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ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 11, 2008 KOA Elections Update Dear KOA Members: The KOA elections for the year 2008 are over. Previously, the NEC appraised you about the nominations received. Only one nomination was received for each of the following positions: KOA President, and KOA Zone Director for Zones 1 and 7. For KOA Zone 8 Director, two nominations were received. Dr. Abhinav Raina withdrew his nomination. No nominations were received for Director KOA Zones 3, 4 and 6. On behalf of NEC-KOA 2008, I am pleased to announce the election of Mr. Pradumon Tickoo, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, as the new President-Elect of KOA. Congratulations to Mr. Tickoo! In his nomination acceptance, Mr. Tickoo sent the following message:
The NEC also announces and congratulates the following persons as KOA Zone Director as indicated: Zone 1: Ms. Nirmala Mitra Zone 7: Mr. Ajay Koul Zone 8: Ms. Veena Kaul Since no nominations for KOA Zone Director for Zones 3, 4 and 6 were received by the set deadline, emails were sent to the KOA membership in these Zones. KOA members from these Zones suggested names on which the NEC deliberated. The NEC is pleased to announce and congratulate the following persons as KOA Zone Director as indicated: Zone 3: Mr. Umesh Kaul, New Jersey Zone 4: Ms. Asha Bakaya, Maryland Zone 6: Dr. Rakesh Raina, Georgia It has been a pleasure to serve our own KOA. With namaskars and best regards, Autar Mattoo, Chair 2008 KOA NEC Hira Nakhasi, Member Sujata Quasba, Member Soman Dhar, Member
February
24,
2008
Dear members of the community,
Voting was conducted on Friday Feb 22nd 2008 regarding the
proposal as below. The proposal was approved by the board of
directors.
Proposal
I am submitting the following proposal for your approval in order
to support additional students in the Support A Child (SAC)
Program and the Education Assistance Program (EAP) for a
period of 2 years (2008-2009) with the funds
available in the KOA's Education Fund.
The details are provided below:
Balance in Education Fund (end of 2007): $24750
Balance in Education Fund from previous Administration: $4071 Total Balance in Education Fund at the end of 2007: $28821 Funds Transferred from Education Fund to other programs in Jan 2008 (on donor's request): $900 (EAP) + $675 (SAC) = $1575 Current Balance in Education Fund: $28821 - $1575 = $27246
Proposed Funding from Education Fund:
1. Support A Child (SAC):
Funds required for 20 students for 2 years (2008-2009) = 20 students x 2 years x $225/student/year = $9000
2. Education Assistance Program (EAP):
Funds required for 15 students for 2 years (2008-2009) = 15 students x 2 years x $300/student/year = $9000
Total funding required = $9000 + $9000
= $18000
Please submit your vote (YES, NO, ABSTAIN) to
the KOA secretary, Soman Dhar, by Friday, February
22, 2008, 12:00PM EST.
Thank you.
Regards,
Sunil Fotedar President, Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA), Inc. San Antonio, Texas www.koausa.org
Thanks
(Soman Dhar)
Secretary KOA
February 16, 2008: KOA's Annual College Bound ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for 2008
Dear Members,
Namaskaar!
Each year KOA awards one time achievement award to a Kashmiri Pandit College bound student living in the USA. Any high school senior student meeting the following requirements qualifies to apply for this award:
- High school GPA of at least 3.5.
- SAT score of at least 1985 out of 2400. Or an ACT score of at least 30. - A two-page essay about Kashmiri Pandit heritage. - The applicant should have some Kashmiri community related experience.
Details are at:
http://koausa. org/achieve/
This is the formal notification to invite
applications for KOA's Annual College Bound ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for
the year 2008. Applicants need to send the following material to Dr.
Hira Koul via email at
koul@stt.msu.
edu (koul @ stt . msu
. edu).
- High School GPA
- SAT or ACT Score - A maximum of two page essay on Kashmiri Pandit heritage - Kashmiri community related experience details.
This year the deadline for receiving
applications is March 31, 2008.
Dr. Hira Koul (MI) is the coordinator for this
program and chairs the selection committee that additionally
includes Dr. Hira Nakhasi (MD) and Mr. Vijay Kaul (FL). This
selection committee will evaluate all the applications and select
the winner(s).
I personally request all the parents to
encourage their college-bound children to participate in this
program.
Regards, Sunil Fotedar
President, Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA),
Inc. USA
San
Antonio, Texas
November 19, 2007: KOA Directory
Namaskaar!
I hope you all celebrated Diwali
with your family and friends.
As already informed, we plan to
publish long-awaited KOA directory by early part of 2008. If you
have moved and changed your contact information recently, please
fill out the following online form at:
If, for whatever reasons, you are
unable to fill out the form, please send the pertinent details (that
the form asks) to koa_management@yahoo.com
Around Mid-January, we will send the
draft version of directory as pdf to all the members. At that point,
members will have two weeks to revert back to us with any last
minute changes. And then in February, the final version will go out.
Please keep in mind, the
printed version of the KOA directory will be mailed only to those
who are currently paid members. The unpaid members will get
its pdf version via email. In order to respect the privacy of our
members, there will be no online version of the directory available
on the KOA website. If you have not become a member yet, you can signup
at:
There are two ways to become a KOA
member:
MEMBERSHIP DUES
At present, following types of memberships are available:
a) Regular Membership
for community members residing in USA
b) Associate
Membership for community members residing outside of USA
We look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank
you.
Regards,
Sunil Fotedar
San
Antonio, Texas
September 13, 2007: Inspiring news from Udhampur
PRIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY Left to Right: Ruchi Kandroo (10th), Sakshi Bhat (9th), Neeshu Bhat (10th) This picture has been provided by Sh. Bhushan Garoo These young girls from the Battal Balian refugee camp near Udhampur, who attended the Rishi Memorial School, secured 9th and
joint 10th positions in the 8th Grade public examinations conducted by the District Board of Education. More than 8,000 students appeared in the examination from all over Udhampur district, and only the top ten positions were notified in the government gazette. Background Information: The Rishi Memorial School is a tangible success story of collective community effort. It educates approx. 175 kids through the 8th grade, an overwhelming majority of whom are refugee Kashmiri Pandit kids. The school employs 17 staff (1 principal, 13 teachers and 3 support staff), out of which 15 are refugees from Kashmir. Individuals interested in making tax-exempt contributions, please visit KOA Education Fund. |
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