General Assembly

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The General Assembly will be held after the World Congress, in Theatre 2, Hong Kong Conference & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong on Friday 6 May 2011 at 9am-1pm.

Attendance is restricted to CI member organisations only. Members will be notified of procedural details within the constitutional timelines.

Provisional General Assembly Agenda

To receive CI's annual accounts, auditor's report and report of the Council for 2010.
To appoint the auditors and fix their remuneration.
To receive a report from the Council of the work and finances of CI over the period since the last General Assembly (Sydney 2007) and plans for the future.
The election of the President.
The election of 13 Council member organisations.

Voting delegates and elections

Each Full Member is entitled to one Voting Delegate at the General Assembly. Affiliate and Government Members can attend as observers, but not vote. In March 2011, Full Members will be asked to name their Voting Delegate or a Proxy.

To be eligible for nomination as CI President, candidates must be Voting Delegates, representing Full Members, which are in compliance with CI membership rules. To be eligible for nomination as a Council member, candidates must have been a Full Member for two years and in compliance with CI membership rules. The deadline for nominations to be received at CI is 5 April.

Both elections will be carried out by secret ballot and the results announced as soon as possible during the General Assembly. Each Voting Delegate (ie each Full Member) is entitled to cast one vote for up to 13 different candidates. There can be no more than one elected candidate from any one country. If there are more than two candidates for President, a single transferable vote procedure will be used.