FIG General Assembly
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Welcome to this 45th FIG General Assembly, partly online, and primarily in Warsaw, Poland.
In 2021 the entire General Assembly had to be online. It worked, and it was possible to carry through the General Assembly. But the online version was held because it was not possible to meet in person. In the future, the main focus will be on the onsite meeting.
2021 was also the first year experiencing online voting. We used the system SimplyVoting and it worked satisfactorily. Due to the remaining uncertainty of travelling from some areas FIG Council has decided also in 2022 to continue online voting.
The General Assembly 2022 will be a mixed General Assembly.
The first session will be only online and will take place one week
before the Congress starts.
There will be two on-site sessions during the Congress days and both
sessions will be with live broadcast.
The following will explain in detail the format and procedure of the General Assembly.
Go to:(see the full Congress programme at www.fig.net/fig2022)
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Sunday, 4 September 2022 |
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| 10:00-12:00 CEST | online | General Assembly
Session 1: Regular agenda items and reports The link to attend this session is: https://live.evenea.com/262-365-403 This link will take you to a registration page, and when you have registered you will receive an individual link This session will include most of the agenda items |
| Voting on the adoption of the general agenda items will start after this General Assembly session | ||
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Sunday, 11 September 2022 |
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| 13:00-15:00 CEST | Warsaw with broadcast |
General Assembly
Session 2: Get to know your candidates An introduction to the President and Vice President candidates Q&A session with the president candidates Presentations by vice president candidates The link to this session is: https://meeting15.com/en/join-event/fig-international-federation-of-surveyors-xxvii-fig-congress-2022/4606 If you will attend on 4 September your online registration will be transferred. |
| online | Voting for Vice President candidates start shortly after the session at 16:00 (CEST) | |
| NB - Voting for President candidate starts Tuesday 13 September 18:00 (CEST) | ||
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Monday, 12 September 2022 |
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| 16:30-18:00 CEST | Warsaw | Member Association
Forum by invitation only (no online attendance or broadcast and no recording) |
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Tuesday, 13 September 2022 |
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| 9:00-11:00 CEST | Warsaw | Director Generals Forum (Affiliate members) (no online attendance or broadcast and no recording) |
| 18:00 CEST | The voting for President starts | |
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Wednesday, 14 September 2022 |
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| 16:30-18:00 CEST | Warsaw |
Academic Member Forum – jointly organised by FIG
Commission 2 and FAO (will be broadcast) |
| 16:30-18:00 CEST | Warsaw with broadcast |
Presidents meeting
by invitation only (no online attendance or broadcast and no recording) |
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Thursday, 15 September 2022 |
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| 10:00-13:00 CEST | Warsaw with broadcast |
General Assembly
Session 3: Results of the elections, follow up on the Congress
activities and what to expect in the coming years The link to this session is: https://meeting15.com/en/join-event/fig-international-federation-of-surveyors-xxvii-fig-congress-2022/4606 |
All members are encouraged to participate in the General Assembly (as well as all other interested). Each member is encouraged to appoint an official representative. With the appointment of an official representative, FIG considers the respective member as being “present” at the General Assembly.
Eligible to vote are member associations (MA) in good standing. The appointed official representative will be the person who will receive the emails with the links to votings and who will cast the votes on behalf of the association.
Please note that only member associations in good standing will be able to vote at the General Assembly. This means that the association does not have unpaid arrears from 2021 or earlier. FIG Office will send out reminders to all members in arrears. If you are in doubt whether your association has unpaid, please contact FIG Office at FIG@fig.net. Payment of arrears must be received before 2 September 2022 in order for the member association to register and to be included in the first voting on general matters. Later payments will be considered as not received in due time.
For the two other elections (two vice presidents and president) it is
possible to pay onsite the latest on Sunday 11 September before the
General Assembly starts in order to be included in the elections.
All member associations are asked to appoint their official delegate the
latest on 25 August 2022. This will be done through
this google form:
https://forms.gle/VUCLEbzs5qDt7ysU6
If you cannot access the google form, please contact FIG-Director Louise Friis-Hansen to receive the form directly (in .doc format) LFH@fig.net
For the online session on 4 September we will use a special online system (for this session only) called Evenea and all who want to attend must register separately to this session.
This is the link to the
registration and to access this session:
https://live.evenea.com/262-365-403
The onsite sessions will take place in Warsaw Poland, at Doubletree by Hilton Conference Centre. We encourage you to attend in person. Register here for the full congress
If you will not be able to attend in person it will be possible to follow the sessions online. The sessions will also be recorded and made available afterwards.
