Autumn meeting of the Finnish Society of Forest Science will be held on Thursday 9 December 2021 at 15:00 in Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki, in Room 340 of the Forest Science Building (Viikinkaari 7). 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.
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 2022, Budget 2022 and the membership fee for 2022.
6. Election of the chair and vice-chair of the Society for 2022 and board members for term 2022 – 2024. Current board members whose term is ending are Matleena Kniivilä and Sakari Tuominen. According to the 6th § of the statutes of the Society, Matleena Kniivilä cannot be re-elected. The proposal of a work group searching for candidates is:
- Chair 2022: Dr Tuija Aronen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Vice Chair 2022: Dr Marjo Palviainen, University of Helsinki
- board member 2022 – 2024: Dr Jani Laturi, Pellervo Economic Research PTT and Dr Sakari Tuominen, Natural Resources Institute 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 2022. The proposal:
- Auditor of Accounts: Audit society PricewaterhouseCoopers
- 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 25 November 2021. 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, 19 November 2021
Board of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
Appendices:
Draft of the plan of activities 2022 (in Finnish): https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Syyskokous_211209_Toimintasuunnitelmaluonnos_2022.pdf
Draft of the budget 2022 (in Finnish): https://metsatiede.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Syyskokous_211209_Talousarvioluonnos_2022.pdf