General Body Meeting of our Association was held on 10th June 2011. Mr.Krishnayya, President of our Association welcomed all the members present to start the meeting.The Annual Report was read by The Secretary, Mr.Prabhakar Kamath. Treasurer, Mr.Raghavendra Shenoy presented the Accounts which the was accepted by the members without any objections.
Election of Office Bearers of the year 2012-2014 was announced, As there were no new nominations almost all the Office bearers of the previous term was re-elected, except small changes in the committee members. ( List of new members is published in this blog as a separate entry)
Chief Guest of the day was the Senior Suptd. of Post Offices, Mr.Chandrashekar who spoke about the plans and ideas to promote Philately in the area, and promised his full support to all our activities. He also asked the members to take help from the Posts in their respective regions and to visit schools and re-initiate the activities of Nehru Stamp Clubs.As he had recently taken Office in Mangalore, he asked all the members to introduce themselves and the members were happy to do so.
Mr.Daniel Montherio, our Senior member and International award winner, who entered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records was honoured by our Association. He was hounered by the traditional way of presenting a shawl and Memento by Senior Suptd. of Post Offices, Mr.Chandrashekar in the presence of all the members.Mr.Daniel who spoke a few words thanked all the members of the Association for their support in all his endeavors. He said that he was still a humble stamp collector and not a great Philatelist and had much more to learn about philately specially from the Seniors who had vast knowledge in this field.
Chief Guest of the day was the Senior Suptd. of Post Offices, Mr.Chandrashekar who spoke about the plans and ideas to promote Philately in the area, and promised his full support to all our activities. He also asked the members to take help from the Posts in their respective regions and to visit schools and re-initiate the activities of Nehru Stamp Clubs.As he had recently taken Office in Mangalore, he asked all the members to introduce themselves and the members were happy to do so.
Mr.Daniel Montherio, our Senior member and International award winner, who entered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records was honoured by our Association. He was hounered by the traditional way of presenting a shawl and Memento by Senior Suptd. of Post Offices, Mr.Chandrashekar in the presence of all the members.Mr.Daniel who spoke a few words thanked all the members of the Association for their support in all his endeavors. He said that he was still a humble stamp collector and not a great Philatelist and had much more to learn about philately specially from the Seniors who had vast knowledge in this field.
Other matters were discussed and Mr.Krishnayya spoke about the problems in bringing out the magazine in time due to the lack financial help in the form of advertisement and donations, and promised that it would be printed by next month. Mr.Prabhakar Kamath spoke about the sucess of the lucky dip which was started as an activity to raise funds and about the new coin release and bookings.Members were asked to intimate us in case of change in personal information like Address, Phone No. etc.It was also decided to conduct Auctions to raise funds.
There were other general discussions relating to Philately and Numismatics and problems faced by the members. New members were introduced and addition of library books were announced. More than 50 members were present, even though the weather was rainy. Dealers were present and members had a good chance to buy their wants. Refreshments were provided after the meeting.
The meeting concluded with vote of thanks to the Posts for providing us space for our meetings, for the local press who had been providing good support by publishing our activities and all the members and non members who had donated and provided advertisements for our Magazine.
There were other general discussions relating to Philately and Numismatics and problems faced by the members. New members were introduced and addition of library books were announced. More than 50 members were present, even though the weather was rainy. Dealers were present and members had a good chance to buy their wants. Refreshments were provided after the meeting.
The meeting concluded with vote of thanks to the Posts for providing us space for our meetings, for the local press who had been providing good support by publishing our activities and all the members and non members who had donated and provided advertisements for our Magazine.
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