1. Budapest, 16-23 April, 2009 What happened at GA?

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3. Who was there?  263 people in total  160 LBG delegates  6 Bunnies  2 speakers  13 Extras  9 Invited  5 Lemons  2 PM 09 organisers  1 Ambassador  5 People from other NGOs  18 CMT delegates  plus many many co- and organisers!

4. Sessions  97 Presentations  67 people presenting  692 minutes total presenting time  25 minutes saved with colored paper voting  150 minutes saved with parallel plenaries  285 minutes in plenary on rejected proposals

5. Highlights!  Company day  Projects  LTAB / LBG Show  GA 2010  Discussion Groups  What changed in GA?  XXII Management of BEST

7. Company Day  5 company presentation  13 companies attending the jobfair  7 workshops  “BEST sucks!” said in one of the speeches

8. Company Day

9. Projects – Working Groups  Recognition  EBEC  IEC  Joint Event on Education with CFES  Virtual International Plenary  NewsTeam  Marketing Strategy  Knowledge Group  History Book  BEST Performance Indicators

10. Let's Talk About BEST/LBG Show  7 presentations in LTAB:  24h Engineering Competition (LBG Porto)  Make your University happy! (LBG Warsaw)  LSS and other IFISO opportuities (Cem - LSS)  Impact of BEST (LBG Chisinau)  BEST Courses: Working too little / partying too hard? (LBG Lisbon)  Grants and TrainShops (LBG Brno)  Fairness in selection of participants to courses (Nuxa – LBG Lisbon)  5 Presentations in LBG Show  BUZZ! Promotion of Courses (LBG Cluj Napoca)  Rise up, from observer to full (LBG Madrid Carlos III)  240 teams in a Local Engineering Competition (LBG Krakow)  Joint events (LBG Brno)  Out of region Monitoring (LBGs Eindhoven & Ljubljana)

11.  LBG Lviv presented the progress in organising PM 2009  LBG Naples presented its intention to organise PM 2010  LBG Warsaw ran and was elected to organise GA 2010  Congratulations Warsaw! GM Organisers

13. Discussion Groups  9 topics discussed:  Outcomes here:  https://private.best.eu.org/archive/documentView.jsp?document=j1gizlk&archi ve=am0gprg https://private.best.eu.org/archive/documentView.jsp?document=j1gizlk&archi ve=am0gprg  Welcome Pack: Getting Newbies into the BEST Spirit  Global Offers for international companies  Support to NEC/RECs & LECs  Trainings for LBGs (Local beREADY  getSTRONGER)  Students' responsibilities in external events  Events' organisation & LBG HR  Marketing strategy in My LBG  Growth  How to approach other organizations

15. What changed in GA? Membership  Welcome LBG Nis in the full members family!  Welcome Baby LBG Saint Petersburg in the BEST members family  Welcome back full LBG ENSTA!  LBG Lyon is now suspended  Observer group Aveiro lost its Observer status

16. VIP is official  Proposals were approved!  VIP is now an official decision making body of BEST!  Choose your LBG’s delegate in VIP and make sure he / she votes! What changed in GA?

17. Reports  The Annual Action Reports of all committees and the XXI Board were approved!  The Annual Financial Report of the XXI Board was also approved!  Congratulations to all for their great work! What changed in GA?

18. Budget for 2009 / 2010  Budget for XXII board was approved!  Free marketing materials and History Books for LBGs  Financial support to LBGs for EBEC and internal events What changed in GA?

19. Season DLs  Next season deadlines were approved!  Spring 2010  Summer 2010  Autumn 2010  Winter 2010 What changed in GA?

20. Voting procedure in IRE & FRP  Proposal to clarify the regulations about voting procedures in Internal Regulations and the Financial Rules Package was approved!  Blanks will now be counted in the votes cast for IRE and FRP proposals What changed in GA?

21. Voting procedure in Committees  Proposal to change the voting procedures in committees was approved!  All voting on people inside the committees will now happen the same way as for the coordinator. What changed in GA?

22. Making changes in the FRP  Proposal to remove from the Financial Rules Package the article about making changes in it was approved!  Same article not repeating in 2 places anymore. What changed in GA?

23. Counting events  Proposal to count events from the confirmation stage and not attendance was approved!  Applicants to courses that confirm but don’t attend will lose one of the 3 events they can go to. What changed in GA?

24. Vivaldi Handbook  Proposal to clarify Out of Season Events in the Vivaldi HB was approved!  Proposal to clarify participants’ responsibilities in the Vivaldi HB was approved!  Applicants to courses will now know what they have to do to receive their deposit back. What changed in GA?

25. Leisure events deposit  Proposal to set an equal deposit value for all participants of Leisure events was approved!  Deposit now 60 € for all country categories What changed in GA?

26. Facebook proposal  Proposal to make applications to BEST Courses anonymous was approved!  No more looking up applicants on facebook and other social networks. What changed in GA?

27. LBG Aalborg What almost changed in GA? Suspended LBG Aalborg Proposed for: Still suspended Full by LBG Lund Baby by LBG Reykjavik Excluded automatic Observer by Board All proposals REJECTED

28. bonding What almost changed in GA? Proposals: To withdraw from the current cooperation plan. To aprove a new cooperation plan. (no BEST courses by bonding) To grant 3 more places for observer applications coming from bonding members Counterproposal: To have a second WorkShop No change and we’ll have a second WS Approved

29. Counting OoSEs What almost changed in GA? Out of Season Events OoSEs can still be either counted or not Proposal: To count OoSEs in the 8 seasons rule only if after an In Season Event Currently it is not specified if OoSEs count or not in the 8 seasons rule. Counterproposal: To not count OoSEs in the 8 seasons rule at all Rejected

30. Automatic exclusions  Proposal to remove article 6.5 from the Regulations on Admission and Exclusion was rejected!  Proposals for exclusion are still automatic after the second GM as suspended What almost changed in GA?

31. New Committee Coordinators The hi5s are elected and confirmed!  ITC: Anet Aselmaa – Tallinn  markeTeam: Teele Kundla – Tallinn  TiGro: Peter Kun – Budapest  finTeam: Adelina Martiniuc – Bucharest  EEC: Inna Granishevs'ka – Zipi  EduCo:Gorana Bosic - Belgrade New management of BEST

32. New Board of BEST The XXII board is elected!  President:David Salamon - Budapest  Treasurer: Andres Utt – Tallinn  Secretary: Nataliia Gurianova – Lviv  VP ES: Lucien Romagnoli – Ghent  VP IS: Vladimir Bulgaru – Chisinau  VP LGS:Paal Lohne - Trondheim New management of BEST

33. New Board of BEST The XXII board is elected!  President:David Salamon - Budapest  Treasurer: Andres Utt – Tallinn  Secretary: Nataliia Gurianova – Lviv  VP ES: Lucien Romagnoli – Ghent  VP IS: Vladimir Bulgaru – Chisinau  VP LGS:Paal Lohne - Trondheim New management of BEST Congratulations!!!

34.  International and Hungarian Evening  Spa party on arrival day  3 Theme parties:  20 th Anniversary Gala  YouNITE party  TRAVE party  For gossips please contact your delegates Parties

35. Questions? Find us on holidays… GA s i O E R V