MOV General Meeting
General information
Like every association, MOV holds an ordinary general meeting once a year in accordance with German association law. General Meeting (MV).
According to the Articles of Association, the task of the MV:
- to approve the annual report to be submitted by the Board of Directors
- to approve the cash report to be submitted by the Executive Board
- to receive the auditors' report
- to grant discharge to the Executive Board with regard to items (1) and (2)
- Amendments to the rules of procedure for the General Meeting and the Articles of Association
- elect the Board of Directors, the auditors and the Council of Elders
- to vote on motions submitted by the Executive Board and the members
- to approve the budget estimate for the current financial year.
MOV members are informed about the AGM via the club's internal section - the MOV News - of the magazine marine forum invited to attend. Every member has the right to vote, which can also be transferred from members who are not present to participating members.
Every GM is quorate regardless of the number of attendees. The resolutions passed by the GM are recorded in writing and are included in the results report, which is regularly published in the marine forum is published.
In addition to the 11 members of the Executive Board (chairman, deputy chairman and nine assessors) and the members of the office (managing director, two secretaries and treasurer), an average of 80 members attend the AGMs.
The AGM usually takes place on a Saturday at the end of April/beginning of May each year. Two introductory speeches in the morning are obligatory. The first is always dedicated to the inspector of the Marine or one of its representatives, the second is selected on a current topic.
This is always preceded on Friday evening by a social event (e.g. a boat trip lasting several hours) with relatives and other guests.
The MOV Board of Management announces:
General Meeting of the Naval Officers' Association e.V.
on 19/20 April 2024 in Wilhelmshaven
The MOV Articles of Association in the version dated 19 June 2023 (date of registration) apply
Invitation to the Ordinary General Meeting 2024 of the Naval Officers' Association
on 20 April 2024 in Wilhelmshaven
Ladies and gentlemen, dear members of the Naval Officers' Association,
Last year, we held our Annual General Meeting in Wilhelmshaven, and this year we are meeting again in the Jade city. As I have already announced elsewhere, we are planning to hold our meeting at a different location in Germany in 2025. We will discuss the when and where at the members' meeting on 20 April.
I hereby invite you as the Executive Board of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V. pursuant to § 9 c) (1) of the MOV Articles of Association in the version dated 19 June 2023 to the Ordinary General Meeting on 20 April 2024 from 08.45 a.m. as a face-to-face event. This will again take place at the UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea Visitor Centre, Südstrand 110b, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, directly opposite the German Maritime Museum.
The meeting was published in the yellow pages of the marineforums 12-2023 and the programme and the main items on the agenda will be published in the marine forum 1/2-2024 presented.
Finally, the agenda of the General Meeting will be sent to you with this invitation as an additional document in due time and form.
Our General Assembly is now overshadowed by the third year of war in the centre of Europe, with events and effects on our daily lives. Especially in these very difficult times for many, I believe that the personal exchange of ideas between our members is more important than ever. We also want to take this opportunity to discuss the way forward for our association. I am hoping for your active participation and constructive input on this topic in particular.
We want to start this joint exchange of ideas with a "Rees an Backbord" as part of the now well-established "Dämmerschoppen". I cordially invite you to this event on 19 April at 6.00 pm at the "Hotel Schöne Aussicht".
To enable us to keep each other informed at short notice in these turbulent times, our homepage at https://marineforum.online/mov/ at your disposal. It is our medium for quickly passing on information to you. Please check the site from time to time if you have the technical means to do so. For those who do not have this, our office in Wilhelmshaven is of course available by telephone on 04421 - 500470.
I am looking forward to our General Meeting and hope that there will be a lively personal attendance and an intensive exchange of ideas.
Yours
Thorsten Kähler
Chairman of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung e.V.
The agenda can be found behind the member login under Member News
The Executive Board appeals to all members to participate in the
General Meeting!
On behalf of
Elmar Brocksieper
-Managing Director-
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