The
Managing Committee (MC)
The
Managing Committee is a decision making body. The Office Bearers
are to give effect to its decisions. At the same time, the Office
Bearers, working jointly, act and react with the Managing Committee
to ensure smooth operation and direct working of the Association
in the interest of the printing trade, commerce and industry,
in India.
The
number of elected members of the Managing Committee shall not
be less than 9 or more than 16, including the four Office Bearers
and the Ex-Officio President.
The
authority of the Managing Committee is laid down in the Articles.
It is to be excercised, as directed by and under the direction
of the General Body i.e. the Member base.
The
term of a new MC starts from the day after the AGM and ends
with the next AGM. As a practice the managing committee of the
BMPA discharges its duties between the period Oct to Sep, annually.
The
Office Bearers
The
Office Bearers are elected on the Managing Committee, directly
and at the same time as its members excepting Ex- officio and
Co-opted members. They have authority under the Articles and
accountable to the General Body , together with the whole of
the Managing Committee.
The
Office Bearers as an executive group, reports to the Managing
Committee. As a group, they are equal, with the President as
the first amongst equals. They need not function with water
tight division of work or authority, but in co-ordination, through
consensus and with confidence in one another.
By
the designation itself, the Hon.Sec.&Trs. is in charge,
the CEO of the Association.
The Authority Tree
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The Company Law Board )
( And the Registrar of Companies ) |
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The Association in the General Body ) |
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Articles and the Managing Committee |
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The
Managing Committee (MC) Members
The
Members of the Managing Committee together with the Office Bearers,
constitutes and are expected to work with sense of responsibility,
as do the Board of Directors of Public Company with its liability
limited by share capital.
Their
responsibility to the Office is joint and several, accountable
to the General Body and under the Act.
Task
Groups (TG)
So
as to work with efficiency each member of the MC is expected
to make a positive contribution in the field of their specialisation
or preference. In this context nine issue-specific sub-committees
referred to as ' Task Group ' (TG) have been setup for 2001-02.
The
Hon.Sec.&Trs. is the nodal authority, who regulates and
ensures implementation of the plans worked out by the various
TGs.
Each
TG is headed by a Chairperson (TGC). The TGC are free to constitute
their respective Task Groups by inviting such like minded members
who could either be from within the MC or from the BMPA membership
base.
The
TGCs normally hold periodic meetings with their team at the
BMPA Secretariat. The respective Chairperson periodically briefs
the Hon.Sec.&Trs. on the developments/progress of their
TG.
Task
Groups for 2002-03
| Task
Group (TG) |
TG
Chair-person (TGC) |
| Education
& Scholarship |
Mona
Doctor |
| Events |
Manoj
Mehta |
| Federation
Matters & PRINTVISION INDIA |
S
R Sharma |
| Finance |
Uday
Dhote |
| Grievances |
Dev
Nair |
| Membership
Promotion |
Sanjay
Patel |
| Packaging |
Sudhir
Khanna |
| Public
Relations & Fellowship |
Arun
Shah & Hari Gupta |
| Taxation |
Kamal
Tibrewala |
| Technology
Upgradation |
Fredy
Poonawala |
Legal
Incorporation of the BMPA
1.
The Association is a Company by Licence under Section 25 of
the Companies Act.
2.
This Licence is a recognition of the status of the Association
as far for promoting the interest of the Printing Industry in
India. These interest are defined as 'Objects' in our 'Memorandum
of Articles'.
3.
The Licence also stipulates that the Association shall carry
out any suggestion from the Government of India, to make changes
in its 'Memorandum of Articles', in the manner laid down in
any law for the time being in force.
4.
The authority to the Association to do certain acts and deeds
are as set out in the Memorandum Clauses 3A giving objects incidental
or ancillary to the attainment of the main objects. Memorandum
Clauses IV extends the objects of the Association to the Union
Territory of India.
5.
The articles of the Association define the different clauses
of members and their rights and obligations.
6.
The Articles prescribe that the management of the affairs of
the Association be by the Managing Committee (MC). It shall
retire every year. It's election and that of the Office Bearers
is to be by ballot, according to the prescribed procedure which
ensures secrecy. Only a 'Member' who has been a members for
minimum five years is eligible to file Nomination or be on the
MC
What
The Association Cannot Do
1.
The Association cannot ALTER its Memorandum Clauses or its Articles,
unless the alteration has been previously submitted to and approved
by the Registrar of Companies.
2. The Association cannot LEND any monies or funds or property.
3. It CANNOT exercise the authority, in Memorandum Clause 3(37),
to BORROW or raise money unless it is empowered to do so , by
a Resolution at its General Meeting.
4. The Association cannot appoint any of its members to an Office
of remuneration and pay salary or fees etc, except out of pocket
expenses incurred.
