Dear avuba members,

You are warmly invited to the avuba General Meeting 2026, followed by pizza!

📅 Monday, November 23, 2026 | 6:15–8:00 pm

📍 Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, room 117 or online

📝 Please register by November 15, 2026 via Google Forms.

• In person: avuba members may vote. Please bring a valid ID and arrive around 10 minutes early for identity verification. 
• Online via Zoom: Passive participation only, without voting or speaking rights. The link will be sent a few days before the meeting.

Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Election of a minute taker and vote counters

3. Approval of the agenda

4. Approval of the minutes of a) the General Meeting of November 24, 2025 (English or German) and b) the extraordinary General Meeting of June 11, 2026 (English or German)

5. Approval of the avuba annual report 2025 (English or German) and the corresponding internal auditors’ report (English or German)

6. Activity report 2026

7. Discharge resolutions for 2026: a) executive board, b) co-presidency, c) general management and d) auditors

8. Outlook 2027

9. Presentation of a) the financial forecast for 2026 (consultative) and b) approval of the budget for 2027

10. Elections for 2027: a) co-presidency, b) additional executive board members and c) auditors

11. Miscellaneous

Get involved in avuba!

Would you like to help shape avuba and represent the interests of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers? Apply to become a co-president or an additional executive board member. Elections will take place at the General Meeting, where candidates will briefly introduce themselves before the vote.

Co-presidency (two paid positions, 20% each)

• Both co-presidents are elected for one year. Current co-president Micha Bigler, doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, is standing for re-election. Optimally, the co-presidency consists of one doctoral researcher and one postdoctoral researcher, representing different faculties and genders.
• avuba’s internal work can be conducted in English. However, as communication with university management, internal documents and many university meetings are primarily in German, at least one co-president should have very good German language skills. Responsibilities can be divided accordingly.
• The 20% position is remunerated according to the University of Basel Doc 2 salary scale. For those already employed at 100%, remuneration may also be paid as an honorarium.
• Further information is available in the job description (English or German).

Additional executive board member (voluntary, unpaid)

• Additional board members are elected for one year and may stand for re-election.
• You help shape avuba’s activities, represent doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and contribute to managing avuba’s affairs and representing avuba within the University.

Interested in either role? Send a short motivation email to Patricia, co-general manager, at avuba@clutterunibas.ch by November 15, 2026. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the current co-presidents, your faculty representatives or the avuba general managers Patricia and Steffi at avuba@clutterunibas.ch.

Hope to see you soon, 

Micha Bigler and Tomás Sousa
avuba co-presidents