If you have already registered for the congress with online attendance you will also have access to these sessions. If not, you can register for online attendance for the full conference here
In case you ONLY want to attend the General Assembly sessions and NOT the full congress, please register here
The challenge of a global event with online attendance will be the different time zones. Since the on-site Congress will take place in Poland, this time zone, CEST (Central European Summer Time) will be used in general.
Voting will be online and will take place in different rounds. Official delegates who attend onsite in Warsaw will also vote online. Please make sure that you have access to your email. For each voting round an email is sent to the official delegate from SimplyVoting.com with instructions on how to logon. For those associations with more than one vote, separate emails for each vote will be sent.
We will be using the online voting system Simply Voting (https://www.simplyvoting.com/) which is the same system as in 2021. In order to make sure that each member association can vote (due to the different time zones and eventually instable internet connection) we will give you sufficient time to cast your vote. When a voting ends FIG Director and the appointed tellers, will get a certified report from Simply Voting with the result. In case a delegate is not able to access the system the tellers can confidentially assist with the cast of vote.
All member associations will be asked to appoint an official
representative for the voting. Submission of the official representative
must be done here:
https://forms.gle/VUCLEbzs5qDt7ysU6
Please note: It is important that we get a valid email address for the official representative. The links to the voting sheets will be sent to the email address that you provide to us, and only to this one email address. You cannot enter more than one email address.
Members who have two or three votes will receive two or three emails – please note it is possible to vote separately in each of the voting sheets.
The official representative from each member in good standing will receive emails coming from simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet. The system ensures that it is not possible to see how the votes are cast.
There will be three voting processes:
The voting sheet for all other items will include the following topics:
| This voting will take place over 3 days |
Start: Sunday 4 September 16:00
(4PM) CEST End: Wednesday 7 September 10:00 (10AM) CEST |
Two Vice Presidents must be elected. There are four candidates.
This means that at least two voting rounds are needed and can be up to
four voting rounds. According to the statutes:
Election of the first Vice President:
IF: one candidate gets 50% or more votes in the first
round this candidate is elected. Election continues to the election of
the 2nd candidate between the two candidates who received the most votes
in the first round.
IF: no candidate gets 50% of the votes there will be a
new round of voting for 1st candidate between the two candidates with
the most votes.
Election of the second Vice President will be done
between the remaining three candidates:
IF: one candidate gets 50% or more votes in the
first round this candidate is elected. Election continues to the
election of the 2nd candidate between the two candidates who received
the most votes in the first round.
IF: no candidate gets 50% of the votes there will be a
new round of voting for 1st candidate between the two candidates with
the most votes.
| First voting round |
Start: Monday 12 September 18:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 08:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 09:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 23:00 CEST |
| Third voting round ** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 00:00 (Midnight) CEST, End: Wednesday 14 September 14:00 CEST |
| Fourth voting round *** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 15:00 CEST End: Thursday 15 September 05:00 CEST |
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14 hours per round |
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Please note the schedule has been changed - 12 September 2022
| First voting round |
Start: Sunday 11 September 18:00 CEST End: Monday 12 September 14:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Monday 12 September 16:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 12:00 CEST |
| Third voting round ** |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 14:00 CEST,
End: Wednesday 14 September 10:00 CEST |
| Fourth voting round *** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 12:00 CEST End: Thursday 15 September 8:00 CEST |
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20 hours per round |
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The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote will receive an email from www.simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet when each of the voting rounds starts, and one reminder if no vote has been cast after 10 hours.
There are three candidates for the position for President. This means that there will either be one or two rounds of voting. The voting will be started on Tuesday 13 September at 18:00 CEST to give the president candidates some time in Warsaw before the voting begins.
IF: one candidate gets 50% or more votes in the first round this candidate is elected.
IF: no candidate gets 50% of the votes in the first round there will be a new round of voting between the two candidates with the most votes.
| First voting round |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 18:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 14:00 CEST |
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18 hours per round |
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The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote will receive an email from www.simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet when the voting starts, and one reminder.
For each new round of voting, all official appointed member association representatives will receive an email.
The voting system is generating anonymous replies which means that no-one can see who has voted what. Further, no-one can see the result until the voting round has been finalised. A reminder will be sent at a certain time before deadline from the system to those who have not voted. All this is done automatically.
Process 1:
Process 2:
Process 3:
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For the full Working Week programme check: http://www.fig.net/fig2021
We ask for your active participation:
Special information to member associations: Please
submit in this second form the name and contact details of your official
delegate. This is needed in order to vote. Read more under “Voting” and
“Roll Call”.
https://forms.gle/VUCLEbzs5qDt7ysU6
Deadline 25 August 2022
for the meetings to be held on
Sunday 4 September (online),
Sunday 11 September and Thursday 15 September 2022 at
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw, Poland
This online version of the agenda includes link to all appendices in .pdf.
