Minutes of the meeting (WCW); Submitted by: Suresh Warrier (warriers.org)

Minutes of the meeting of the promoter members of WCW held on 23-05-2009 at Thiruvananthapuram

Members present:

Mr. Ramachandran Warrier T.V (Mumbai)
Mr. I.K. Warrier (Hyderabad)
Mr. Gopinath P.K. (Bangaluru)
Mr. Suresh Warrier .K (Coimbatore)
Mr. Appu Warrier .K (Coimbatore)
Mr. Anil Kumar C (Delhi)
Mr. Indra Kumar Warrier (Bahrain)
Mr. Rajendran Warrier (Bangaluru)
Mr. Brijesh Warrier (D.S.W.G.)

The meeting started at 3.30 pm and was presided over by Mr. Ramachandran Warrier. The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss the draft Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws of the WCW.

All the clauses of the Memorandum and the Bye-law were discussed in detail. Each member present had his own suggestions on some or other clauses, which were thoroughly discussed and accepted, and necessary corrections and amendments were incorporated in the draft. The finally approved draft copy will be circulated by e-mail for verification by promoter members. Once accepted, procedures for registering WCW with the statutory bodies will be taken up by Mr. Ramachandran Warrier.

It has been decided to establish the Head Office of the WCW at Mumbai, considering the easy access point for members from all over the world. However, the Administrative Office will be functioning at the home town of the General Secretary, which will be changing from term to term as the General Secretary changes.

The meeting also discussed about the points to be specified by the WCW promoter members present in their felicitation speech at the World Confederation of Warriers Meeting to be held as a part of the 31st Annual Meeting of Warrier Samajam, Kerala, at 9am on 24-05-2009 at Aswathy Auditorium, Perur, Thiruvananthapuram.

The meeting concluded at 6pm.
Report on the public meeting of World Confederation of Warriers held at 9am on 24-05-2009 at Thiruvananthapuram

The meeting started at 9.15am at Aswathi Auditorium, Perur, Thiruvananthapuram, and was presided over by Mr. R.C. Warrier (Chairman, Steering Committee of 31st Annual Meeting, Variar Samajam Kerala). Dr. Sarat Chandran (Director, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce) was Chief Guest and Mr. P.V. Muralidharan (General Secretary, Warrier Samajam, Kerala), was guest of honour.

The main agenda of the meeting was to announce the formation of World Confederation of Warriers, a new organisation to act as an apex body to bring all the Warriers spread all over the world under one roof, and to form a world Warrier family.

Mr. Suresh Warrier, convener of the World Confederation, delivered the welcome speech followed by the Presidential address by Mr. R.C. Warrier. The meeting was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by Dr. Sarat Chandran. He made his inaugural speech in a very interesting manner wherein he explained the need for formation of a single united body like WCW. In continuation to this, felicitation speeches were made by Mr. I.K. Warrier (Hyderabad), Mr. Gopinath P.K. (Bangaluru), Mr. Anil (Delhi), Mr. Indra Kumar Warrier (Bahrain) and Mr. Appu Warrier (Coimbatore). Mr. Ramachandran Warrier (Mumbai) explained the objectives of WCW in his speech and also appealed to the Warrier community to become members of WCW. Mr. Brijesh (DSWG, Dubai) and Mr. Rajendran Warrier (Bangaluru) were also present on the dais.

Mr. Prabhakara Warrier (Secretary, Trivandrum Unit of Varier Samajam, Kerala), proposed a vote of thanks to the rich audience, who attended this public meeting.

The meeting concluded at 10.30 am.