INLW General Meeting in Mexico City

On October 29^th 2015 INLW held its General Meeting in Hotel Royal Pedregal in Mexico City. The Board of INLW had got together there because Liberal International was holding its 60^th congress there. INLW’s Constitution stipulates that INLW holds it’s General Meeting in conjunction of the LI Congress.

Hakima el Haiti, Joaquima Alemany, Patricia Olamendi, Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk, Leticia Gutiérrez Corona, Maissa Florensa, Maysing Yang, Lysbeth van Valkenburg-Lely

A new Board was proposed and with no contra proposals the proposed new Board was accorded by the GM. The new board is:

President: Margaret de Vos van Steenwijk- Groeneveld (second term), The Netherlands
Immediate past president: Joaquima Alemany Roca, Catalonia, Spain
Deputy president: Hakima el Haiti (second term), Morocco
Secretary general: Mireia Huerta Sala (first term), Catalonia, Spain
Treasurer: Lysbeth van Valkenburg-Lely (first term) The Netherlands
Vice-president Europe: Marianne Kallen-Morren (first term, former Treasurer), The Netherlands
Vice-president Asia: Maysing Yang (second term), Taiwan
Vice-president sub Sahara Africa: Kaba Fofana Yaya Fanta (second term), Ivory Coast
Vice-president Mena region: Khadija el Morabit, (second term), Morocco

Designated Vice-president Latin America: Patricia Olamendi, Mexico (decision of Board to propose her for election at the next GM at the next LI congress)
Designated Member of the Board: Leticia Gutíerrez

The GM decided on:

– our positions in the participation at the LI Congress on different issues like the resolutions and amendments which we had submitted to LI Congress.
– increasing the membership subscription for individual members from 15 Euro to 25 Euro. This is necessary as the banks deduct 7 to 12 eurosas transfer costs.
– group (ngo) subscription 150 Euro and party subscription 250 Euro.