%%center !!!ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF MEMBERS !!36th Annual Business Meeting of the Academia Europaea members at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology !H14 Building at Politechnika Wrocławska, \\[Wybrzeże Stanisława Wyspiańskiego 40, 50-370 Wrocław|https://przewodnik.pwr.edu.pl/pl/budynek/814/informacje-ogolne] !Tuesday 26 November, 2024\\16:00 – 18:00 (Wroclaw time) ---- !!OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIA EUROPAEA\\NO Pre-REGISTRATION NEEDED ZOOM LINK: [https://pwr-edu.zoom.us/j/65771540823?pwd=HmDA5Wsnsbj61HI0FynIFq5ZaaY9Dm.1]\\ From 1 October, ALL DOCUMENTS can be found below. \\ \\ __A series of pre-AGM membership wide electronic ballots on the motions below will be held online from 25th August – 09th September 2024. Members will be mailed separately about these.__ %% ---- !!Draft agenda (__NOTE:__ an agenda and documents pack will be available at the door of the meeting room for any physical attendees). __PLEASE ALSO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER AT THE DOOR__. \\ \\ __In the chair: The President – Professor. Dr. Marja Makarow (Helsinki)__ !1. Welcome, adoption of the 2024 draft agenda (members present) – [DOCUMENT 1|AGM 2024 DOC 1 Agenda (Final 21 Nov).pdf] !2. 2. To adopt the minutes of the AGM held on 09Th October, 2023 [DOCUMENT 2|Document 2 - Minutes of the 35th Annual General meeting - 2023 Munich (FIN).pdf] __Transaction of Ordinary Business__ \\ !3. Reports (covering the past 12 months and going forward): QUESTIONS ARE INVITED *3.1 President – Marja Makarow. 2023 Trustees (Activity) report [DOCUMENT 3.1|Document 3.1 - 2023 Annual trustees (Activity) report- consolidated with Hub reports - signed.FIN.pdf] and [Document 3.1 Supplement|Document 3.1 supplement - President_s statement to the Trustees report 2023 ( AGM Document 3.1) FIN.pdf] \\ __Report of the result of the online ballot of members, to the Motion: ''“That the AGM adopt the 2023 Trustees report”''. In favour 706__. Against 5. MOTION CARRIED __ [DOCUMENT 3.1a|Document 3.1a - Result of the ballot - Approval of the 2023 Trustees report.pdf] \\ *3.2 Finance – Professor Stephen Evans (Treasurer) a summary report has been tabled in advance and the 2023 examined accounts made available online. [Document 3.2|Document 3.2 - AE - Accounts - 2023 - FIN - all Signed.pdf] and [Document 3.2 supplement|Document 3.2 supplement - Treasurers statement to the examined accounts of the Academia Europaea to the end of the financial year 2023 FIN.pdf] \\ __Report of the result of the online ballot of members, to the motion: ''“That members adopt the 2023 accounts“''. In favour 701.__ Against 6. MOTION CARRIED [DOCUMENT 3.2a|Document 3.2a Result of the ballot - To Adopt the 2023 Examined Accounts.pdf] *3.2.1 Outcome of the e-ballot of members on the Motion: “__That members agree to re-appoint the Audit/Examiners: Messrs Keith Vaudrey and Co. Ltd, London“. Voted in favour 702__. Against 3 MOTION CARRIED. [Document 3.2.1|Document 3.2.1 Result of the ballot to re-appoint the auditors.pdf] *3.2.2 Annual members’ financial contribution for 2025 Outcome of the e-ballot of members to the Motion: “__The Members are asked to approve the trustees recommendation, for an annual, [[voluntary] contribution based on an age–related scale, and effective from January 1st 2025. As follows: __ \\ \\ __Ordinary members__\\ Members up to and including 65 years of age: 200 Euro\\ Members 66 - 75 years of age: 125 Euro\\ __Foreign members:__ 200 Euro\\ __Members over 75:__ Voluntary donations are welcomed but they are optional \\ \\ Ballot result was: __Those in favour: 587;__ Those against; 117. The motion was approved. Ballot result was: [Document 3.2.2|Document 3.2.2 - Result of the ballot to approve the member contributions levels for 2025.pdf] \\ \\ *3.2.3 Additional motion for the room: \\ ''__"That the Members (present) are asked to approve a one-time establishment fee for all new (2025) members of 200 Euros, irrespective of age at the time of their acceptance of membership.”__'' \\ \\ ---- \\ !4. Elections and appointments *__4.1 Election of a President__ The current term of Professor Makarow as President ends on 31st December 2024. Under normal circumstances, an e-ballot would have taken place in September to re-elect her for a second and final term. However, The President has recently indicated that, for personal reasons, she will no longer seek a second term. Therefore, a call for candidates, a search/scrutiny board and a member-wide ballot process for a new President will be carried out in the coming months. The Board of trustees, have agreed to ask the current Vice president – Professor Dingwell, to act pro tem as President, to oversee an election process in 2025. The intention is to elect a new President who will be installed either at the AGM in October 2025, or from January 2026. A call for candidates from amongst the membership will be published before the end of 2024. \\ \\ *__4.2 Appointment of a Class chair for Class A2 – Social and related Sciences__ Professor Bjorn Wittrock will retire as Class chair at the end of 2024. Following a search, the Board have approved the recommendation of the Class Section chairs (acting as Council) and have appointed __Martin Kahanec__ (currently Section Chair for Economics and Business