Time Perspective Network Minutes of General Assembly Thursday, October 5th to Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 Meeting held online via Loomio platform Present at the meeting: Anna Sircova Marc Wittmann Alexander Unger Alexander Zolotarevski Alan Bec Anna Trusova Antanas Kayris Elena Kolosova Elisabeth Schilling Francesca Rossi Jason Brovich Jonte Vowinckel Karolina Pawelec Lening Olivera Liz Temple Tianna Loose Madiot Beatrice Ale Vasquez Massimo Agnoletti Michael Flaherty Monika Buhl Natalie Odisho Nicolas Fieulaine Oksana Senyk Ola Klamut Philip Zimbardo Sezin Benli Simon Weissenberger Svetlana Klimanova Wessel van Beek Elisenda Juanola Ludvig Levasseur Paul Jimenez Lika Mikeladze making it 55% of the members, meaning that we have reacher the required quorum has been met.
Summary of decisions 1. Appointment of a member to record the minutes of the meeting
Anna Sircova was appointed, by general consent, to record the minutes of the meeting.
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2. Report from the Chairman on the activities of the Network
Anna Sircova introduced the meeting with a brief account of various activities held by the Network during the period from January 2016 to September 2017. Report on activities is accessible on Loomio platform, along with the more detailed report about the 3rd International Conference and Festival on Time Perspective: Celebrating Time held in August 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
3. Report from the Secretary on the new members
Anna Sircova prepared the list of the current members of the Network which was introduced to the meeting via Loomio platform.
4. Report from the Treasurer
Elena Kolosova has prepared the report on the current budget and the conference budget in particular, which was introduced to the meeting via Loomio platform. Annual accounts were approved by the meeting.
5. Elections for the Executive Board:
Nicolas Fieulaine was elected as Secretary with the following results: 54% of members have stated their position (13/24): 11 agree, 1 abstain, 1 disagree Oksana Senyk was elected as Projects Coordinator with the following results: 54% of members have stated their position (13/24): 13 agree Marc Wittmann was elected as Vice-Chair with the following results: 63% of members have stated their position (15/24): 14 agree, 1 abstain
6. Practical issues (website, email, newsletter)
Anna Sircova has prepared the list of ‘burning’ practical issues that the Association currently faces, in particular the loss of the domain name and consequent loss of the email address attached to it. However, it was not followed by a discussion by the members. It was decided to discuss the issues during the Executive Board meeting.
7. Association’s projects overview
Anna Sircova has prepared a list of projects that the Network is currently engaged in. TP conference 2018 France as the venue: message from Nicolas Fieulaine:
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“We are building the organizing team, and dates and place will be communicated soon. I won't be the main leader but the support. If there is any uncertainty, I agree we should go to Elisabeth proposal. If it can be organized in France, Germany would be great in 2020� Maciej's big cross-cultural project No update Proposal from Elisabeth Schilling: Cologne, Germany, could be the host city for the Time Perspective Conference in either 2019 or 2020. Was met enthusiastically by the members of the meeting. Futurization discussion group - first meeting to be held on October 18, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark Did not spark a discussion. Text book for a course Psychology of Time - Anna Sircova proposes to create a text book for teaching a course on Psychology of Time. Did not stark a discussion.
8. Suggestions / additions from the members to the Articles of the Association
There were no suggestions proposed during this meeting.
9. Election of the revisor
The revisor was not appointed at this meeting.
10. Miscellaneous
It was decided to hold the meeting of the Executive Board on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 14:00 at the headquarters of the Network, Det Blaa, Rantzausgade 34a, st tv, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark and via Skype.
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