Minutes of the monthly
meeting held on August 13, 2012, at Committee room N# 2, Main Legislative
Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto On.
Members Present:
Thomas S.
Saras
Mohammad
Bagher Samimi
Suleyman
Guven
Dumitru
Popescu
Ranjit Wicks
Upali
Obeyesekere
Jacques
Varbedion
Rakhi
Prabhakar
Sandeep
Prabhakar
Perry Long
Mohammad
Tajdolati
T.
Vasanthakumar
Nishantha D.
(Ceylon Express)
Snow Guen
Peter
Galiatsos
Teshome
Woldemanuel
Kathy L. Lin
Jonathan
Annobil
Emmanuel
Ayiku
Sue Chin
Logan
Logendinlingan
Srimal
Abeyewardene
Rosemary
Sadlier
Moorthy
Sellathurai
Perrii
Muthuraman
William
Doyle-Marshall
Paulraj R.
(Kathir Oli Media)
Charles Deva
(Tamil Mirror)
Kevin Wang
(MCT)
Hermie
Garcia (Philippine Reporter)
Mila
A. Garcia
Raffi D.
Boghossian
Isa mela Etc
E Tal
Muhammed
Enad
Agenda:
Welcome
Remarks by the Chair
A call to
order by the Chair
Agenda of
the Day
Minutes of
the Previous Meeting
Report by
the President
Questions
Period
New Business
(Motions)
New Members
Tickets for
the CNE- Volunteers for the booth
Adjournment
Welcome Remarks by the Chair:
The
President of the organization Thomas S. Saras chaired the meeting on the
absence of Dr. Lamba and declared the meeting open. Peter Galiatsos and
Suleyman Guven, moved a motion to approve the agendas as is. The motion
Carried.
Minutes of the previous
meeting:
Dr.
Tajdolati and Suleyman Guven moved a motion to approve the minutes of the
previous monthly meeting held July the 9th, 2012 as is. The
motion carried.
President’s Report :
President
Thomas S. Saras reported that the application submitted to Canadian
Heritage for funding of the projects of the organization for 2012, was
turned down by the director of the department for reasons unknown. Mr.
Saras suspected prejudice and discrimination as other similar mainstream
organizations are funded for similar projects. “It is my personal
view” said the President, “that elements with racist feelings being
advanced in the administration of the service and I am afraid that we have
to fight back, in order to protect our gains and rights with our struggles
over the years.” Mr. Saras informed the Board that although Heritage
Canada under the administration of James Moore, rejected our application,
he managed to get the appropriate funding from private sources and the TD
Financial Group. I want to express our gratitude, “said the president,
“to the administration of the TD financial Group, for their generosity
and help, so important under the circumstances.
The president also said that all the expenses for the said projects
of the year were fully covered by private donations and there were no
reasons for any change in our plans. According to Thomas Saras, a
consultant was hired to prepare the booth in a very proper way and also
two students were hired as attendance of the booth for the 18 days event.
The President asked if anyone of the members was wishing to donate time as
volunteer for the needs of the booth in order to assist the attendance. On
Sunday the 19th of August the administration prepared the
official opening of the booth and invited personalities to celebrate with
the members the event. He also invited all the members to be there and
bust with their presence the event.
The
President distributed to all attending members entry tickets to the fair
and invited all following the ceremony to attend the special reception the
administration was organizing for the event. The President added that he
received an invitation from the chief of the Royal naval Forces of Canada
to attend a reception during the visit to Toronto by Her Majesty’s
Canadian Ship “VILLE DE QUEBEC” and emphasize that this is an
indication of the respect the Royal Canadian Forces showing to the Ethnic
Press and Media of Canada.
The Chair,
also welcomed the new members to the council and wished all to be
productive and professionals.
Adjournment:
Dr.
Tajdolati moved a motion to adjourn the meeting. Peter Galiatsos and
Suleyman Guven seconded it. The motion carried. Mr. Saras chair of the
meeting declared the meeting over at 8:00 pm. The next meeting would take
place on September 17th, 2012, 3rd Monday of the
Month due to unavailability of the committee room.