Agenda General Assembly KDE e.V. 2009

This is the agenda for the general membership assembly of the KDE e.V.  2009,
which takes place at Gran Canaria on Tuesday, July 7th 2009, starting at
10:00 o'clock am.

1 Welcome
2 Election of a chairman for the general assembly
3 Report of the board
3.1 Report about activities
3.2 Report of the treasurer
3.3 Report of the auditors of accounting
3.4 Relief of the board
4 Report of representatives and working groups of the e.V.
4.1 Report of the representatives to the KDE Free Qt Foundation
4.2 Report of the Marketing Working Group
4.3 Report of the System Administration Working Group
4.4 Report of the Community Working Group
5 Vote about changes of the articles of association (see Appendix A)
6 Election of board
7 Election of representatives to the KDE Free Qt Foundation
8 Election of auditors of accounting
9 Individual supporting membership program
10 Miscellaneous

Appendix A

The board asks the membership to change the articles of association in two
points:

1) Name of the association

Change section 1.1 from

  "Der Name des Vereins lautet K Desktop Environment e.V., abgekürzt KDE e.V."

  ("The name of the association is K Desktop Environment e.V., abbreviation
    KDE e.V.")
  
to

  "Der Name des Vereins lautet KDE e.V."

  ("The name of the association is KDE e.V.")

Reasoning:
- The focus of the KDE community has broadend over the last couple of
years. It's not so much about the desktop environment itself anymore, but more
about free desktop software in general, including the platform and a rich
universe of indepenent applications for many different use cases. The term KDE
now stands for the community. With the change of the name KDE e.V. adapts to
this changed environment.
- In practice and almost all of the communication the abbreviation KDE e.V. is
used when referring to the association. By elevating the abbreviation to the
actual name, we adapt to the current practice and remove a potential cause for
confusion.

2) Signing protocols of assemblies

Add the following sentence to section 10:

  "Die Protokolle werden vom Versammlungsleiter und dem Protokollanten
   unterschrieben."
   
  ("The protocols are signed by the chairperson and the minute taker.")
  
Reasoning:
- There is no clear rule about who has to sign the protocols in the articles of
association. The proposed addition fixes that.