On the occasion of the General Meeting of Members held recently in Budapest, the members of AREA (Air Conditioning and Refrigeration European Association) elected the former VDKF President Christian Scholz as new President. Christian Scholz, previously Vice President of AREA, thus succeeds Jean Jacquin from the French partner association SNEFCCA (French Refrigeration, Professional Cuisine and Air Conditioning Trade Union) in office.

10 of the 12 countries entitled to vote attended the meeting in Budapest or had their votes transferred (ÖKKV Austria to RACG/HVAC England and BIV Germany to HRACA Hungary). The vote in favour of Christian Scholz as new AREA President was unanimous. Through its transferred voting right, the BIV actually voted against Christian Scholz. However, the VDKF voted for Scholz. As per the AREA statues, the German vote (thus far 2 members of a country always reached a consensus) was not counted in the vote. I.e. the result was 9 out of 9 votes in favour of Christian Scholz. Norman Mitchell from the English partner association RACG/HVCA was also unanimously elected as AREA Special Delegate for International Exhibitions.

 

According to the association’s press release, the AREA meeting in Budapest also saw the official signing of a cooperation agreement concerning the immaterial support of AREA for the IKK – International Trade Exhibition for Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Ventilation – with IKK Messe- Wirtschafts- und Informationsdienste GmbH.