Minutes of the Extraordinary DAISY General Meeting held October 8, 2007, London, England

The DAISY Consortium
Last revised: October 30, 2007
Version 1
Scribe: Lynn Leith

This extraordinary General Meeting was called and held to elect a new DAISY Consortium President. The need for this meeting results from the resignation of the incumbent, Elsebeth Tank, during her second term as President.

1. Welcome and Meeting Arrangements

1.1 Members and Staff Present

1.1.1 Board Members Present

• Elke Dittmer (ED) representing MediBuS
• Tim Evans (TE) representing ANZAIG
• Kjell Hansson (KH) representing the Swedish DAISY Consortium
• Bernhard Heinser (BH) representing SBS
• Hiroshi Kawamura (HK) representing the Japanese DAISY Consortium
• Stephen King (SK) representing RNIB
• Arne Kyrkjebø (AK) representing the Norwegian DAISY Consortium
• Margaret McGrory (MM)representing the Canadian DAISY Consortium
• Francisco Martinez Calvo (FMC) representing ONCE
• Elsebeth Tank (ET) representing DBB
• Maarten Verboom (MV) representing Dedicon
• Keun Hae Youk (KHY) representing the KBL

1.1.2 Associate Members Present

• Paul Bunker (PB) VA/ANZAIG
• Roland Esaiasson (RE), Swedish DAISY Consortium/TPB
• Andrew Furlong (AF), VA/ANZAIG
• Clive Lansink (CL), RNZFB/ANZAIG (attending at the request of Mary Schnackenberg who is unable to attend)

1.1.3 Staff Present

• George Kerscher (GK)
• Lynn Leith (LEL)

1.1.4 Apologies

• John Churchill (JC)
• NLS: No representative has yet been assigned

1.2 Confirmation of scribe

Lynn Leith was confirmed as the scribe.

2. Confirmation of Processes

The agenda for this extraordinary General meeting was sent August 14, 2007. Notice of the meeting was published and the invitation to attend was sent in due time in reference to the Articles of Association of the DAISY Consortium.

3. Election of the New President

The Board of the DAISY Consortium unanimously presented Hiroshi Kawamura as the sole candidate for the presidency. The Board was pleased to present HK as the new President. His term as President will begin November 1, 2007 and go through to December 31, 2011.

DBB will assign a new representative to the DAISY Board as of January 1, 2008. Elsebeth Tank will remain a member of the Board until December 31, 2007. Her term as President is completed as of October 31, 2007.

There were no questions or comments.

4. Other business

There was no further business. The meeting was concluded.