To download the agenda in .pdf please click here:
Agenda (pdf, 35 pages)
Note: Revisions are shown only on the .htm version of the agenda and marked with colour.
The individual appendix files can be downloaded below under each item in pdf format.
PLEASE NOTE: FIG Office has sent invitation and agenda only by email. The General Assembly has been announced previously directly to all members.
Changes to the agenda after it was originally distributed by email to the member associations are marked in this agenda with colour and date.
President Rudolf Staiger to open the 45th General Assembly.
Agenda items 1-20 will be included in General Assembly session 1 –
online 4 September 2022
Agenda items 21-23 will be included in General Assembly session 2 – 11
September 2022 in Warsaw, Poland
Agenda items 25-39 will be included in General Assembly session 3 – 15
September 2022 in Warsaw Poland
Both official members and also persons with an interest in FIG are encouraged to participate in the General Assembly.
All member associations are asked to appoint their official delegate
the latest on 25 August 2022. This will be done through this google
form:
https://forms.gle/VUCLEbzs5qDt7ysU6
If you cannot access the google form, please contact FIG Director Louise Friis-Hansen to receive the form directly (in .doc format) LFH@fig.net
With the appointment of an official representative, FIG considers the members as “present” at the General Assembly. It is important that you register your official delegate. There will be a roll call for the attendees being present in Warsaw for session 2 and 3.
Please note that only member associations in good standing will be able to vote at the General Assembly. This means that the association does not have unpaid arrears from 2021 or earlier. FIG Office will send out reminders to all members in arrears. If you are in doubt whether your association has unpaid, please contact FIG Office at FIG@fig.net. Payment of arrears must be received before 31 August 2022 in order for the member association to register and to be included in the first voting on general matters. Later payments will be considered as not received in due time.
For the two other elections (two vice presidents and president) it is possible to pay onsite the latest on Sunday 11 September before the General Assembly starts in order to be included in the elections.
Appendix to item 2, 21 & 25: Roll Call including information on member associations that are not allowed to vote at the General Assembly because of unpaid membership fees for 2021 and earlier. (updated 3 September 2022)
Motion: Those members who have assigned an official delegate are recorded in the minutes as present for all sessions. In addition we make a roll call for those who are represented in person in Warsaw on 11 and 15 September.
Decision:
Normally the General Assembly shall appoint two persons as tellers for the entire General Assembly. Since voting will take place online through a secure voting system, SimplyVoting, a certified report from SimplyVoting with the results will be published.
The voting sheets will be prepared by FIG-Office and two appointed tellers will apart from FIG Director have access to the SimplyVoting system.
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Security, Reliability and Transparency of the Electronic Voting It is important to note that nobody within FIG including the two tellers will have access to details of the cast votes. The voting itself runs fully automatic and is under the external control of Simply Voting Inc., 5160 Decarie Boulevard Suite 502, Montreal, QC H3X 2H9, Canada. For more information please. visit the website www.simplyvoting.com |
The voting system allows the tellers to see who has cast a vote and when this has been done, but they cannot see any details on what each delegate has voted, nor can they see any results until the voting is finalised and a report has been created by SimplyVoting. Once the voting is over the overall result will be published by the system.
FIG Council suggests to appoint the two representatives nominated for honorary membership:
Motion: That the General Assembly appoints two tellers:
Decision:
The General Assembly was announced through the newsletter and on FIG web site, and the Agenda for the General Assembly was published in July on the web site and sent by email to all members.
Motion: That the agenda for 2022 will be adopted
Decision:
The minutes from 2020/2021 have been circulated previously. The General Assembly 2020 was held together with the General Assembly 2021, hence the agendas and minutes of these two assemblies are merged.
Appendix to item 5: The minutes of the General Assembly held online in June 2021
Motion: That the minutes are adopted as recorded.
Decision:
FIG has received no new applications for membership since the 44th General Assembly.
There are no other Member Association issues
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the update.
Decision:
The General Assembly has power to expel from the Federation any member association whose fees are in arrears and shall under normal circumstances expel any member association whose fees are three years in arrears. (Article 4.3 of the Statutes).
The FIG office has sent information to these associations informing that if their membership fees are still in arrears at the time of the General Assembly the General Assembly shall expel the above member associations at its meeting on 4 September 2022 unless FIG Office receives payment from the associations.
After acceptance of the new member association and before expulsions, the number of FIG member associations is 102 from 85 countries.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes that at this General Assembly there are two members to expel unless FIG office receives payment from the associations:
Decision:
In accordance with its administrative measures, FIG Council, has deferred to continue for 2022 the issuance of a membership subscription invoice to the following members and FIG Council deem their membership to be in suspension:
the Order of Syrian Engineers and Architects, OSEA as all efforts to maintain contact with them has not yielded results and will deem their membership in suspension giving due consideration to its internal situation.
