AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 82 of 153 Job opportunities for Ex-Service Officers. 17. Vacancies exist for various post in the UAE. Details regarding remuneration, job content and work experience are available with Col A Krishnaswami, VrC, VSM** whose telephone number is 24911233. 18. Two posts of Security Officers are available in Sterlite Industries located in Mettur and Tirunelveli. Interested members may contact Brig VA Subramanyam on telephone number 24917446. Points from the President 19. Socialising/Interaction. The President felt that more socialising and interaction, among the members, was desirable, as this was one of the main premise on which the Association was initially formed. However a balance had to be achieved in this regard within the available time during the Meet, as a large number of activities had to packed within that period. Presently the time prior to the commencement of the meet and during dinner is exclusively kept for social interaction. In case all members do arrive in time for the Meet, this point may not surface. 20. ECHS The President politely clarified that in future, points of common interest will only be taken up by the Association with the concerned authorities. Individual cases may be pursued directly by the members through the staff channels of ECHS as AFVOA neither has the charter nor any authority in this regard. 21. Bye-laws of the Association The Association has been registered as a Society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, through the efforts of our past President, AVM V Krishnaswamy, VSM and his team. A copy of the printed Byelaws has also been handed over to the members subsequently. The byelaws may please be critically perused and suggested amendments may be sent to President. 22. Points received from Patron. The President intimated that the Patron had given a few points for consideration by the Committee. These are given below for the information of the members. 23. Appointment of full time/part time accounts clerk. As this would entail additional expenditure it would be considered when the workload justifies the requirement. 24. Taking up a case for IT exemption for the AFVOA. This would be taken up with the appropriate authorities with the help of the past President, AVM V Krishnaswamy, VSM. 25. Establishing a Library for use by members. This would be considered when we have a permanent place of our own. 26. Subscribing for the journals of United Services Institute and India Ex Service League. This will be useful when we have a library as a large number of members can read them. 27. Calling persons from Industry and renowned personalities to address the members and provide an opportunity for them to interact with the Veterans. A beginning has been made by having Shri S Muthiah to speak on 4 th July 2004. We shall continue to get eminent personalities to address our meets in the future. Patron’s Remarks. 28. Our Patron, Lt. Gen. C Sundara Rao, PVSM commented that he was very happy with