"These preparations are part and parcel of the new management by leadership amongst the young members of the alumni who were selected and shanghaied by the old committee 3-4 years ago in a plan to revamp and reinvigorate the almost 97 year school alumni.
Part of the plans made initially was:
- to increased the activities and membership;
- shore up the financial baskets and income derivatives of the Alumni;
- leading to the purchase of its own building.
All of the above & more have been proposed, pushed and implemented within these past 3-4 years and we now stand at the cusp of owning our own building after 97 years in the waiting! What is even more gratifying is the knowledge that within a short time span, we have managed to reduce and convert the Nay -Sayers into supporters of team SFA (the Alumni); and even the legacy of the la salle spirit of brotherhood & sacrifice seems to be revived with the new inflow of good will combined with managemental methodologies; proper visualized plans and impacted implementation.
As usual, this type of revival is never accomplished alone and is always a team work proposition. Identifying the nucleus and it’s orbiting support channels were imperative in the initial stages and now, at our current stage the understanding that amidst all our different ways and ideologies; the success this team has been able to accomplish was inevitable through their acceptance that we all agree to disagree respectfully inside the stratum of conviviality and mutual respect which is edging this new committee into different yet generally mapped out directions away from the past and historical legacies in anticipation and realization of a better future.
Moving forward, within the next few years, with our building acting as a foundation upon which the Alumni ‘S plans stands on, the current management teams hope to visualize and materialize a new rebirth of a phoenix. Arising out of the ashes almost 100 years from the date of inception; this rebirth will bring forth hope of a new promise and revival of the lost spirit of the La Salle and Franciscan way of life & brethren in the Malaysian peninsula. { AGE QUOD AGIS}"
I wrote those words above last September (2010) in my personal blog to attest to the plans I'd drawn up for SFA.
Fast Forward to 2011 and below is our invite to all members of the association for our BGM which will be conducted soon.
As can be seen in the statement of accounts that has been audited externally, with the help of the current SFA committee members, the association which at one time could hardly muster RM 5,000 a year in surplus has managed to not only @ purchased it's own RM 450,000 building (courtesy of Mr.Ong Eng Khiam & Mr.Phillip Tay); but it has also accumulated more than RM 90,000 this year
(2011) as surplus to be used for SFI's scholarship funds and SFA's building funds.
I wrote those words above last September (2010) in my personal blog to attest to the plans I'd drawn up for SFA.
Fast Forward to 2011 and below is our invite to all members of the association for our BGM which will be conducted soon.
As can be seen in the statement of accounts that has been audited externally, with the help of the current SFA committee members, the association which at one time could hardly muster RM 5,000 a year in surplus has managed to not only @ purchased it's own RM 450,000 building (courtesy of Mr.Ong Eng Khiam & Mr.Phillip Tay); but it has also accumulated more than RM 90,000 this year
(2011) as surplus to be used for SFI's scholarship funds and SFA's building funds.
It would be very much in line with the current thinking to assert that the current committee members with the endorsement of the senior members of SFA has manage to start off our revival project of SFA well and that we all of look forward to the coming years to test the mettle of this team to live up to the slogan of all Franciscans ' Age Quod Agis"- Whatever you do, do it well"
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