Dear GBA members,

We would like to invite you to the first meeting in 2016, the GBA Annual General Meeting and Meeting both in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

• Date: Monday, January 18, 2016
• Time: 17:45 – 22:00

Venue and Agenda in Hanoi: Moevenpick Hanoi Hotel (Meeting room 1 & 2, 2nd Floor), 83A Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

17:45 – 18:30:Registration and Networking Cocktail
18:30 – 20:30:Meeting, presentations, and board election
20:30 – 22:00:Dinner and networking opportunity

Venue and Agenda in HCMC: New World Saigon Hotel, 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, HCMC

17:45 – 18:30:Registration and Networking Cocktail
18:30 – 20:30:Meeting, presentations, and board election (Grand Indochine, 1st Floor)
20:30 – 22:00:Dinner and networking opportunity

–> The meeting in both venues will be connected with a seamless video-link.

Meeting Chairman: Mr. Jens Ruebbert – GBA Chairman of the Board
Meeting program:

1.    Welcome Speech by H.E. Mr. Christian Berger, Ambassador to Vietnam of the Federal Republic of Germany (TBC)
2.    Annual Report 2015 of the Chairman on behalf of the GBA Board
3.    Presentation of the audited Financial Report 2015,  Outlook 2016 and Details to the 2016 membership fees by the Treasurer on behalf of the GBA Board
4.    Vote on the audited Financial Report 2015
5.    Vote on the exoneration of the GBA Board 2015
6.    Vote on the 2016 Membership Fee
7.    Vote on the Election-Process for the GBA Board 2016

Motion by the GBA Board: the GBA Board suggests to its members and the quorum present and proxy that 11 out of 13 candidates who unite the most votes shall be elected for the GBA Board 2016.

8.    Vote for the GBA Board 2016
9.    Miscellaneous

Please note that the AGM is for members only: And only pre-registered GBA members have voting rights. Voting-tickets will be provided on-site to pre-registered GBA Members only.

GBA Members who cannot attend, can leave a proxy to another attending GBA Member and should send the proxy to the GBA office via fax/ email/ post latest on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Voting procedures will be strictly followed by the statutes of the German Business Association in compliance with Article 6:

6.1 Each Company Representative of an Ordinary Corporate Member and each Ordinary Individual Member shall be entitled to one vote at GERMAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Meetings and to serve on the Board.6.2 Neither Associate Members nor Honorary Members shall be entitled to vote at GERMAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Meetings or to serve on the Board.

The Proxy-Form and the list of candidates applying for the GBA Board 2016 are attached at the below links for your reference.

• Proxy
• GBA Board Election 2016 – Candidates’ Introduction & Mission

This meeting is free of charge for GBA Members including the meeting-fee and the buffet-dinner afterwards.

Limitation: LE Corporate Member: max. 04 participants, SME Corporate Member: max. 02 participants)

Please be so kind as to register and indicate which city you would attend the meeting latest on Thursday, January 14, 2016 to Ms. Mai Anh, Tel: 08 3823 977208 3823 9772 or maianh@gba-vietnam.org to enable us to plan successfully.

Looking forward to seeing you,

With best regards,

German Business Association
05th floor – Somerset Chancellor Court
21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street
District 1 – Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam
t:   (+84) 8 38 23 97 72(+84) 8 38 23 97 72
f:   (+84) 8 38 23 89 09
e:   info@gba-vietnam.org
w:  www.gba-vietnam.orgFree via Skype