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AKU Alumni Association of North America Annual Meeting, 2015

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Dear Alumni,

The AKUAANA Annual Meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM (EST) in the Sun Ballroom at the Gaylords Palm Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee, Florida. We hope that you arrive at the venue early to spend time with your old friends during the early ‘Meet and Greet’ hours. The formal meeting will start at 7:00 PM, when we will hear from the Executive Council and Dean, Farhat Abbas.

Zahir Janmohamed, Director General of Resource Development at AKU, will be briefly talking about Alumni Giving in view of the interest shown at the last annual meeting regarding class gifts/gift agreements/endowment funds etc. A comprehensive copy of the outline the University has set in this regard is also available, in case that is needed by the alumni.

At 10:00 PM, towards the end of the meeting, you will be able to sing and dance the night away with Atif Aslam. Remember, your Alumni Dinner ticket will get you into the concert.

Please find below the program for the AKUAANA Annual Meeting.

See you all tonight!

Faisal G. Qureshi
President
AKU Alumni Association of North America

AKUAANA Annual Meeting Program, 2015

 

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AKUAANA General Body Meeting and Round Table Meeting, 2015

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Dear Alumni,

The AKU Alumni Association of North America Annual Meeting will be held on August 14th, 2015 at Gaylords Palm Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee, Florida. Hopefully, by now you all have purchased your tickets and are probably settling into your hotel reservations.

Prior to the Annual Meeting, there will be a General Body Meeting between 2:00 and 2:30 PM in Sanibel Meeting Rooms #2 and 3, comprising of:

  1. Treasurer’s Report
    • Budget
    • Balance Sheet
    • Non-profit status and tax update
  2. Secretary’s Report
    • Elections
    • Constitution changes
  3. President’s Report
    • State of membership
    • Mission/Vision statement
    • Open discussion

This will be followed by a Round Table Meeting with the AKU Leadership between 2:40 and 3:30 PM in Sanibel Meeting Rooms #2 and 3, which will cover:

  1. Updates from AKU
  2. Giving back to AKU
  3. Academic/Research collaboration
  4. Open discussion

All alumni are encouraged to contribute towards AKUAANA by attending and actively participating in these meetings.

Looking forward to meeting you all in Florida!

Faisal G. Qureshi
President
AKU Alumni Association of North America

AKUAANA Annual Meeting, 2015-Flyer

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Note by Nominations and Election Committee for AKUAANA Executive Council Elections, 2015

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The Nominations and Election Committee is seeking nominations for elections to the Executive Council of the Aga Khan University Alumni Association of North America (AKUAANA). We are actively seeking nominations for:

  • Treasurer, AKUAANA
  • Secretary, AKUAANA
  • President, AKUAANA

The term for these positions will extend from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. These three members will make up the Executive Council along with the Immediate Past President of AKUAANA. The Executive Council will continue to help connect alumni with each other and the University, to build traditions, foster academic leadership, provide philanthropic options and serve the diverse needs of our community.

The elections will be held on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the AKUAANA General Body Meeting and Reunion in Orlando, with online voting commencing 30 days prior.

All nominees have to be active AKUAANA members for 6 months prior to August 14, 2015. All those interested can nominate themselves or can nominate others. The deadline for nominations is July 15, 2015, 30 days prior to the election, and all nominees must abide by the rules of the Committee.

Please forward your nominations to us at , and use “Nomination” as the subject of your email.

Thank you!

 

Nominations and Election Committee
Faisal Qureshi, 1993
Parvez Khatri, 1992
Osman Malik, 1996

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AKUAANA Annual Alumni Meeting, 2014 is a huge success

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Dear Alumni,

Congratulations everyone on a very successful AKUAANA Reunion in Washington, DC. We hosted the largest gathering ever, with 190 tickets sold. There were 117 alumni at dinner, with the classes of 1989, 1994 and 2004 celebrating their class milestones. We are now the 4th largest component society at APPNA and the fastest growing.

AKUAANA Reunion, 2014

L to R: Shazia Hussain (Treasurer), Faisal Qureshi (President), Sadaf Khan (Immediate Past President), Habib Chotani (Local Host)

Dale Shaw, Immediate Past President of the Duke Medical School Alumni Association, was our guest speaker. We had a surprise faculty visitor in the form of Dr. Nasir Ahmed, one of the founding surgeons at AKU.

Our biggest accomplishment of the night was successfully ratifying the new constitution. We also surveyed the group about the direction they wanted their association to head in and the top three choices were:

  1. Philanthropy for healthcare projects in Pakistan/Medical School
  2. Philanthropy for education related projects in Pakistan
  3. Development of programs in Pakistan that can engage our offspring, such as exchange programs, volunteering opportunities

After a lively dinner, we sang and danced the night away with Shazia Mansoor and Kumar Sanu. The banquet was very well attended the next evening, where Shreya Goshal entertained us and dancing was strictly not optional. Please visit our Facebook Page to view pictures from the reunion, tag yourselves and like the page as well.

