AFVOA Newletters of Year 2006

Page 37 of 77 Patron Lt Gen C Sundara Rao, PVSM Tele: 24461085 President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Maj Gen R Karthikeyan Tele: 22491704 Air Cmde SK Jayarajan, AVSM, VSM Tele: 26445357 Brig SP Balachandran Tele: 42184916 Col P Samuel Raj Tele: 26287127 No 3 of 2006 Newsletter #03/2006 15 Jul 2006 ( For circulation amongst members only ) “Be thankful for what you have – you’ll end up having more.” - Oprah Winfrey The next bi-monthly meeting ( Twelfth Anniversary ) will be held at the Island Grounds on 06 Aug 2006. The meeting will commence with Tambola at 1730 hrs sharp. Please see details at Para 37 of this Newsletter. From The Editorial Team Dear Veterans, 1. Recently, we witnessed the State assembly elections in many parts of our country. In some States, it was a bitter fight and the electoral battles caused concern too. There were disappointments for many and the losers cried foul, as not all the winners purportedly won the elections by fair means. Election promises were some time bizarre and ridiculous and we wondered how these could be kept, with all the financial crunches!! 2. Let us take our mind away from the system of elections in the States and compare it with our own elections in AFVOA. What a difference! How very clean, transparent, efficient and dignified are our election procedures! Our office bearers were all unanimously elected without a whimper from the well attended General Body. The Incoming Team took over in a simple ceremony. The Outgoing Team shook hands to wish the new entrants good luck and requested them to assume their erstwhile chairs, to the thunderous applause from the General Body. We ought to be proud of our simplicity, sobriety, ethos and our camaraderie. 3. The editorial team wishes the new Executive Committee, all the very best and is confident that there will be no let up in the pace of our ongoing and intended projects. Our kudos to the Outgoing Team for their valuable contributions in the last two years. We also compliment the team for holding office for the first time, for a period of two years and thereby creating history for the AFVOA. We are sure that the future committees too, would continue this tradition.