be time to discuss some unclear points, maybe some surprises will happen… ;-)
So keep on reading and you will get to know!

Isabell

Friday

Today we have a very sunny day again. For a chance, the breakfast did not take place inside but outside, so we could enjoy a sandwich and some juice on our way to the plenary room, where candidature powerpoint presentations are tested (whether they are running smoothly) and some event promotion videos are shown while the plenary is getting fuller by the minute.
Today we will see the Financial Report 2008 presentation, the MemCom case, some more prytannia and presentations of candidates. In the end, we will have the progress meetings.
So it will definitely be a very interesting Agora day today. :-)

Verena

Thursday

Today the official programme of the Agora started as usual with a speech by the President of AEGEE-Europe, Dragan Stojanovski. Also, the statutes of principles were presented. This time, Agora participants and CD members presented it in different languages on a clip.
After the ratification of the agenda, the CD presented its Activity Report for which a long question line of roughly 20 Agora participants queued up. Before presenting the AR as such, Dragan said some words about Anita Bosneva, who could not come to the Agora as health issues still prevent her from returning to the CD. Dragan expressed that the CD supports Anitas wish to remain CD member (instead of resignation) as this would give her strength and pride which could help her presently.

As could be expected, most questions were related to communication within the CD and CD->network, the Intranet (contract), while the logo was not a hot topic anymore.
Therefore, the Activity Reports of the WGs saw also a short question line, where all questions went to ITWG to answer questions concerning the new Intranet.
Right now, after the Activity Reports of WGs, Commissions are presenting their past activities. The JC is asked about data privacy and the Intranet.

Also, a representative of EMSA introduced us to her organisation.

The end of the day will be the voting on the AR of the CD, before there will be dinner and another party. Let's hope that the day won't end as it has started- rainy - but soon it has become sunny again, so let's hope we will have sun the next days.

Verena