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SEBS-NA Reunion 2006: Constitution Amended, Committee Expanded

The fourth annual general meeting of SEBS-North America was held in Newark, NJ, on July 2, 2006. A total of 47 members attended the program (see below). SEBS-NA President, Sagar Onta, presented the Annual Report 2005/06 and briefed the members on the ongoing activities of SEBS-NA. Sagar dai also welcomed, and expressed his best wishes to, the new executive committee to be headed by Bhupendra Pant,550B. Sagar dai also thanked Puru Subedi, the election commissioner, and Rajan Nepal, our webmaster, for coordinating the elections. Amendments to the constitution proposed by the new executive committee (see below) were approved unanimously.

• Major amendments to the constitution include:

1)Members to be defined as those students who have attended Budhanilkantha School for minimum of one year, and who have been present in the geographical North America for the past six months.

2)Expansion of the executive committee to 9 members, at least two of which will be currently enrolled in an academic program and at least one woman member

3)Designation of General Secretary as the official spokesperson of SEBS-North America

4)A more defined role for the Immediate Past President

5)Creation and role-definiton of the position of Joint-Secretary

6)Formalized provisions for online election in sebsonline.org as well as during AGM

7)A greater emphasis on fund transparency and reporting

8)Only President and General Secretary will be authorized to sign contracts on behalf of the organization

9)Quorum of AGM set to 19 (1 more than the number of the executive committee).

• Members present at the meeting were:

Gyanendra Basnet 505A
Ajay Rayamajhi 518 A
Mabi Singh 532 A
Tika Gurung 543 A
Ambar Kumal 557 A
Biplav Yadav 565 A
Mahendra Shah 623 A
Anup Tulachan 989 A
Vijesh Saiju 120 B
Anup Rai 128 B
Arbin Sherchan 139 B
Manish Sainju 145 B
Kishan Rijal 169 B
Surendra Lawoti 196 B
Pawan Adhikari 261 B
Kiran Sitoula 268 B
Laxman U Pandey 328 B
Gopal Sapkota 420 B
Navin K Sitoula 428 B
Sagar Onta 477 B
Pawan Adhikari 514 B
Rabindra karki 515 B
Bhupendra Pant 550 B
Sudhir Rajaure 556 B
Luna Ranjit 564B
Sagun K.C. 598 B
Kedar Koirala 613 B
Binayak Shrestha 639B
Rashmi Pathak 690 B
Anupa Shrestha 696B
Bisundev Mahato 707 B
Pukar Malla 718 B
Saurav Karki 739 B
Rupendra Pant 766 B
Ajay Shrestha 784 B
Ubin Malla 850 B
Raxak Mahat 863 B
Uddip Thapa 866 B
Prerana Shrestha 874 B
Abhishek Basnyat 879B
Roshani Pandey 891B
Prasant Luitel 034 B
Yubraj Acharya 063 B
Bibek Dhital 208 C
Prabesh Regmi 223 C
Ujwal Kharel 237 C

• As per the new constitution, a new committee has been formed. The committee members and their responsibilities are:

Sagar Onta, 477B (Immediate Past President)
(Contact information: sagar@digiwest.com, 503-781-8673)
--PR - Liason to NRN, including ANA

Bhupendra Pant, 550B (President)
(Contact information: bhupu@hotmail.com, 512-796-3763)
--Liason to advisors
--Committee assignments
--PR - Organizations in Nepal, Friends of Budhanilkantha School

Yubraj Acharya, 063B (General Secretary)
(Contact information: yubraj@gmail.com, 610-717-2292)
--Spokesperson
--Editor: Quarterly newsletter
--PR - Organizations in the U.S.

Roshan Shrestha, 002B (Vice-President)
(Contact information: roshansh@gmail.com, 650-387-8084)
--Chair: Nationwide Scholarship Program-North America
--PR - Budhanilkantha School

Laxman Udas Pandey, 328B (Treasurer)
(Contact information: lup328@gmail.com, 202-270-5326)
--Director of the Monthly Giving Program
--Finances
--PR - Members Outreach (professionals)

Ekta Ghimire, 402C (Joint-Secretary)
(Contact information: ektaghimire@gmail.com , 781-263-6984)
--Record keeping
--PR - Members Outreach (undergraduates)

Rupendra Pant, 766B (Member)
(Contact information: rupe766@hotmail.com, 202-557-1490)
--Director of the Emergency Assistance Fund
--PR - SEBS

Hari Sharma, 353C (Member)
(Contact information: hari353@hotmail.com, 443-373-9497)
--Finances
--PR - BNKS clubs

Rahul Raunihar, 542B (Member)
(Contact information: bs542@yahoo.com, 214-354-8275)
--SEBSonline issues
--PR - Batch and geographic initiatives

All executive committee members can be reached by emailing
sebsna@sebsonline.org.

• Going forward, the official address of SEBS-North America will be:
558 Madison Ave, 3rd floor Rear,
Albany, NY-12208
(the address of the President)

Receipts and checks/donations should, however, be mailed to the treasurer’s address at:

3440 Terrace Court, Apt 922
Alexandria, VA 22302