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JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
AT SIDDHACHALAM
SUMMARY OF JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) AND BOARD OF The Siddhachalam Trustees met with DIRECTORS (DIR) MEETING HELD AT JAINA executive committee members to seek SIDDHACHALAM ON 3RD AND 4TH opportunities to assist in promoting OCT 2003
Siddhachalam as Teerth in North America. Many ideas were exchanged for exploration
and implementation. Executive committee members present: Mr. Anop Vora, Mr. Kirit Daftary, Mr. Sushil
Presidents and JAINA 2003 convention
report: Mr. Anop Vora - After a brief Jain, Mrs. Lata Champsee, Mr. Udai Jain, Mr. Rohak Vora, Mr. Sumati Shah, Mr. Keerti
introduction by each member present, Anopji Shah, Mr. Bipin Parikh and Mr. Kamlesh
thanked everyone for coming and making this
meeting a success. He remarked that many Amin (JAINA Executive Director).
people offered compliments to JAINA and Directors and Guests: Mr. Kamlesh Amin, Cincinnati/Dayton Sangh for doing an Mr. Sudhir M. Shah, Mr. Chandrakant M. outstanding job in every aspect of the Shah, Dr. Mamta Shaha, Mr. Rajendra convention. He recognized all people involved Kumar, Mr. Jaysingh Bhandari, Mr. Jashwant and publicly thanked them for their excellent Shah, Mr. Vinay Vakhani, Mr. Naresh Jain, support. He added that, due to the efforts of Mr. Pravin C. Shah, Mrs. Urmila J. Shah, every committee, there was significant Mr. Ashok J. Desai, Mr. Dilip V. Shah, Mr. savings, to benefit JAINA, local Sangh and Dhrumal Purohit, Mr. Gunvant Shah, Mr. future conventions. Nirmal Dosi, Mrs. Anita Shah, Mrs. Kanta P. Shah, Mrs. Vimla V. Vakani, Mrs. Asha
Treasurer's report: Due to unexpected Jain, Mrs. Rekha Parikh, Mrs. Hema Shah,
circumstances, the treasurer's report was not Mr. Rajeev Pandya, Mr. Kamlesh Shah, Mr.
available. However, JAINA is financially Nitin Talsania, Mrs. Urmila Desai.
healthy at this point. A report will be posted on JAINA web site in the near future.
Passing resolution: Sushilji briefly outlined a customized procedure to pass a motion/ resolution as approved by EC (EC03-004). He added that we will use "Robert's Rules of Parliamentary Procedure” as a reference.
Patron program presentation: Udaiji led discussion on JAINA Patron program as approved by EC (EC03-001). He started with a brief historical review and outlined past successes and opportunities to improve. He described the details of patron's program and announced the names of individuals who already pledged to become high level JAINA patrons. A question was raised regarding JAINA having too many varieties of memberships. JAINA EC agreed that none of the existing programs will be withdrawn or compromised. Udaiji noted many positive and supportive comments and questions raised during discussion.
Committee re-structuring presentation: Anopji presented current committee restructure plans as approved by JAINA EC (EC03-002). He announced that the functions of seven committees are being eliminated and two committees are being renamed. He also announced a change in leadership in some committees, as well as formation of six new committees. The remaining committees and their functions remain unchanged. In conclusion, it was decided that we will have a brief description/ statement of each committee. This information will assist in gaining knowledge regarding each committee as well as avoid redundancies among committees. A comment was made regarding the importance of keeping Ahimsa committee active. Similar comment was voiced regarding possible duplication with JAIN network forum and MIS. In addition, a comment was made that each committee be required to send their progress report to the secretary. It was suggested that VP should facilitate the reporting process.
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