Notice of Convention

THE ETHIOPPIAN WORLD FEDERATION, INCORPORATED

NGO In Special Consultative Relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
217 East 71st Street #706, New York, New York 10021  Tel: 347-462-9039

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May 14, 2012

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORPORATION

 As outlined in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated, the annual meeting of the corporation must be held on the first Monday of July each year.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated will be held on Monday, July 2, 2012 at a place to be decided in the City of New York, USA (Notices of venue will be forthcoming).  Reports from International Officers and Locals will be presented.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL CONVENTION AND ELECTIONS

 Constitution & ByLaws Article IV – Section 1 CONVENTIONS:

There shall be an annual Convention of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated. It shall be called on the sixteenth day of July. The Convention shall select the place of meeting of the succeeding Convention.

Constitution & ByLaws Article III – Section 3. DUTIES OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS:
(a)  The International President shall be the executive head of the Ethiopian World Federation, Inc., and shall reside in the City of New York. It shall be the duty of the International President to preside at the International Conventions and to deliver an address on the state of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated. He shall sign all legal documents and be Chairman of the International Executive Council. It shall be his duty to call Conventions as appointed by law, and in cases of emergency, by and with the consent of the Executive Council, call special conventions.

As per the Constitution and By-Laws of the Ethiopian World Federation, Inc.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, the Annual Convention of the Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated will convene at 3:00 pm on July 16th through July 17, 2010 at a venue in the City of New York USA to be announced (Notices of venue will be forthcoming).

Selection of the venue of the next Convention will take place.  The Election shall be by ballot. Credential forms, Balloting Procedures and other relevant documentation will be forthcoming.  All Chartered Locals/Local Units are required to send delegates to represent their Locals.

If you are a member of a Local that is not a Chartered Local or one that is not properly chartered  by a legal and constitutional Executive Council, or properly registered within your Local’s jurisdiction, please contact the Executive Council by calling the number above immediately.

If you have not yet assigned 2 members from your Local to be part of the Conventions Arrangement Committee, please do so now.  Also, for Locals outside of the USA, select your delegates immediately so that visas and transportation arrangements can be made.  Article IX Section 1 (d) Women’s Auxiliary: It shall be the duty of the Women’s Auxiliary to raise funds to be used for the expense of delegates to the Convention; so We are calling for all female members internationally to come together for this effort.

Respectfully, and with One Love

G. Eveta Morrison
(Gem Askale Mariam)

International President

 

The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated

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