Euro2 Meeting 1-4 June 2000 - RT2 Nicosia

Minutes of Presidents Meeting

Saturday, 3rd June 2000

00.01  Preliminaries

The Meeting started at 18.15hrs and was chaired by Pambos Xenophontos,  the President of the hosting Round Table 2 Nicosia.

Present for the meeting were a maximum of two voting delegates from:  RTBI, Cyprus, France, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland and Swizerland.

The Chairman opened the meeting and welcomed the RT2 European delegates.

The IRO of  Cyprus read the Aims and Objects of Round Table International.

00.02  Appointment of Secretary

The Chairman proposed that Tony Zahra be re-appointed as Euro2 Secretary for 2000/1. All delegates supported this. Notwithstanding protestations by Tony that he was now over forty, the meeting resolved that since he was still under forty-five his 'excuse' was invalid, and the delegates proceeded to unanimously appoint him as Secretary.  Faced with such odds, he had no option but to accept!!

00.03  Reading of Minutes

The Minutes of the previous Presidents Meeting held in Reykjavik were read and approved as presented.

Matters Arising from the Minutes:

(a)     The Chairman said that it was not possible to hold the Meeting in May as indicated in Reykjavik  due to a Beauty Contest. He said that all RT2 Clubs were informed at the earliest opportunity.

(b)     Due to fluctuations in the exchange rate for the Euro/Cyprus Pound, the agreed maximum price of 350 Euro was slightly overshot.  The delegates were aware of the weakening of the Euro versus other currencies and there was understanding on this point.

(c)     Leeuwarden confirmed that the Euro2 trophy had been traced and it will be presented to Cyprus who will next year present it to the next Euro2 Hosts.

(d)   Reykjavik confirmed that they received the Euro2 Photo Album immediately prior to their departure for the pre-tour and this did not leave them enough time to update it.  They promised to forward the updated album prior to the next Euro2 meeting and possibly as early as the next EMA Meeting that is being held in Cyprus.

(e)   The meeting was told that Sweden had indicated they would be coming to the next Euro2 Meeting.

(f)     The Chairman said that they had tried to contact everyone and various emails and communications were sent.  It was a pity that other European RT2 members/Presidents were not present.  The Secretary said that he had also made contact with RT2 Rome following their re-Chartering and that he understood they had intended to attend the Meeting.

00.04       Cyprus Program

The Chairman said that their aim was to offer Friendship, Hospitality and Fellowship and that the whole program was centered on this.  He then asked delegates for their comments:

All delegates felt the three objectives of Friendship, Hospitality and Fellowship were met in full.

Cyprus had prepared an excellent program and it was evident that a lot of planning had been done.  Leeuwarden said the logistics were excellent with a good mix of  history, culinary delights, sampling of imports, fellowship etc. Iceland also praised the pre-tour.  Poland said that the Euro2 Programs get better and better every year and that next year they will have a hard act to follow.

00.05       Euro2 in 2001

Poland as the indicated organizers of the Euro2 Meeting in 2001 distributed details of the program they are planning. A discussion followed as to the dates the meeting should be held.  The recommendations agreed to in the previous meeting were reconfirmed. It was pointed out that a meeting in late June might create problems due to school, children vacations etc.  It was confirmed that the Host Table should be free to choose the date for the meeting, which should however be over a long weekend. It was further maintained that the confirmed dates should be communicated to all RT2 Clubs at the earliest possible time.   It was then agreed that the indicated dates for Euro2001 would be the Ascension weekend in May (24-28 May 2001).   The maximum price for the meeting was confirmed as in previous years at 350 Euros.

00.06       Euro2 in 2002

Malta presented its draft program for the meeting, which included a pre-tour with visits to Valletta, Gozo and other historical sites. Other activities were indicated including a harbour cruise, a helicopter flight and scuba diving. An indicative date for the Meeting was one of the last two weekends in May 2002. Malta was then approved as the venue for the 2002 Meeting.  As usual, final confirmation is to be given in 2001 in Poland.

00.07       Miles Trophy

Cyprus said that they would be presenting a new Euro2 trophy to the RT2 Club that travels the longest distance to attend a Euro2 Meeting.  The winner will be the Club that gets the most points when multiplying the distance traveled by the number of attendees from that Club.

00.08       Other Matters

(a)     Luxembourg confirmed their intention to bid for the 2003 Euro2 meeting (as per understanding reached last year).

(b)     Iceland pointed out that the more of a success a Euro2 meeting is, the stronger that Hosting Table becomes.

(c)     Approval was given to circulate the list of email address of the delegates.

(d)     Geneva indicated that they will be interested in holding the 2004 meeting whilst RTBI are interested in the 2005 meeting.  Somebody also mentioned an interest in 2011!!

(e)     It was recognized that Iceland were the only ones who came prepared with a millennium banner!

There being no other matters to discuss the meeting was closed at 19.30hrs

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Euro2 Secretary                                                                    Euro2 Chairman