Annual General Assembly 2024‍

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Thank you to all who attended the Assembly on 7th February 2024.

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We welcomed 62 representatives from 52 member organisations

• Six representatives of the EOG management team

• Mark Held (guest)

• Chris Lines from Right Lines Communications (taking minutes)

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The agenda from the Assembly can be found below

The European Outdoor Group Annual report for 2024 can be downloaded below.

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Agenda

14:30 - Welcome:
EOG President, Matt Gowar, and EOG Secretariat welcome members to the meeting.

14:40 Race to Zero:‍
EOG Head of CSR & Sustainability, Katy Stevens, will update on the Race to Zero initiatives and plans for 2024.

15:00 Market Research:
Progress updates and key actions needed by members to ensure access to important datasets in 2024.

15:20 Membership:
Ongoing updates to membership.

15:30 Board and Governance:
Overview of terms, and confirmation of new or existing board members.

15:40 EOG Financials and Budget:
Presentation on the final budget outcomes for 2023 and a look ahead to 2024. Includes the proposed vote to discharge directors and approve the 2024 budgets and work plan

16:00 End of Meeting

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Voting items and results:
Below are the topics that were voted* on during the assembly

*Associated members are not permitted to vote.
Only 1 vote per organisation - multiple votes will be disregarded
Votes received before the meeting will not be counted

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1. Approval of the Annual Assembly agenda

             RESULT OF VOTING
             YES – 30
             NO – 0

      2. Approval of the Annual Report, the accounts for 2023, and discharge of the directors

             RESULT OF VOTING
             YES – 29
             NO – 0

      3. Board composition: vote for members standing for second term

            David Camps (Buff)

            RESULT OF VOTING
           YES – 29
            NO – 0

         Jan Lorch (Vaude)

            RESULT OF VOTING
            YES – 28
            NO – 1

         Matthias Gebhard (Bergfreunde)

            RESULT OF VOTING
            YES – 28
            NO – 1

      4. Board composition: confirmation of new board members

             Katrin Bauer (Ortovox)

             RESULT OF VOTING
             YES – 29
              NO – 0

       5. Approval of budget for 2024

             RESULT OF VOTING

             YES – 27
             NO – 1

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A recording of the meeting can be viewed below.

Password: EOG2024

(Confirmed minutes of the meeting can also be downloaded below.)

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If you have any questions or require more information please contact dan.thompson@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

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