amITy MOM - 02Jan2008

Assalamu Alaikum Dear Brothers,
Please find below the MOM of our last meeting.
May Allah help us to do the good decisions we make, forgive us and accept all our good efforts.

amITy Meeting
Venue: Civil Station Masjid, Kakkanad
Date: 02Jan2008
Time: 6:45PM - 8:00PM


Present:
Fither Muhammad
Mohammad Shafi
Sajid K V
Firos Khan
Mohammad Iqbal
Muhammad Shafeer


Absent:
Riyas K
Nasweef
Mujeeb Saithali
Anaz Kabeer

Minutes:
1) The meeting started with prayer by Amir. After that Iqbal took a Quran class. He explained the story of land owners in SooratulQalam.
2) Status of last week's Action items was checked.
3) It was decided that an intermediate reminder mail should be sent to action owners a few days before the meeting. Also, those who are taking leave can update the status of action items to Amir.
4) Discussion on library:
a) A library coordinator will be there
b) To the coordinator, all book owners will send the list of books they have.
c) The coordinator will consolidate the list and share with the whole group. Any request for books will be serviced by contacting the respective book owner.
d) Shafi, Anaz, Feroz and Riyaz will discuss and decide the coordinator.
e) Rules for the library committee will be made by the above group.
5) Discussion on charity fund:
a) Case collection will be done by everyone.
b) Once a case is identified, the core committee has to discuss on that and take decision on whether to give or not.
c) We need a running fund(baitul mal) instead of collecting money when need arises.
d) We should consider giving loans also apart from charity. We can also put notices on masjids and other clubs to notify our charity activities.
e) Our main focus will be for education, employment, medical and housing needs.
f) Iqbal and Shafeer will discuss and come up with a draft plan for charity activities.
6) Access to different sections of blog should be given to the core committee members. MOM should be put in blog. Iqbal will discuss with Anaz on this.
7) For the next public program we identified, Feroz will coordinate. Fither and Riyaz will be there to assist. The plan should be made before next meeting.
8) We need to start a section like newsletter or learning ayat, hadheeth etc. Shafi will start discussions on this.
9) Sajid will take the Quran class in the next meeting.
10) Sajid will be coordinating with the company representatives to get maximum feedback before next meeting.
11) Amir wants to talk about Da'wa activities in the next meeting.
12) Meeting ended with prayer by Amir.


Action items:
1) Ensure everyone participate in the polls posted in blog.Name of activity owners mentioned in brackets.
IBS - Shihab
CTS - TBD ( Sajid )
TCS - Shafi
Wipro - Anaz
Thapasya - Shafeer
Sutherland - Amjad (Fither)
Poornam - Nishad (Iqbal)
OPI - Shafeeq( Shafi)
NeST - Feroz
2) Take few copies of Quran CD ( Fither ).
3) Quran Class for next meeting - Sajid - 9/Jan
4) Decision regarding classes in educational institutions ( mujeeb )
5) Next meeting - Shafi - 9/Jan
6) ecision on library coordinator and the rules - Shafi - 9/Jan
7) Draft plan for charity activities - Iqbal - 9/Jan
8) Access to different sections in blog - Anaz,Iqbal - 9/Jan
9) Plan for the next public program - Feroz - 9/Jan
10) Coordinate with company representatives to get maximum feedback from polls - Sajid - 9/Jan

Wassalam,
Mohammad Iqbal