Juldia Marine Academy Alumni Association (JMAAA)

Kindly make adjustment of your time with New York 9 AM Sunday 27th October

Please take a note of the change of meeting times:

TIME

New York                  9 AM

Vancouver (BC)          6 AM

Melbourne                  12  midnight (Midnight between Sunday, October 27, 2013 and Monday, October 28, 2013)

Dhaka                         7 PM

Singapore                 9 PM

London                       1 PM

DIAL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-282-0410

PASSCODE: 34784

Persons requested to attend:

All the past and current President/s, Executive Committee Members, active supporters of JMAAA and alumnus in general.

Purpose of the meeting: It is a discovery session to assess realities in light of the possible formation of a new organization ABMA (Alumni of Bangladesh Marine Academy) being contemplated in Bangladesh. To examine all possible avenues to maintain unanimity and solidarity for the sake of the greater interest and aspirations of the BMA alumnus.

Agenda

The proposed agenda as below:

1. Analyze the reason JMAAA was formed and its various achievements since its formation.
2. Analyze the current and future organizational structure of JMAAA in North America and where do we see ourselves in next 5 – 10 years (keeping aside the formation of ABMA).
3. Discussion on formation of ABMA and JMAAA’s future action plan:

• Do we ask ABMA to keep only one Alumnus, “JMAAA” – as it was formed and registered in USA much earlier and they should become a member of JMAAA Bangladesh chapter?
• What would be our course of action if ABMA do not agree with above proposal?
• Should JMAAA even consider the possibility to merge with ABMA or work with ABMA as partners?
• What affiliation, if any, JMAAA currently has with any organization/s in Bangladesh

4. The future of Marine Museum at Chittagong currently owned and operated by JMAAA – Where do we see it say 20 years from now, when many of us wouldn’t be here.

RSVP: If you like to participate in the conference, kindly RSVP to [email protected]. Your participation is extremely important.

Procedures to be maintained while connecting to and during the conference

1. When you connect, kindly announce your full name, batch number and where from? Also kindly read out your email address and telephone number in a slow recognizable manner.
2. When you disconnect, kindly announce your name. That will register that you are off.
3. Suggest making calls on time. Otherwise, you may not get the connection.

Protocols of the meeting

1. Kindly take guidance from the Moderator. The Moderator will be in charge of the meeting. He will say whose turn it is to talk and also set time limits of each speaker.
2. As a courtesy, kindly allow other participants to speak their turn and do not interfere while they are talking. Only the Moderator will be able to interfere as he pleases.
3. While laying out your agenda, please be extremely brief and to the point.
4. If there is a Q&A, once again moderator will maintain protocol.
5. If you can, kindly use a land line as mobile phones occasionally do not propagate clear voice.

We want a very brief meeting covering the issues as noted above. If you have a point to be discussed, please keep your notes and seek permission from the Moderator at appropriate time. We expect to have more meetings like this in future to keep abreast of developments.

Important: The minutes of the meeting will be recorded in voice and also written excerpts will be made. The excerpts will be published on a later date in this site.

Historical data: Attached Below:

1. BANGLADESH MEETINGS & DECLARATIONS

a) Alumni Association for Marine Academy

b) Formation of JMAAA Bangladesh; Resolution 12-12-05

c) JMAAA Bangladesh meeting 19-01-2006 Minutes

d) MINUTES 15th Feb 2006

2. USA MEETINGS & DECLARATIONS

a) First alumni meeting 1-7-06 USA

b)  JMAAA Meeting of January 7, 2006