SI MONTHLY NEWS June 2007 News - Treasurer change, UN, Peace
From SI Exco News
Change of Treasurer Thank you Ömer, Welcome LV
Omer Ozkan has done much good by cleaning the Servas accounts. He managed the treasury as SI moved from informal arrangements to rules-based accounting. His work brought to rest serious difficulties arising from the Audit of 2004.
Omer's work has been distinguished by intelligence, energy and diplomacy, good will to all and by his creative, generous and joyous Servas spirit.
• Now Omer has decided to concentrate on his duties in Servas International ICT. He will be leaving the position of SI Treasurer on July 1. He will help the new Treasurer in transition, so that the accounts can be soon presented for 2005, 2006 and the first part of 2007.
EXCO knows SI has grown in complexity; we agree professional support is needed in book keeping and accounting, to support volunteers. The GA meeting at Latina gave permission to engage these professional services when required.
• We have arranged for a book-keeper/accountant to assist in update and presentation of the accounts. Omer is completing his operations so that service will be done shortly.
Also, the SI Statutes V:3 give authority to EXCO to appoint officers to vacant positions.
• We have appointed LV Subramanian as Treasurer until the next election. He and Omer have already been cooperating closely. Many of you know LV because of his participation in the last GA. In his professional life outside Servas, LV is known as an outstanding financial manager and accountant. His work will continue to focus on the policy level, to ensure accuracy, transparency and good quality of the SI accounts.
Please join us in thanking and congratulating Omer and in welcoming LV Subramanian.
Gary Sealey, President
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously declared Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi's birthday , October 2, as the International Day of Non-Violence
Item 44, a resolution in the Culture of Peace segment at the UNGA to commemorate Gandhi"s birthday, received co-sponsorship from 142 member countries of the UN.
Servas India is Greatful thanks to United Nations General Assembly.
Dr Ramesh sharma, Nat Sec, Servas India
A new way of travelling ............
...............yet again?
Servas has always had its aim of promoting peace through personal contact with others of different backgrounds. Sometimes this seems to have got lost along the way.
Please could you think about a Peace or Volunteering agenda:-
Send items of interest near you
Send events near you [with dates of course]
Send details of things which have changed your life, [not necessarily near you]
To: Servas Britain Web [web master Jenny Sturt or to Brian Heagney] (These can come via newsletter@servas.org for people out of Britain without a British host list.)
These are posted to the web and travellers are asked to read our Web page before planning their trip to Britain. Perhaps this will focus travel plans away from tourist sites and towards a peace agenda.
If this is repeated around the world, then we can all benefit from this simple idea to recharge our Servas agenda.
I must pay tribute to Claudio in Italy, and Gary our president for this idea which I have simplified. [The next step is a personal roadmap to PEACE for each of us. More later]
Chris Slader, Britain
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