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Minutes
Euro2
Meeting
Held
in Turku Finland June 2007
The meeting was opened at 14.00hrs by Chairman Marko
of RT2Turku, the hosting Table, who welcomed the members present.
Present for the meeting were a maximum of two voting
delegates from:
 | Turku
(hosting)
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| South
Africa-Durban
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| Portsmouth
/ South sea, UK
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| Nicosia,
Cyprus
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| Malta
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| Tallinn,
Estonia
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| Reykjavik,
Iceland
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| Luxemburg
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Aims
& Objects
| Mika
of RT2 Turku read the Aims and Objects of Round Table International.
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Notice of Meeting
| The
Notice convening the Meeting was approved
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Meeting procedures
| Tony
Zahra proposed that a secretary be appointed to take the Minutes of
the Meeting and also proposed Jason Lauri of RT2 Malta as Secretary.
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| Jason
was elected to act as secretary to the meeting
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| Mika
from RT Turku accepted to act as Master at Arms for the meeting.
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Apologies
| None
received
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Previous Minutes
| The
minutes of the previous Meeting where presented and approved.
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Matters Arising: Euro 2 Banner
| Luxemburg
referred to the Euro2 banner and said that although the Minutes stated
that they had the banner, this was not in their possession. Tony Zahra
said that the banner is actually in Malta after being recovered at
some stage by himself and Orri of Iceland. He said it has also been
restored, and is in good hands! Nothing
was known, however regarding the whereabouts of the Euro2 scrap book
and it was stated that this was probably lost in Poland.
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Presentation of 2008, Euro2 meeting:
Program by Malta
| Malta
as the indicated organizers of the Euro2 Meeting in 2008 distributed
details of the pre-tour and meeting program they are planning.
Malta’s chairman Sandro Zammit indicated the highlights of
the proposed program. The pre-tour is scheduled for May 26 to May 29
whilst the Meeting is scheduled for May 29 to June 1 2008.
After the presentation, Malta was confirmed as the venue for
the 2008 Euro2 meeting, and was given standing ovation by all the
participants. Chairman Sandro thanked Tony for creating and
coordinating the presentation.
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Proposal for 2009 hosting of Euro 2
| Orri
from RT2 Iceland presented their proposal to organize the 2009 Euro 2
meeting. Proposal is to
host the Euro 2 meeting in Reykjavik Iceland.
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Voting on Indicated candidate for Euro 2 2009
| Prior
to voting, Tony Zahra reminded the meeting that it had been repeatedly
agreed in the past that once a country has been accepted to host the
meeting, it will not be possible to open the discussion again on the
venue. He said that this is proper and correct since that country
would have invested a lot of time and resources to prepare a program
etc. Only if the country so elected does not eventually prepare and/or
present a program can the Meeting discuss the venue again!
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The proposal was accepted, and RT 2 Iceland is the
indicated venue for the 2009 meeting. They are to prepare their
promotional material and make the relevant arrangements. Orri promised
that the blue lagoon and the fountains will be functioning and that this
will be a spectacular event not to be missed.
Master at Arms.
| Master
at arms was very busy at this meeting and penalized all the members
numerous times due to the fact everyone was so ‘well behaved’.
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| RT
2 Turku Chairman and his vice where also given a few more drinks then
the others for real and perceived misdemeanors.
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General Comments.
| Durban,
where impressed with the presentation and congratulated Malta on its
fine work, and assured that they will be present along, with at least
a minimum of 4 members. They
now have12 members in their Table. All others joined once again, and
stated that Malta always stood out and made every event, that much
more fun. And noisily cheerful.
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| Once
again, Sandro Zammit to the attention of the Meeting that RT2 Malta
has more new Tablers and prospective members for the coming months
thus, ensuring that RT2 Malta is very active and bodes well for the
Euro2 event on the Island of Malta.
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| It
was also mentioned that now Ryan air and other low cost airlines where
operating to and from Malta, thus making it an easier and more
interesting destination to the event itself.
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Toast to RTI
| Finally,
a toast to RTI was made.
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Closure
| Meeting
was closed at 16.58hrs by the Chairman, and a group Photo was taken to
commemorate the meeting.
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Euro2
Secretary
Euro2 Chairman
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