The year has been very challenging for
the 2016-2017 SPAL trustees. There
were 6 trustee positions that required
to be filled at SPAL AGM in June 2017
and we did not have the quorum to
proceed with the election. The election
was postponed until SPAL Diwali
Manoranjan programme which took
place on 5th November 2017.
Between June and November we
canvassed for volunteers for the vacant
posts and we were struggling. Navratri
was our last hope to reach out to the
members.
The trustees worked hard to appeal to board to help train new trustees. I would
the members during Navratri and the like to thank the new team for coming
response received from the members forward and the outgoing trustees for
had been fantastic. At the election staying on board to ensure continuity
during the Diwali Programme, we and success of SPAL.
managed to fill the vacant positions and
in addition we have a backup team in In conclusion, I feel very proud that we
place for each trustee to train and move have members who care that SPAL is
forward. The complete election process a valued asset and will remain so for
was over in less than 30 minutes. The the foreseeable future. SPAL holds its
outgoing trustees also agreed to stay on volunteers at heart, because they are
here of their own free will to help and
ensure that all our events, are enjoyed
by all. Without the volunteers we will
not be able to run the kind of events
that we run at SPAL. They are the
lifeline of our organisation.
Jay Shree Krishna
Jay D Mistry
President, SPA (UK), Leicester
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