AANA July 2024 Meeting Minutes
EC & Board Members Present:
- Saqib Sheikh
- Salman Khan
- Usman Bhutta
- Waseem Ullah
- Raza Anwar
- Abid Hussain
- Imran Ali
Agenda:
- October 2024 Abdalian Retreat
- Summer AANA Retreat DC Debrief
- Finances and Fundraising
- AANA Endowment Fund
- CCH Principal’s US Visit
- AANA Website Development
Meeting started at 9:00 PM Eastern time.
Saqib Sheikh updated the team members in regards to the upcoming October 2024 Annual AANA Retreat planning and communications so far. Possible locations discussed including “The Renaissance Hotel and Marriott located in the area of “The Shops at Legacy”.
EC Members plan to go and explore the location again in the next week or so.
Saqib Sheikh informed the group on the fundraising efforts and collection so far at the D.C event where about $10,000 dollars were raised. Imran Ali then presented the breakdown of the money received via Square Account and Zelle. Team discussed use of funds including contribution towards endowment fund.
Team discussed starting a campaign request to Abdalians for consideration of a monthly donation to AANA, with prime objective to fund the student scholarships for CCH cadets who qualify.
Imran Ali presented the Financials and explained that all the money invested in Vanguard in two different funds, discussed the returns so far. Slaman Khan proposed use of funds for a perpetual growth and scholarship support for college.
Saqib Sheikh and Salman Khan informed the group about the Principal’s US visit and recent meeting with him in Dallas. Group discussed the innovative teaching methods in college and need for mechanisms to support young Abdalians here in US. Also discussed Principal’s request for transfer of funds via AANA to support a CCH Conference activity but can not be supported. conference to the AANA Account, to which the team disagreed with. Dr Imran wants to emphasize the fact that AANA is an independent organization. In regards to the website, Dr. Sheik has reached out to request 2 more quotes for a brand new website. The cost for initial development will be around $3,000-$4,000 as well as a monthly maintenance cost that will total to around $4,000- $5,000 annually. However, Dr Sheik says he will continue to look for quotes. Dr Imran highlighted the concern of the high price for the new website. Dr Waseem explained that the reason they need a new website is because he had to shut down many other projects just to run this website and the AIMCAANA website due to the cost. Dr Sheik highlighted the importance of expanding and including more people to help with the development of the website; furthermore Dr Sheik is hoping to reach out to more people to help make the fundraising more robust. The question asked is “what do people gauge AANA with?” The answer is a good, functioning website.
