General council · 2023

The president of the association, Mr Walid Ben Hassen, opened the meeting at 16:00. Once the quorum had been verified and all those present had been welcomed, the agenda was submitted for approval and adopted unanimously. The annual activity report for 2022 was then read and approved unanimously, and the financial report for 2022 was read and approved unanimously.

* The president submitted the resignation of the secretary general to the general assembly, and it was accepted unanimously.
* A member proposed that the general assembly temporarily suspend the ordinary session and convene an extraordinary general assembly in order to elect a secretary general to fill the vacant post, amend the association’s statutes and assign members to new roles. The motion was put to the vote and adopted unanimously.
The president then suspended the session at 18:30.
He then opened the extraordinary session and presented the agenda as follows:

·Election of the secretary general

·Review of the association’s current statutes

·Appointment of a vice-president in charge of technical and artistic management

·Review of all contracts concluded with the association

·Appointment of an auditor

Ms Basma Mrad was elected unanimously as secretary general of the association.

Ms Ikram Ben Brahim was elected vice-president in charge of international relations.

Mr Jalel Douma was appointed vice-president in charge of the technical and artistic committee.

The statutes were amended on the basis of the law on associations approved by the Presidency of the Government, as the current statutes no longer matched the present situation.

It was unanimously decided to review all contracts.

It was unanimously decided to set up a committee to launch a call for applications to select an auditor.

All items on the agenda having been dealt with, the extraordinary session was closed at 19:30.

The ordinary general assembly then resumed, after the quorum had been verified.

The main points of the 2023 annual programme were then presented, as part of the association’s preparations for the 60th edition; it was proposed that the artistic director be asked to submit the artistic programme for the show.

The members insisted on adopting a numbered register of donations, as required by law.

As for the association’s annual project, it consists of continuing preparations for the sixtieth edition through various activities.

In the interests of development and renewal, new solutions were proposed to enhance the parade.

It was agreed to run a promotional campaign for the sixtieth edition of the carnival.

The general assembly closed at 20:00.