Bangalore: MEA Managing Committee for 2009-10 Elected

Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SB)

Bangalore, August 13: The Middle East Association (MEA) elected its new managing committee for 2009-10 at annual general body meeting held at Good Shepherd Convent hall here, recently.

Walter Fernandes was elected the president, whereas Norman Mendens as vice-president and IPP. The other office-bearers are Joe Sequeira as treasurer and Irene Goveas as secretary. Evelyn Lobo, John Fernandes, Jessie Rodrigues, Mabel Rego, Saraswathi Kini, Roque D’Souza and Archibald Quadros are the other committee members.

MEA is an association for returnees from the Gulf countries formed on July 30, 1972, at the Catholic Club by 26 people having the common background of working in Kuwait, then called Ex-Kuwaiti Association. A few years later, the returnees from the other Gulf countries began to seek membership of the association and then the title was changed to The Kuwait & Middle East Association. However, in 1998, it was resolved to call it as ‘The Middle East Association’.