Licensed Surveyors Association in Palestine
Iranian Society of Surveyors (ISS) (international ban makes it impossible for them to transfer the registration fee)
to suspended status as again an international ban makes it impossible for them to transfer the registration fee.
The situation with these associations will be reconsidered by Council again in 2023.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members in suspension.
Decision:
6.5.1 Affiliate members
There has been one application for affiliate membership since the General Assembly 2021.
Two affiliate members have been expelled:
After these changes the number of Affiliate members is 43 from 42 countries.
6.5.2 Corporate members
FIG Council has admitted one application for corporate membership:
The following member has resigned its membership of FIG:
FIG Council has expelled the following members due to lack of payment of membership fee:
After these changes, the number of corporate members is now 20.
6.5.3 Academic members
FIG Council has admitted three new Academic members since the General Assembly 2021:
The payment structure of the Academic Members was changed in 2013 so that Academic Members would be invoiced every 4 years instead of every year. The four-year payment will reward the members with a 50% discount. Academic members were invoiced in 2014, 2018 and again in 2022.
In 2021 FIG Council expelled all academic members who had not paid their arrears from 2018:
The number of Academic Members after these changes is 78 from 49 countries.
6.5.4 Correspondents
The number of correspondent members are five. The current correspondents are coming from Maldives, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tonga and Venezuela.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the actions that the Council has taken with other membership matters.
Decision:
President Rudolf Staiger has prepared the President’s report on the activities of the Federation since the General Assembly in 2021 that was held online (from the Netherlands).
Appendix to item 7:
| All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance to the President and his Council on FIG matters and the latest on 1 September 2022 at: https://forms.gle/Zs7caGigfysiRUmF9 |
Motion: That the General Assembly accepts the President’s report 2022.
Decision:
The Council has received two nominations for Honorary Members:
Appendix to agenda item 8: The nomination letters for:
According to the Statutes paragraph 3.1.7 an individual who has materially assisted the development and promotion of the surveying profession at the international level can be appointed as an honorary member. Nomination for this appointment shall be made by a member association or the Council, which will consider it and submit it to a vote of the General Assembly.
The Council has considered both proposals and decided to propose to the General Assembly that it appoints Prof. Volker Schwieger and Mr Stephne Djaba as Honorary Members of the Federation for the outstanding services they have provided to the Federation in different positions and functions.
Motion: That FIG General Assembly appoints Dr Robin McLaren, Mr Jim Smith and Prof. Michael Barry as Honorary Members of FIG.
Decision:
FIG has continued to collaborate with the World Bank and various agencies and structures within the United Nations.
The main activities in the co-operation with the United Nations and the World Bank during this period have been:
Participation to FAO and the Voluntary Guidelines, VGGT
Under a Letter of Agreement, several sessions were included in the
technical programme of FIG e-Working Week 2021 including a keynote
presentation. Again in 2022 a letter of Agreement has been signed for
FAO activities during the FIG Congress 2022. Included is a session
organised in cooperation with FIG Commission 8 on Multi-purpose land
consolidation and the Academic Members Forum organised together with FIG
Commission 2 on: VGGT & UNCCD COP 14.
Two joint FAO, FIG and UN-ECE-WPLA publications are being produced, of which one of them will be published in the FIG Publication series and the second in the FAO series, Knowledge for Investment:
A special joint FAO, FIG, UNECE/WPLA session dedicated to these
publications will be held during the congress.
Participation to Global Land Tool Network GLTN:
Participation to the work of UN-GGIM
Participation to the work of the International Committee on Global
Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
Participation to UN-OOSA, Co-chairing WG-D
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report on the co-operation between FIG and the United Nations, its agencies and the World Bank and records its thanks to all those who have contributed to this co-operation.
Decision:
The Joint Board of Spatial Information Societies JB-GIS was formally
established during the FIG Working Week in Cairo in 2005. The name was
in 2017 changed to UN-GGIM-Geospatial Societies. The Geospatial
Societies meet annually during the United Nations Committee of Experts
on Global Geospatial Information Management meetings.
The meeting of UN-GGIM-GS in 2021 was held online.
FIG has been in the lead of UN-GGIM-GS for the two year term
08.2020-08.2022
FIG has collaborative MoUs with several organizations who are part of
the Geospatial Societies.IG has further bilateral agreements of
co-operation with several other international associations like ECCE,
ISM, IFHP, CIB, IAO, IHO, ION, ICEC, FIABCI, IFHS, PAIGH, PAQS, and UIA.
