{"id":985,"date":"2016-01-16T01:18:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T01:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/?p=985"},"modified":"2016-01-16T02:14:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T02:14:37","slug":"announcement-nominations-for-suka-committee-for-20162017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suka.org\/home\/announcement-nominations-for-suka-committee-for-20162017\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement: Nominations for SUKA Committee for 2016\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUKA has received nominations for the leadership of the SUKA committee for 2016\/17. The closing date for nominations has now passed. Members who have renewed for 2016 will be eligible to vote for the new committee at the AGM on 25 January. For members unable to attend, proxy voting forms will be issued one week before the AGM, and voting choices must be received by 23 January (48 hours before AGM).<\/p>\n<p>Nominations as follows:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tg\" style=\"height: 62px; border-style: dotted;\" width=\"652\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"tg-yw4l\" width=\"50%\">\u00a0Lutfi Talib &#8211; President<\/th>\n<th class=\"tg-yw4l\" width=\"50%\">Sharliza Rahman &#8211; President<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-yw4l\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Nominated by:<\/strong> Cheong Ng-Thomas (Moi) and Moosa Bhayat<br \/>\n<strong>Seconded by:<\/strong> Yvonne Griffin and Maylin Veasey<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief Statement of Support for Application:<\/strong>&#8220;He was a Suka President before as well as President for SBG (Singapore Business\u00a0Group). He will know how to take Suka further.&#8221;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plans for the future of SUKA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are sure that he will have better and future plans for Suka if elected.&#8221;<\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-yw4l\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Nominated by:<\/strong> VT Rajah, Cecilia Merody, Nila Lad and\u00a0Nadira Bisnauth<br \/>\n<strong>Seconded by:<\/strong> Sachith Nair,\u00a0Naresh Lad and\u00a0Jag Sidhu<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Committee:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Vice President<\/strong> &#8211; Peggy Aziz<br \/>\n<strong>Secretary<\/strong> &#8211; Anu Balamurali<br \/>\n<strong>Treasurer<\/strong> &#8211; Radha Vijya Kumar-Nair<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Exco Members<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adeline Kao<br \/>\nManjit Sidhu<br \/>\nDelia Tan<br \/>\nBarbara Sidhu<br \/>\nNatasha Natt<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer membership co-ordinator:\u00a0Christopher Wongsosaputro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brief Statement of Support for Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sharliza has been on the committee since 2014 and brought it into the 21st century with her tireless enthusiasm and work especially in developing SUKA&#8217;s online presence and services, \u00a0exposing SUKA to new audiences and wider Singapore community such as through producing the\u00a0SG50 Community Video, running the programme at\u00a0SG50 Community Day London, performing at Singapore Day 2014, and SG50 Day in Geneva\u00a0as well as her contributions as organiser, host and MC at events. She is also supported by myself as current SUKA president, members of the 2014\/15\u00a0committee (Peggy, Anu, Radha, Adeline and Manjit) who wish to continue building on SUKA&#8217;s legacy under her leadership, and by\u00a03 new proposed ex-co members (Delia, Barbara and Natasha). The current committee have worked very hard for SUKA and I\u00a0have faith that Sharliza&#8217;s proposed committee will continue their good work if elected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plans for the future of SUKA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From her track record, we are certain that Sharliza&#8217;s future plans will help move SUKA forward and re-invigorate the society through a diverse and exciting programme of\u00a0activities to engage SUKA members, Singaporeans and friends of all ages and backgrounds in the UK.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUKA has received nominations for the leadership of the SUKA committee for 2016\/17. The closing date for nominations has now passed. Members who have renewed for 2016 will be eligible to vote for the new committee at the AGM on 25 January. 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