The next reunion will be held on August 14th at the Gaylord Resort in Orlando. Elections will be held that year, so consider running for office as President, Secretary and Treasurer. The classes of 1990, 1995 and 2005 will be celebrating their respective milestones.

We look forward to seeing you there, and remember to buy tickets and book hotel reservations as soon as they become available.

Thank you again!
Our best regards,

Faisal Qureshi, President
Atif Shafqat, Secretary
Shazia Hussain, Treasurer

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Agenda and Program: AKUAANA Annual Alumni Meeting, 2014

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Dear alumni,

Please find below the program for the AKUAANA Annual Meeting to be held at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Maryland, Washington DC on August 15, 2014.

An easy to navigate phone app is available for the 37th APPNA Annual Convention that lays out the meeting programs for the entire convention.

APPNA 37th Annual Convention
AKUAANA Annual Meeting, 2014 - Flyer

Looking forward to meet you all at the Annual Meeting.

The AKUAANA Executive Council

Executive Council: 2014 - 15
DesignationNameClass
PresidentFaisal Qureshi1993
Immediate Past PresidentSadaf Khan1992
SecretaryAtif Shafqat1993
TreasurerShazia Hussain1990
   
Website Management
DesignationNameClass
Web ManagerAbdul Basit Saeed2007

 

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AKU Alumni Association Annual Meeting, 2014

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Dear Alumni,

The AKU Alumni Association Annual Meeting will be held on August 15th, 2014 at 6:30 PM (EST), barely two weeks away. Hopefully, by now you all have purchased your tickets and made your hotel reservations. We hope that you arrive at the venue early to spend time with your old friends during the ‘Meet and Greet’ hours. The formal meeting will start at 7:30 PM, when we will hear from the Executive Council and Dean, Farhat Abbas.

Our Keynote Speaker Dale Shaw MD, President of the Duke Medical School Alumni Association will give us a historical perspective of his association’s history, projects and successes. We will also celebrate the 25th year anniversary for the class of 1989, the 20th anniversary for the class of 1994 and the 10th year anniversary for the class of 2004.

At about 9:00 PM, we will start our Business Meeting, where we will need your priceless contribution. There are many items on the agenda and your vote will be critical.

At 10:00 PM, you will be able to sing and dance the night away with Shazia Mansoor and Kumar Sanu. Remember, your Alumni Dinner ticket will get you into the concert.

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Finally, there is much to do and see in the National Harbor and greater DC area. I hope to see all of you there, and please introduce yourselves to your elected representatives at AKUAANA.

AKUAANA Administration, 2014 - 15
DesignationNameClassEmail Address
PresidentFaisal Qureshi1993
SecretaryAtif Shafqat1993
TreasurerShazia Hussain1990
Web ManagerAbdul Basit Saeed2007

We look forward to seeing you at the Gaylord Resort, National Harbor, Maryland.

Faisal G. Qureshi (1993)
President,
Aga Khan University Alumni Association of North America

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APPNA National Health Care Day, 2013

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The fourth Annual National Health Care Day (NHCD) will be held on Saturday November 23rd, 2013, the weekend before Thanksgiving. This year we hope to extend the scope to include community centers, churches, soup kitchens etc. in addition to our clinics, hospitals and mosques where we have traditionally held the NHCD previously. Some of the APPNA Chapters traditionally have actively participated in soup kitchens and in bringing a smile to the faces of needy during the Holiday Season. This will provide members of APPNA an opportunity to become a partner with our larger communities this holiday season, and to form the essential partnership with the communities we work and live in.

We have updated the APPNA website with historic information about the National Health Care Initiative, and are highlighting all the Free Clinics that APPNA Chapters run on regular basis. Additionally a large number of APPNA members volunteer at free clinics, and, community health events, in their local community centers, mosques, hospitals etc. Their efforts largely go unrecognized by the community and APPNA itself. We have created a section on APPNA website where the efforts of these individuals and the centers where they volunteer are recognized. Kindly send us reports of your centers with photographs to include in the National Health Care Initiative (NHCI) section of the APPNA website.

The NHCI would not have been possible without the tremendous support of APPNA members and hundreds of volunteers across the country. We salute your sense of service and giving, and, look forward to another very successful year of providing free healthcare and health education to our communities.

M. Nasar Qureshi, MD
Chairperson

Azam Kundi, MD
Co-Chair

Sajjad Savul, MD
Co-Chair

Javed Suleman, MD
President APPNA 2013

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Annual Forum on Continuing Education: Dec 14 & 15, AKU Auditorium

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Flyer: AKU Annual Forum on Continuing Medical Education

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Registration Form: AKU Annual Forum on Continuing Medical Education

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