Speaker: Rieke Smakman

AMSTERDAM CITY NETWORK


EXTRA-ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 2010


(to precede the event with our guest speaker Gerdie van den Bergh)



On 11 October 2010, we will conduct a short Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) in accordance with the Articles of Association. At the EGM which is a follow-up to the Annual General Meeting, we will vote on a new fee structure for 2011 and we will hold board elections to vote in the new leadership team.
Last but not least, we get to pay trinute to the contributions of our dedicated board members who will be stepping down from the board. They will be sorely missed!



Register for this event by clicking here (this will lead you to the entry on the event with Gerdie van den Bergh this evening, 11 October 2010 – speaker starts at 20h00).



AGENDA:


1. Opening and Agenda


2. Minutes of Annual General Meeting of June 7^th 2010


3. Proposal to amend fee structure 2011


4. Candidatures and Appointment of new Board Members


5. Other Business


6. Questions & Close EGM

START OF OUR EVENT WITH GERDIE VAN DEN BERGH


Explanatory Notes on the Agenda will soon follow.

The event will take place at the Renaissance Hotel in Amsterdam, Kattengat 1.

PROGRAM FOR THIS EVENT, 11 OCTOBER 2010

19h00 Networking


19h30 Extra-Ordinary General Meeting


20h00 Guest Speaker: Gerdie van den Bergh,

“Be heard in male dominant meetings“



PROXY


If you are not able to attend the EGM, we kindly ask you to grant a proxy before 8 October in order that someone else who will attend the EGM can vote on your behalf during the EGM in order that we reach the EGM quorum. Granting a proxy is easy Please send an e-mail to lloyo@etsglobal.org with subject-line “Proxy” with the following text:

“I, [insert your name], authorize [INSERT NAME OF ATTENDEE] to attend, speak and vote on my behalf during the Extraordinary General Meeting of EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam, to be held on Monday 11 October 2010 at The Renaissance Hotel, Amsterdam.”

The assembly elected Marijo Bos and Rieke Smakman as Presidents along with Susanne Forsman-Hey, as Treasurer of the Federation and Sandrine Joseph as, Secretary General. Marijo, Rieke and Susanne served as Presidents of Madrid, Amsterdam and Nice respectively. Furthermore, Monica Pesce will continue in a Federation leadership role as a VP now focusing on Women on Boards, Karine Heckmann as VP New Networks and Ana Baranda and Malika Mir sharing the VP Technology role. Strategic Partnerships will be led by Marijo Bos and Marketing, Public Relations and other appointed leaders will be announced shortly.

The leaders of the networks reinforced EuropeanPWN’s values of win-win, generosity, and a focus on excellence and co creation of initiatives across networks. “One of our continuing priorities is to broaden and strengthen our strategic partnerships offering visibility on key initiatives at the European level while ensuring there is a strong local presence and connection with members across the local networks,” said Marijo Bos.

Rieke Smakman added, “It’s also a key priority for us to create even more opportunities through connecting, knowledge exchange and support across our networks since this is one of the great benefits of being part of a network across borders.” They both added, “it is a privilege to continue supporting the progress of women in business given the strong foundation that the outgoing board and the champions of this network have created.”

The new EuropeanPWN Board is pleased to serve as a facilitator of the exchange ideas and experts across networks, ensuring inclusion of ideas and support from local networks on the federation’s overall strategy and key priorities linked to this strategy. There will be a continued focus on achieving a high level of excellence for all of our stakeholders.

The outgoing board was responsible for achieving impressive expansion of the network and programs, now consisting of 3500 members across 17 city networks. Please follow this link to learn more about the numerous accomplishments under the former leadership and their outgoing message of support as we make this transition. Thank you to Mirella Visser, President since 2007, Marie-Claude Peyrache, Secretary-General (VP Corporate Affairs from 2007 – 2009), Brigitte Pichat-Sese, Treasurer (since January 2007), Therese Torris, VP Website Strategy (also VP Mentoring from 2007-2009), Annalisa Gigante, VP Women on Boards (since June 2007), Marijo Bos, VP Corporate Affairs (since June 2009), Monica Pesce, VP New Networks (since June 2009).