University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Alumni Association of North America

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

On December 13, 2007 the UERMMMC-MAAA,Inc. was granted the IRS status as a 501 (c)(3) as a non-profit and charitable organization (with effective date as of January 07, 2007).

The Constitution and By-Laws (CBL) Committe had an assigned task from Dr. Susan Suntay, as President (2010-2012)  of reviewing our current CBL and bringing it into compliance with the State of Missouri Laws where MAAAI  was registered as a 501 (c)(3).

The CBL Committee thru its Chairman, Dr. Bhagwan Moorjani explained the committee's decision to present to the Executive Council and to the general membership their reasons for their proposed "Costitutional Amendment".

The CBL Committee found many overlaps, redundancies and grammatical errors with our past CBL and it needed to be amended to be in compliance with the State of Missouri Laws. 

Therefore, in order to come up with a corrected and legally compliant CBL, the committee decided to do an entire "overhaul" of our existing CBL, based on the 2006,2008,2009 and the recently amended 2010 CBL and they made the necessary corrections and additions.
(Attached herewith is a copy with redlined corrections and changes shown for everyone's review.)

The Executive Council reviewed, discussed via teleconferences,voted and unanimously approved the proposed 2011 CBL with additional suggestions which will be presented and discussed at the general meeting.

In the interest of time and for the benefit of all its MAAAI members, the Executive Council voted and approved to release a copy of the 2011 CBL  via website and group emails at least 20-30 days in advance of the General Meeting scheduled on July 23, 2011 (8 am -12 noon) at the Chicago Convention instead of the 2010 CBL or currently  required  2 days (48 hours) amendments copies distribution for members review and approval.

Hard copies will be distributed by mail thru the MAAAI Newsletter and at the Chicago Convention registration (July 20-22, 2011). Friday, July 22 ( 1pm) is the last day of registration.

For early registration,go to: www.signupmaster.com/uerm or www.uermmmc.org or  www.uermafusa.org or www.uermmarvadc.org   
Reminder : Only registered and paid members as of July 1, 2011 can vote. Lifetime members can vote.

No proxy votes allowed.

At the scheduled General Meeting in Chicago, the 2011 CBL "Constitutional Amendment" will be presented to the MAAAI  registered and paid alumni members for discussion and vote.