The general body meeting of AFNA - Assam Foundation of North America was partly conducted by attendance and partly by calling in from different cities. In the podium, there were Mrs. Anu Borah, Mr. Partha Gogoi and Dr. Deva Borah. On phone, there were Mr. Satyajit Nath, Mr. Krishanu Kaushik, Mr. Pallav Saikia, Mrs. Enakshi Baruah, Dr. Binoy Bordoloi, Mrs. Pinky Pradhan and Mr. Siranjit Deka.

 
Anu Borah presented the annual report prepared by Satyajit Nath and Pallav Saikia. Mr. Nath gave a background of SHED (Society for Health, Education and Development) - helping physically and mentally challenged children in Guwahati, Assam. He mentioned, AFNA is in urgent need of funding to purchase land, construct building and install running water facility. There were discussions and ideas among the attendees how to raise funds for AFNA. Some attendees pledged towards the SHED project during the meeting. Earlier, AFNA raised $6,000 by calendar competition and selling them. Competition for 2013 calendar competition will be publicized later.

New office bearers for AFNA are:
President: Satyajit Nath
Secy: Pinky Pradhan
Asst secy: Hitesh Kalita
Terasurer: Pallav Saikia
Directors: Binoy Bordoloi, Anu Borah, Enakshi Baruah, Krishanu Kaushik, and Dina Ahmed

(Please read the full AFNA report in this issue)