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2025 General Assembly - Motions

June 27, 2025 8:37 AM | Bill Magargal (Administrator)

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by Deirdre Aroujo

The agenda for the 2025 Servas International General Assembly (SIGA) in Dijon, France includes 17 motions for discussion and voting. As per standard practice, discussion groups have been established for each of the motions, with a moderator assigned to facilitate the discussion within each group. If the subject matter of any motion is of any interest to you, as part of the democratic process, you are invited to join the discussion group for the motion. The discussion groups will remain open till the middle of July.

To join a discussion group, follow the steps below.

Sign in to Servas.org
Click on SICOGA 2025 at the top of the page the choose SI General Assembly (SIGA) 2025 from the drop-down list
Review the list of motions. If you want to know more about a particular one, click on its description.
Click on the Discussion Group link to join the group.
Click on Ask to Join Group, then fill out your contact information in the pop-up window that appears

Summary of Motions - This is a copy of the list that appears on the SI website

No.	Description	Discussion Group
1	Improving Servas Internal Communication	Procedural DG01
2	Website space for social media guidelines	Technical DG02
3	Change fiscal year to calendar year from 2026	Financial DG03
4	Two-factor authentication for security of members' data base	Technical DG04
5	Increase transparency in financial reports	Financial DG05
6	Ensuring essential data in Servas profiles	Procedural DG06
7	Promote Servas values and principles more prominently	Procedural DG07
8	Development plan for Servas	Procedural DG08
9	Facilitating donations between member countries	Financial DG09
10	Improving Servas Website and Servas Online Database	Technical DG10
11	Reorganizing the introduction and Article 1 of statutes	Procedural DG11
12	Supporting member groups with fewer resources	Procedural DG12
13	How to attract young members	Procedural DG13
14	Shorten time for submitting proposal	Procedural DG14
15	Move servas.org to a 3d party platform	Technical DG15
16	Changing the name of SYLE	Procedural DG16
17	Host response rate improvement	Procedural DG17