Ipoh City Watch (ICW) held an AGM today to elect the new office bearers for the period 2009 - 2011. Closed to 35 ICW members turned up for the AGM, which was held at the Old Andersonian Club house. Out going President N. Sreethararaj thanked the members for their presence. He also thanked the committee members for their effort in organizing public seminars successfully over the past 2 years.
The previous office bearers (from left): Dr. Rajeswaran, Andrew Anthony, Robert Ee (Asst Secretary), Jefri (Secretary), Sreethararaj (President), Augustine Anthony (Vice President), Jeyaraj (Treasurer) and Kundan Lal (standing). Also present was ICW Past President Chan Kok Sun and Fathol of Ipoh ECHO.
According to Sreethararaj, ICW has organized 2 forums in 2007. A total of 45 participants attended a seminar on August 25, 2007 entitled: "Towards a Cleaner Ipoh". Guest speakers for the seminar were Ipoh City Mayor, a local Councilor and a lawyer Mr. Augustine Anthony.
Speech by Out-Going President Mr. Sreethararaj
On November 3, 2007, ICW in conjunction with Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) held a forum on "Freedom of Information/Expression - A Right for All". A total of 34 participants attended the forum which was held at the Syuen Hotel in Ipoh.
Chan Kok Sun conducting the election of new office bearersPast President Chan Kok Sun was then invited to chair the election of office bearers and was assisted by Judie another ICW member.
Before the start of the election, members were introduced to the previous office bearers which comprised of the following:
President - N. Sreethararaj
Vice President - Augustine Anthony
Secretary - Jefri Palpemarvan
Treasurer - A. Jeyaraj
Asst Secretary - Robert H. L. Ee
Committee Members:
* Dr. P. Rajeswaran
* Victor Chew
* Kundan Lal
* Mark Voon
* Andrew Anthony
* Chelvi Murugiah
New office bearers, (from left), Jefri, Andrew, Augustine and JeyarajThe new office bearers elected for the period 2009 - 2011 are as follows:
President - Augustine Anthony
Vice President - A. Jeyaraj
Secretary - Dr. P. Rajeswaran
Treasurer - Andrew Anthony
Asst Secretary - Steven Lee
Committee Members:
* Chelvi Murugiah
* Manjit Kaur
* Jefri Palpemarvan
* Victor Chew
* Kundan Lal
Speech by In-coming President Augustine Anthony
In-coming President, Augustine Anthony together with new office bearers took the center stage. Anthony thanked the members for electing him as the new President of ICW and promised to bring ICW to greater heights.
The AGM which started at 10am ended at 12pm.
2 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS to the new committee. Thanks to Richard Ng for posting the update on the elections
However there are issues within the committee that needs to be addressed.
The call for the AGM and any resolutions to be passed was severely flawed. There is a time frame within which this should have been done. Most members never received the notice till the last few days! I am one of them who received it 3 days prior to the AGM by e-mail. Therefore any member seeking to be elected to the committee and/or posting any resolutions was denied the right.
Even more troubling and shocking was the letter head that states the existence of 'illegal' committee members in the past committee and continues to be published in this blog.
In the event that any committee member/s who have resigned, there needs to be a due process by which a new committee can be formed! None of the members of ICW have been informed of such developments. There was no EGM to this effect. Was the R.O.S notified and approval seeked!
No was the answer by some of the committee members whom I had called up.
The least that could have been done was to postpone the AGM and the matters at hand be sorted out, but the previous committee decided to sweep the matter under the carpet and carry on with what they deemed right. Tidak apa; Malaysia Boleh was the attitude.
The issue here is an organisation that was formed to 'police' the rights of the Ipoh residents has decided to run it like a household entity or school society.
Sadly the very people who question the current constitutional upheaval in Perak have not got their act in order. Where is the integrity, transparency and leadership qualities.
I am not a disgruntled former committee member, but have always strived in making every effort to get ICW to greater heights.
Any organisation must be run ithin the said norms. I am not a legal eagle, but I hope something is done to address the current state of affairs and not let things as it is. It is a serious matter and a breach of the Societies Act.
Dr Logan
Thank you Dr. Loganathan for your feedback. I hope someone among the committee members can enlighten us on what is happening?
Also sorry for the earlier video clips on the Incoming President inaugural speech which I have wrongly posted.
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