We received the following information regarding the accounting of TAMA. The person did not want their information disclosed.
According to financials posted on TAMA website at
TAMA 2009 Accounts
on page 3 in expenses, there was an item for Center Stage for $5000.
Many TAMA members do not know of any show that happened there.At least they were not informed. Was it a private party set up for the convenience of friends of TAMA EC. If so who were invited? And according to the constitution, any amount paid which is $5000 and above needs to approved by the GBM. Even this issue was never discussed in any GBM this year.
The EC for 2009 needs to explain this major expense to the community. Now that the EC for 2010 has been elected and the transition will take place in the next couple of weeks, this issue needs to be looked into.
Role of the President as mentioned in TAMA constitution....
President:
The President shall be the spokesperson for the association. The President shall be the coordinator of the Executive Committee and shall perform all duties pertaining to the office of the President. He/she shall preside all meetings of the TAMA Executive Committee and call all General Body meetings. He/she shall be an ex-officio of any of the meetings organized by any Coordinators (Cultural, Movie, Literary and Educational). He/she shall appoint all committees authorized by the bylaws with the approval of the Executive Committee. He/she presides over all TAMA functions. He/she may sign any contracts, deeds, documents, and other instruments on behalf of TAMA after satisfying the following conditions. First, the President MUST consult with all other Executive Committee members and obtain the majority approval to sign any contract of expenditure with less than $5,000. Second, for any contract of expenditure with $5,000 or more, the President MUST present it to the General Body and obtain its approval. The President and Treasurer shall be the only authorized persons to sign the checks individually up to $500. Any check exceeding $500 shall require the signatures of both President and Treasurer.
December 10, 2009
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4 comments:
This needs to be addressed by EC 2009 and i think all TAMA members needs a written explation and supporting documents for P&L statement needs to be placed on website
I would bet the computer crashed again. Sick of these childish excuses.
I wonder why not many comments on this article , were people afraid to identify themself ? after removing "anonymus" .
AS far as I know this is an expense towards bringing "Super Singers" to Atlanta. MAA TV crew with Mano participated in TANA July 4th 2009 celebrations and accepted to perform in various US cities after TAMA event. TAMA EC decided to host the troop in pursue of raising funds for TAMA so reserved Center Stage.
Unfortunately the Archestra crew didn't get VISA's and child artists got restricted VISA i.e.they can not perform outside of Chicago. This has caused Mano to cancel all the booked events outside of TANA.
TAMA EC tried to transfer the Center Stage reservation during a recent private event (Singer Sunitha show) but it is heard that Center Stage management declined the transfer forcing TAMA to forfeit the deposit.
There are couple of People outside of EC involved in this deal
TAMA EC 2009 should have explained this disputed expense before concenrs raised in members mind.
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