Autumn meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Thursday 1 December 2022 at 15:30 in Room 505 of the House of Sciences and Letters (Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki). The meeting is open for all ordinary and honorary members of the Society, and to the representatives of supporting members who must present an authorisation from the supporting member. Remote participation will be possible by registering through this link at latest on 29 November 2022:
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/21BBC3AB50F6F260
Programme
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of the meeting chair, secretary, reviewers of the minutes, and voice counters.
3. Confirmation of the legality and quorum of the meeting.
4. Acceptance of the programme.
5. Confirmation of the Plan of activities 2023, Budget 2023 and the membership fee for 2023.
6. Election of the chair and vice-chair of the Society for 2023 and a board member for term 2023 – 2025. Current board member whose term is ending is Antti Kilpeläinen. According to the 6th § of the statutes of the Society, he can be re-elected. The proposal of a work group searching for candidates is:
- Chair 2023: Dr Marjo Palviainen, University of Helsinki
- Vice Chair 2023: Research Professor Liisa Tyrväinen, Natural Resources Institute Finlan
- board member 2023 – 2025: Dr Antti Kilpeläinen, University of Eastern Finland
Members of the Society who have the voting right may present other candidates in the meeting.
7. Election of the auditor of the accounts and the activities of the Society for 2023. The proposal:
- Auditor of Accounts: Audit society PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- Because the auditor is an audit society, vice-auditor is not elected.
- Auditor of Activities: Mr Jussi Leppänen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Vice-Auditor of Activities: Dr Jussi Lintunen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Members of the Society who have the voting right may present other candidates in the meeting.
9. Other possible items.
- If a member wants to propose a topic that requires a decision of a members’ meeting of the Society, they should send an e-mail detailing the topic to the Executive Manager of the Society (pekka.nygren@metsatiede.org) at latest on 17 November 2022. Discussion topics may also be proposed after that, at latest on site at the time of the acceptance of the meeting programme.
10. Closure of the meeting
Helsinki, 15 November 2022
Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
Appendices:
Draft of the plan of activities 20232 (in Finnish):
Draft of the budget 2023 (in Finnish):
https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Syyskokous_221201_talousarvio_2023.pdf