The next regular members’ meeting will take place on Tuesday at VfL Bochum. All the details about this important event for the second-division club.
A good five months after the extraordinary general meeting and the subsequent election of VfL Bochum’s new executive board, the first regular general meeting is coming up for Chairman Andreas Luthe and his team. It will take place on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the RuhrCongress Bochum. We’ve compiled the most important information for VfL Bochum members.
As promised last year, VfL Bochum is once again holding its general meeting earlier in the year. In 2024, the general meeting was held on December 12; in 2025, it will take place as early as November 18, 2025. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m., and doors will open at the RuhrCongress Bochum as early as 5:30 p.m.
The General Meeting will begin on November 18 at 7:00 p.m. with opening remarks by Chairman of the Board Andreas Luthe. Following that, the minutes from last December’s General Members’ Meeting and the extraordinary General Members’ Meeting on June 14, 2025, must still be approved by the members. The third item on the agenda is the presentation of honors. Long-standing members of VfL Bochum will be congratulated before the Werner-Altegoer Medal is awarded. This internal VfL award honors talented members of the club.
Afterward, the meeting will turn to substantive matters. First, the Executive Committee’s report for the registered association will be presented, followed by the management report from Ilja Kaenzig. There will then be an opportunity for discussion before the Executive Board must be discharged for the 2024/2025 fiscal year. The “old” Executive Board—comprising Uwe Tigges, Martin Volpers, Hans-Peter Villis, Christina Reinhardt, Andreas Eickhoff, Volker Goldmann, and Jupp Tenhagen—was responsible for this fiscal year.
Since the extraordinary general meeting on June 14, 2025, the Executive Board has consisted of Andreas Luthe, Hans-Peter Villis, Till Grönemeyer, Bettina Stratmann, Christian Stenneken, and fan representative Fabian Budde. Jupp Tenhagen also serves on the Executive Board. The Supervisory Board has also been expanded to include Oliver Bartkowski, Lars Lammert, and Benedikt Steffen.
Items nine and ten on the agenda are likely to be of particular interest. These items pertain to amendments to the bylaws, before item eleven, “Miscellaneous,” brings the meeting to a close.
VfL Bochum: Detailed Agenda for the General Meeting
Opening Remarks
Approval of the minutes of the General Meeting held on December 12, 2024, and the extraordinary General Meeting held on June 14, 2025
Honors
Awarding of the Werner-Altegoer Medal
Report of the Executive Board (e. V.)
Report of the Management Board (KGaA)
Discussion of the reports
Discharge of the Executive Board for the 2024/25 fiscal year
Motions to amend the Bylaws (attached)
Motions pursuant to § 14(8) of the Articles of Association (deadline for submission: November 4, 2025)
Miscellaneous
These four motions to amend the Articles of Association have been submitted
Motion by Carina Gödecke and Dr. Andreas Eickhoff: Motion to elect members of the Executive Board individually, rather than en bloc as has been the practice to date. This motion does not affect the fan representative on the Executive Board, who has already been elected individually—upon the recommendation of the fan representatives’ assembly.
Motion by Carina Gödecke and Dr. Andreas Eickhoff: Motion to establish an age limit for Executive Board members. “No person who has reached the age of 75 at the time of the election may be elected as a member of the Selection Committee,” the motion states.
Motion by Marc Pattmann: Following the Executive Board election, the members of the board may co-opt up to three members (as has been the case to date). “One of the members to be appointed must be a recognized youth welfare professional in accordance with Section 72 of SGB VIII and must have at least three years of professional experience in Bochum’s youth welfare sector,” Pattmann states in his motion to amend the bylaws.
Motion by Michael Kretschmann: He wants to enshrine in the bylaws that the fan representative is also automatically a member of the KGaA’s supervisory board. In addition, the chair of the supervisory board should be a member elected to the executive committee by the general meeting. Both of these have been standard practice to date, but are not currently mandated by the bylaws.