General assembly of the FSF Europe "Viktoriasalen" Department of informatics Viktoriagatan 13 Gothenburg Sweden Saturday, May 15th 2004 17:05 Opening by the chair. By invitation sent on April 2nd, 2004 we have come together to the general assembly in Gothenburg on Saturday May 15th, 2004. People attending the Assembly are: Georg Greve [chair] Werner Koch [protocol] Stefano Mafulli Bernhard Reiter Jonas Öberg Reinhard Müller The chair 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. Greeting 2. Determination of resolutionability 3. Approval of protocol of general assembly held June 21st, 2003 at via Farini 70, Milano, Italy. 4. Membership confirmation of new members Karin Kosina Georg Jakob Reinhard Müller 5. Pending exoneration of Peter Gerwinski, Head of Office (2001-2003) 6. Miscellaneous Re 2. Determination of resolutionability --------------------------------------- The chair declares the general assembly as resolutionabilty. The invitation was sent out in time. The chair informed the general assembly that Frederic Couchet resigned on May 10, 2004 and Raphaël Rousseau resigned on November 19, 2003 by signed email. The agenda is unanimously accepted [6 yes, 0 no, 0 abst]. Re 3. Approval of protocol of 2003 general assembly ------------------------------------------------- The chair read out the 2003 protocol. The protocol is approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst (Reinhard Müller)]. Re 4. Membership confirmation of new members -------------------------------------------- The chair proposed to vote en block. It was unanimously agreed upon. Vote on membership of: Karin Kosina Georg Jakob Reinhard Müller Approved [5 yes, 0 no, 1 abst (Reinhard Müller)] The general assembly warmly welcomes the new members and regrets that two of them could not personally receive the honor. re 5. Pending exoneration of Peter Gerwinski, Head of Office (2001-2003) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The HoO, Werner Koch, informed the general assembly that Peter Gerwinski provided the requested information and documents after the invation had been sent out. The Extended Executive Committee accepted these and therefore the pending exoneration became effective on April 2nd, 2004. re 6. Miscellaneous ------------------ - The HoO, Werner Koch provides an overview of the financial situation of the FSFE including current bank account status, last years income and expense. As all members have online access to the bookkeeping files at all times, the general assembly feels very well informed. The HoO informs that at the current state, operations can continue for the next five months unless more funds are raised and suggests that all members should make fundraising their priority. - The executive committee, Georg Greve gives a short overview over the work of last year and perspectives for the next. Among them: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), European Commission, AGNULA, WIPO, Microsoft Case, new contacts: Switzerland, Greece, arte documentary, X.Org, GNOME Foundation in Germany, Legal FUD in Germany, Bookzilla.de, Bridge Foundation The future activities will include further WSIS activities, providing input and knowledge to other social movement civil societies and spreading awareness for and knowledge about Free Software and the visions for a globally networked Free Software community. Organizationally the FSFE had several major achievements during the past year, in particular being able to win Stefano Maffulli as a part time employee of the FSFE. The chair sees FSFE on a good course and expects it to solidify and grow further within the next year. - Now that the FSFE has three Austrian members, it plans to officially launch the Austrian chapter within the next months a formal association notwithstanding. - The general assembly considers that ways of rotating out members that have become inactive for longer periods of time in favor of new, active members may have to be found. 17:29. Closed by the chair. [ Werner Koch, protocol ] [ Georg Greve, chair, president ]