ARLA/CLUSTER: XIX Assembleia Geral da IARU Região 2

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

XIX General Assembly of IARU Region 2

The 19th General Assembly of IARU Region 2 in Viña del Mar, Chile
ended on Friday, October 14, 2016

Participating in the Assembly were a total of twenty-four member
societies, thirteen of them present and the rest via proxy.

During the third plenary, the presidents and secretaries of the
different working committees presented their proposals, which were
analyzed and discussed by the delegates.

In administrative matters, the highlights are requests and
recommendations for CITEL, issues related to the QSL Bureau and a
recommendation for the use of Logbook of the World, request to member
societies to send statistical information and requests for news to be
sent to the News Coordinator.

The proposal of Radio Club Peruano for Lima to be the venue of the
20th General Assembly in 2019 was accepted unanimously.

Regarding band plans, the respective committee had the two following
recommendations:
1)    “To move towards an ongoing band planning process rather than
the current every three year update and contribute to bring band plans
progressively into alignment on a global basis”.
2)    “The B/C Committee recommends to Region 2 General Assembly that
it should solicit support from other Regions to create a process for
global band plan alignment”.

The Financial Committee analyzed the financial documentation and
issued a favorable verdict regarding the approval of the financial
statements and the approval of the budget for the next three years of
operation.

In this plenary, the General Assembly carried out the election of
Executive Committee members, and the following persons were elected
for the next three years:
President Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AM
Vice-President and Director Area C Ramón Santoyo V., XE1KK
Secretary and Director Area D José Arturo Molina, YS1MS
Treasurer and Director Area B: Jay Bellows, K0QB
Director Area A: George Gorsline, VE3YV
Director Area E: Noel E. Donawa, 9Y4X
Director Area F: Gustavo de Faria Franco, PT2ADM
Director Area G: Ernesto Syriani, LU8AE

This Executive Committee will start its functions on November 15 of this year.

President Leandro encouraged member societies to participate more
actively in the organization and thanked the coordinators and
volunteers that cooperated so that the 19th General Assembly of
IARU-R2 was successful.

More information is available in:
info<at>iaru-r2.org
http://www.chile2016.info
http://www.iaru-r2.org