FIG has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Stand for Her Land Campaign (S4HL) https://fig.net/news/news_2022/01_stand-for-her-land.asp
With the MoU FIG and S4HL agree to work together to:
FIG Chair of Commission 10, Alan Muse, is chair of the International Construction Measurement Standards Standard Setting Committee. FIG is represented on the ICMS Trustee Board by the President.
FIG is represented in International Land Measurement Standard Coalition by Mr. Maurice Barbieri.
FIG is member of the Ethics Standard Committee.
FIG is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and is working together with ISO and International Valuation Standards Committee (IVSC) on land and surveying related standards.
Again in 2022 there were various activities around the world celebrating Global Surveyors day on and around 21 March 2022
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report on the liaison with other international associations.
Decision:
The financial report will be presented to the General Assembly. This report includes the auditor’s report from 2021, official accounts (income statement 20221) and balance sheet at 31 December 2021, an updated budget for 2022 and proposals for budgets 2023-2025 and proposal for membership fees for member associations in 2024.
Appendix to item 11:
Report on Financial Issues (including 2020 accounts and budgets 2021-2024)
Annexes:
| All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance to the financial results, the budget and financial matters in general, and the latest on 25 August 2022 at: https://forms.gle/Zs7caGigfysiRUmF9 |
Motion: That the General Assembly:
Decision:
The General Assembly has to set levels of fees for member associations two years in advance of the year in which they become payable. Fees are payable in respect of each individual member up to a maximum of 5,500 members. Membership fees have been discussed as part of the finance report, appendix to item 11.
The 2021 General Assembly approved membership fees for 2023 as follows:
| Per capita fee | Minimum fee | Maximum fee | |
| 2023 | € 4.80 per member
up to a maximum of 5,500 members Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay € 2.40 member up to a maximum of 5,500 members. |
25 members or € 50 (whichever is greater) | 5,500 members (€ 26,400) |
The World Bank lists of the low-income economies and the lower-middle-income economies are available at: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups
The General Assembly decided in 2017 to increase subscription fees with 8% for 2019 after subscription fees have been kept at the same level for the years 2012-2018. This level has been kept in the following years. FIG Council has discussed the fees in the light of the current inflation. Even though this will affect the budget Council suggest keeping this same rate for 2024.
It must be noted that in 2021 FIG Council granted a 20% reduction of fee to all members due to the difficulties during the Covid19 Pandemic.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts following membership fees payable by member associations in 2024:
| Per capita fee | Minimum fee | Maximum fee | |
| 2024 | € 4.80 per member
up to a maximum of 5,500 members Member associations from countries listed by the World Bank as low-income economies or lower-middle-income economies shall pay € 2.40 member up to a maximum of 5,500 members. |
25 members or € 50 (whichever is greater) | 5,500 members (€ 26,400) |
Decision:
Mr. John Hohol, President of the FIG Foundation has prepared a written report on the FIG Foundation activities in 2021-2022.
During the past year two Directors have resigned from their posts:
David Mitchell has been Director of FIG Foundation representing Commission 2 during his term of commission chair. He has earlier expressed his wish to resign from this post due to a too large workload and he stepped out in 2021. His profile has been scientific/academic.
Mike Barry has been on the board since 2006 and has decided due to personal circumstances to step down. He has secured the scientific/academic line of the Foundation over the years. Mike Barry was in 2021 appointed Honorary Member of FIG for his longstanding involvement to FIG.
FIG Council has appointed two new Directors:
FIG Council thanks the two outgoing Directors for their valuable contributions over the years and welcomes the two new directors.
The FIG Foundation President will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 13:
| All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions in advance to FIG Foundation and the latest on 25 August 2022 at: https://forms.gle/Zs7caGigfysiRUmF9 |
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the written report of the President of the FIG Foundation and records its thanks to the President and members of the Board of Directors of the FIG Foundation for their past year’s work
Decision:
The Commission Chairs have prepared a written report for each commission which are attached to this agenda item. Delegates are asked to read the reports carefully. At the first General Assembly session (online) there will be a short oral report on the commission work.
The Chairs will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 14: Commission reports:
| Commission 1 | Report | video presentation |
| Commission 2 | Report | |
| Commission 3 | Report | |
| Commission 4 | Report | |
| Commission 5 | Report | video presentation |
| Commission 6 | Report | |
| Commission 7 | Report | |
| Commission 8 | Report | |
| Commission 9 | Report | |
| Commission 10 | Report |
| All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions to the commission chairs in advance and the latest on 25 August at: https://forms.gle/Zs7caGigfysiRUmF9 |
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the reports of the Commission Chairs and records its thanks to the chairs and other officers of the Commissions for their ongoing contributions.
