First Managing Committee Meeting held at Kottayam

The first Managing Committee Meeting of Kerala Master Printers Association for the term 2018 – 20 was held on 10th September 2018 at Hotel Aida, Kottayam. Mr. R. Gopakumar, the President of KMPA presided over the meeting, which was attended by 20 members.
Welcoming the participants, he informed that the delay in conducting the 1st MC was due to the recent floods which affected many of our members. He mentioned that the first priority of the Association was to rehabilitate the affected members as early as possible. He pointed out that the executive committee had visited all flood affected units and estimated a loss of approximately Rs. 300 crores.
Despite being a hartal day 20 members attended the meeting. As mentioned in the vision and mission statement of the new committee the meeting was held outside Kochi. A new chapter based at Kottayam, namely KMPA Kottayam Chapter was to be formed immediately after the 1st Managing Committee. This proposal was to further strengthen the activities of KMPA to smaller towns of Kerala.
The treasurer Mr. Raju N. Kutty gave details about the donations received as flood relief. He also presented the periodical financial report.
Mr. G. Rajesh, Chairman of Technical Committee for flood relief presented his detailed report about the status of flood affected units and the restoration work of machineries undertaken. He informed the meeting that he had personally called all major machine manufacturers and requested them to restore the machines of the affected members at the earliest.
The committee discussed various avenues for fund mobilization towards the flood relief of members and their employees. IPP and Chairman of Financial Committee for flood relief Mr. S. Saji presented his ideas for collecting funds which was unanimously supported by the committee. Saji also the newly appointed Editor of Print Miracle magazine gave detailed presentation of his future plans for the magazine. He informed the committee about appointment of Mr. Mukudan Menon as the new Associate Editor.
Chairman of Exhibitions Committee Mr. Yeldho K. George, Training & HRD Committee Chairman Mr. Rajesh G., Hospital & Recreation Committee Chairman Mr. Shaji M. Manjooran, Membership Committee Chairman Mr. R. Haridas, Paper & Raw Materials Committee Chairman Mr. Roy Thomas, Marketing & Future Technology Committee Chairman Mr. G. Venugopal, Website Committee Chairman Mr. Sebastian Thomas, presented their respective committee reports. In the absence of Land & Building Committee Chairman Mr. Nazir Marikkavil, his report was read out by Hon. Gen. Secretary Mr. Biju Jose.
The meeting decided to give KMPA’s support to IPP Mr. S. Saji & Lions Club for their ‘Book Release Programme’ towards the campaign to promote Malayalam Literature.
The Managing Committee Meeting ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Biju Jose, Gen. Secretary of KMPA. He rendered special thanks to all members present at the meeting inspite of the hartal declared on the day and the members from Kottayam for the wonderful hospitality.