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Lalit Shah, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - + Arvind Vora, Kings Park, NY - + Sulekh Jain, Cincinnati, OH - V Naresh Shah, Garden City, NY - Lax Gogri, Bellevue, WA - (formerly of Detroit) - Manu Shah, Oakbrook, ILDinesh Jain, Mississauga, Ont. - Prem Jain, Fremont, CA - Surendra Sethi, Butlar, PA - Vinod Doshi, Monroeville, PA - S. A. B. Kumar, Mississauga, Ont. - ) Surendra Jain, Athens, OH- Duli Chand Jain, Flushing, NY - Prem Gada, Lubbuck, TX - Dhiraj Shah, Grand Isalnd, NY -
programs without the distraction of electioneering.
The fifty-one member associations are required to submit the name(s) of their incoming director(s) on or before March 15, 1995.
The Executive Committee will submit a list of the names and addresses of the current directors to the Election Committee by April 7, 1995. This Election Committee will use this list for: mailing out nomination forms, verifiying the validity of the nominations and for mailing out the ballots.
The election Committee will mail out the nomination forms and the election rules to the directors by April 15, 1995. This will allow sufficient time for receiving the ballots by return mail.
The mail-in ballots will be opened during the meeting of the Board of Directors which will be held on the day before, or the morning of the opening day of the 8th Biennial Convention. The election results will be announced then.
For more information please contact Vinay Jain, Chair - Election Committee at 617/237-5997.
Prem Jain is the coordinator of the council.
The JAINA Executive Committee Election
This year seventy five members of the Board of Directors of JAINA will elect their new Executive Committee for the next two year term 1995-1997 by mail-in ballot before the start of the 8th Biennial JAINA Convention in July, 1995. This is a one of the milestones in the journey to make JAINA a more professional organization.
All of these seventy-five directors will be able to participate in the voting process for the first time. Directors will not be deprived of their voting right if they are unable to attend the convention. In addition, those attending the Convention will be able to enjoy the
Samansuttam, Major Jain Religious Book
All principal religions have their religious books. Christianity has the Bible, Islam has the Koran, Hinduism has the Gita, Buddhism has the Dhammapada and Sikhism has the Gurugranth. Jainism did not have any such book until 1974 the 2,500th Nirvan Anniversary. At that time our major book the Samansuttam, was published in Prakrit and Hindi. This was a great achievement. It was the first time in 2,000 years that a book was complied that all sects of Jainism accepted unanimously. It was a miracle.
This book has been translated into English. Our vision is to produce it in quantity, for free distribution. At present we invision printing 8,000 copies for each of the families in North America, We are looking for sponsors for this project. An acknowledgement page will be inserted in the book. For more information please contact: JAINA Headquarters at 716/688-3030, phone or Fax.
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JAINA Convention Planning Board in action in Chicago, IL on January 21, 1995
March 1995 Jain Education Intemational
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