Assembly of Delegates 2012
The Assembly of Delegates convened three times during the past year. In addition to its regular business, elections and constituting for the 2012–2016 term of office, the Assembly of Delegates heard a number of specialist reports and also held various discussions.
At its spring meeting, the Assembly of Delegates dealt with its statutory business. It elected its President, the members and Chair of the Board of Directors, and, for a further two years, the Board of Control.
At its constitutive meeting in September, the new delegates, half of the total number, were introduced to the working methods of the Assembly of Delegates. At this meeting, the constituting (staffing of the Office and the two working groups) also took place.
At the autumn meeting, delegates and guests attended workshops to consider the «Idée Migros» study, which looks at how Migros’ values are put into practice.
Composition and electoral procedure
In accordance with the statutes, the Assembly of Delegates comprises a total of 111 delegates. One hundred delegates are elected by the regional Cooperatives on the basis of a prescribed key: each Cooperative is allocated at least five seats, and the remaining seats are distributed on the basis of member numbers for the last two calendar years prior to the election. In addition, each Cooperative designates an ad-hoc representative from its board of directors for each assembly meeting. The committee is led by a non-executive chair.
The number of delegate votes for each Cooperative are distributed as follows (elected delegates per Cooperative):
| Migros Cooperative Zurich (MCZ) | 12 |
| Migros Cooperative Aare (MCAA) | 16 |
| Migros Cooperative Eastern Switzerland (MCOS) | 15 |
| Migros Cooperative Basel (MCBS) | 9 |
| Migros Cooperative Geneva (MCGE) | 8 |
| Migros Cooperative Vaud (MCVD) | 9 |
| Migros Cooperative Lucerne (MCLU) | 9 |
| Migros Cooperative Neuchatel-Fribourg (MCNE-FR) | 8 |
| Migros Cooperative Ticino (MCTI) | 7 |
| Migros Cooperative Valais (MCVS) | 7 |
Working methods and powers of the Assembly of Delegates
The Assembly of Delegates has an Office (Office of the Assembly of Delegates) and also the permanent «Aid Fund» and «Board of Directors’ Annual Report» working groups, whose duties and organisation are regulated in the organisational rules and in «mandates». There is also a facility for setting up ad-hoc working groups for temporary assignments.
The principal powers of the Assembly of Delegates include defining and amending the statutes, electing and dismissing members of the Board of Directors, passing resolutions on defining and amending Migros’ basic business policy, taking the decision to dissolve the FMC, approving the annual report and financial statements, deciding on the appropriation of the profit for the year, ratifying the actions of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, and selecting and appointing the Board of Control.