Jain Digest 2000 02 Vol 16 No 02

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS....
JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETS IN CHICAGO At the invitation of Jain society of Metropolitan Chicago, JAINA Executive Committee held its meeting in Chicago on March 18, 2000. The meeting started with the recitation of Namokar Mantra. JAINA President Mahendra Pandya welcomed the attendees to the meeting. Attendees included JAINA Executive Committee members, members and trustees of the Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago and invited guests. At the outset, Vinay Vakani, Secretary-JAINA, read the Minutes of the meetings held in Siddhachalam in fall of 1999. President of JAINA then presented his report that covered many activities, such as JAINA Calendar, JAINA Yatra, two Medical Camps in India, Mahavir Memorial Plans, the Book Source, possible TV Programs, etc. JAINA
Treasurer Anop Vora presented the financial report for 1999, which was accepted by the JAINA Executive Committee. We then moved to the main purpose of this meeting, which was to finalize the agreement and plans for the 2001 JAINA Convention.
On October 1, 1999, Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (JSMC) had sent to JAINA a Letter of Intent to host the 2001 JAINA Convention. ISMC had also accepted the proposed JAINA Convention Guidelines with some minor modifications and signed off on it. The following resolution was proposed and unanimously passed by the JAINA Executive Committee: RESOLUTION #1:
"I propose before this meeting of the Executive Committee of JAINA held at Chicago on March 18, 2000, to approve a request by Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago to be the Host City for the 11 JAINA Convention, to be held during the 4th of July weekend, 2001." Proposed by: Vinay K. Vakani, Secretary JAINA Seconded by: Dhiraj H. Shah, Past President Seconded by: Girish P. Shah, Vice President (West)
In conformance with the JAINA Convention Guidelines. JAINA Executive Committee then moved to the formation of the JAINA Convention Board with the following resolution:
The names of the members of the 2001 JAINA Convention Board are as follows: JAINA
JSMC Bipin D. Parikh
Kishor C. Shah Vinay K. Vakani
Prabodh Vaidya Gyan Chand Jain
Arvind Shah Keerti N. Shah
Jagat Shah Samprati J. Shah
Pravin Shah Lata Champsee
Megha Doshi Dilip V. Shah
Viken Shah Virendra Shah
Resolution was passed by the unanimous vote of YES by the Executive Committee.
JAINA Executive Committee also approved the formation of the JAINA Convention Activity Review and Advisory Committee passing the following resolution: RESOLUTION #3
"I propose before this meeting of the Executive Committee of JAINA held on March 18, 2000, to approve the formation of JAINA Convention Activity Review and Advisory Committee, in accordance with the JAINA Convention Guidelines agreed to between JAINA and JSMC. Mahendra K. Pandya, President of JAINA, will chair the Committee, and the Committee will consist of all Past Presidents of JAINA and three additional members nominated by the President of JAINA. The names of the three members will be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval." Proposed by: Vinay K. Vakani, Secretary JAINA Seconded by: Kirit Daftary, Vice President (Southwest) Seconded by: Dipika K. Dalal, Vice President (Southeast)
RESOLUTION #2
"We propose before this meeting of the Executive Committee of JAINA held on March 18, 2000, that we approve the formation of the JAINA Convention Board consisting of the representatives of JAINA and Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (JSMC), in accordance with the JAINA Convention Guidelines agreed to between JAINA and JSMC." Proposed by: Bipin D. Parikh, First Vice President JAINA &
Kishor C. Shah, Chairman, Board of Trustees, JSMC Seconded by: Girish P. Shah, Vice President (West) Seconded by: Anop R. Vora, Treasurer, JAINA
All three Resolution was passed by the unanimous vote of YES by the Executive Committee.
Subsequent to this meeting, the JAINA Executive Committee has approved the three nominees proposed by Mahendra Pandya. They are: Duli Chandra Jain (New York), Jagdish Sheth (Georgia), and Prem Chand Jain (California).
JAINA Executive Committee members and the invited guests then discussed, in general, the following issues related to organizing and managing the 2001 Convention:
Selection of Convention Hall and other facilities
Selection of the Theme for the 2001 Convention- Everyone participated and put forth ideas for the theme
• Programming Activities at the Convention- Programming should be around the Theme that may be selected; also topics for discussion/discourses to be determined early and not be extem
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