Minutes of the 8thAnnual General
Meeting
Colombo Medical School Alumni Association
(CoMSAA)
The 8th AGM of CoMSAA was held on 2ndNovember
2018, at 6pm, at the Board Room of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo
The following
members attended the meeting
1. Prof.
Jennifer Perera
2. Dr. Iyanthi Abeyewickreme
3. Dr. Sumithra Tissera
4. Prof. Sudarshini Wasalathanthri
5.
Dr. B.J.C Perera
6. Dr. L. Abeyagunawardene
7. Dr. Christo Fernando
8. Dr. G Shanthilal de Silva
9. Dr. Sanath Goonesekara
10. Dr. K Rajendra
11. Dr. J Dayasena
12. Dr. Pramilla Senanayake
13. Dr. Sujatha Samarakoon
14. Dr. Sarath Samarage
15. Dr. Ranjan Dias
16. Dr. Gayani Ranaweera
17. Dr. Harshima Wijesinghe
18. Dr. R Abeyewickreme
19. Dr. Sahan Guruge
20. Dr. AD Wariyapola
21. Prof. A Kaluarachchi
22. Prof. Anoja Fernando
23. Prof. AH Sheriffdeen
Excuses
1.
Prof. Piyanjali
de Zoysa
2.
Dr.
Dayan Rajapaksha
3.
Dr.
Chamila Dalpadatu
4.
Dr.
Sarath Gamini de Silva
The meeting commenced with the NationalAnthem.
Prof. Jennifer Perera welcomed the members.
Minutes
of the 7th AGM held
on 17th November 2017, were presented, and proposed by Dr. Sumithra
Tissera&confirmed byDr. Pramilla Senanayake.
Annual
report 2017/2018was read
by Dr Sumithra Tissera, Joint Secretary CoMSAA. She gave a very comprehensive
report on the many activities undertaken during the year.
The
treasurer’s report and the audited accounts for the financial year (2017/2018) were
presented by Dr. Sahan Guruge.
Item
|
Amount in Rs.
|
|
|
8,020,328.88
|
Total
assets 30.09.2018
|
8,726,040.01
|
Annual
session income
|
2,622,500.00
|
Annual
session expenditure
|
1,666,640.00
|
Profits
from Annual Session
|
905,860.00
|
Total
FD’s held by CoMSAA
|
5,575,334.97
|
Prof. Jennifer Perera addressed the gathering as the outgoing President
and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo. She briefly summarized the
activities undertaken by CoMSAA during the year and also shared some activities
undertaken by the Faculty. She thankedindividual CoMSAA members and batches who
have extended their support to raise money for the building project and
reminded everyone that the Faculty will be celebrating 150 years of its
existence in 2020. She said that many activities are lined up to build the
image of the Faculty both here and abroad. Some of the activities would be;
International Medical Conference, Medical Exhibition, A commemorative walk, An
International Quiz and a Cultural event. She invited all alumni to join in the
celebrations.
She thanked all the Executive Members of the
Council for all their support extended to her to make the year a success. She
also extended her sincere thanks to the academic and non-academic staff of the
Faculty of Medicine for theirenthusiastic cooperation, all well-wishers and
alumni who supported by their generous donations andtheir presence at the
CoMSAA activities.
A special mention was made of Mr. Laskhan
Darshana, the demonstrator attached to the Dean’s Office for all his help
during the year.
President,Dr. Iyanthi Abeyewickremethen addressed the gathering.She thanked the
membership for electing her as the new president for 2018/2019. She then thanked
the outgoing president and the council for all their contributions.Dr
Abeyewickreme said that she will try to uphold the momentum created by the previous
presidents and the executive councils. She emphasized the need to increase the
membership and she said that she will try to realize the goal of making it 1000
before the end of her tenure.Dr Abeyewickreme requested the support of the
membership in all activities of CoMSAA and thanked them for their presence.
Next she introduced the new council and
invited the membership to co-opt as members.
Matters arising from the minutes
Prof. Athula Kaluarachchi, said that since the
inception of CoMSAA in 2011, we were providing financial assistance of Rs.
2000.00 per student. But due to the rising cost of living (CoL), he requested
the new council to look in to this matter and if finances permit to increase
the amount provided to a student.
Prof. AH Sheriffdeen seconded the suggestion
and said that it was better that all students who benefited from any assistance
from CoMSAA should receive the same amount of financial aid. He also requested to see the amounts given by
individual donors through CoMSAA at the moment and try to match the highest
amount provided.
Resolutions
Proposed
Amendment
Article 1V: membership
Any graduate of a
recognized university who is/ has been a permanent member of the academic staff
of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and confirmed service for five
years or more
Will be changed hereafter to;
Any graduate of a
recognized university who is/ has been a permanent member of the academic staff
of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and confirmed service for three
years or more
The proposed
amendment to the constitution was presented and approved by the members
present.
Vote of thanks was delivered by the newly elected Secretary
Dr. Gayani Ranaweera.
She thanked the Past President and the
outgoing committee for a very successful year and all the hard work done over
the past year and the sponsors for all their support.
She also thanked the members for electing us
to the 2018/2019 committee and expressed her gratitude to the participants for
attending the AGM and invited those present to enjoy the refreshments.
The AGM concluded with the faculty song.
Dr.Sumithra Tissera
Joint Secretary - CoMSAA
