Record from the Danish Sommelier Association’s (DSF) General Assembly

The president welcomed the participants:

9 from the board and 8 members.

Choice of conducter: The board nominated Bonnie who accepted and thanked for the nomination. She could conclude the meeting was summoned in orderly time.

Yearly account of the President: In the past year a good number of online tastings have been completed. Mainly taking place during spring as lockdown was still upon us. After the Summer we hosted Danish Sommelier Championship 2021 were Jonathan Gouveia won. At the following dinner Jesper Boelskifte was named honorary member of the association. Following in ASI held a bootcamp in Warszawa. In October Denmark was represented by Jonathan Gouveia and Ketil Krongaard Sauer at the Nordic Championship 2021. Unfortunately we didn’t bring home victory this year. At European Championship in November at Cyprus Nina got a 2nd place. ASI is currently updating their website with learning materials such as videos which we can all utilize and gain from. Also there is an ongoing diploma examination to which we (DSF) are currently looking into the possibility of offering it in Denmark.

Furthermore there has been the selection of for the upcoming World Championship 2023 where only 2 candidates signed up for the race. Nina won the final spot hence, she will be representing Denmark in Paris in February. Otherwise we have just had the qualification examination in Herning as well as a few tastings and Masterclasses conducted by Jonathan and Nina which went well. Looking into the coming year we will again see online tastings as well as physical tastings on the program. After summer we will again conduct a Danish Championship and we will be the host of the Nordic Championship. DGU has approached DSF in regard to a national Sommelier Team which the board has spend time during fall and early spring to assess. We have now delivered our material and conditions to DGU which they will respond to sometimes during this spring.

The attendees could approve the account.

Cashier’s presentation of accounts: The budget and accounts were gone through and approved. The auditor commented a lack of 4-5 appendixes. Said will be provided and auditor signs with the reservations of provided appendixes. Spendings related to travels were also walked through with specifications.

Election for the board:

Kim Thygesen, Tim Vollerslev, Jes Kildentoft og Christian Høj-Jørgensen recieved re-election Johan Garder modtager did not sign up foro re-election

Bonnie was nominated and voted in. Søren Hansen recieved re-election.

Incoming suggestions:

Changes in statutes: Anything related to junior membership has seized to exist.

The board can’t put the association on the line in cooperation with other parties. A collaboration must be approved on the general assembly by a minimum of 2/3 majority of all members. If the attendance number doesn’t meet the minimum requirements an extraordinary general assembly where a 2/3 majority of the members showing on the day will decide on the issue. This is done to ensure the sovereignty of the association.

Upon admission: A new member must be attached to a restaurant at the time of admission but need not be a trained waiter. Exceptions to the rule can be made by a board in unison.

Statutes changes: The changes has a 14 days objection period for members to object. Any objection should be directed to the president.

Statutes changes were approved with the reservations of objections from member not present at the meeting.

It was discussed whether inclusion of wine importers, distributers etc. would be a good idea. The board has on multiple occasions discussed it and wish to maintain the rule of new members must work on the floor of a restaurant at the time of admission.

The magazine: The board suggest to only make 1 printed version of the magazine annually as well as 4 online magazines. Nina suggested to make an app that could be build to function as a tool for signing up for tastings, discussions, links, etc. It could be in English as many of our members are international. Peter Pepke has asked among our sponsors to check the tempe rature on an exclusively online version of the magazine and have received positive responses only. It was decided that the magazine going forward will be in English.

Other:

Christian Thorsholt mentioned the joint travels discussed a few general assemlys ago (pre-Corona). Corona put out the plans. A few different things were on the programme but couldn’t be execusted before the pandemic. It will be reassumed now as the world is opening to travelers.

The ASI Diploma pro/cons were discussed.

Bonnie thanked for an orderly meeting.

Following the Association invited to dinner on No. 2.