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== Annual General Meeting 7th of November 2008 ==
The Annual General Meeting of the CAcert Inc. association for members (only) will be held on the 7th of November 2008, 22:00 UTC. [[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=7&month=11&year=2008&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=0|(see worldwide schedule)]]

    *[[AGM/AGM20081107/Agenda|Agenda]]
    * IRC log [[http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/General_Meetings/AGM-Nov2008/CAcertInc_AGM2008-IRC.log.txt|IRC log AGM2008]] (txt) of the meeting
    * Board Report (PDF and PNG files)
        * Yearly Report
            * final (4 Nov 2008): pdf [[http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/General_Meetings/AGM-Nov2008/CAcertInc_Yr2008BoardReport.pdf | Board Year 2008 Report (pdf)]] or [[ http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/General_Meetings/AGM-Nov2008/CAcertInc_Yr2008BoardReport.html | Board Year 2008 Report (html)]].
        * Financial Reports
            * Balance Sheet for 07/08 [[attachment:CAcertBalanceSheet07-08.pdf]]
            * Expense Pie Chart 07/08 [[attachment:CAcertExpensePie0708.png]]
            * Income Pie Chart 07/08 [[attachment:CAcertIncomePie0708.png]]
            * Current Assets 07/08 [[attachment:CAcertCurrentAssets0708.png]]
    * [[http://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/General_Meetings/AGM-Nov2008/Minutes-7Nov2008-AGM.pdf|AGM Minutes]] (PDF file) this is first draft. 

== Nominations for Member of the Committee ==
At the upcoming AGM, the Committee ("board") is dissolved and a new one is elected. A new Committee should be formed for the term that follows the AGM, up to the next AGM, where the same procedure applies.

The Committee ("board") consists of 4 office bearers (board members with a special task and title) and 3 members. The current board consists of 3 office bearers and one member. By nomination and acceptation the membership can force vacancies on the board  similar as has been done on general meetings in 2006 and 2007.


The following nominations of association members for board election 2008 have been received by the Secretary:
||Name ||Nominated by ||Seconded by ||Acceptance ||Comments and link ||
||Robert Cruikshank || Teus Hagen || Guillaume Romagny || yes ||RobertCruikshank ||
||Teus Hagen || Guillaume Romagny || Robert Cruikshank || yes ||TeusHagen ||
||Evaldo Gardenali || Teus Hagen || Robert Cruikshank, Guillaume Romagny  || yes ||EvaldoGardenali ||
||Guillaume Romagny || Teus Hagen || Robert Cruikshank || yes ||[[Guillaume_ROMAGNY]] ||
||Philipp Dunkel || Teus Hagen || Greg Stark || yes || [[PhilippDunkel|Philipp Dunkel]] ||
||Sam Johnston || Philipp Dunkel || Gary Lee Adams || Not received by Secretary before Deadline  || [[SamJohnston]] ||
||Greg Stark || Robert Cruikshank || Guillaume Romagny, Gary Lee Adams || yes || [[GregStark]] ||
||Alejandro Mery Pellegrini|| Gary Lee Adams || Philipp Guhring || yes || [[AlejandroMery]] ||

Closing date of nomination/seconding and accepting the nomination for board election  is 31 October 11 pm  UTC. 

Nominations for board directors should be sent to the Secretary (evaldo at cacert.org) in signed email. Make sure you CC it to the cacert-board at lists.cacert.org. Also, if you want someone to second your nomination, CC that person. Certificate for the secretary can be found at EvaldoGardenali

== Nominations for New Members of the Association ==
The following persons were nominated for association membership:
|| ''Nominee'' || ''Nominator'' || ''Seconder'' ||  ''comment board'' ||
|| Mario Lipinski || Evaldo Gardenali || Gary Lee Adams || accepted m20081030.1||
|| Pete Stephenson || Gary Lee Adams || Guillaume Romagny  || accepted m20081030.1||
|| Daniel Black || Gary Lee Adams || Sam Johnston || ||
|| Edgard Alves Costa || Evaldo Gardenali ||Guillaume Rogmany, Gary Lee Adams ||decide on AGM2008 ||

== Appointed Proxies ==

|| ''Association Member'' || ''Proxy''||
|| Nicholas E. Bebout || Teus Hagen ||
|| Greg Rose || Robert Cruikshank, else chair of the meeting ||

== Users and Members Suggestions ==
These are collected here for discussion and consideration before any AGM. There is no obligation. Special resolutions have to be received by the secretary before the 17th of October 2008.

 * Special Resolution for a change to the Association Rules: Rule 3 (Nomination for membership) and Rule 6 (Membership and Conflict of Interest) (Resolution was received after 17th of Ocotber, so is ''not for vote on this 2008 AGM''):
  * '''Rule 3 Nomination for membership (c)''' to be changed into:
  . (c) Nominee must not have any conflict of interest with CAcert goals and principles. Examples:  being employed or contracted with either a Certificate Authority, Intelligence or similar Agency.
  * '''Rule 6 Membership and Conflict of Interest (1)''' to be changed into:
  . (1) If a member enters in any conflict of interest with CAcert goals and principles (Examples:  being employed or contracted with either a Certificate Authority, Intelligence or similar Agency) , that person must [....]

||Resolution||Proposed By ||Seconded By ||Notes ||
||Conflict of Interest Rule 3(c) and 6(1)|| Guillaume Rogmany|| Teus Hagen || '''not for vote on AGM2008'''||

'''Follow-up discussion and change proposals''' on this topic are redirected to the wiki page [[RuleDiscussionConflictOfInterest|Conflict of Interest Rule change discussion]].