Goan Musical Society - 1st General Meeting

Goan Musical Society

First General Meeting

for GMS Members

The 1st Annual General Meeting of the Goan Musical Society was held on

Saturday, 24th of July 1999, India Club, 143 The Strand, London WC2.

The agenda was

1. Personal Introduction of all members
2. Chairman’s Report
3. Secretary and Programme Director’s Report
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Election of body of officers for 1999/2000
Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
Music/Programme Director

6. Acceptance of GMS Constitution

7. Current Issues
Recruitment of new members (especially younger age group)
Practice Sessions
Programme events

8. Any other businesses

The new elected GMS Committee 1999/2000
is formed by:

CHAIRMAN: Rene Barreto

GENERAL SECRETARY: Anita Rebello

ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Elma Cota

TREASURER: Kerwin Fernandes

PUBLICITY OFFICER: Cipriano Fernandes

PROGRAMMES DIRECTOR: Joao Paulo Cota

EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Paulo Colaco Dias

EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Alfred Rebello

EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Norman Cortez

EXECUTIVE MEMBER: Bernadette Pereira Dias

The process of elections of the GMS Committee 1999/2000

Nominations forms were distributed to members for completion.
The nominees were then asked if they wanted to stand for office in various posts.
The following members were then elected to the GMS governing body:
Chairman: Rene Barreto. Proposed by: Cipriano Fernandes Seconded by: Joao Paulo Cota
General Secretary: Anita Rebello. Proposed by: Paulo Colaco Dias Seconded by: Elma Cota
Assistant Secretary: Elma Cota. Proposed by: Rene Barreto Seconded by: Cipriano Fernandes
Treasurer: Kerwin Fernandes. Proposed by: Norman Cortez Seconded by: Marilia de Souza
Publicity Officer: Cipriano Fernandes. Proposed by: Elma Cota Seconded by: Anita Rebello
Programmes Director: Joao Paulo Cota. Proposed by: Rene Barreto Seconded by: Marilia de Souza

All officers above were elected by confidential vote from all GMS members present.

The following executive Members were then appointed by the new elected committee:
Executive Member: Paulo Colaco Dias. Proposed by: Alfred Rebello Seconded by: Cipriano Fernandes
Executive Member: Alfred Rebello. Proposed by: Errol Lobo Seconded by: Rene Barreto
Executive Member: Norman Cortez. Proposed by: Marilia de Souza Seconded by: Joao P Cota
Executive Member: Bernadette Pereira Dias. Proposed by: Rene Barreto Seconded by: Adolfo Saldanha

Mr A Saldanha was asked if he would accept an honorary post as assistant to the Programmes Director.
He accepted and was therefore appointed. It was agreed that Office bearers would be in office until
December 2000 as this would minimise costs involved in running elections for the current GMS membership of 51.