Management Sciences) as the new Class chair, effective from 1st January 2025. The Class chair has been co-opted onto the Board of trustees from 1st January 2025. \\ !Motion for the room The members present are asked to approve a term of five years (2025 – 2030). \\ \\ ---- \\ __Other Business (as time allows)__ \\ !5. Future Developments !6. Report on the AE engagement in the SAPEA Horizon Europe Project-President Prof. Dingwell !7. Brief AE Regional Knowledge Hub Reports 2023/24: *__Barcelona__ (Prof. Jaume Bertranpetit Academic Director, Ms Maite Sánchez Riera - Hub Manager) *__Bergen__ (Prof. Eystein Jansen Academic Director, Ms Kristen Baaken - Hub Manager) *__Budapest__ (Prof. Peyter Hegyi, Academic Director, Dr Gergely Bőhm, Hub Manager) *__Cardiff__ (Prof. Ole Petersen, Hub Director, Ms Louise Edwards Hub Manager) *__Tbilisi__ (Prof David Prangishvilli – Academic Director, Ms Sofia Kobakhidze – Hub Manager) *__Wroclaw__ (Prof. Arkadiusz Wojs Academic Director, Ms Anna Jarosz – Hub Manager) *__Graz Data Centre__ (Mr Helmut Leitner – Technical Director, Ms Dana Kaiser, Administrator) !8. Report by the Editor-in-Chief of the European Review – Professor Alban Kellerbauer !9. Plans for 2025 *New Strategic Plan 2025-2028 *Call for nominations for election to membership – opened 01 October 2023 - 31 January 2024 *2025 AGM and annual conference \\ Questions from the membership. \\ \\ Closing remarks (Professor Makarow) \\ !NOTES: *[Trustee (Activity) 2023 report and 2023 examined accounts|Acad_Main/Publications/Academia_Europaea_Annual_Activity_Reports_and_Annual_Accounts]\\ *[AE Statutes and regulations|Acad_Main/About_us/Governance]\\ *[AE Section chairs and committees|Acad_Main/About_us/Academic_Management] !Regional Knowledge Hub websites Barcelona: [https://aebarcelona.eu] \\ Bergen: [https://aebergen.w.uib.no]\\ Budapest: [https://mta.hu/aebudapest]\\ Cardiff: [http://aecardiffknowledgehub.wales]\\ Wroclaw: [http://acadeuro.wroclaw.pl]\\ Tbilisi: [https://www.aetbilisihub.org]\\ Corporate website: [http://www.ae-info.org] \\ \\ The Executive Secretary AE London: Dr David Coates, September 2024\\ The Executive Secretary AE Munich: Dr Friederike Brandthaus, September 2024 \\ \\ ---- \\ __DOCUMENTS:__ \\ *[Document 1: AGM 2024 Agenda|AGM 2024 DOC 1 Agenda (Final 21 Nov).pdf] (21%%sup st/% November 2024) *[Document 2: Minutes of the 35th Annual General meeting - 2023 Munich|Document 2 - Minutes of the 35th Annual General meeting - 2023 Munich (FIN).pdf] *[Document 3.1: Academia Europaea 2023 Trustees Activity Report|Document 3.1 - 2023 Annual trustees (Activity) report- consolidated with Hub reports - signed.FIN.pdf] *[Document 3.1 Supplement - President's statement to the Trustees report 2023|Document 3.1 supplement - President_s statement to the Trustees report 2023 ( AGM Document 3.1) FIN.pdf] *[Document 3.1a - Result of the ballot - Approval of the 2023 Trustees report|Document 3.1a - Result of the ballot - Approval of the 2023 Trustees report.pdf] *[Document 3.2: The Academia Europaea Examined Accounts for 2023|Document 3.2 - AE - Accounts - 2023 - FIN - all Signed.pdf] *[Document 3.2 Supplement - Treasurers statement to the examined accounts of the Academia Europaea to the end of the financial year 2023 (V2.0)|Document 3.2 supplement - Treasurers statement to the examined accounts of the Academia Europaea to the end of the financial year 2023 FIN.pdf] *[Document 3.2a Result of the ballot - To Adopt the 2023 Examined Accounts|Document 3.2a Result of the ballot - To Adopt the 2023 Examined Accounts.pdf] *[Document 3.2.1 Result of the ballot to re-appoint the auditors|Document 3.2.1 Result of the ballot to re-appoint the auditors.pdf] *[Document 3.2.2 - Result of the ballot to approve the member contributions levels for 2025|Document 3.2.2 - Result of the ballot to approve the member contributions levels for 2025.pdf] *[Document 4.2 - Martin Kahanec CV|Document 4.2-Martin Kahanec_CV.pdf] \\ \\ ---- !Regional Knowledge Hub websites: Barcelona: [https://aebarcelona.eu]\\ Bergen: [https://aebergen.w.uib.no]\\ Budapest: [https://mta.hu/aebudapest]\\ Cardiff: [http://aecardiffknowledgehub.wales]\\ Wroclaw: [http://acadeuro.wroclaw.pl]\\ Tbilisi: [https://www.aetbilisihub.org]\\ Corporate website: [https://www.ae-info.org] \\ \\ ---- !!Archive *[2023 Annual Business Meeting of Members|2023 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2022 Annual Business Meeting of Members|2022 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2021 Annual Business Meeting of Members|2021 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2019 Annual Business Meeting of Members|2019 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2018: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2018 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2017: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2017 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2016: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2016 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2015: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2015 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2014: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2014 Annual Business Meeting of Members] *[2013: Annual Business Meeting of Members|2013 Annual Business Meeting of Members]