Friday, July 16, 2010

Kalpna Rane's letter to all the members of the Press Club

We have received following communication from one of the member of the 'outgoing' , Managing Committee of the Club.
Please note from this Sunday , on the eve of the last day of filing nomination , we are going to start an INSIDER column on this blog by a very senior member of the blog to report to us activities related to poll -2010 .

Kalpana Rane
Membership No. 999
Press Club, Mumbai
AGM (July 23) and Elections (July 24)

July 21, 2010

Dear Members of the Press Club, Mumbai

At the outset let me thank all of you for electing me (on July 26, 2008) to the Management of the Club for 2008-10.

The AGM of the club is to be held at 1.30 P M on Friday, July 23. I request all of you to attend the AGM and take part in the proceedings.

The elections for the President, office-bearers and Managing Committee for 2010-12 will be held from 12 Noon to 7 P M on Saturday, July 24. Please make it a point to take in this democratic exercise; even if you have to brave the monsoon showers.

Let me go back to 2008. I was approached by G.Viswanath (THE HINDU), Chandrashekhar Sant (my colleague at Maharashtra Times) and Vinod Khatri (Navbharat Times) to know of my interest in taking part in the elections in order to be part of the management of the Club.

I had taken up leadership roles in a number of events and hence I decided to give my consent and be part of a dedicated group that ran the administration of the club for many years. Thanks to the support extended by the members of the club, I was elected to the committee.

I would like to inform the members of the club that I would be a keen participant in the election process that will determine the management of the club for 2010-12.

I will be a candidate as part of the group that encouraged me to be associated with the activities and management of the club. I need your good wishes and support.

With warm regards and cheers,

Yours Sincerely
Kalpana Rane
(Membership No. 999)
Maharashtra Times, Mumbai

Monday, July 12, 2010

Notice to Censure the Club MC for causing constitutional breakdown

Mumbai/ July 12, 2010
To,
The President The Press Club ,Mumbai
Sub – Notice to move a censure motion at the AGM

Dear Sir,
I, as an ordinary member of the Press Club, Mumbai, propose to move the following resolution at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for July 23, 2010:

“The Press Club, Mumbai AGM held on July 23, 2010 , censures the managing committee for a serious constitutional lapse leading to the non-appointment /election of a new Internal Auditor in place of Mr. Pansare P. Ramchandra , whose election and appointment as the Internal Auditor in the last AGM on June 30 , 2009 was annulled by the President vide his order of July 2, 2009 for not meeting the criteria to hold the post as stipulated under Article 30 of Bye-laws. The AGM proposes to fix specific responsibility for this constitutional breakdown in view of non-compliance of the order of the President that ‘ a new internal auditor shall be elected at a special general meeting on a later date’ and therefore , mandates deterrent action , to be decided by the House , against the secretary and other functionaries of the club so as to ensure against recurrence of such lapses in future”.

I request you to allow me to move the above resolution, with elaboration, ahead of the consideration of Managing Committee’s Annual report for 2009-10.
Thanking you,

Yours truly
(CP Jha)
Membership No 388
C/C
1) Secretary , The Press Club , Mumbai
2) All the valid members of the Press Club, Mumbai
3) Charity Commisioner and Assistant Registrar of Societies, Mumbai/ Sarvajanik Nyaas Nondni Karyalaya , Brihanmumbai Vibhag , Mumbai

Postscript : A hardcopy of the notice was duly submitted to the Club office this afternoon. The President’s SMS , in reply to following SMS sent to him – “Mr Vijayakar , submitted 2day a notice 2 move censure motion against the club MC in AGM 4 noncompliance of ur order on internal auditor” - was “ Agm 2 decide “ , conveying that the notice has been admitted for the consideration and adoption by the AGM . We request all members of the club to support the motion by participating in the AGM in large numbers.