Kenyan Diaspora Advisory Council of Georgia
Meeting Minutes
September 17, 2011
Opening:
The meeting was called to order at 2:00PM by David Karangu.
Present:
Catherine Maina, Mary Bowers, Tim Ndegwa, Fred Gituku, Karumba Kiroko, Gachira Thairu, Angela Karanja, Leah Kamau, David Ochwangi, Peter Njoroge, Antony Mwangi, Grace Nyaga, Frank Kioko, Penny Macharia, Ralph Kilondu, Dr. Mundia Kahiga, Winnie Patta.
AGENDA
A. Old Business Revisited:
KDAC of GA Structure—the majority voted that some type of formal leadership should exist. Majority of the group’s sentiments were that not all leadership is bad, and structure was needed for the organization to function optimally. It was agreed that there should be 15 committee members, representing gender, tribal, and organizational diversity. The committee is temporary in nature and in the future formal elections will be conducted. David Karangu was elected to lead the steering committee with Winnie Patta as the secretary.
The following is a list of those chosen to be part of the steering committee:
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The committee is selection is not final. There are still some members to be finalized, but in brief, there were 7 women and 8 men. The organizations included ABN, AKPA, KIOMM, some churches.
B. New Businesss
Promoting social events: It was agreed to allow all community announcements to advertise on our website and facebook regardless of whether there was a profit motivation or not.
Kenya Diaspora Conference will be held on October 8–9, 2011 at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington D.C. All are invited and encouraged to attend. Registration is required. If you have not yet registered, you may do so at “https://kenyaembassy.com/dcservices/vision2030conference.aspx”
Travel arrangements: There are some groups that plan to car-pool. David Ochwangi may be able to get some buddy passes for those interested. However, the condition is to fly stand by. As more information is available, emails will go out to keep you posted.
Items to be brought up at the D.C. conference are already posted on our website.
Selection of two representatives who will officially represent KDAC of GA at the National Diaspora Conference in Washington, DC: Winnie Patta and Mary Bowers were elected to represent Georgia at the Conference.
Meeting Attendance:
Time is too early in the afternoon—new time that was agreed upon by those present will be 4 – 6 PM on Saturdays. The committee would meet from 3pm-4pm.
Consideration should be given to competing events—dates when there are other events going on, that most people are participating in such that there would be a conflict with attendance to the KDAC GA meetings, will be avoided.
Adjournment:
Meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM by David Karangu. The next general meeting will be from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on October 29, 2011 at The Double Tree Hotel, 2055 South Park Place, Atlanta, GA 30330.
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