MINUTES OF THE

AMERICA NEPAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

1:15PM, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2002

 

Member Attendees

Gaury Adhikary	Sanjaya Khanal	Rasu Bikram Shrestha
James Allen	Janak Koirala	Ruchi Shrestha
Sharada Bhandary	Bijay Niraula	Kristin Stueber
Donald Blair	Subarna Pradhan	Brendan Thomson
Arnold Calica	Ron Quenzer	Pavitra Man Tuladhar
Bhargab Dixit	Sunil Sharma	Amrit Shova Tuladhar
Shiva Gautam	Fred Shepardson	Libby Wilson
Kamala Gurung	Julia Shepardson

 

Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Sanjaya Khanal at 1:15 pm.

1. Bylaws amendment:

• The members had reviewed the proposed Bylaws that were included in the registration packet.
• The change to Article II – Membership, Section 7 recommended by the Executive Committee to the proposed Bylaws was explained to the members. “Notice in writing (including electronic mail) of the time and place of any meeting of Members shall be sent to all Members not less than fifteen (30) days prior to such meeting.” The original draft had (15) days.
• There were no questions from the members.
• Fred Shepardson made a motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws.
• The motion was seconded by Kristin Stueber.
• The motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws was approved unanimously.
• Of the three Founding Members that signed the original Certificate of Incorporation (Gaury Adhikary, Donald Blair and Vijaya Sigdel), two (Gaury Adhikary and Donald Blair) were in attendance and voted unanimously in support of the motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws.

The meeting was recessed at 1:35 pm.
 

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The meeting resumed at 4:00 pm.

2. Nominations and Elections:

• The Board of Directors in a special meeting, having set the number of seats on the Board at 19, proposed the following slate of candidates for the Board for the 16 vacant and expiring seats:

1. Gauri Adhikary, MD 3
2. Donald C. Blair, MD 1
3. Bhargab Dixit, MD 1
4. Shiva Gautam, PhD 2
5. Robert Gerzoff 3
6. Sanjaya Khanal, MD 3
7. Janak Koirala, MD 1
8. Subarna Pradhan, MD 2
9. Roshan Shrestha, MD 2
10. Kristin Stueber,MD 3
11. Sunil Sharma, MD 3
12. Fred Shepardson, PhD 3
13. Julia Shepardson 2
14. Cliff Tabin, PhD 1
15. Brendan Thomson, MD 2
16. Libby Wilson, MD 3

• There was a call from the floor for additional nominations for vacant and expiring terms on Board of Directors.
• No other nominees were added.
• The 16 nominees were elected unanimously.
• These 16 members join the 3 Board Members in good standing whose terms had not yet expired:

1. James Allen, MD 2
2. Sharada Bhandary, MD 1
3. Khagendra Chetry 1

The Annual Meeting of Members was adjourned at 4:15 pm.