General Assembly of NORMAS

Thursday 3rd of November 2022 at 12.00-13.00

As part of the conference the Ordinary General Assembly meeting of NORMAS (Nordic Association for Research on Men and Masculinities). This will be the first General Assembly since the last Nordic Conference on Masculinity Research was held in Örebro in 2017. The agenda for the general assembly is laid out in the Statues for NORMAS. The general assembly will be chaired by Arnar Gislason, Ole Nordfjell and Claus D. Hansen.

Agenda Ordinary General Assembly

  1. Election of chair and secretary for the meeting.
  2. Deciding the agenda
  3. Approval of annual report and accounts for 2017-2022
  4. Audit report and decision on discharge for the leaving board
  5. Election of board and substitutes and election of chairperson for the board
  6. Election of two accountants and their substitutes
  7. Approval of activity plan for 2022-2024
  8. Decision on member’s fee and approval of budget
  9. Other issues

 

General assembly rules taken from the Statues

– Elect the Chairperson of the Association, the Board of Directors and board members’ personal substitutes, two auditors and their substitutes, as well as two nominators (election committee members) and their substitutes.

– Approve the activity report and financial statement for the previous period.

– Approve of the audit report, and free the leaving Board from liabilities.

– Adopt the draft budget and activity plan for the future activity period.

– Make decisions on membership fees, the amount of which may vary according to forms of membership stated in §3.

– Discuss ‘other matters’ mentioned in the announcement

Further matters to be taken up for joint discussion at the General Assembly shall be before the Board no later than 4 weeks before the meeting in order to be placed on the agenda and attached to the announcement of the meeting. Issues raised after the notice expires may be included under “other matters”.