Summary of Annual General Meeting 2011 of the European Go Federation Meeting was held at 17:30 on Thursday 28th July 2011 in Espace Francois Mauriac, Hotel de Ville, Talence, Bordeaux, France 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Verifying presence and voting rights 24 members were present and 22 able to vote. 3. Accepting the agenda Some items were moved (eg item 13f and International presentations) 4. International Matters: a. Presentations from other International bodies: Mrs Nam Chi-Hyoung, on behalf of KBA, announced their plans to work with European Professionals. Ms Kobayashi Chizu, on behalf of the Nihon Ki-in, announced plans for a European Hans Pietsch team tournament for children. Mr Kim from KABA was thanked for the donation of clocks. b. Appointment of continuing IGF Director from May 2012 Martin Stiassny is to be nominated to the IGF c. Report from IGF Directors Martin Stiassny talked about the IGF director's report, the Sport Accord Games 2011 and the status of WMSG 2012. d. Report of EGCC Supervisory Board The Supervisory Board had met and found no problems. Peter Zandveld presented the EGCC's current plans including manga conventions, the Iwamoto Award, 1Minute2Go films and a youth training and team event. 5. The previous year's AGM minutes were accepted. 6. Admission of new members: The 2 discrepancies with Latvia need checking. Kazakhstan has been in contact but may prefer to join the Asian Go Federation. 7. Reports a. President Martin Stiassny's report was circulated, emphasising the new European Pro system that should be set up. b. Secretary Tony Atkins gave a short report on admin was given, stressing members should inform the EGF of contact changes. c Treasurer Hans Kostka stressed that the losses shown for the 9-month accounts were caused by late payment of Ing Fund items. He pointed out that two countries were only one more year away from defaulting and should pay soon. He was still awaiting the President's expenses and figures for 2010 tea money. 8. Report of the Auditors for 2010 (9 months) Thilo Burkhardt reported that they had been able to answer all questions with the treasurer. The outstanding expenses and tea money must be presented within a month. The accounts were accepted on this condition. 9. Reports of chairmen of existing Commissions a. Tournaments The report on the European Cup changes had been circulated. b. Rules The report on the European Rules changes and referee workshop had been circulated. c. Ratings Ales Cieply reported on website changes and anti-deflation changes. It had been proposed to rate the Internet games from the Teams, but this will only be done if all teams agree with minimal impact. d. Youth Jana Hricova reported on EYGC and the success of the new Under-20 category. She stressed there should be no entry fee at EYGC. 10. Election of Executive officers and auditors a. The executive was reelected: Martin Stiassny for EGF President Tony Atkins for EGF Secretary Hans Kostka for EGF Treasurer Jana Hricova and Leszek Soldan for EGF Vice-President Matti Siivola and Ales Cieply for EGF officer b. Auditors: Thilo Burkhardt and Ilona Crispien 11. Budgets a. Presentation for Comment of Budgets 2011 and 2012 These approved with the note that officer's expenses may be higher than the 4000 stated. 12. Appointment of Commissions a. Appeals Commission: the proposal was accepted. There was a break from 19:15 to 19:50. 13. European Go Congresses -. Financial reports from 2010 were available but couldn't be shown. a. Comments on 2011: various problems with signage, toilets and refreshments were raised, but 650 players already. b. Progress report on 2012: Germany, Bonn. Well underway. Will be good venue. c. Progress report on 2013: Poland. Will be in Gdynia or neighbouring town, d. Progress report on 2014: Sibiu, Romania. Much history, night life and cheap rooms. f. Right of Russia to apply immediately for 2016: not approved 3 votes to 13. Italy expressed interest in 2016 or 2017. e. Selection of hosts for 2015: After two impressive presentations and questions, St Petersburg, Russia, 9 votes and Liberec, Czechia, 11 votes. Czechia selected. 14. European Tournament Calendar - Selection of hosts a. Short updates from 2011/12 selected hosts and WYGC 2011 in Romania. b. Youth Championship - 2012 Russia (bid) or Czechia (found by exec) St Petersburg, Russia, 10 votes and Brno, Czechia, 8 votes, Russia selected. 2013 agreed for Hungary. c. Student Championship - 2013 Italy d. Pair Go - 2013 no host - exec to find. e. Women's Championship - 2013 no host - exec to find. 15. European Championship System Proposals - Review of impact of changes system As the BGA motion had been late, there is no experience of the system, and there are other proposals still on the table there was no decision made. A suggested postal vote was not accepted and so it was referred back to Executive. 16. Change to Selection of Players to Professional Tournaments Executive decided not to change this until next year. 17. Proposals from Members a. Proposal from Russia: Organise 3 championships in 5 years before hosting an EGC They amended this to 2 events as the Teams has stopped, but it was defeated. b. Proposal from Russia: on voting method to be used when selecting EGC hosts This item was withdrawn. 18. Any other business a. None Meeting closed 22:30.