The first elections of the corporate style Gujarat Media Club does not seem to invoke any interest among its over 100 voting members. Thursday was the last day for filing nominations. The replies of Club's Secretary General Brajesh Singh about nominations are quite philosophical. Brajesh says its voluntary service. People have to spare time from their busy schedule in fixed 24 hours and so on. The fact is that no one is interested in elections.
On the other hand about 40 members are attending net practice for the IOC-GMC Trophy on March 16. Elections for the first elected body are also scheduled for the same day. With State Assembly Session on and examination season already started, the crowd for net practice is impressive. In such a situation, lackluster election is quite surprising. Gujarat has had several journalist bodies in the past, but the Club under the Companies Act is first of its kind.
Founder President of the Club, R K Misra is not going for the second term. For him foundation of the club and spade work for one year is Mission Accomplished. He says that he had been trying to set up a journalists' body for the last four decades or so. It was quite embarrassing to see excellent Clubs in other cities while Gujarat had none.
With this Club Misra says that his dream has come true. In the first year, the Club has corpus of about Rs.10 lakh. It cannot be touched as per the rules. Now the new team has to raise the club further on this foundation, he says. Misra does not see any problem in this. This may take some time, he says.
As the promoter of the Club, Misra has a clear vision and well defined agenda for the new team. First of all we should always be ready for change, he asserts. I am setting up an example by not seeking second term. The agenda of the new team, he says, should be the agenda for growth. It should develop revenue and welfare model for the Club and its members. There should be viable economic activity for women to help create a bond among families of the members.
In the absence of formal nomination, it appears that the new team will be formed through consensus. Let’s see what consensus evolves on March 16 when members meet for the Cricket match and the lunch. Brajesh has confirmed that like last year there would be lunch this year too!
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