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Next, Vice President Louise Woods presented on the ArbitralWomen 2022 By-Laws.
Louise explained that the 2022 By-Laws are the culmination of several months of work by the By-Laws Amendment Taskforce, which she led herself as Vice President, and thanked the Taskforce (which included volunteer members of the ArbitralWomen Executive Committee, Board and Advisory Council) for their comments and suggestions. She noted that the amended By-Laws have been accessible to ArbitralWomen Members on the website portal since 12 January 2022.
She explained that the amendments were aimed at three main goals: (1) to build on recent improvements to ArbitralWomen’s governance, (2) to improve, clarify and streamline certain processes, and (3) to record in the By-Laws policies and procedures that already existed in practice. She then walked members through the specific amendments and summarised the key revisions.
Thereafter, she took questions and comments, and the issue of approval and adoption of the 2022 By-Laws was put to a vote, with an overwhelming majority – in fact unanimous – vote in favour of approval and adoption of the new By-Laws.
Next, several members of the Board of Directors reported on the work of their committees in 2021. Juliette Fortin reported on her work as Treasurer and on the finances of the organisation. Rekha Rangachari reported on the work of the Cooperation Committee and Global Events. Maria Beatriz Burghetto reported on the work of the Newsletter team. Gisèle Stephens-Chu reported on the revamped Parental Mentorship Programme. Dana MacGrath reported on the News Committee’s work. Amanda Lee reported on social media. Elizabeth Chan reported on the work of YAWP and the selection of the new 2022 YAWP Steering Committee. All 2021 Committee Reports will be made available to members in due course together with minutes of the 2022 AGM.
After the reports by Directors on their committees’ work, President Dana MacGrath provided a high-level overview of the 2022 Board election process and shared a slide that illustrated the key dates of the process, which appears below. More information regarding the 2022 Board election process will be shared with the ArbitralWomen Membership in due course.
At the close of the meeting, members participated in a networking session, at which new ArbitralWomen members were invited to introduce themselves.
Several other members shared news and their areas of expertise at the networking session. The event concluded at 19:30 CET. Each year ArbitralWomen provides support to a number of Teams who participate in dispute resolution competitions, such as the Vis or Vis East International Arbitration Moot by covering their registration fee.
Following are the conditions for the funding: