IAOA Ordinary Assembly - April 2015

As stipulated in the Association Statute and by other legal requirements, an ordinary assembly of the IAOA membership is being called, in April 2015, to examine and approve the 2014 financial statement and to present the 2015 budget. Details will be developed and presented on this page.

Events and Time-table:

• Announcement of Assembly and voting process, including details being voted on and of the voting method: 01 April 2015
  • announcement message at IAOA member mailing list
  • website announcement, accessible persistently in the IAOA latest news blog
  • 2014 Financial Statement (ballot item)
  • 2015 Budget (informative, no ballot item)
• Discussion opens: 01 April 2014
• EC finalizes details for publication of final versions: 07-08 April 2015
• Membership cut-off date (to count in ballot): 08 April 2015
• IAOA Assembly called to order (by the IAOA President): 09 April 2015
  • Ballot opens: 09 April 2015 00:00:00 anywhere (UTC+12)
  • Ballot closes: 15 April 2015 23:59:59 anywhere (UTC-12)
  • see announcement message at IAOA member mailing list
• Quorum was missed during the first ballot, counting 20 participants, whereas 46 were required.
• IAOA Assembly, 2nd call (by the IAOA President): 17 April 2015
  • Ballot opens: 17 April 2015 00:00:00 anywhere (UTC+12)
  • Ballot closes: 23 April 2015 23:59:59 anywhere (UTC-12)
  • see announcement message at IAOA member mailing list
• Announcement of vote results: by 30 April 2015
  • see announcement message at IAOA member mailing list
  • detailed results: see below

Terms of Reference:

Please refer to the IAOA Statute (especially Clause 18 regarding "Assembly" of the Association)

"At the first call the Assembly is validly constituted by the presence of half plus one of the Members; if such required quorum is not met, then at a second subsequent call, the Assembly is validly constituted with any number of Members present. Every Member has the right to vote and may vote directly or via proxy assigned to another Member by following the procedure in the Association’s Bylaws. No more than two proxies per member may be accepted. The Assembly approves motions with the favourable vote of a simple majority of the members in attendance with the exception of the cases explicitly established in this Statute and in the Association's Bylaws."

• quorum
  • we will need the participation of 50%+1 members in this Assembly to have quorum
  • with 96 active IAOA members as of 08 Apr 2015, the quorum is (96/2)+1 = 49 ballot participants
  • the act of casting a ballot (with "Yes", "No" or "Abstain") will constitute a member's participation in the Assembly. Therefore, the total number of votes will be used to qualify whether we have a quorum.
  • should a second call become necessary, votes cast during the first call are transferred to the second one, i.e., voting does not need to be repeated
• if you would like to vote by proxy, please state so via email to both (a) the member holding your proxy, and (b) <secretary[at]iaoa.org>

• approval
  • approval of the motion here is constituted by a favorable vote of a simple majority of the members in attendance
  • note that only voting "Yes" can contribute to achieving that simple majority of favorable votes that constitutes approval of a ballot, while "Abstain" and "No" do not.

Process:

Quick Summary

Go to Member's Area > "Utilities" > "2014 Vote for Financial Statement", then cast your vote - many thanks!

Process Details and Remarks

1. Go to the IAOA website, Member's Area and log in with your IAOA account details. If you do not remember your username or password, use the page for resetting your password. If even that should fail, please contact <secretary[at]iaoa.org>.
2. Click on the tab "Utilities" (the left-most menu item in the top link bar).
3. Then click on the item "2014 Vote for Financial Statement", found at the bottom of the utilities, highlighted.
4. Cast your votes for the 2014 Financial Statement, with these voting options:
   • "Yes" (for acceptance)
   • "No" (for rejection)
   • "Abstain"

Thanks!

Results of the Ballot

• Total votes: 29
• Ballot on the 2014 Financial Statement:
  • Yes: 29 (100.0%)
  • No: 0 (0.0%)
  • Abstain: 0 (0.0%)

There were 96 members as of 2014-04-08, when the quorum was fixed. The quorum of 49 participating members required for a valid first call was not met by 20 actual participants. In the second call, no quorum had to be met and a total of 29 actual participants correspond to a participation rate of 30.2%.

The vote is valid and the 2014 Financial Statement is approved unanimously by the participants, as officially announced by the President on 2014-04-28.