Minutes
of the Monthly Meeting held on June 8, 2009 at Queen’s Park
Present:
Thomas
S. Saras
Dr.Bikram
Lamba
Khan
Khoda
Neel
Nanda
Dumitru
Popescu
Irene
Keroglidis
Mehdi
Hoveigy
Pang
Hug
Bahram
Bahrami
Hassan
Zerehi
Alamgir
Hussein
R.T.
Natham
Sameera
Thirancithan
Rajasekar
Althiappan
Mathesson
Karadethidilis
Ponniah
Sarruathayapari
Joanna
Pauir
William
Doyle-Marshall
Ahmed
Hotaki
Clyde
McNeil
N.
Longedishingan
Aaaron
Berhane
Muhammead
Ali Berkhari
Moorthy
Sellalhurai
Prem
Arasaratnam
Gerald
Paul
Kevin
Wang
Ali
Mahboub
Jose
Donan
Susana
Donan
Mila
Astriga Garcia
Hermie
Garcia
Mohammad
Tajdolati
Judith
Baiud
Asha
Rajak
John
Saraidaris
Ranjir
Wicks
Srimal
Abeyewardene
Sharifa
Khan
Rev.
Paulvaj R,
Ashogan
Velupillai
Sunil
Rao
Ned
Blair
Emmanuel
Ayiku
Pudhoxal
Raman
Kathy
l Lin
Hai-Tien
Lin
Ranbir
Chauhan
Raina
Sen
Luba
Cherny.
Syleyman
Guven
Agenda
1.
Welcome Remarks by the chair.
2.
Minutes of the previous meeting.
3.
Guest Speaker : Tim Hudak- MPP,
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
4.
New Business (Motions)
5.
Adjournment
Welcome
Remarks by the Chair:
The
chair of the meeting, Clyde McNeil welcomed everybody to the meeting and
declared the meeting open.
William
Doyle Marshall moved a motion to approve the agenda of the meeting. Irene
Keroglidis seconded the motion, which was carried by all.
Minutes of the previous meeting:
Dr. Lamba moved a motion to approve the minutes of the previous monthly meeting held on January, 2009. Irene Kerogolidis seconded it. The motion was carried.
Matters Arising out of the Minutes
There were no issues from the previous minutes.
President’s
Report/Discussions:
·
Ethnic
Press Exhibition will be held in the week of June 29 and this years them
is dedicated to US and Canadian democracies.
·
Inaugural Day of the Ethnic Press Exhibition would be Monday, June
29. Cookies and
refreshments will be served during the exhibition. Mayor will deliver a
short speech. Speeches will also include from Federal and Provincial
ministers.
·
A
friend MP proposed to sponsor a dinner celebrating Canada Day and ethnic
press exhibition on July 1st.
·
Labour
Day weekend to be held at the CNE. Members should indicate how many would
attend the ethnic press festival in order to obtain the passes.
·
Liberal
Leader Michael Ignatieff wrote a letter to the President thanking him for
giving him the opportunity to meet with the council.
·
Members
should submit nominations for awards by June 20th for
recognition in the annual ceremony later this year. Proposals should come
from only good standing members.
·
Sharifa Khan of Balmoral
Marketing invited members for a dinner celebrating 20 years of Balmoral
Marketing on June 19 at the “Ruby Chinese Restaurant” in Scarborough.
OHQC
will disclose their findings over a luncheon on June 9 at The Sutton Place
Hotel.
Asha
Rajak from the exhibition committee disclosed some of the outcome of her
committee meeting. Various discussions took place surrounding the ethnic
press exhibition. Some of the highlights of the discussion are as follows.
·
All media
must bring and submit their publication during NEPMCC monthly meeting on
June 8th, 2009 at the Queen’s Park.
·
All and
any ethnic press and media based in Canada are welcome to participate in
the exhibition
·
Each
participant must submit one of their best and most recent publications
published
·
Only one
publication accepted from each media for the exhibition
·
Publication
must be well-stapled together with all pages while submitting. NEPMCC is
not responsible if any pages missing while on display during the
exhibition
·
Number of
display boards will be determined upon the number of participants
·
Each
participant must submit short essay no longer than 300 words about their
history of the concerned media. Please email this to asha.rajak@gmail.com.
Deadline to submit essay is June 20th 2009.
