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Minutes of the Monthly Meeting held on October 19, 2015, at City Hall committee room # 2

Present:

Thomas S. Saras
Neel Nanda
Maria Saras-Voutsinas
Janus Raudkivi
Gou Shoven
Jacques Varbedian
Abdul Adjei
Mohammad-Bagher Samimi
Ahmad Rostamija
Omeed Mahboub
Bill witiaffer
Janusz Niemczyk
Suleyman Guven
Ricky Castellvi
Dumitru Popescu
Jose Donan
Mike Kolosowski
Marek Goldyn
Raij Arasatnam
Daisy Joseph
Hermie Garcia
Mila Astroga Garcia
Adu Raudkavi
Saad Alsafar
Rakhie Prabhakar
Sandeep Prabakar
John Saraidaris
Ahmed Shah Hotaki
Ned Blair
Yohannes Axacew
Mauder Getachew
Teshome Worldeamanuel
Andrei Mazurece
Balan A. Samlan
Behrang Rabbari
Onik Nazamani
Raffi Der Boghossian
Mohammad Tajdodlati
Janusz Niemczyk
John Saraidaris
Ned Blair
Luba Cherny
Ahmed Hotaki
Luis Apabilio
Patrick Long
Samy Ramachanden
Jurn Klufas
Srimal Abeyewardene
Charles deva
Venthan Ramang
Hermie Garcia
Mila Garcia.
Mujibor Rahman
Suhan Ali Shunbill

Agenda

1. Welcome Remarks by the chair.
2. Minutes of the previous meeting
3. Report of the President
4. New Business
5. Adjournment
Welcome Remarks by the Chair:

Mr. Thomas Saras chaired the meeting and declared the meeting open. Dr. Tajdolati moved a motion to approve the agenda. Suleiman Guven seconded it. The motion was carried

Minutes of the previous meeting:

Dr. Tajdolati moved a motion to approve the minutes of the previous monthly meeting Suleiman Guven seconded it. The motion was carried.

President’s Report/Discussions:

President Thomas Saras mentioned about the annual awards which would take place on October 30, 2015. He expressed disappointment that some members are upset as their nominees are not receiving awards this year. He emphasized that awards are based on merit only. By just nominating a person does not guarantee an award- it is based on the scrutiny by the awards committee headed by Dr. Tajdolati. He clarified that all candidates were carefully considered by the awards committee headed by Dr. Tajdolati and the awards were based on pure merit. The president also said that in order a member to be considered for an award should be of the best in following the decisions of the council. Some members although they knew our decision not to cooperate with the 2015 games, they went alone to them just to show that they have nothing to do with the decision of NEPMCC. It is therefore logical that they should not expect to receive an award for their behavior.
President Thomas Saras informed the council that the awaited meeting with the officials of Canadian Heritage would take place on November 6 at the Marriott Toronto Down town Eaton’s center hotel. This meeting is very significant for members as high level officials from Canadian Heritage, including the director Mr. Luc Marchant, are coming from Ottawa to educate and to explain to the members the rules and policies governing the criteria for applying for funding under the Canada Periodical Fund and I encouraged everyone to attend. The meeting was proposed to take place on Friday, November the 6th, between 1:30 – 5 pm. This was unanimously agreed by the members.
Motion : President Thomas Saras suggested that since there is meeting with Canadian Heritage on November 6 – the regular monthly meeting for November will be called as scheduled on Monday November 9, 2015 at committee room N# 3, Toronto City Hall. The office of the President was authorized to bear expenses for snacks during the meeting. To this extent a motion was moved by Dr. Tajdolati and seconded by Mareck Gooldyn and carried by all.
Motion : Authorize the office of the President to pay for expenses and musical entertainment during the awards ceremony on October 30. Dr. Tajdolati moved the motion and seconded by Mareck Gooldyn. The motion was unanimously accepted.

New Business

Many discussions took place around the annual get-together on December 11. Ned Blair, Rafi Boghossian and other members participated in the discussions on the annual dinner of the organization.
President Thomas Saras emphasized that the annual dinner increases bond among members and hoped this year more members would attend along with their families as opposed to non-members. Members were asked to bring their payment for the Annual Dinner on November 9, 2015 or in the next meeting on November 6.
Ticket price for Annual Dinner is only $30 per person which includes full dinner with live entertainment. The president make it clear at this point that unless the tickets will be taken by the members, he is not prepared to organize an event where only a small number of members are attending and the rest of the attendees are not members, as the treasury of the organization is spending almost equal amount of the ticket for the event.

Adjournment:

Mohammad Tajdolati moved a motion to adjourn the meeting Rafi Boghossian seconded it. The motion was carried. The Chair President Thomas Saras adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm. The next monthly meeting would take place on November 9, 2015 at City Hall, committee room #3.