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CIGRE General Assemblies 2021

In accordance with the French Legislation on French Associations, every year in the first semester, CIGRE must hold an annual Ordinary General Assembly to approve the accounts of the previous year.

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The Article 7 of the CIGRE Statutes also states that the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assemblies may take place by correspondence, and may be undertaken electronically, or by other conventional or modern means.

The Secretary General of CIGRE, on behalf of the Administrative Council invited the members of the Association to take part in an electronic vote for the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assemblies organized by the CIGRE Association in June 2021.

Both Assemblies were grouped on the electronic voting form.

The agenda of the Ordinary General Assembly was:

  • Resolution 1: Approval of CIGRE annual 2020 accounts;
  • Resolution 2: Approval of the allocation of CIGRE 2020 annual result and 2019-2020 biennal result;

The agenda of the Extraordinary General Assembly was:

  • Resolution 3: Modifications in CIGRE Statutes (Article 4);
  • Resolution 4 : Modifications in CIGRE Statutes (Article 11);

The vote was closed on June 30th, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. CEST.

The results of the General Assemblies are as follows:

Invited members

6381 Individual members I (incl. Honorary)
280 Individual members II
822 Collective members I
113 Collective members II
11792 Equivalent member number

Participation

Individual members I (incl. Honorary) 685 10.73%
Individual members II 20 7.14%
Collective members I 53 6.45%
Collective members II 11 9.73%
Equivalent member number 1046 8.87%

Results (% Invited members)

Equivalent votes

Yes

 

No

 

Abstention

Number %   Number %   Number %
Resolution 1 992.5 8.42%   1 0.01%   52.5 0.45%
Resolution 2 987.5 8.37%   2 0.02%   56.5 0.48%
Resolution 3 992 8.41%   3 0.03%   51 0.43%
Resolution 4 988 8.38%   7 0.06%   51 0.43%

Results (% Expressed votes)

Equivalent votes

Yes

 

No

 

Abstention

Number %   Number %   Number %
Resolution 1 992.5 94.89%   1 0.10%   52.5 5.02%
Resolution 2 987.5 94.41%   2 0.19%   56.5 5.40%
Resolution 3 992 94.84%   3 0.29%   51 4.88%
Resolution 4 988 94.46%   7 0.67%   51 4.88%

The results were elaborated and checked under the scrutiny of CIGRE statutory auditor and CIGRE Central Office staff.

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