Decision:
FIG Young Surveyors Network is for the term 2021-22 chaired by Kwabena Asiama. Attached to this agenda is a report on the FIG Young Surveyors activities during the past year. The Chair of FIG Young Surveyors will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 15.1:
2021: Young Surveyors Report
Motion: that the General Assembly adopts the written report, and thanks all the many active Young Surveyors.
Decision:
The Chair of the network, David Martin has prepared a written report to the General Assembly of the activities 2021-22. The Chair of the Standards Network will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 15.2 –
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report from the Network and records its thanks to the Chair of the Network and its members.
Decision:
The chairs of the two networks have prepared a written report on the status of the networks.
The Chair of the Asia/Pacific Network, Rob Sarib is willing to continue as chair for the coming term (2023-26). FIG Council has agreed to this decision.
Prof. Jennifer Whittal had expressed her interest to continue as chair of the FIG Africa Regional Network (ARN) for the coming term, however with her academic profile FIG Foundation and FIG Council wished to see her as Director of the FIG Foundation. It is not possible to continue in both positions at the same time. Jennifer has kindly accepted to become one of the FIG Foundation Directors, although she also expresses her sorrow to leave ARN.
Instead, FIG Council has appointed Surv. Mohmmed Mamman Kabir from Nigeria as new chair of ARN for the coming term gradually taking over from Jennifer Whittal so that she could finalise some of the current activities that she had started, and with full effect after the General Assembly 2022.
More information. https://www.fig.net/news/news_2022/03_africa_regional_network.asp
The Chairs of the Regional Capacity Development Networks will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 15.3
Motion:That the General Assembly adopts the reports from the networks, notes the update and appointments made by FIG Council, and records its thanks to the Chair of the Network and its members.
Decision:
Prof. Dr. Christiaan Lemmen, Director of OICRF has prepared a written
report on the OICRF activities. In the report OICRF has proposed that
the General Assembly appoints Dr Eva-Maria Unger as the new Director of
OICRF. Ms Pauline van Elsland will continue her activities as secretary
of OICRF. FIG Council supports this change.
Dr. Eva-Maria Unger will precede Prof. Christiaan Lemmen who will retire
from OICRF after leading the institution for 12 years.
The proposed Chair of the Permanent Institution will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 15.4:
OICRF report - 2021-August 2022
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and appoints Dr. Eva-Maria Unger as the new OICRF Director. Ms. Pauline van Elsland will continue her activities as OICRF Secretary and that the General Assembly records its thanks to the members of OICRF for their past year’s work and sincere thanks to Prof. Christiaan Lemmen for his long and outstanding work in OICRF.
Decision:
Mr. Jan de Graeve, Director of the IIHSM and Mr. John Brock have prepared a report on the IIHSM. Representatives of the Permanent Institution will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
Appendix to item 15.5:
IIHS&M Report
Motion:That the General Assembly adopts the report and records its thanks to the Director and the members of the permanent institution for their past year’s work and contribution.
Decision:
| All members and individuals interested in FIG have the option and are encouraged to comment and ask questions to the networks, and permanent institutions in advance and the latest on 25 August 2022 at: https://forms.gle/Zs7caGigfysiRUmF9 |
In 2019 FIG Council established a Task Force that will focus on FIG and the Sustainable Development Goals. This Task Force is chaired by Ms. Paula Dijkstra from the Netherlands. The Task Force has organised a special session in the technical programme at the Congress. Over the past six months the Task Force has published a news item each month with focus on a commission or network chair and their approach to the SDG’s. With this work done, and still more areas to focus on in regard to FIG and the SDG's the Task Force recommends that the Task Force will continue during the next term.The Chair of the Task Force will be ready during general assembly session 1 to respond to questions and comments from the delegates.
To be presented in session 3
Appendix to item 16:
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report and notes the recommendations and updates.
Decision:
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The History of Surveying - 7 volumes covering Three Millenniums of Measurement of Earth. These seven books include a life-long research and work of Jim Smith and Jan De Graeve on the History of Surveying. Only a 100 Special Edition Sets of the seven volumes have been printed. The printing of these Special Editions has been made possible by Trimble, and all income from the books are donated in full to FIG Foundation. |
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Motion: That the General Assembly notes the new publications.
Decision:
2028 is a special year as it is the 150th anniversary of FIG. Already in 2019 the two French associations OGE and AFT expressed their interest at the presidents meeting to host the FIG Working Week in 2028. The two associations have already done a quite extensive work to prepare a bidding material.
On one hand, Council wants to respect the power and constitutional role of the General Assembly. On the other hand, Council supports the idea of celebrating our 150th anniversary in Paris with the Working Week 2028. Paris is the natural and obvious place because FIG was founded 150 years ago exactly there.
