Meeting Notes: November 5, 2020

1. Call to Order:  Meeting called to order by Allaudin (President) at 9:08 PM ET
2. 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)
3. Approval of Meeting Agenda:  Agenda as posted by Allaudin Mahmood Bashir approved unanimously
4. Approval of Meeting Minutes: Minutes from October 1, 2020 meeting were reviewed and approved unanimously
5. Treasurer’s Report (Naveed)
   • Account balance: $27,418.90
   • Endowment Fund (invested in Vanguard): $45,807.13 (~ +500 since Apr 2020)
6. Fundraising Progress
   
   • Goal: $20,000.00 Total Raised: $ 25,501
   • General Fund: $4,601.00
     Scholarship Fund: $14,000.00
     Endowment Fund: $6,900.00
      
7. Old Business

   • 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

   • Mentoring Program

     • ACTION: Farrukh

       • Add link to mentorship application form under Mentorship Program description on website

       • Update mentorship program description to match letter from CCH Principal describing program 

   • 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

8. 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)

9. Open Floor

   • No topics

Next Meeting: December 3, 2020 @ 9:00 PM Eastern
Zoom link TBD
Adjourn: Meeting adjourned at 10:48 PM ET