Executive Assembly, Montreal 2010

Principal decisions of the 2010 World Energy Council Executive Assembly

Held in Montréal on the 12th September 2010

This Note records the Principal Decisions of the 2010 Executive Assembly.  It is produced in order to provide Member Committees with key information in advance of the circulation of the Minutes. It does not constitute the full Minutes of the meeting. These  will be circulated separately and constitute the official record of the meeting.

• WELCOMED members and special guests and observers
• ANNOUNCED that  Gabon had made the required payment to be reinstated as a WEC member
• APPROVED the Minutes of the 2009 Executive Assembly held on the 19th September 2009 in Reykjavik, Iceland
• HEARD the report of the Officers Council (ANNEX 4a)
• HEARD the Final Report on the 2010 WEC Congress (ANNEX 4b)
• APPROVED the report of the Programme Committee Chair (ANNEX 5a) (NB:The report was presented by Norberto de Franco Medeiros, who will serve as Interim Chair of Programmes following the resignation of Jorge Ferioli and until a new Chair of Programmes can be selected later this year or in early 2011.)
• APPROVED the report of the Studies Committee Chair (ANNEX 5b)
• APPROVED the report of the Communications and Outreach Committee Chair (ANNEX 5c)
•  APPROVED the Nominations to the Standing Committees (ANNEX 5d)
• APPROVED  the recommendation that a proposal for organising future WEC Congresses beginning with 2016 be further developed by WEC London, working with an advisory group of members, and that the final proposal be presented at the 2011 EA (ANNEX 5e)
• APPROVED the 31 December, 2009, Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for World Energy Council (ANNEX 5f)
• APPROVED the 31 December, 2009, Audited Financial Statements for WEC Services Ltd (ANNEX 5g)
• APPROVED Horwath Clark Whitehill LLP as WEC & WSL Auditors for 2010 (ANNEX 5h)
• APPROVED an Amendment to the WEC By-Laws to increase the size of the Studies Committee from 9 to 11 (ANNEX 5i)
• APPROVED the 2010 Membership Report, including authorizing the Secretary General to write to Tajikistan, Mongolia and Cameroon stating that if they do not make a payment of at least £3,000 by December 31 of this year, their membership in WEC may be withdrawn; to write to Niger urging them to make another payment against their outstanding arrears following up their payment in 2009; and to work with the Vice Chair, Special Responsibility for Gulf States/Middle East, to re-establish contact with the Syrian Member Committee and encourage them to make a good faith payment of at least £3,000 by the end of this year (ANNEX 5j)
• APPROVED the 2011 WEC Consolidated Budget (ANNEX 5k)
• APPROVED the 2011 WSL Budget (ANNEX 5l)
• The following Officers were ELECTED:
  o Dr José Antonio Vargas Lleras, Colombia, as Vice Chair, Latin America/Caribbean
  o Mr Kevin Meyers, United States, as Vice Chair, North America
  o Mr Heon Cheol Shin, Korea (Rep.), as Vice Chair, 2013 Congress, Daegu
  (NB: Also joining the Officers Council will be incoming Chair of Studies Brian Statham, who was elected at the Reykjavik EA as Chair-elect. Norberto de Franco Medeiros will continue on the Officers Council as Interim Chair of Programmes following the resignation of Jorge Ferioli and until a replacement can be selected later this year or in early 2011.)  (ANNEX 5m)
• APPROVED Monte Carlo, Monaco, as the site for the 2012 Executive Assembly (ANNEX 5n)
• Upon completion of their terms as WEC Officers, the appointment of the following as Honorary Officers of WEC was APPROVED:
  Richard Drouin (retiring as Vice Chair, 2010 Congress), Francisco Barnés (retiring as Vice Chair, North America), CP Jain (retiring as Studies Committee Chair), Norberto de Franco Medeiros (retiring as Vice Chair, Latin America/Caribbean).
• HEARD a presentation by the Algerian Member Committee, inviting members to attend the 2011 EA in Oran, Algeria