SOBA 93 MEETING WITH THE DIASPORANS:

DATE: 2ND JANUARY 2016

VENUE: MOLA DIVINE NJOHS RESIDENCE BOKWANGO PALACE
MEETING STARTED AT 16:20 WITH OPENING PRAYER FROM MR. CLEMENT LIFAFA.

WELCOME WORD FROM PRESIDENT ELECT.HE REMINDED THE CLASS THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD
QUARTERLY AND THAT THIS PRESENT ONE WAS EXTRA ORDINARY TO WELCOME OUR DIASPORA MATES
AND COLLECTIVELY DELIBERATE ON THE WAY FORWARD.HE FURTHER THANKED JUDE KEME FOR THE
FINANCES TO HOST US.
INTERVENTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.

JUDE KEME SAID BEFORE ELECTIONS THE DIASPORA HAD MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS LIKE REVISING
THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW DIASPORANS TO VOTE,RESOLVING PERSONAL CONFLICTS WITH SOME
MATES,THAT THE ZONAL ISSUE IS NOT WORKING AND RECOMMENDS THAT DIASPORANS BE GIVEN
POSTS IN THE EXECUTIVE,THAT THE PRESIDENT BE BASED IN CAMEROON AND A VP FOR EUROPE AND
U.S FOR CONSULTATION $ CORDINATION,THAT THE EXCO SHOULD PREPARE AN ACTION PLAN,WHATSAP
BE RESTRICTED TO REG.MEMBERS AND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD TALK WITH ESELEM FOR
RECONCILIATION.

MR LIFAFA:HE SAID A PRESIDENT FOR THE WHOLE CLASS CAN COME FROM ANY WHERE(EVEN
ABROAD) WHILE ANOTHER PRESIDENT FOR CAMEROON BE ELECTED.

MR TEKE:HE SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF DIASPORAS TO VOTE SINCE THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE
FINANCIALLY.

MCETCHU:HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE SHORT COMINGS OF THE CONSTITUTION. HE CRITICIZED THE
WATSAP FORUM AND THAT IT BROUGHT PROBLEMS BCOZ OF SOMANY DIVERGENT IDEAS WHICH
COULD NOT BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED. THAT OUR CRITICISMS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTIVE.THAT THE
LAST EXCO DID A GOOD JOB BUT WITH LITTLE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF IDEAS.HE REMINDED US OF OUR
UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY PROJECTS AND REMEMBERING OUR DEAD MATES.FINALLY THAT WE SHOULD
STOP UNNECESSARY CRITICISM.

MR EWANE NNOKO:HE TOLD DIASPORANS NOT TO BE WORRIED AS THE NEW EXCO WILL HANDLE
SAME.

MR NJOH DIVINE:IN HIS FRANK STYLE, HE SAID HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH DIASPORA ON THEIR
COMMENTS REGARDING ELECTIONS WHICH TO HIM WAS CONSTITUTIONAL AND TRANSPARENT.THAT
DIASPORA HAS A SAY BUT CANNOT BE LEFT TO DECIDE.HE ENJOINED US TO WORK FOR THE CLASS
AND NOT OURSELVES.

MAITRE EPIE: WE WILL HARNESS THE VARIOUS IDEAS AND REVISE THE CONSTITUTION TO MEET THE
ASPIRATIONS OF ALL.

THE PRESIDENT: HE SAID FROM ALL THE INTERVENTIONS,WE ARE ALL AGREED THAT THE CLASS
SHOULD MOVE AHEAD.
DEBT RECOVERY SCHEME: SOME MEMBERS SUGGESTED THAT ALL PAST DEBTS BE WRITTEN OFF AND
A NEW PAGE OPENED.09 MEMBERS HAD THIS OPINION AGAINST 04.

WE HAD 04 GUESTS AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISER WHO WAS LATE . HAHA ITEM 11 TO CROWN THE
DAY.END

CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT WERE CITED NAMELY: RIGHT TO VOTE FROM DIASPORA AND
VICE PRESIDENTS. STATING THAT WE ALL AGREED THAT DIASPORA VOTES AND VP WOULD BE
INSTITUTED
ALSO LIMBE HOSTS OUR REGULAR MEETING ON 30TH, JANUARY WHERE WE WOULD DECIDE ON THE
ASPECT OF DEBT RECOVERY OR CANCELATION AND ALSO DAT YOU ARE HEADING THE COMMITTEE TO
REVISE THE CONSTITUTION
EMPHASIS WERE ALSO MADE ABOUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGISTERED MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOC
AND ALUMNI SOCIAL GROUP.
THIS SHOULD EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT ONE NEEDS TO REGISTER TO BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR
ASSOCIATION.

WE ALSO RESOLVED THAT THE FINANCE IN COFFERS WOULD BE OFFICIALLY TRANSFERED TO CURRENT
EXCO AT LIMBE HOSTING

N.B:AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE MINUTES AT THE FORUM THAT REGISTRATION AND/OR ANNUAL
HAS COMMENCED FOR 2016, WITH DETAILS ON AMOUNT AND CHANNEL FOR PAYMENT.