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Minutes of Meeting :

 

1. The Mountaineer cum Group Managing Director of TR Group of Companies, Mr T. Ravichandran called the meeting to order at 9pm and welcomed the group. He conveyed apology from Dato' Abdul Rahim, the Project Advisor and Datin Zaiton for not being able to join the meeting.

2. Mr. Ravichandran read the 1^st minutes of meeting and the attendees agreed on the minutes. He also informed the attendees that the Highness Royalty of Queen, Raja Permaisuri Agong Tengku Fauziah binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Rashid has agreed in principle to be the Patron of the Project. 

3. Mr. Cheng, from Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation National Centre (Kiwanis) introduced himself and share with the attendees a brief introduction on Kiwanis Foundation to all the attendees.

   • He also raised his concern on few issues namely:

     Minimum guaranteed amount / contribution given to the Kiwanis Due to several reason, Kiwanis need to know in advance at least a minimum pledge this project has secured / received  from the corporate and what portion be channeled to Kiwanis Down Syndrome.

4. Mr. Ravichandran then addressed the second agenda, 'Climbing Activities Options'. This agenda is pursuant to the suggestion given by Mr. Jaya from Bethany Homes during the 1^st project meeting. He suggested for Mr. Ravi to lead the hiking / outdoor activities together with the children from the charity houses. The attendees have been informed that the committee have identified two options / venues for conducting an outdoor activities with the children namely FRIM and Bukit Taboh.

   He welcomed any opinion from each charity houses representative on the two options identified. They agreed to choose FRIM as the venue for climbing / outdoor activities. As such, the committee has been asked to do quick and necessary arrangement on that

   Mr. Cheng from Kiwanis Down Syndrome and Mr. Kamaraj, from Persatuan Kanak-kanak Cacat Akal Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan both suggested that for the event in FRIM, it is good if the committee could get any sponsor for drink, eg. Nestle and T-shirt sponsor. The committee will do the arrangement on that.

5. Mr. Ravi then update the attendees with regards to the project status. One issue he highlighted was the tax exemption issue. He explained that due to several reason, the project committee could not proceed with the IRB tax exemption application. As a solution, the project committee proposed that the issuance of tax exemption receipt to be issued by the respective charity houses. Mr. Ravichandran then mentioned that a formal letter regarding this matter, signed by the the project Advisor will be issued  to every charity houses involved.

6. Mr. Ravi addressed the last agenda, '2005 Merdeka Celebration Climbing – Mount Ararat, Turkey'. He gave brief explanation on his climbing expedition and a little bit about Mount Ararat and Turkey. The meeting then continued with the picture presentation of Mount Ararat and Mr. Ravi's climbing. 

7. Mr Ravichandran adjourned the meeting at 10.25pm and he gratitude all the representatives.