General Assembly Invitation 2007

The General Assembly 2007 of Wikimedia CH - Association for the Advancement of Free Knowledge is held on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 14.00 in Lucerne. Invited are all members and interested guests. The exact location of the meeting is not yet defined and will be communicated to our members per email and to the general public on our website (http://www.wikimedia.ch).

Agenda:

1. Introduction, motions concerning the agenda
2. Reports
   1. Annual general report of the board
   2. Annual financial report of the board
   3. Report and recommendation of the auditors
3. Discharge of the board and the auditors, vote on the general and financial report.
4. Change of Bylaws
5. Elections
   1. Elections to the Board
   2. Election of the president
   3. Election of the auditors
6. Decision on the members fees
7. Discussions and announcements
   1. Internet presence
   2. Wikipedia Day Lugano (spring 2007)
   3. Wikipedia Day Autumn 2007 (Berne / Romandie)
8. Varia

Ad item 4: For fiscal reasons the board moves the following changes to the bylaws:

• Article 2, clause 6 is changed to: "The Association does not pursue commercial aims and does not seek to make profit."
• Article 10, clause 8 (new): "The members of the board are volunteers and are on principle only entitled to reimbursement of their actual expenses and cash expenditure. Adequate compensation can be arranged for particular services of individual board members."
• Article 13, clause 1 is changed to: "Upon dissolution of the Association, the remaining capital is to be donated to a tax-exempt entity with equal or similar aims. The distribution amongst members is prohibited. The recipient of the capital is to be decided by the general assembly together with the passing of the motion to dissolve the Association."

Pursuant to article 8, clause 2 or the bylaws, objections to the agenda, candidatures and motions have to be submitted to the board at least 4 weeks prior to the General Assembly (i.e on May 27th 2007).

Respective submissions must be signed and sent to "Wikimedia CH, Board, 8008 Zurich".

Emergency motions during the assembly (but not motions to change the bylaws) are in order per article 8, clause 3 of the bylaws.

We are looking forward to a large attendance and are available for your questions.

On behalf of the board:

Michael Bimmler
Secretary

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Michael Bimmler

Secretary and Member of the Board
Sekretär und Vorstandsmitglied

Wikimedia CH
Association for the Advancement of Free Knowledge
Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
8008 Zürich Switzerland
+41 44 912 20 18
michael.bimmler at wikimedia.ch
http://www.wikimedia.ch