Minutes
of the monthly meeting held at Queen’s Park on June 12, 2006
Present:
Thomas
Saras
Sremal
Abeyawardene
Clyde
McNeil
Maryam
Aghvami
Bikram Lamba Dr.
Hassan
Zerehi
Iraj
Emad
Amir
Mahim
Alamair
Hussai
Ahmed
Shah Hotaki
Massood
Mashari
Neel
Nanda
Yilmaz
Hasan
Emmanuel
Ayiku
William
Boateng
Yadu
Janus Ranikivi
Cindy
Gu
Irene
Keroglidis
Elvira
Samoylenko
Dumitru
Popescu
K.
Arasaratnam
N. Logenchringam
John
Saraidaris
Mahesh
Abeyerwardene
Hermie
Garcia
Mila
Garcia
Luba
Cherny
Aris
Babikian
Absent
Kenrick
Bobb
Elizabeth
Wolski
Mona Feng
Agenda:
Opening
Remarks by the Chair
Report
of the President/ Business Discussion
Appointment
of Vacant positions and various organizing committees
End
of meeting
Opening
Remarks by the Chair:
The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting
Minutes of the previous meeting: Dr Lamba moved a motion to approve the minutes of the monthly meeting held on May 08, 2006. Hassan Zarehi seconded it. The motion was carried.
Report
of the President/ Business Discussions.
· Thomas Saras met the Prime Minister in Ottawa and discussed with him the needs of the organization and the ethnic media at large.
· Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised the President of NEPMCC to review the whole process of distributing government advertising.
· NEPMCC will hold a roundtable conference with the Prime Minister in the fall of 2006 (End of September or early October).
· NEPMCC will sponsor a Citizenship ceremony on August 24 (date decided by vote), at the CNE around 11 a.m. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, a, Federal Judge, Two RCMP officers along with other prominent dignitaries and politicians will be present in this ceremony.
· In this ceremony more than 60 new Canadians will take the oath of allegiance in order to accept the Canadian Citizenship.
· NEPMCC will host a wine a cheese reception for the new Canadians after the ceremony.
· NEPMCC will celebrate the annual ethnic media week for two days at the CNE.
· The office of the President will distribute entry passes of the CNE to only those members who would be attending the annual event and the citizenship ceremony.
· University of Peace is a venture of the United Nations in Canada created to stimulate a debate and dialogue between academicians, politicians and practitioners and to deepen understanding of peace building and development. NEPMCC is invited to participate in the venture along with academicians and the Government of Canada.
· The President read out a draft curriculum of the University of Peace.
· L.T Governor of Ontario will recognize distinguished individuals at the annual award giving ceremony of the NEPMCC on September 15, 2006.
· The nominations for award recipients will close on June 23, 2006. No nominations would be accepted after this date.
· The annual ethnic press dinner will take place in January 2007 (decided by vote).
· L.T. Governor would be presented with artifacts from (the Iranian and Afghan Publications, and also the Canadian African community express an interest), at the award giving ceremony
· Alamgir Hussain invited the members of the NEPMCC for the annual “Shomoy Mela “ in celebration of Canada Day on July 1, 2006
Appointment
of Vacant positions and formation of various committees.
·
Masood Manzoorzadeh of
Shravand was appointed as the Senior Vice-President (Policy). Thomas Saras moved a motion proposing his
name and Dr. Lamba seconded it. The motion was carried
· Dr. Lamba was unanimously appointed as the acting Ombudsman of the NEPMCC.
· Alamgir Hussain, publishing editor of the Weekly Shomoy was appointed as the Controller of NEPMCC. Thomas Saras moved a motion proposing his name and Dr. Lamba seconded it. The motion was carried.
Committee
for the Citizenship ceremony:
This committee constitutes of the following members
AhmedShah Hotaki
John Saras
Hasan Yilmaz
Committee
for annual award giving ceremony (under the stewardship of Dr.Lamba)`
This
committee constitutes of the following members:
Maryam Aghvami
Irene Keroglidis
Neel Nanda
Committee
for the Roundtable Conference with the Prime Minister
This committee constitutes of the following members
Aris Babikian
Masood Manzoorzadeh
Dt. Lamba
Maryam
Aghvami
Committee
for the annual dinner to be held on January, 2007
This committee constitutes of the following members:
Alamgir Hussain
Danielle Zhu
Amir Mahim
.
End
of Meeting:
Irene Kereglodis moved a motion to adjourn the meeting and Maryam Aghvami seconded it. It was carried by all. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m. The next meeting would take place on July 10, 2006 at Queen’s Park.
