Dear alumni,
The AKUAANA Executive Committee has recently felt the current AKUAANA Constitution and Bylaws document to be outdated and no longer able to serve the functioning needs of our growing Alumni Association. This is especially important since the main Aga Khan University has grown and has multiple campuses and multiple schools now.
The Constitution & Bylaws Committee, chaired by Sadaf Khan (’92) has worked on and re-written this document, considering the needs of the Alumni Association as it moves ahead. The Executive Committee and the Constitution & Bylaws Committee, both, are advocating that this re-write be ratified and adopted as the current Constitution & Bylaws for the Association.
As per the current bylaws, a copy of the proposed draft has been circulated to all dues-paying/lifetime AKUAANA members with voting privileges, 30 days in advance of the AKUAANA Annual General Body Meeting scheduled for August 15th, 2014. A mechanism to solicit online ratification/votes has been put in place and solicitation begun. Online voting will stop 2 days before the Annual Meeting on August 15th, 2014. However, voting can still be done by members in person on site at the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
This is a perfect opportunity for AKU alumni who are not AKUAANA members to sign up and help determine the goals and direction of the Alumni Association. Alumni can join as AKUAANA members or renew their membership dues through the website.
We look forward to meeting everyone at the Annual Meeting on August 15th, 2014.
Sadaf Khan, MD (Past-President and Chair, Constitution & Bylaws Committee)
Faisal Qureshi, MD (President, AKUAANA)
Atif Shafqat, MD (Secretary, AKUAANA)
Shazia Hussain, MD (Treasurer, AKUAANA)