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Before the very beginning of the meeting, the committee of the Society had the presence of individual members of the Society recorded on the attendance list and, based on the sum of individual membership shares, stated that the meeting of the Czech Handel Society, z.s., was quorate with the representation of 28 out of 60 members, i.e. 46.67 %. Members present: according to the attendance list.

Chairman of the Society, Mr. Janoušek, Dr.iur.utr. (hereinafter referred to as the “Chairman”), welcomed the members of the Society to the meeting, which last elected the Committee by correspondence on October 16^th, 2020. The Chairman further stated that the meeting was convened on the basis of the invitation published on the regular date and that the meeting would go through the program on the invitation in the standard manner, point by point. The Chairman also welcomed guests who were not members of the Society to the meeting.

Subsequently, a photo projection was held, accompanied by a reminder of the historical context and development of the Society's activities after the death of its founder. The Chairman introduced the personality of the founder and, together with those present, honoured the memory of the deceased members of the Society. In the following part, he addressed the topics of the renewal and revival of the Society, international cooperation and informed those present about the assembly programme.

The Chairman drew the attention of those present to the fact that the current Constitution of the Society does not allow for remote participation of the Society members in the meeting or remote voting, which significantly limits the activities of the Society. For this reason, he proposes to amend the current Constitution of the Society in these points.

The Chairman reviewed the individual proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Society with the members present. The main changes concern the change in the quorum, the possibility of electing substitute committee members, voting by distance, including so called voting by letter (without a meeting).

The Chairman announced a vote on the resolution on point 2) on the amendment of the Constitution of the Society in the wording in which it had been made available to the members of the Society upon request and was now presented to the members of the Society. No counter-proposal was raised.

The Chairman therefore began the vote on the amendments to the Constitution in the version in which they were shown on a big screen at this meeting and had been made available to the members of the Society by the committee upon request and now presented to the members of the Society. In this version they would be enclosed, as part of the complete amended Constitution, to the minutes of this meeting.

Given the approaching end of the term of office of the committee members and the plan to convene the next meeting no earlier than the middle of next year (i.e. a few months after the end of the term of office of the committee members), it was now appropriate to proceed with the election of committee members, whose term of office would run from January 1, 2026.

The Chairman asked the current members of the committee, Michal Typl, the secretary, Ivana Tomková and Jiří Filip, whether they wanted to be re-elected as members of the committee. Ms. Tomková and Mr. Filip refused to continue in their positions. Mr. Typl agreed to his re-election.

The Chairman further asked whether any of the members of the Society present were interested in running for a member of the committee. Ms. Věra Alves, Mgr. Libor Hofman and RNDr. Jan Kučera, CSc. announced their candidacy.

The Chairman of the Committee presented the resolutions regarding point 4) and announced a vote on the resolutions on these points, while asking the members of the Society in advance whether anyone intended to vote differently on one of the resolutions. After receiving the answer that everyone intended to vote in the same way, he proceeded to a unanimous vote on all these resolutions. For the sake of clarity, the recorder lists the individual votes on the resolutions as follows:

The Chairman announced the vote on the resolution on point 4) in the following wording:

The Chairman further stated that, in view of the adopted amendment to the statutes (see point 3 of the agenda of this meeting), it was now possible to elect substitute committee members for the event that the function of a committee member ceases for any reason. Given that this situation has repeatedly happended in the past, he proposed that this meeting elect a substitute committee member(s).

The Chairman asked whether anyone present was interested in being elected as a substitute member of the committee with effect from January 1, 2026. RNDr. Jana Míková applied.

The Chairman announced a vote on the resolution on point 4) as follows:

As part of the information on the Society's activities, the Chairman presented the planned events and projects. On November 17^th, 2025, a performance of Alcina will take place in Brno, which will be followed in April 2026 by the performance of Agrippina, also in Brno. Participation in Karlsruhe is planned for February 2026, and an event in Halle for June 2026, while cooperation with the Göttingen society has already been negotiated. Of the home activities, the traditional ascent to Říp and the planned trip to Karlštejn were recalled.

During the discussion, Mr. Tomsa raised a question regarding the Society's e-mail address (webmaster) and the Society's membership register, offering his help with keeping this agenda.

Ms. Švábová raised a question regarding the possibility of establishing a group on the WhatsApp platform in order to simplify communication between members. The Chairman referred those present to Mr. J. Kučera as the person responsible for resolving technical matters within the committee meetings.

The meeting, after mutual farewells and thanks, was closed at 19:30.

(This English translation has not been certified.)

e n d   o f   t h e   m i n u t e s

Enclosure: Constitution of The Czech Handel Society – amendments approved on October 7^th, 2025, relative to the version of April 29^th, 2015: