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2018 GA Motions
Motions are proposals submitted for consideration by the General Assembly. Motions can be submitted by National Secretaries or by the Executive Committee (EXCO) of Servas International.
According to the SI Statutes, all motions must be sent to the President six months before the start of the General Assembly.
For the 2018 General Assembly, the final date for motions to be received is April 14, 2018.
After April 14, 2018, all motions will be organized into Subject Working Groups (SWGs) – in other words,
they will be grouped together based on what they are about.
There will be a volunteer coordinator for each of these SWGs,
and any Servas member is welcome to join in discussions of these motions in the 6 months leading up to the General Assembly.
The intention of this discussion is to make best use of the plenary sessions by clarify the motions,
ensuring that they do not overlap or contradict each other, and generally preparing them as much as possible before voting.
At the Conference, there will be sessions set aside for face-to-face meetings of the SWGs, before the motions are taken to the plenary sessions.
Click on the following links to get more information:
GA Preparation Emails
- 2018 GA Preparation #01: SI General Assembly motions, AWG and pre-GA discussion (sent June 27, 2018)
- 2018 SI GA Preparation #02: Timetable, agenda & SWGs (sent July 14, 2018)
Motions
- Motions for GA (updated on October 15, 2018)
- Motions with budget implications (updated on October 15, 2018)
- Motions with no budget implications (updated on October 15, 2018)
Subject Working Groups
- Vision and Governance Subject Working Group (updated on July 9, 2018)
- ServasOnline Subject Working Group (updated on October 15, 2018)
- Financial Subject Working Group (updated on October 3, 2018)
- SI Management Subject Working Group (updated on October 15, 2018)
- Procedural Motions (updated on July 9, 2018)
Motion Details
- Motions in English (updated Oct 6, 2018)
- Mociones en español (actualizado el 6 de octubre de 2018)
- AUS-001 Establish Working Group to Manage and Develop ServasOnline (updated on October 15, 2018)
- BRI-001 Development Fund (updated on October 15, 2018)
- BRI-002 Commission re organisational change in Servas (updated on October 15, 2018)
- CAN-001 Climate change (updated on October 18, 2018)
- CAN-002 Authorized key persons to not approve their own LOI (updated on September 20, 2018)
- CAN-003 ServasOnline 'Interest in Making Connections' toggle (updated on October 16, 2018)
- EXC-001 FOP updates (updated on May 16, 2018) Withdrawn, Aug 3, 2018 Will be covered under EXC-021
- EXC-002 Member Group updates (updated on September 11, 2018)
- EXC-003 SI Statutes (updated on Sept 16, 2018)
- EXC-004 SI Officer reports (updated on September 20, 2018)
- EXC-005 Budget to next GA (updated on May 16, 2018)
- EXC-005 draft budget (updated on September 26, 2018)
- EXC-005 2018/2019 revised budget (updated on October 3, 2018)
- EXC-006 SI External Auditor (updated on September 16, 2018)
- EXC-007 SI Signatories (updated on September 16, 2018)
- EXC-008 Approve elections (updated on May 16, 2018)
- EXC-009 2015 GA minutes approval (updated on May 16, 2018)
- EXC-010 2017-2018 Financial Accounts (updated on May 16, 2018) Provisional and Unaudited Financial Statements for 2017-18 - Subject to Change. (Audited Statements will be posted soon on completion of audit)
- EXC-011 Rules of Order (updated on May 16, 2018)
- EXC-012 None of the Above (updated on May 16, 2018)
- EXC-013 Extended board for workload sharing (updated on Sept 2, 2018) Withdrawn, Sept 28 2018 Will be covered under BRI-002
- EXC-014 Servas permanent representation in Geneva (updated on September 23, 2018)
- EXC-015 SI Statutes change: Principles, organisation, minimize ecological footprint (updated on October 15, 2018)
- EXC-016 Develop procedures for recruitment of new Servas individual members (updated on October 15, 2018)
- EXC-017 Improve Servas International Conference and General Assembly (SICOGA) (updated on October 15, 2018)
- EXC-018 Servas commitment to gender balance in decision making bodies (updated on September 8, 2018)
- EXC-019 Outreach for increased cooperation with like-minded organisations (updated on October 15, 2018
- EXC-020 SI Exco 2015-2018 recommended priorities for SI Exco 2019-2021 (updated on May 16, 2018) Withdrawn, Aug 8, 2018
A letter from SI Exco 2015-2018 to the GA 2018 will be sent - EXC-021 Updated structure for SI committees, teams and groups (updated on October 15, 2018)
- EXC-021 Appendix 1: Updated Structure for SI committees, Teams and Groups (updated on July 11, 2018)
- EXC-021 Appendix 2: SI Exco and support networks (updated on July 11, 2018)
- EXC-021 Appendix 3: Draft Version 5 of Financial Operating Procedures (updated on August 13, 2018)
- EXC-022 SI paid administrator role (updated on October 15, 2018)
- FRA-001 ServasOnline maintenance by professionals (updated on October 15, 2018)
- GER-001 ServasOnline_Priority (updated on September 9, 2018)
- GER-002 ServasOnline_Risk_Management (updated on October 15, 2018)
- GRE-001 Removal, and Correction, of Servas Online Member Database (updated on October 15, 2018)
- GRE-002 Convert SI accounting from Swiss Francs to Euros (updated on May 16, 2018) Withdrawn Sept. 4, 2018
- GRE-003 Dolphin HLSA available to all members (updated on October 15, 2018)
- GRE-004 Professional Servas.org webmaster (updated on May 16, 2018)
- ITA-001 Flat rate quotas (updated on October 15, 2018)
- POL-RWA-001 SI contribution to Development fund 2018-21 (updated on October 15, 2018)
- SPA-ITA-001 CHANGE OF SI YOUTH COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP (updated on October 15, 2018)
- SPA-ITA-002 App for mobile phones (updated on October 15, 2018)
- SPA-ITA-003 YOUTH AND FAMILIES OPPORTUNITIES (updated on October 15, 2018)
- USA-001 Host Lists in SI Archives (updated on May 16, 2018)
- USA-002 Renewals for SI members (updated on October 15, 2018)
- USA-003 Limitations of who sees ServasOnline host information (updated on May 16, 2018) Withdrawn, Aug 10, 2018