Please note:

• If an Effective Members has not paid its membership fees for the present year and/or earlier, this member has no vote at the General Assembly of that year.
• According to the Statutes of the EDA the General Assembly will be deemed to be validly constituted if the minimum of 3 Effective Members are present (Article 8).
• The Effective Members can be represented by proxy to another Effective Member attending the GA (Article 8).
• An attendance form, signed by the president/CEO of the represented member organisation, is needed to represent validly a member organisation, unless the president or the Central Executive Officer (Director) it/herself is attending. Every delegate of a member organisation has to produce this appointment letter in written before the opening of the General Assembly. A copy of this nomination has to be sent by eMail to the chairperson of EDA (chair@eda-info.eu) two weeks before the General Assembly.
• Each Effective association member shall be entitled to speak and vote. Each Adherent association member shall be entitled to speak (Article 9).
• Half of the votes plus one of the votes cast by the Effective associations present or represented by proxy shall suffice for the passing of resolutions (Article 9).
• The Assembly shall give a valid decision only on items included in the agenda (Article 9).
• The legally need formal requirements (proxy form, attendance form, nomination form for election to the Board) for a valid deliberation of the coming General Assembly are attached.