The General Members Meeting as a Hybrid meeting in the Energy Transition

Zuidenwind is a cooperative of citizens who want to bring a sustainable society closer. The cooperative was founded in 2011, has more than 800 members and mainly works in the South of the Netherlands. The main goal of the cooperative is: to realize more wind energy. They do this together with the local population. The returns from the mills flow to the local community and the members of the cooperative.

More and more organizations are holding their General Members Meeting as a hybrid meeting. Those entitled to vote have the option to come to the location of the meeting. However, they can also follow the meeting online and cast their votes online. We see that this often increases the total turnout. Many of our clients see it as a good development if more people are involved in decision-making.

Of course, you can also let people who participate in a “physical meeting” vote digitally. In this way, the results of both the participants who are present at the meeting and those who follow the meeting and vote from their own location are brought together in 1 overview. Real time!

In addition to the above option, Online Voting Tool also allows you to open the voting period online before the start of the meeting. In this way, your organization can offer all members the opportunity to cast their votes anonymously and digitally before the start of the meeting. The voting results are now visible to the organization in real time in the dashboard of the customer account.

With the help of Online Voting Tool, the voting results could be presented to the members of the Zuidenwind cooperative immediately after the conclusion of the General Members' Meeting. In addition to the operational benefits, the use of Online Voting Tool also contributes to an environmentally friendly approach by reducing paper use and travel movements, significantly reducing the ecological footprint of the General Assembly.