In a Limbo

Discussions on tiding over an emergency situation

Delay over constituting a Managing Committee has put on hold all plans and programmes of the Club for the current financial year.
This came to the fore today morning when the question of celebrating Eid ul-Fitr next month was brought up soon after the exercises. As Siba Prasad Maitra put it, “Since we celebrate Holi and Diwali, we ought to have an Eid party as well.”
Arun Patil informed that the Eid party has generally been a contributory affair and with Yusuf Rassiwala additionally hosting a big bash at his residence, the Club’s involvement on the occasion would be utterly superfluous.

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“It would be a bit too much,” he opined.
Majority opinion though was that independent of who gives or hosts a party, the Club ought to celebrate the festival on its own. “The Club needs to allocate funds for Eid,” Bhaswati Bose argued.
Dilip Babani pointed out that allocation of funds is the prerogative of the Managing Committee and unlike last year, we do not have a clear road map on the events/ occasions the Club would sponsor in the next few months. “We will have to decide on the Eid party fast,” he urged.
Fact is, the existing Managing Committee has outlived its tenure and since April 1, is holding office on an ad hoc basis (till a new committee takes charge). Even so, it is empowered to take decisions on emergency issues which can subsequently be ratified by the new committee.
Alternatively, we shall have to wait for the AGM to be held when, among other things, the new managing committee would assume office. This is not possible in the immediate future – at least while Ramzaan is on. And thereafter, who knows the kind of havoc the monsoon will play and impact our daily attendance?
Rather than wait indefinitely, it would be better to ride on the shoulders of the old committee and get things moving.