{"id":1402,"date":"2022-03-30T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:42:13","slug":"convexity-ventures-into-the-berlin-chamber-of-commerce-ihk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/convexity-ventures-into-the-berlin-chamber-of-commerce-ihk\/","title":{"rendered":"Convexity and the &#8220;IHK&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2022 I told you about the forthcoming elections of the local Chamber of Commerce (&#8220;IHK&#8221;) in Berlin. I also begged not to ignore the election. The last election in 2017 had a participation rate of just more than 9% of the 315.000 eligible companies. To me, that was appalingly low. I tried to motivate people but failed.\u00a0 The turnout this year was even lower at just over 6%. Any democracy that has such a turnout for their general election would be highly embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>I also did not manage to get more than 332 votes. I missed by just 100.<\/p>\n<p>In any case the real winner is the IHK itself. Yet another person seeking major reforms at this institution in Berlin has failed to win a seat. Now, all of the 300 employees of the IHK may continue their jobs for the next five years and see the eyes roll backwards of anyone talking about the IHK Berlin&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220307-Ukraine-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220307-Ukraine-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220307-Ukraine-768x731.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.convexity.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220307-Ukraine.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2022 I told you about the forthcoming elections of the local Chamber of Commerce (&#8220;IHK&#8221;) in Berlin. I also begged not to ignore the election. 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