·
A digital
picture (close-up) of the Chief Editor is welcome to submit for display.
Pictures should not be larger than 30KB. Please email this to asha.rajak@gmail.com
. Deadline to submit picture is June 20th 2009.
·
A large
billboard will be designed for display during this event where small
pictures of all member media will be included. This billboard will also be
used for other NEPMCC events in future. All member media organization must
send a digital or pdf format of the front page of their publication not
bigger than 50KB. Other Medias can submit their logo. Please email this to
imageatsource@gmail.com.
Deadline to submit this is June 20th 2009.
Dr.
Lamba mentioned that some of the board members have not yet submitted
their profile as per the requirements by Industry Canada. Members have
been reminded several times over the last few months to submit their
respective profiles and this should be the last reminder to the members
who have already not done so.
Dr.
Lamba
reminded that last day of submission for nominations of awards is the 20th
of June 2009. Nominees must write a letter of acceptance once their
nominations are approved. There can be no self nomination. Any member
having issues with the code of ethics should bring it up with the
ombudsman of the council.
Alamgir
Hussain invited members for a Canada Day celebration on July 1st
at Dentonian Park.
Gerald
Paul wants to set up central reservoir to get press releases from various
ethnic media sources and then disseminate news to all. Ned Blair moved a
motion William Doyle Marshall seconded it. The motion was carried.
Irene
Keroglidis moved a motion that NEPMCC sponsor the wine during the ethnic
press exhibition celebration. Neel Nanda seconded the motion. The motion
was carried.
Dr.
Khan Khoda objected to “wine” being given a special mention and did
not see it being necessary to be documented, although he is not opposed to
anyone consuming it during the Canada Day dinner.
President
Thomas Saras clarified his earlier remark and emphasized that he has
worked hard all his life to promote tolerance love and understanding among
various ethnicities and religion, for this reason he felt unfortunate the
intervention as his motion was covering the necessary by the low
provisions for the expense involved. The president apologized to anyone
may his remarks offended.
The
council overwhelmingly endorsed the President’s commitment and hard work
for the betterment of ethnic communities in Canada
Dr.
Lamba moved a motion to have the Canada Day and ethnic press celebration
on July 1st at the “Cypriot Community Centre”, sponsored by our friendly MP. Alamgir Hussain seconded the motion and was
carried by all.
Chair
of the meeting Clyde McNeil read out the introduction of the guest speaker
and leadership hopeful of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP
Tim Hudak
Dr.
Lamba, William Doyle Marshall, Alamgir Hussain and other members
participated in discussions. The following are the highlights of the
discussion.
·
Tim Hudak thanked NEPMCC for inviting him to the meeting and
congratulated NEPMCC for their outstanding work.
·
To describe his vision for the Ontario Progressive
Conservative Party, Tim Hudak turns to former U. S. president Ronald
Reagan’s 11th commandment.
“Thou shall not speak ill of another conservative”.
·
Tim Hudak comes from the vast middle class of Ontario. He believes
in the Canadian value of home ownership.
·
Auto Sector is in trouble and needs careful attention
and strategy.
·
Tim Hudak favours income splitting for families with
pre-school-age children, a simple way to keep the tax burden down when
parents need help the most.
·
Hudak starts by boiling his policy concerns down to three
words --fairness, jobs and families. Who could be against any of that?
·
Cut red tape, reduce corporate taxes, help small business,
support families and get tough on crime are high in his agenda.
·
Good quality of schools is very important for the progress in
education. He wants to make sure that his party comes as one strong and
united PC family.
The
chair of the meeting thanked the speaker for his time and wished him good
luck with his leadership race.
New Business:
The
Chair, Clyde McNeil welcomed new members to the council. They were:
Maheson
Kanaphathi Pillai – Kathir Oli, Weekly Tamil Newspaper
Ashogan
V Pillai - Kathir Oli, Weekly
Tamil Newspaper.
P
Thaya – Siraku News
The
chair encouraged them to be active participants for the cause of the
organization.
Alamgir
Hussain suggested that instead of mentioning “wine” “drinks” or
“beverages” could be mentioned for the purpose of documentation.
Adjournment: Ned Blair moved a motion to adjourn the meeting Srimal Abeyawardene seconded it. The motion was carried. The chair adjourned the meeting at 9 pm. The next meeting would take place on July 13, 2009
