UK Update: Important Notice 14:00 – Sunday 20 Oct 2019 Goan Association UK Members
It is important that you attend the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 20 October 2019 as it is a facility provided for by Law. The xxth Annual General Meeting is at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, HSBC Sports and Social Club, Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QW at *no time given* I am told that this is on page two of document sent to you i.e. 2pm. Remember when the beer goes in the brains go out. In our ancestral Goa Alcohol is Banned a day or two before elections it’s in our DNA that can blur decision making processes. Satisfy yourself before voting and approving any resolution or appointments without the knowledge of the whole membership as this will be null and void. Take special care dealing with Goans with Water Melon Smiles aka GWS embedded in the website of Goa UK expert at contacting bereaved families with their sobbing letters and crocodile tears including fundraising for Coffin Funding in the name of welfare, No Accounts, Who Cares, sadly I do. This is your opportunity to ask any questions during the presentation of the accounts. I have often written that Goans are not dimwits when it comes to money. You could say my imagination is running wild, I think some of these are people who have taken up volunteer posts have satellite dishes in their handbags and wallets, with antennas tuned in to grab your money any which way it can. Like the next dance, raffles, party hats, etc, what a cheerful way during the season of goodwill to add to their additional streams of income. It was good to note that the intellectual Property of the association (The Logo) has been restored on the Notice of Meeting this was defaced during the 50th Anniversary celebrations. There must be some good people around that have kept the company afloat. The company secretary is the most powerful person in this outfit unlike those of village associations although they play a pivotal role in the community. UK Goans will recall The Goan Association UK by the time it reached its 40TH Anniversary evolved to a respectable Limited company and Community organisation registered in England and Wales its Directors became the servants of the Company and the membership became its owners. Our community that became the heartbeat of Goan society is today so broken that we now have many organisations with different schools of thought no central objectives to enable us to have one voice in the United Kingdom. Over the last decade since the millennium the servants of the company appear to have developed into wannabe MLAs with Cockroach mentality, blatantly violating its constitution and rules as its owners the members (General Body) continue to look the other way stating that they are not interested as they have better things to do rather than striving to do things better. This resulted in the servants trashing the organisation as its owners did nothing. The Culling of members due to incompetence by certain post holders will continue to eliminate the membership resulting in a situation where a handful of members could walk away with the assets. Unless you the owners and members attend the meeting take back charge and give matters your serious consideration, we are heading for a faceless society before the second decade of the millennium. The views expressed above are personal and should not be used as any authority. Click link below for additional information: https://archive.org/details/mervyn-fernandes Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath Surrey United Kingdom 13 October 2019
