March 15, 2008 Meeting Minutes - EVI Monthly Meeting

Written by: Dr. Sunday Okomanyi Abraham
EVI General Secretary


Attendees: Dr. Joseph Akomodi, Mr. Abdullahi Bello, and Dr. Sunday Okomanyi Abraham.

Chairman’s Opening Remark
The Chairman thanked everyone for finding the time to attend the meeting.

Dues and Donations – deadline for 2007/2008 is March.
We have been able to collect a sufficient fund for scholarship. The President stated that several acquaintances (non members of EVI) of his have contributed up to $750 USD. Thank you letters are being prepared to be sent to these individuals.

EVI Scholarship for 2008 University Students – Applicants
There are three applicants thus far: two boys and one girl. We’re liaising with the applicants to ensure that all required documents are sent to us.

a) Profiling the current applicants
A contact has been established with someone in Nigeria to interview the applicants via phone. Once the interviews in Nigeria are complete, we will be advised of the results and then, we will proceed to reviewing the applicants’ documents and credentials. This process is a necessity in terms of ensuring that money is provided to well qualify students.

b) Spreading the News about EVI Scholarship.
We are beginning to see that the news about the scholarship is gradually spreading in Ebira land. As a result, we have extended the scholarship deadline to April 30, 2008. We have also asked our contact in Nigeria to approach Ebira students’ associations in Nigeria in an effort to further spread the news about the scholarship.

Violence in Ebira Land
We briefly discussed the situations at home and approaches to resolving the violence. Further discussion is differed until next meeting.

Meeting Adjourned
The Chairman thanked all the participants for the good discussion and adjourned the meeting.