- Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Allaudin (President) at 9:08 PM ET
- Attendance
Present: Allaudin Mahmood Bashir (President), Farrukh Najmi (Board of Trustees, Webmaster), Naveed Ahmed (Treasurer, Webmaster), Ahmed Jahangir, Abid Hussain (President Elect), Raza Anwar Khan (Board of Trustees)
Not Present: Syed Imran Ali (Finance Committee), Zubair Niazi (Immediate Past President), Kashif Malik (Webmaster) , Abrar Arshad Bari (Secretary), WaseemUllah(Webmaster) - Approval of Meeting Agenda: Agenda as posted by Allaudin Mahmood Bashir approved unanimously
- Approval of Meeting Minutes: Minutes from October 1, 2020 meeting were reviewed and approved unanimously
- Treasurer’s Report (Naveed)
- Account balance: $27,418.90
- Endowment Fund (invested in Vanguard): $45,807.13 (~ +500 since Apr 2020)
- Fundraising Progress
- Goal: $20,000.00 Total Raised: $ 25,501
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General Fund: $4,601.00Scholarship Fund: $14,000.00Endowment Fund: $6,900.00
- Old Business
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Updating CCH Library with Books/Kindles
- Allauddin suggested looking at http://firstbook.org based on working with Molina Foundation. Farrukh looked into this and found that it was focused on underprivileged schools and did not seem applicable to CCH
- Farrukh is awaiting information from http://www.jstor.org for subscriptions to scholarly journals
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Mentoring Program
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ACTION: Farrukh
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Add link to mentorship application form under Mentorship Program description on website
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Update mentorship program description to match letter from CCH Principal describing program
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- Scholarship policy
- Raza: After confirming with Kashif Malik from Pakistan we will finalize proposal for merit scholarship sponsored by AANA. General agreement to name merit scholarships after our teachers (same for need-based scholarship)
- We have received MOU-AANA 7732,7556 2020.pdf from CCH for two students we have supported
- Motion to approve signing of MOU-AANA 7732,7556 2020.pdf from CCH Principal by President AANA unanimously approved
- Website issues and solutions
- Have contacted Ezra Klughaupt CEO at Charles River Web from Sommerville MA
- He has is available to work on web site issues in a triaged manner @ $110 / hour. Expected effort at least 10 hours. Details provided in slack.
- ACTION: Farrukh to create a poll on slack to approve USD 1300 for one time expense for web site improvements
- ACTION: Farrukh to see if there is a way to put an automated check in donation web page whether an employer will match the donation
- ACTION: Farrukh to send much delayed Newsletter
- ACTION: Farrukh Check with CCH Principal if it is realistic and feasible to have CCH student mentees work on AANA web site for a stipend
- ACTION: Farrukh add everyone on AANA staff on admin@abdalian-na.org mailbox so they all receive emails sent there
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New Business:
- Scholarship’s for 2021: Still Waiting for MOU from CCH. Expected end of December.
- Information requested by CA Secretary of State seeking postal address of all AANA EC members (Imran)
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Open Floor
- No topics
Next Meeting: December 3, 2020 @ 9:00 PM Eastern
Zoom link TBD
Adjourn: Meeting adjourned at 10:48 PM ET