With this background, FIG Council would like to see the Working Week 2028 taking place in Paris but will be open for discussion and listen whether GA is supporting this idea or if there are any objections or concerns.
Appendix to Agenda item 18:
Letter of interest from OEG and ATF, France
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Presentations:
Motion: That the General Assembly gives FIG Council the power to select the destination for the anniversary year 2028.
Decision:
According to the FIG Statutes and Internal Rules the General Assembly appoints Commission Chairs at its meeting two years prior to the Congress. In 2020 it was suggested to postpone this election to 2021. These Chairs Elects will then become Chairs of the Commissions for the next term of office. Thus, the General Assembly shall appoint at this meeting Commission Chairs for term of office 1.17.2023-31.12.2026.
Nominations from 2021:
| Commission 1: | Timothy W. Burch | Nomination | NSPS | USA |
| Commission 2: | Dimo Todorovski | Nomination | GIN | Netherlands |
| Commission 3: | Sagi Daylot | Nomination | ALSI | Israel |
| Commission 4: | Malavige Don Eranda Kanachana Gunathilaka |
Nomination | SISL | Sri Lanka |
| Commission 5: | Ryan Keenan | Nomination | SSSI | Australia |
| Commission 6: | Werner Lienhart | Nomination | OVG | Austria |
| Commission 7: | Rohan Bennett | Nomination | SSSI/GIN | Australia/Netherlands |
| Commission 8: | Kwabena
Asiama |
Nomination | GhIS | Ghana |
| Commission 9: | Peter Ache | Nomination | DVW | Germany |
| Commission 10: | Anil Sawhney | Nomination | RICS | United Kingdom |
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Motion: That the General Assembly appoints the above mentioned commission chairs for term of office 1.1.2023-31.12.2026
Decision:
At the General Assembly in 2021 an Engagement Committee was installed
for a trial period. The main idea for the Engagement Committee was to
encourage a number of potential candidates for the various positions in
FIG. The Engagement Committee started its work right after the General
Assembly 2021. A report from the committee has been submitted on their
experience and recommendation. The trial period continues during the
coming 2-3 years with a specific focus on new potential Chairs Elects.
https://fig.net/news/news_2021/10_engagement_committee.asp
Appendix to agenda item 20:
Evaluation report from the Engagement
Committee
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Motion: that the General Assembly adopts the report from the Engagement Committee and that FIG Council will evaluate the recommendations in the report for the future work of the Engagement Committee.
Decision:
All members who have appointed an official delegate will be listed in
the roll call as present during all sessions.
In addition there will be a new roll call for members attending in
person in Warsaw, Poland.
Appendix to item 2, 21 & 25: Roll Call including information on member associations that are not allowed to vote at the General Assembly because of unpaid membership fees for 2021 and earlier. (updated 3 September 2022)
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members who are present in person in this session 2 of the General Assembly.
Decision:
The Council has received three nominations for the post of FIG President (mentioned in the alphabetic order of the first name):
The profile templates and introduction videos are attached to the agenda.
This General Assembly session will include a Q&A session with the three candidates in which they will be given time to elaborate on their ideas and goals for developing the FIG agenda.
The election will take place during the Congress, starting Tuesday 13 September 18:00 (CEST). The election will be online. There will be given 20 hours per round of voting.
There are three candidates for the position for President. This means that there will either be one or two rounds of voting. The voting will be started on Tuesday 13 September at 18:00 CEST to give the president candidates some time in Warsaw before the voting begins.
If there will be no absolute majority in the first vote, a second vote will be organised between those two candidates that have most votes.IF: one candidate gets 50% or more votes in the first round this candidate is elected.
IF: no candidate gets 50% of the votes in the first round there will be a new round of voting between the two candidates with the most votes.
| First voting round |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 18:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 14:00 CEST |
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18 hours per round |
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The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote will receive an email from www.simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet when the voting starts, and one reminder. Please note that members with two or three votes will receive two or three emails. Each voting sheet will be filled out individually.
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Appendix to item 22 and 26: Profile templates and promotion material of the candidates for FIG President 2023-26
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the presentations of the candidates, makes its careful consideration for the online election and elects a new President for the term 2023-2026.
Decision:
FIG Council has received four proposals for the two open posts of FIG Vice President for the term 2023 to 2026 (mentioned in the alphabetic order of the first name):
The profile templates and video presentations of each candidate are attached to this agenda.
In this second session of the General Assembly on 11 September 2022 each candidate will have time to present themselves.
