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Invitation to the 2020 FFOA Annual General Assembly on “virtual modality”

(Date: Wednesday 28 October 2020 – Start: 9:30 am sharp / End: 13:00, Rome time)



Join Zoom Meeting

Link: https://fao.zoom.us/j/94680469495

Meeting ID: 946 8046 9495

Password: 481339

OR

Join by Skype for Business

https://fao.zoom.us/skype/94680469495



  *   If you use the Zoom Platform for the first time, you should first download/install ZOOM Client software, by following the instructions on the attached Zoom Meeting Quick Start Guide.  Please note that your microphone is automatically muted; if you wish to talk, you can request permission by clicking on the “raise hand” button and sending a chat message to Messrs. Bertini/Palmisano (IT Support Team, FFOA)

OR

If you DO NOT plan to intervene or use the ZOOM platform at all, you can simply watch the General Assembly by just clicking on the following webcast link: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5403/icode/



DISCLAIMER:       Access to this Zoom Meeting is password protected. We remind you that you are    responsible for not sharing, disclosing or otherwise divulging this access and its content to any third party without written consent of the FFOA.



Dear Members,

As you are aware, due to the coronavirus pandemic, RBAs (Rome Based Agencies) do not allow access of retirees to their premises yet.  As a consequence, the FFOA Executive Committee has decided to hold the 2020 Annual General Assembly  (G A) on a “virtual modality”.  The ZOOM web conferencing platform will be used and the FFOA has provided  members with a Zoom Meeting Quick Start Guide to know how to access easily to a Zoom meeting.



In order to better manage the virtual meeting and maintain the time schedule, the following protocol will be applied:

  *   Each participant’s attention is called to the text of the above disclaimer.
  *   The Registration Form is not required (the Zoom environment allows to verify the quorum of the GA automatically, based on the number of participants which is generated by the platform plus any proxy to be submitted by members delegated to represent those  who cannot attend).  In addition, given the exceptional circumstances, the Association assumes that Annual Members be compliant with the payments of their Annual Fees.
  *   The GA draft Resolutions (FFOA/GA/2020/06) will be voted by virtual acclamation, which implies that ONLY those members willing to vote against the resolution should use the “raise hand” option as and when invited by the Presiding Officer from the Podium.
  *    FFOA members should kindly submit their queries in writing to the FFOA email address ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) not later than cob Sunday 25th October.  The FFOA Secretariat will forward your messages to the Representatives of RBAs,  UNJSPF, CIGNA or to the FFOA President; for example, you should mention in the email subject “FFOA 2020 GA – Queries (CIGNA)”, if your query relates to CIGNA.  Together with the query ,  don’t forget to mention your full name/Former UN Agency and FFOA Member ID  (if available).
  *   We have reduced the duration of our GA and there will not be a Q&A session in the afternoon.  However, if it is a question of general interest, the speaker concerned will directly reply during the GA, otherwise the reply will be sent by email later.

We wish to confirm that the outcome of the 2020 Annual General Assembly will also be sent via “normal” mail to those members who do not have electronic devices to virtually attend the GA.  The FFOA hopes that this initiative will be welcomed by the membership and that it will successfully support the new approach to the “modus operandi” of our Association.

Best regards,
FFOA Secretariat




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