General Assembly and 25th Anniversary of EFRC 2024
At this year’s general meeting April 19th, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of our association.
We met in the beautiful city of Dresden, where the EFRC was founded 25 years ago by 8 institutions.
We started with a welcome dinner in a cosy vaulted restaurant, with delicious Saxon specialities and a funny ‘barmaid’ who played all kinds of jokes on us.
A short video and a collection of photos brought 25 years of EFRC to life.
We were particularly pleased to welcome the former board members and founders of the EFRC to our celebration: Prof. Dr. Gotthard Will, Dr. René Peters, Dr. Peter Steinrück, Matthias Tanner and, last but not least, the very first and long-standing office manager, Gudrun Heidenreich. They all enriched our evening with short anecdotes from the first years of the EFRC.
As a special feature of our organisation’s birthday, we have had thermo mugs produced showing EFRCs‘ logo and mission statement. They have been handed over to every participant.
The day of the General Assembly itself started with a funny and informative tour through Dresden’s old town – to visit amongst others the famous Frauenkirche, the Fürstenzug and the Zwinger.
In our following meeting, the assembly voted for Gunther Machu (Hoerbiger) for another 3 year term as chairman of the board and for Nestór González Díez (TNO) being the new EFRC Secretary, following Erik Nennie.
We thank Erik for his constructive engagement as a board member during the last 3 years.
We are also grateful for Gunthers renewed commitment for his board position.
Later the work group leaders presented overviews of their activities and current projects. Tim Norden of Neuman & Esser has been elected to be the new chairman of the Standardisation Working Goup.
We thank Paul Modern for his engagement for this group during the last years.
Furthermore the assembly discussed EFRCs‘ strategy and goals for the next years.
The meeting minutes & presentations have already been distributed to all members.
You can find the pictures of this event here in the gallery.
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