Friday, March 23, 2007

Committee reports, Regiona coordinator reports, and responses from the hub



The meeting resumed at the conference hall around 10:00 am with discussions on regional matters starting with the regional committee reports. In the absence of the trustees (Dr. Ratnam and Rev. George) in charge of the Public Relations and CC Building Committee, Regional Coordinator Dr. Shakun Vaswani shared updates on the upcoming CCs being formed in progress around the region. Activities of Public Relations were also mentioned and this triggered a lively discussion on some of the current local issues on interfaith relationships around the region.

Discussions on the ADHOC committee for Annual Regional Meeting & the 2007 Malaysia conference centered around how Dr. Amir worked towards hosting the Regional Meeting in KL. While on this topic, representatives from the URIKLCC were then invited to express their sentiments about hosting the event.

On Fundraising & Outsourcing or Sustainability committee, Sr. Sandra pointed out how the region should work towards creating resources (human or financial) starting within the CC level, working towards self-sufficient, self-sustaining CCs.

While on a working tea break, the meeting proceeded with the Regional Coordinator’s 2006 Report. After Dr. Shakun presented the proposed plans and budget for 2007 several queries raised by some URIKLCC members were discussed and clarified.

Afterwards responses from the URI main office were shared. URI-GC Chair Ms. Yoland started off with an invitation to stand up, stretch and walk break around the room before she proceeded with her sharing. Just before lunch break URI Exec. Dir. Rev. Charles shared his thoughts and suggestions for the regional assembly.

After lunch and prayer break for the Muslim members, the meeting resumed in the afternoon while foregoing the viewing of the DVD-documentary from The Peacemakers’ Circle CC due to technical difficulties. Sally and Barbara from the URI hub office then shared their reports, opinions and suggestions for the group.

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