WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR PERSON-CEN

WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR PERSON-CENTERED AND

EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2003
Generalversammlung | Asamblea General | Assemblea Generale 2003

AGENDA AND SUMMARY
(Provisional summary by Peter F. Schmid. For detailed information see the M inutes. )

1. Report from the Board about the work of the Board in the last 3 years, membership, Journal, website etc.

2. Election results for the new Board.
The members of the new Board are: Rainer Bürki, Magda Draskoczy, Shari Geller, Naoko Hatase, Elke Lambers, Germain Lietaer, Claudio Rud, Peter F. Schmid, Alberto Zucconi. Here you can find an overview of the candidates here.

3. Election of Auditors
G. Wyatt and L. Timulak were elected by the General Assembly.

4. Financial statement.
2002 was closed with a slight profit. At the end of the year there was approx. 12000 EUR cash in hand.

5. Membership categories.

Proposal A (by the Board):
That the Board may differentiate the dues creating a second category for members from countries in World Bank categories B, C and D and for students. The Board furthermore will be allowed to increase or lower membership dues by up to 20% per annum during the next period (2004-2006).
Both parts were accepted by majority vote.

6. Information about the provisional budget for the next period.

Depending on the payment of those members who did not yet pay for 2003, the financial statement 2003 shows a balance or a minus which can be balanced by transfer of money from cash in hand. For 2004 variant 1 shows a deficit, if payment is as irregular as until now; variant 2 shows a slight profit, if the dues will be raised by 20% (which will only be necessary, if the payment situation cannot be impoved).

7. Triennial or biennual Conferences?

Proposal B (by Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper):
That the conference of the World Association be changed from triennial to biennial with immediate effect, such that the next conference is in 2005.
After the discussion it was decided by majority vote that the biannual conferences will start after 2006 so that the conference after the next one will be in 2008 (proposal by Dave Mearns).

8. Next PCE Conference.

Proposal C (by the Board):
That the Board proceeds to negotiate with the German Association for PCA, GwG, to host and organize the next PCE Conference in Germany (Berlin or Munich).

This was accepted unanimously. Paulus Wacker presented the application on behalf of the Board of the GwG. It is intended to go to Berlin.

9. Election Procedure.

Proposal D (by the Board):

That the election procedure devised by the current Board be ratified by the Association.
This was accepted unanimously.

10. Open Space.

An opportunity to bring ideas, hopes, fears and critiques in relation to our World Association.
Due to a lack of time this was postponed to a meeting on Thursday.

11. E-mail votes?

Proposal E (by the Board):That if an important matter arises in the period between General Assembly meetings, an email ballot may be held and that:
a) 10% of individual or organisational members may instigate such a vote;
b) the Board may instigate such a vote.

This was accepted by majority vote.

12. Alternative structures?

Proposal F (by Janet Tolan and Allan Turner):

That the Board, or someone co-opted by the Board, should investigate alternative, collaborative, structures for the World Association and report back to the 2006 General Assembly.

After discussion this was altered and it was decided by majority vote (proposal Peter F. Schmid):
That Janet Tolan, Allan Turner and Sheila Haugh should investigate alternative, collaborative, structures for the World Association and report back to the 2006 General Assembly.

13. Functions of the Board

Proposal G (by Janet Tolan and Sheila Haugh):

It is proposed that the Chair be directly elected by the membership of the Association.

This was refused by majority vote. The Board will decide this among themselves.