2017-08

Meeting Minutes: AMDA Board Meeting August 5, 2017

 

Attendees:

  1. Abul Hashem Molla
  2. Shafiq Islam
  3. Marina Azim
  4. Moin Asjad
  5. Zainul Abedin
  6. Mahmudul Khan
  7. Abul Bashar Patwary
  8. Zeeshan Rizwan
  9. Ahmed Khan
  10. Mohammed Mosharraf Hosson
  11. Mohammed Ali

 

Minutes:

  1. Minutes from the last board meeting (July 1, 2017) were approved
  2. Financial report (weekly and monthly) was reported by Shafiq Islam and Moin Asjad detailing income and expenses.
  3. Zeeshan Rizwan will look into the AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and the costs and details of rental. If we are not able to rent, the board has decided that we will purchase one.
  4. Majority of the board has approved the Balkan Center for the Eid Potluck. The Balkan Center has already been booked for September 1, 2017 in the evening by Ferdous Ghazi.
  5. Eid preparations – the board has decided that we will buy 1,000 samosas and 1,000 and laddoos. We will need to order two more canopies. There will be another meeting to further go over what needs to be done for Eid at the end of the month. That meeting is currently scheduled for Saturday August 25, 2017 at 3pm.
  6. The board has approved uploading digital copies of AMDA brochures on various Islamic topics.
  7. The AMDA summer camp has been going well.
  8. Zainul Abedin and Mohammad Ali will act as liasons for the AMDA Academy; Zainul Abedin will handle the check signatories related to AMDA Academy.
  9. AMDA Membership Program will be handled by Ahmed Khan.
  10. The authorized check signatories for the AMDA the bank account at 5/3 Bank are Moin Asjad and Shafiq Islam. The authorized check signatories for the AMDA bank account at TCF bank are Mahmudul Khan (backup by Moin Asjad, Shafiq Islam, and Zainul Abedin).
  11. Proposal for Sirah Conference on December 1, 2017 to be arranged by Zeeshan Rizwan and Moin Asjad. Our Imam, Munawar Haque, has proposed a meeting Saturday August 12, 2017 at 6:00 pm.
  12. In regards to the Living Faith Convention, it has been decided to let the Imam sell the tickets first.
  13. Proposal for Open House date: Saturday September 23, 2017 with a barbecue included.
  14. The board wants to put an announcement in the city paper about the open house and this will be handled by Abul Bashar Patwary.