NOTICE

FOMAA SPECIAL GENERAL BODY NOTIFICATION

Dear President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Members of FOMAA Member Association,
Greetings from FOMAA, 
Please be advised that this notice is hereby given to all the members that a Special General Body Meeting of  Federation of Malayalee Associations of Americas (FOMAA), will be convened virtually on July 23rd  (Saturday), 2022 via ZOOM Video call at 2 PM EST.

Special General Body Agenda      

• Welcome Address
• Presidential Address
• Previous General Body meeting minutes
• Global Convention Updates
• FOMAA Bylaw Amendments
• Other Matters
• Vote of Thanks

We will send the zoom details later for the special General Body Meeting

Zoom Video Conference Call guidelines - (Please read carefully and completely) 

• You should turn on Video during zoom call
•  When in the meeting, you will be muted upon entry. Please remain muted and use the chat room to raise any questions/concerns.  
• You may use the ‘raise your hand’ icon should you wish to provide input 

The annual General Body Meeting is scheduled to conduct on Saturday, Sept 3rd , 2022 and the General election will be conducted on the same day.      

1.Membership Renewal Form 

FOMAA Membership Renewal form should be completed and sent along with the $100 Biennial Membership fee. The membership fee should be payable to FOMAA and the check must be from the member organization’s bank account on a check named after the official name of the organization. Please be advised that the delegate list will not be valid and the members organization’s representatives will not be eligible to attend the General Body Meeting without the completed renewal form and fees. Membership renewal form is attached here. Please ensure that your association's registration is active with respective department/ division of corporation.

2.Delegates for General Body 

The member associations are eligible to endorse seven (7) delegates to attend the FOMAA General Body. Please find the attached delegate's forms for your kind reference. Please be reminded that without having a duly endorsed delegate's list by the president and secretary, the delegate list will not be valid, and your association representatives will not be eligible to attend the General Body meeting.  All eligible delegates must show a valid government issued Photo ID to enter the hall.

3.Delegates for National Advisory Council 

The delegates of the National Advisory Council (NAC) consist of the current president or the designee and immediate past president or designee of the member organization. Delegate's form is attached here for your kind reference. Please be reminded that without having a duly endorsed NAC delegate's list by the president and secretary, the delegates list will not be valid, and your association representatives will not be eligible to attend the NAC meeting.  All eligible delegates must show a valid government issued photo ID to enter the hall.

You can download all the form’s from www.fomaa.org

Important guidelines on sending delegate’s list & renewal forms

1) Final delegates list for the Special General Body, Annual General Body (Need only one form for Special and Annual General Body) and NAC must be emailed or bookmarked on or before July 15th, 2022 (11:59 PM EST). Any list sent after July 15th will not be considered.

2) The completed renewal form and fees must be bookmarked on or before July 15th, 2022.

3) All delegates must register at FOMAA Convention via appropriate channels in order to be admitted to the Annual General Body & General Elections.

4) Member Associations are allowed to make correction to the existing delegate list from July 16th to July 25th , 2022 (Until 11:59 PM). Please note that all corrections must also be endorsed by the President and Secretary of the association.

5) Please mail the completed form to the below address or email to info@fomaa.org and copy to unnifomaa@gmail.com

T Unnikrishnan
General Secretary of FOMAA
18037 Java Isle Dr
Tampa, FL 33647
If you have any question’s please email to unnifomaa@gmail.com or dial 813 334 0123.

Thanks N Regards
T Unnikrishnan
General Secretary FOMAA

Regards,
TEAM FOMAA