What a time to write an article about an election that I was a part of... and when I mean part of I dont mean as a voter... but as a contestant !!
No... No.. I am not talking about the General Assembly elections being held in TamilNadu.. I am talking about the Election of the Office bearers of the JARWA - Jains Apoorva Residents Welfare Association.
"Jains Apoorva" is the name of the apartment complex that I live in. There are a total of 96 flats here. And once a year the General Body meeting is held and the office bearers and the commitee members are elected. This GBM is also the day when the accounts of the part year are presented by the office beares and the GB accepts the same.
This is the first GB meeting I was attending so I was a newbie here. My name was already a lil famous in my apartment complex because I sang a song at one of the functions held by the association. (Chennai Sentamizh maranden unnale). The ougoing treasurer was also a known personality since he was the one to whom the monthly maintanence charges were handed over. Knowing a few people who had been gathered in the meeting, I occupied one of the first few rows to be able to understand what is going on in the meeting. I also asked a few questions with regards to the statement of accounts and made a few statements on matters of common interest.
The actual election of new office bearers got delayed due to arguments on various matters. By the time the election was to be conducted, the actual number of people in the meeting was atleast halved (not that everyone of the association members was available in the first place !!!) Then, the actual election took place - one person had to propose a name and depending upon the response from everyone he was either selected or someone else was selected. By the same method I was elected as the Joint Secretary of JARWA.
This was a good experience in terms of elections and gave me some thoughts into the general elections that are usually conducted and about the contestants... (Due to lack of time, I will continue this in a different blog).
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