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Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2016

The AIRC News Letter

For AIRC Members – May 2016
Editor: Thomas Krebs, thomas.krebs@skad.dk

NEWS Content
- AIRC Board met.
- General Meeting – Date set.
- Changes in board due to mergers.
- FOCWA with new organisation.

AIRC Board Meeting
28th and 29th of April met the Board at ZKF in Friedberg near Frankfurt. Participants were:
- Hans Peter Schneider, President
- Peter Börner, Vice President
- Thomas Krebs, PR
- Dr. Klaus Weichtmann, General Secretary

As guest joined Mr. Erik Papinski, Austria and Mr. Guido Buchmeier, Switzerland. Mr. Andreas Westermeyer from Austria joined the meeting, and later on Mr. Denis Maessen, President FOCWA and Mr.s. Femke Teeling, new General Secretary FOCWA, The Netherlands.

From left to right: Guido Buchmeier, Femke Teeling, Denis Maessen,
Hans-Peter Schneider, Peter Börner, Thomas Krebs, Erik Papinski,
Andreas Westermeyer, Klaus Weichtmann.

Due to the leave of Mrs. Hilde van de Stichele (Belgium) and Mr. Malcolm Tagg (UK), the board
is now to seats short. Therefore the meeting dealt with the situation and the progress in the AIRC. All agreed on, that the AIRC is a platform for organisations around Europe to meet and exchange information. AIRC presents the necessary network to be able to work locally in ones country.

The situation of moving the AIRC fully from the FOCWA, issue about finance and issue about logo and name were agreed on. It was positive that the FOCWA now is on a new path with a great
future ahead, and that the FOCWA supports the AIRC 100 %.

Interview with the President of the AIRC (in German)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2gbikZm1A

General Meeting – date set
The General Meeting will take place on the 6th of October 2016, with arrival and dinner on the 5th
of October. The place will be issued later. Please already now inform the AIRC headquarter about your participation to book rooms through e-mail: airc@zkf.de.

FOCWA moving to new premises
Mr. Denis Meassen introduced the new General Secretary of the FOCWA and informed about the development. The FOCWA is moving to new premises more in the central of The Netherlands.
A lot of changes in the organisation happened to meet the member’s requirements.

AIRC Office
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