The elections will take place online and will start shortly after session 2 on 11 September 2022. Each election round will be open for 20 hours - changed to 14 hours. The election will follow the FIG Statutes and internal rules. The election will take place one position at a time. If there will be no absolute majority in the first voting, a second vote will be organized between those two candidates that have most votes. Hereafter there will be another voting round between the remaining three candidates for the last post. The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote will receive an email when each of the voting rounds starts, and one reminder if no vote has been cast.
| First voting round |
Start: Monday 12 September 18:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 08:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 09:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 23:00 CEST |
| Third voting round ** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 00:00 (Midnight) CEST, End: Wednesday 14 September 14:00 CEST |
| Fourth voting round *** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 15:00 CEST End: Thursday 15 September 05:00 CEST |
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14 hours per round |
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Please note the schedule has been changed - 12 September 2022
| First voting round |
Start: Sunday 11 September 18:00 CEST End: Monday 12 September 14:00 CEST |
| Second voting round * |
Start: Monday 12 September 16:00 CEST End: Tuesday 13 September 12:00 CEST |
| Third voting round ** |
Start: Tuesday 13 September 14:00 CEST,
End: Wednesday 14 September 10:00 CEST |
| Fourth voting round *** |
Start: Wednesday 14 September 12:00 CEST End: Thursday 15 September 8:00 CEST |
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20 hours per round |
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The appointed delegates from each member association eligible to vote will receive an email from www.simplyvoting.com with a link to the voting sheet when each of the voting rounds starts, and one reminder if no vote has been cast.
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Appendix to item 23 and 27: Profiles of the candidates
(graphic of schedule was deleted - 12 September 2022)
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the presentations of the candidates, makes its careful consideration for the online election and elects two Vice Presidents for the term 2023-2026.
Decision:
The Presidents Meeting is convened by the FIG President and is reserved for Presidents or Heads of delegations of Member Associations (or their representatives).
The meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 14 September 2022 at 16:30 – 18:00.
All members who have appointed an official delegate will be listed in
the roll call.
There will be a new roll call for members attending in person in Warsaw,
Poland.
Appendix to item 2, 21 & 25: Roll Call including information on member associations that are not allowed to vote at the General Assembly because of unpaid membership fees for 2021 and earlier. (updated 3 September 2022)
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the members who are present in person in this session 3 of the General Assembly.
Decision:
The General Assembly has been presented to the nominations,
information material and presentations in session 2, and the voting will
take place online 13-15 September.
The result of the online voting will be presented by FIG Council.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting result.
Decision:
The General Assembly has been presented to the nominations,
information material and presentations in session 2, and the voting will
take place online 11-15 September.
The result of the online voting will be presented by FIG Council.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting result.
Decision:
The voting on all other agenda items took place right after the first General Assembly session on 4 September. The result of the online voting will be presented by FIG Council.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting result.
Decision:
The General Assembly have been asked to appoint the nominated and elected commission chairs elects to commission chairs.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes and adopts the voting result
Decision:
The Council will decide on other membership issues, if any, considered in Warsaw and bring them for the General Assembly for decision or information as necessary.
The Land Reform Association, Belarus (MA-10007) has been a member of FIG for many years. They have unfortunately informed that in the summer of 2022, the association was liquidated, and ceased to exist. Added 7 September 2022
Ordre des Géomètres Experts de Côte d’Ivoire (OGECI), MA-10129 has paid its membership fee and is now not being expelled.
There are now 96 member associations.
Motion: That the General Assembly decides on the membership issues based on the proposal of the Council.
Decision:
During the Congress there will be Member Association Forum, the Director General's/Affiliate Members Forum, Academic Members Forum, Regional Bodies Forum and Corporate Members Meeting. They may report back to the General Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of general interest to the General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s)
Decision:
FIG Commissions will have their annual meetings, administrative meetings and technical sessions during the Congress. They may report back to the General Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of general interest to the General Assembly. Any other activities from the Congress may be reported back to the General Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of general interest to the General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s).
Decision:
Networks, Task Forces, Permanent Institutions, FIG Foundation and
others will have meetings and technical sessions in Warsaw. They may
report back to the General Assembly on any issues that may need the
endorsement of or are of general interest to the General Assembly. Any
other activities from the Congress may be reported back to the General
Assembly on any issues that may need the endorsement of or are of
general interest to the General Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report(s).
Decision:
Any other issues that the members want to raise for discussion.
Motion: That the discussion will be recorded and the Council will consider action that will be required.
Decision:
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI) will give a presentation on preparations of FIG Congress 2026.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from SSSI will give a presentation on preparations of FIG Working Week 2025.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from GhIS and LISAC will give a presentation on preparations of FIG Working Week 2024.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
Representatives from the Local Organising Committee from NSPS will give a presentation on preparations of FIG Working Week 2023.
Motion: That the General Assembly records the report.
Decision:
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