Dear GBA members,
 
We would like to invite you to the first meeting in 2017, the GBA Annual General Meeting both in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Date: Monday, January 16, 2017
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 (Grand Indochine, 1st floor)
 76 Le Lai Street, District 1, HCMC

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

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

Meeting chairman:    Mr. Jens Ruebbert – GBA Chairman

Meeting program:
 
1.    Welcome speech
2.    Annual Report 2016 of the Chairman on behalf of the GBA Board
3.    Presentation of the audited Financial Report 2016,  Outlook 2017 and Details to the 2017 membership fees by the Treasurer on behalf of the GBA Board
4.    Vote on the audited Financial Report 2016
5.    Vote on the exoneration of the GBA Board 2016
6.    Vote on the 2017 Membership Fees
7.    Vote on the Election-Process for the GBA Board 2017
Motion by the GBA Board: the GBA Board suggests to its members and the quorum present and proxy that 11 out of 12 candidates who unite the most votes shall be elected for the GBA Board 2017.
8.    Self-introduction by the GBA Board member candidates (2 minutes per candidate)
9.    Vote for the GBA Board 2017
10.    Miscellaneous

Please note that the AGM is for members only. Ballots will be handed out at the AGM on-site to pre-registered GBA members.
GBA Members who cannot attend, can leave a proxy to ANY OTHER attending GBA member (i.e. it does not need to be an existing GBA Board member) and should send the proxy to the GBA office via fax/ email/ post latest by Thursday, January 12, 2017. Current GBA Board members who are running as candidates for the new GBA Board have limited their number of proxies to a maximum of 5 each.
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 2017 are attached at the below links for your reference.
Proxy
GBA Board Election 2017 – 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 12, 2017 to Ms. Khanh Linh, Tel: 08 3823 9772 or linh@gba-vietnam.org to enable us to plan successfully. 

Looking forward to seeing you,

With best regards,
GBA Team
 

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
f:   (+84) 8 38 23 89 09
e:   linh@gba-vietnam.org 
w:  www.gba-vietnam.org