Pius Rasquinha Elected President of MUKA
Nottingham, UK: The members of MUKA – Mangalorean United Konkani Association came together for Biennial General Body Meeting on 16th April 2017 after the Easter celebrations at Bramcote Memorial Hall, Nottingham. Fr Charles Menezes led the prayer invoking God’s Blessings on the gathering. Vincent D’Souza, the outgoing president welcomed all the members and expressed gratitude to all the office bearers and members towards their support in his tenure.Secretary Pius Rasquinha read out the report and Treasurer Naveen Lobo presented the Accounts for the year 2015-17. Both Biennial report and Accounts were passed by the members present.
John Fernandes conducted the election of the new committee for the year 2017-19. Pius Rasquinha has been elected as President unanimously.
The elected office bearers for the year 2017-19 are as follows:
Mr. Pius Rasquinha – President
Mrs.Anitha Menezes– Vice-President
Mrs. ShaliniPinto – Secretary
Mr. Naveen Lobo – Treasurer
Mr. Deepak Alvares – Communications Co-ordinator
Mrs. Dorothy D’Souza- Cultural Secretary
Mr. StanySequeira – Liturgical Secretary
Mr. John Fernandes, Mr. Julian Noronha, Mr. Jerald Alvares, Mr. Conrad Aranha – Additional committee members.
Pius Rasquinha thanked outgoing president Vincent D’Souza, leading the association successfully. He asked support from the new committee and members and promised he will strive to bring the community together for the betterment and promoting Konkani.
A discussion was held with regards to organising the programmes for the current year and it was decided to hold the annual summer day out event on Saturday 8 July 2017.
The meeting concluded with a hymn.
