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Date: 13th February 2012
1. Opening of the meeting
1.1 Selecting the secretary and the moderators of the meeting
1.2 Confirming of quorum and validity of meeting
Attendance: Jakob, Merja, Steva, Terry, Maggie
2.1 Personal updates (EC members)
2.2 Office and Employee update (sec-gen)
Steva contacted the Belgian girl to get contacts
We'll send a letter to the MOs and the partners (EGP, GGEP, Commission, GEF)
Steva will draft the communication (deadline Friday), consult the advisory committee
have arrived, Steva already checked out new software, will chat with Hector during the Winter Camp
Hector needs to build up the network with EGP etc. (hector will do this through a remote-access software
no news, also Campaign-Team puts pressure on Steva now :-)
GA calls will be sent out this week, till the 16th...
Working permit procedure has to be repeated (start from scratch)
3. FYEG statutory activities
terry, Maggie, Nic, Jakob, Nikola, Steva for the full time
Steva to prepare strategy planning part
political coordinator IRP amendments: Nic to summarize the debate
then short discussion and vote at the ECM
Calls to be sent out - on the 16th!
Programme - to be discussed at ECM
everybody to prepare the workshops that people are responsible for
MEPs to be confirmed - short update, but rather discuss at ECM
4.1 Newsletter (if there are updates, Jakob)
has been sent. Zofia takes over.
4.2 Ecosprinter (if there are updates, Jakob)
decision needed on board:
Statement from Migration WG
Against Neo-Nazi demonstrations
Fukushima anniversary PR (during Winter Camp)
Merja is going to Swedish Young Greens General Assembly
introduce FYEG GA agenda, PPP, campaign, strategy process,
preliminary activity plan, ask people to join FYEG events, talk to Ingrid
Letter about MO budgets and number of members sent
there's two communications: Maggie sent the financial one, the one containing the number of members
Steva will send Merja's proposal and send (minus Maggie content) it to the EC list
Who are going to the Congress?
5.4 Falafel Network (Nikola):
5.5 European Youth Forum/PPYOs
Initiative on Youth in Action
willl be this Friday at 11 a.m.
Structured Dialogue consultation/input for DK Presidency & EU youth conference
6.1 Political Platform Process
Steva send email to Jochen, and called, no answer.
Request for sending EC to Dakar - GYG congress
News: we got confirmation only for spokesperson (Terry), for the others Jacqueline needs to communicate with the committee
additionally to Merja and Terry:
-> If EGP pays (two people will go)
-> if EGP does not pay (we'll still pay two people. one from the 2500, one from the rest of the budget)
in both cases Maggie(presidency) will be one of the two.
Who can go on the 2nd and 3rd March?
Jakob can't but will. :-)
Terry will forward all stuff to Jakob
Terry going to EGP Committee with preparation that was sent around
8.2 Project's preparation
update -> roadmap has been sent
e-mail is sent to EC list and CCWG and green economy with roadmap
1st action week - end of April (Chernobyl)
2nd action week - during G20
ECM will not be in Basel, we'll go back to Basel with Pax,
Bea will come for the whole time
Speakers? enough speakers, confirmed
Action is in the hands of the Swiss
there will be workshop of gender WG (for all pax? want max 20, parallel session?, Maggie will ask about it)
Martin tries to get other people to the WC
Laptops: if WC needs it, Maggie will ask Steva to bring the second laptop
Role of EC Members: HEGs, facilitation, something more? Maggie will ask!
no of pax: 70+5 prep team members (thanks!)
Hostel booked? Hostel is not booked yet, but will be done by end of week
Youth emancipation (publication)
Ecosprinter publication (Jakob/Maggie)
8.3 Projects to be applied
Training "Green Volume on!" (Steva) --> skip
Update with programme and financial plan was sent - to be discussed at ECM
Green Leaders... Marko (Steva)
strategy planning (Steva is drafting, based on Lukas' doc, Merja provides input)
1) need to provide long time finances to EGP
2) long term strategy of the Austrian young greens
3) where do we see our organisation in two/three years
4)Election campaign? (contents of it?)
5) Practicalities: strategy meeting (e.g. in Austria), committee (e.g. like PPC)
6) aims and objectives: of the
7) a strategy is not just an extended activity plan ("long term planning"), we start with the strategy and derive financial plan and activity plan
8) employment ask for raise of support (2,5% eligible)
9) where do I see FYEG in 10 years
Steva will work on raw document till Thursday, then send it to Merja and Jakob, will be finalized to a
Two already existing documents:
- one by Natalie debono (strategic planning, theoretical concepts), something resulted from it, Steva will look for it
- second thing (that Nic knows about)
To do list: