March,19 2022

JMC NA Alumni Monthly Connect

Meeting Minutes:

When             :   03-19-2022, 3:00 PM EST to 4:15 PM EST via ZOOM

Host in Chair:  Br. Shabeer Mohammed

Participants:  We had the total of 11+ members who attended the call today.

Agenda topic covered in minutes:

1. Introduction of Agenda – Summarized by Host in Chair.
2. Overview of “Global Jamalian Block Project” – Dr. Ruknudin
3. Knowledge Sharing Activities – Br Ramanan & Br. Mohamed Faruk
4. 501c Application updates – Br. Mani & Br Akbar
5. Update MOU between EVC and JMC – by Dr Ruknudin.

Action Item

1. “Global Jamalian Block Project” – Dr. Ruknudin
   • Well explained about this project.
   • Few questions came up like, what is this being used for ?
   • Where is it going to be built ? Do we really need it etc
2. Knowledge Sharing Activities
   • Great initiative – Kudos to Ramanan and Faruk.
   • Few concerns came up like, there were no interactions from the students and it was only one way.
   • Will it be good, so that no professors are allowed to be in the session to take away the shyness from the students.
   • Start with easier topics instead of complex topics, so that students get used to it and can be more interactive.
   • Have smaller groups like CLUBS with minimal similar interest students and go more in detail.
3. 501c Application updates – Br. Mani & Br Akbar
   • Team working on it with full focus and work in progress.
4. Update MOU between EVC and JMC – by Dr Ruknudin.
   • This is another wonderful initiative which would give a great name to our College and Jamalians.
   • Memorandum of Understanding between Emory University and JMC
   • Ruknudin explained it very well and also had some concern that it is progressing in a very slow pace.
   • Will get back to college team and expedite the process. Dr. Abdul Jabbar at EVC will be the contact person for this project.

Meeting concluded at 4:15PM EST and we will skip APR 2022 meeting and  next meeting will be in May 2022