Annual General Meeting 2007 of the
European Go Federation

Meeting will take place at 18:00 on 20th July 2007 in Villach, Austria

Agenda

Opening of the meeting
Presentation from Mrs. Taki on proposed World Pair Go Association
Verifying presence and voting rights
Accepting the agenda
Acceptance of previous year's AGM minutes
Admission of new members and updates from candidates (e.g. Moldova, Montenegro, Iceland, Greece, Estonia)
Reports of the President, Secretary, Treasurer
Report of the Auditors
Report from IGF Directors
Reports of chairmen of existing Commissions
Election of Executive officers and auditors
a. The present committee stands for re-election
- President: Tony Atkins (DE, SE, RU)
- Vice-Presidents: Martin Stiassny (DE, SE), Oleg Gavrilov (DE, SE, RU)
- Secretary: John Gibson (DE, SE, RU)
- Treasurer: Hans Kostka (DE, SE, RU)
- Officers: Ales Cieply (DE, SE, RU), Matti Siivola (DE, SE, RU, FI)
b. Auditors:
- Arnaud Knippel (DE, RU), Peter Zandveld (DE, RU)
Presentation for Comment of Budgets 2007-2008 and 2008-2009
Appointment of Commissions: a) Strong Players Commission
European Go Congresses
- a. Comments on 2006 Italy
- b. Comments on 2007 Villach, Austria
- c. Progress report on 2008 Leksand, Sweden
- d. Progress report on 2009 Groningen, Netherlands
- e. Progress report on 2010: Finland
- f. Location of 2011
- g. Future proposals: France has expressed interest in 2011 or 2013 and Germany and Russia for later years
European Tournament Calendar - Selection of hosts
- a. Youth Championship 2009
- b. Student Championship 2008, 2009
- c. Pair Go 2009
- d. Ing Memorial 2009: EGCC
- e. Women’s Championship 2009
- f. Team Championship 2008, 2009
Rules Proposals
- a. From Rules Commission: Proposal to adopt new EGF General Tournament Rules
- b. From Rules Commission: Proposal to adopt new EGF Tournament System Rules
- c. From Rules Commission: Proposal to adopt on new system for European Go Championships during EGC
- d. Proposal from Netherlands on removing European Championship from the congress and merging with Ing Memorial Tournament
- e. Report from Herman Hiddema, Organisation EGC 2009 Groningen on proposed 5-round knockout stage for the European Championships in 2009 (proposal in 2006 agenda and refered back for more study)
- f. Proposal from Sweden:
  In order to make the competition for the title more distinct, let the first eight rounds of the EGC proceed as usual. Then let the leading four European nationals after eight rounds play knock out for the title. The new rule can be implemented for the first time in the EGC 2008.
- g. Executive to decide any necessary changes to European Masters and pro event selection
Selection of Team Captain for International Amateur Pair Go Championship and for World Amateur Go Championships
Other Items Requested by Members
Any other business

Amended 2007-06-20.

Annual General Meeting 2007 of the European Go Federation

Agenda

Annual General Meeting 2007 of the
European Go Federation