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Ordinary General Assembly (GA)

Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG)

28 July 2022

I. Participating FMG members:

1. Mercedes Araoz (FMG)


2. Clemens Boonekamp (FMG)
3. Daniel Crosby (FMG)
4. Deborah Elms (FMG)
5. Jonathan T. Fried (FMG)
6. Alejandro Jara (FMG)
7. Xiankun Lu (FMG)
8. Patrick Low (FMG)
9. Hamid Mamdouh (FMG)
10. Mario Matus (FMG)
11. Maxim Medvedkov (FMG)
12. Mia Mikic (FMG)
13. Victor Do Prado (FMG)
14. Evan Rogerson (FMG)
15. Sherry Stephenson (FMG)
16. Alan Wolff (FMG)

Quorum established: yes.

The meeting starts at 15:00.

II. Agenda and summary of discussions:


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Agenda is attached and adopted unanimously at the beginning of the meeting.

1. Confirmation of New FMG members


GA confirms that the following persons become FMG members (in alphabetic order of family
name):
Axel ADDY, Maxim MEDVEDKOV, Pradeep S MEHTA, Victor DO PRADO, Jan Yves
REMY, Jayashree WATAL, John M WEEKES

2. Taking note of New FFMGs


GA notes that the following persons become Friends of FMG (FFMG):
Brad MCDONALD (IMF), Sacha SILVA (ITC)

3. Approve the Minutes of the previous General Assembly;


GA approves the Minutes of the previous GA of 22 July 2021.

4. Election of Board members


GA approves that the following seven persons become members of the Board for the next
term (July 2022-July 2024):
Alejandro JARA, Patrick LOW, Xiankun LU, Mia MIKIC, Stuart HARBINSON,
Daniel CROSBY, and Sherry STEPHENSON

5. Appointment of the CEO


GA appoints Xiankun LU as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the reporting period
(July 2022-July 2023).

6. Approve the Board’s Annual Activity Report, which comprises a report on activities
during previous reporting period and a work plan for the incoming report period
GA approves the Annual Activity Report (July 2021-July 2022) and the Annual Activity Plan
(July 2022-July 2023)

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GA also discusses ways to improve the quality of FMG activities in the future, including to
have hybrid events, increase the publicity, etc.

7. Approve the annual accounts and adopt them


GA notes that to date, individual FMG members, particularly Xiankun LU, have contributed
from personal funds FMG and its expenses. Therefore, no accounts have yet been established
with the FMG.

8. Approve the annual budget for the forthcoming year


GA notes that no annual budget has been prepared for the forthcoming year.

9. Strategic Review of FMG and its future


GA approves that FMG will prepare a Strategic Review before the end of 2022, including an
assessment of its activities so far, whether these have served their intended purpose, and any
other considerations for improving the functioning and effectiveness of FMG. The Board will
then organize a special General Assembly to discuss possible options.

For that purpose, all FMG members are invited to offer any suggestions of where they believe
the Review might focus. Any ideas they may also wish to put in writing and send to the CEO
would be considered in the Board’s upcoming deliberations.

The meeting terminates at 16:30.

- Minutes written by Xiankun LU, CEO on 29 July 2021.

Xiankun LU / CEO

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Daniel CROSBY / Treasurer

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Annex:

Agenda of General Assembly


Friends of Multilateralism Group (FMG)
28 July 2022

1. Confirmation of New FMG members


2. Taking note of New FFMGs
3. Approve the Minutes of the previous General Assembly;
4. Election of Board members
5. Appointment of the CEO
6. Approve the Board’s Annual Activity Report, which comprises a report on activities
during previous reporting period and a work plan for the incoming report period
7. Approve the annual accounts and adopt them
8. Approve the annual budget for the forthcoming year
9. Strategic Review of FMG and its future
10. Other business

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