General assembly of the FSF Europe via Farini 70, Milano, Italy June 21st, 2003 17:05 Opening by the chairman. By invitation sent on May 9th, 2003 we have come together to the General Assembly in Milano on Saturday June 21st, 2003. People attending the Assembly are: Georg [chairman] Werner Alessandro [protocol] Stefano Bernhard Peter is represented by Alessandro by written statement The chairman confirms that the orderly invitation has been issued in time and more than one third of the members are represented and therefore we are resolutionable. Agenda: 1. Approval of protocol of 2002 general assembly 2. Report of Executive Committee 3. Reports of Extended Executive Committee 4. Exoneration of Executive Committee and Extended Executive Committee 5. Election of new Executive Committee 6. Election of new Extended Executive Committee 7. Vote upon desirability of federal structure 8. Miscellaneous Point 7 of the agenda was added by written request by Frédéric and Raphael. There are two requests about additions to the agenda: A. Change of contract with Georg Greve B. Future plans for the FSFE. The agenda is unanimously accepted [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] 1. Approval of protocol of 2002 general assembly ------------------------------------------------ Everyone receives a printed copy of the 2002 protocol and is given the time to read it thoroughly. Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst] 2. Report of Executive Committee -------------------------------- The Executive Committee distributes to every participant a printed report of activities, and everyone reads it. The Executive Committee verbally adds information to what's written in the report. 3. Reports of Extended Executive Committee ------------------------------------------ In absence of the Head of Office, the chairman provided a printed financial overview until June 20th 2003, together with a signed written communication by Martin Gerwinski, who leads the books on behalf of Peter Gerwinski, Head of Office. Peter Gerwinski reported by email on June 21st 2003, before the beginning of the General Assembly, that for personal reasons he will not be able to continue to work as Head of Office in the future. The General Assembly wants to thank Peter for his continued work and dedication as Head of Office. 4. Exoneration of Executive Committee and Extended Executive Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Exoneration of the President: Approved [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] Exoneration of the Vice President, Jonas Oberg who's been appointed Vice President in 2001 after Loic Dachary resigned: Approved [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] Exoneration of the former Vice President, Loic Dachary: Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst] The General Assembly notes that Peter Gerwinski did not provide official written documents about the rent of the Office rooms and the t-shirt production in 2001. On request of the General Assembly, we vote on the following conditional exoneration: Peter Gerwinski is exonerated as Head of the Office as soon as he provides the missing documents in a way that is acceptable to the Extended Executive Commitee. Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst] 5. Election of new Executive Committee -------------------------------------- Bernhard Reiter proposes to elect Georg Greve as President of the FSFE. Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst] Georg Greve accepts. 6. Election of new Extended Executive Committee ----------------------------------------------- Stefano Maffulli proposes to elect Jonas Oberg as Vice President of the FSFE. Approved [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] Jonas had already informed the General Assembly that he would accept the position. Alessandro Rubini proposes to elect Werner Koch as Head of Office. The General Assembly is happy that Werner offers to take up responsibility for the Office on this short notice, but the General Assembly is aware that he will not be able to dedicate as much time to the position as expected from a regular Head of Office. Approved [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] 7. Vote upon desirability of federal structure ---------------------------------------------- The proponents of this point in the agenda are not present to explain what is desirable. The General Assembly reckons that the Constitution states that the FSFE has a federal structure (Paragraph 6.1). The General Assembly unanimously supports that structure. After discussion, the General Assembly concludes that it is not possible to call for a contructive vote. 8. Change of contract with Georg Greve -------------------------------------- The FSF Europe wants to enter into a Consultancy Agreement with Georg Greve. Due to the financial situation, a continued employment of Mr. Georg Greve under the conditions of the agreement concluded on August 1, 2001, is not possible, because the Federal Insurance Institution For Employees ("Bundesversicherungsanstalt", "BfA") is further on of the opinion, that his employment on the basis of that employment contract is subject to social insurance contributions. A new agreement is proposed to reflect the necessary legal and factual modifications. Since the legal counsel of the FSFE, Dr. Till Jaeger, made the new draft contract available briefly before the general assembly, the General Assembly appoints the Vice President to sign the contract after three weeks to allow further checking. The new contract shall be enacted to be effective starting with Jul 1st 2003. The FSFE and Georg Greve agree that the old contract terminates today. Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst] 9. Future plans for the FSFE ---------------------------- In addition to the more general long-term plans, the General Assembly wants to stress the need for the following major activities: - participate as FS counsel in EC projects, such as GNUBILE; - organize a meeting with our associate organizations and FS activists around Europe. Approved [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst] 10. Miscellaneous ----------------- There were no miscellaneous issues brought up. 19:30. Closed by the chairman. [ Alessandro Rubini, protocol ] [ Georg Greve, chair, president ] [ Jonas Öberg, vice-president] [ Werner Koch, head of office ]