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Goodthoughts Goodwords Gooddeeds Manashni goodthoughts goodwords gooddeeds Manashni Volume 31 | Issue 4 | November 2013 Calendar Of Events Month Events Dates Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 03/11/2013 Nov 2013 Seniors’ Get Together 17/11/2013 Table Tennis Tournament and Working Bee 24/11/2013 Sunday School starts at 10.30am. End-of-year Party 01/12/2013 AZA Annual Cricket Match 08/12/2013 Dec 2013 Zarthost-no-Diso Jashan and Ghambar 26/12/2013 Working Bee 29/12/2013 Jashan in Memory of Nauzer Ostowari, Arbab Rostom Morvareed Guiv,Mehraban Zartoshty 12/01/2014 Jan 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 19/01/2014 Working Bee 26/01/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch Jashne Sadeh (30th Jan, creation of fire & 50 days to Nowruz) 02/02/2014 Feb 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 16/02/2014 Working Bee 23/02/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 02/03/2014 AmAZAng Race 09/03/2014 Seniors Get Together 16/03/2014 Mar 2014 AZA Nowruz Function and HSC Award Presentation 22/03/2014 Zarthost’s Birthday 29/03/2014 Working Bee 30/03/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 06/04/2014 Carrom Tournament 13/04/2014 Apr 2014 Easter Long Weekend Seniors’ Get Together 20/04/2014 Working Bee 27/04/2014 196 Annangrove Road, Annangrove, NSW 2156. www.aza.org.au Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 04/05/2014 May 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 18/05/2014 Working Bee 25/05/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 01/06/2014 Annual Jashan and Ghambar. Community Pot Luck Lunch 08/06/2014 Jun 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 15/06/2014 Working Bee and Jashne Tirgan 29/06/2014 Jashne Tirgan 1st July (Prayers for the rain) 05/07/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 06/07/2014 Jul 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 20/07/2014 Working Bee 27/07/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 03/08/2014 Seniors’ Get Together 17/08/2014 Aug 2014 Navroze and Khordad Sal Celebrations 24/08/2014 Working Bee 31/08/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 07/09/2014 Sep 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 21/09/2014 AGM and Working Bee 28/09/2014 Long Weekend Sunday School Sports Day 10.30am and Jashne Mehergan (thanksgiving) 05/10/2014 Oct 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 19/10/2014 Working Bee 26/10/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am with pot luck lunch 02/11/2014 AZA Table tennis Tournament 09/11/2014 Nov 2014 Seniors’ Get Together 16/11/2014 Working Bee 30/11/2014 Sunday School starts at 10.30am. End-of-year Party 07/12/2014 AZA Annual Cricket Match 14/12/2014 Dec 2014 Zarthost-no-Diso Jashan and Ghambar 26/12/2014 Working Bee 28/12/2014 First Sunday of the month Third Sunday of the month Last Sunday of the month Sunday School Seniors Get Together Working Bee 196 Annangrove Road, Annangrove, NSW 2156. www.aza.org.au AZA Committee AZA President Member 1 Kersi Parekh Rohinton Ghista [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Member 2 Mahiyar Wellington Shahram Jamshidi [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Sarosh Irani Australian Zoroastrian Association of NSW [email protected] Emails to the committee may please be sent to: Secretary [email protected] Niloufer Dang [email protected] Manashni Editor Manashni Layout Design Farhad Khurshed Nadish Naoroji [email protected] [email protected] 02-9476 5696 0412 936 836 President’s Report Dear AZA Community This year’s warm winter has given way to a hot spring. organised that evening. Congratulations to Sammy The October long weekend saw daylight saving back Marfatia, Porus Masalawala and Dinaz Mehta for in Sydney and the Sunday School kids enjoyed a winning the positions. The 4 major donor Trustees sleepover at Darbe Meher. By the time you read this remain. edition of Manashni the HSC exams would be over Farrokh Dhanbhoora (Treasurer) and Rohinton Ghista and Year 12 students will be in celebration mood. The from the current committee were stepping down. We Shahenshahi New Year celebration on 18th August had received only one nomination from the community seems like a distant memory. to be part of the AZA Management Committee. On Sunday 29th September after a short working bee Shahram Jamshidi’s nomination was accepted. During day, the Annual General Meeting for 2012-2013 was the course of the meeting due to lack of nominations, held at Darbe Meher. A number of AZA members had Rohinton Ghista agreed to continue as part of the arrived early in the afternoon and enjoyed tea with Committee for another year. cakes before the meeting commenced. I am sure you will all join me to thank Farrokh This year we invited written nominations for the three Dhanbhoora who served as the AZA Treasurer for elected Trustee positions before the AGM similar to last 2 years. I also extend my appreciation to all the the process followed for the Management Committee. Committee team for their dedication, contribution The number of Trustee nominations received was of time and effort during the year attending to AZA more than the number of positions hence a ballot was affairs. 196 Annangrove Road, Annangrove, NSW 2156. www.aza.org.au I hope next year there will be more interest from role. Many thanks to Ruzbeh for his work. This year the community to volunteer with the management Darayus Patva has agreed to perform the role of an and leadership task of the Australian Zoroastrian independent accountant voluntarily. Association affairs. The contribution from all the volunteers and groups The AZA Management Committee for 2013-2014 is was acknowledged. made up of 6 persons only. Kersi Parekh (President), For the last quarter of 2013 we look forward to the Niloufer Dang (Secretary), Mahiyar Wellington Table Tennis Tournament on 24th November, the (Vice President), Sarosh Irani (Treasurer), Rohinton Sunday School and Bhel party on 1st December, AZA Ghista (committee member) and Shahram Jamshidi Cricket Tournament on 8th December and Jashan on (committee member). We have room to accept Zarthosht no diso. volunteers to join this AZA Committee. In July 2013 the AZA had submitted an application At the AGM the special resolution to amend clause 4 of Grant for Building Multicultural Communities of the AZA Constitution was explained and presented Program managed by the Department of Immigration. to the group. The special resolution was approved In September we received a letter informing that we without opposition. Please note there is no change to had approval for a grant of $8262. These government our membership fees. grants are always tied to specific purposes as stated It was also agreed that a sub-committee be formed that in the application and need to be expended within a will review the Constitution and if required propose financial year. any amendments. A few persons have put the hands Your AZA Committee team looks forward to your up to be part of the sub-committee. If there are any continued enthusiasm and we seek your participation persons from the community that wish to be part of as many association events as you can. Do not hesitate this constitution review please nominate the person’s to contact us with any initiatives or ideas that will name to [email protected]. Alternatively benefit the community. contact the Secretary Niloufer Dang (9634 3170) Finally I take this opportunity to thank all the readers [email protected] or Vice-President who have paid their AZA membership dues for 2013- Mahiyar Wellington (0452 510 410) vice-president@ 2014 financial year. aza-committee.org.au. At the AGM it was decided to once again appoint an Kersi Parekh independent accountant from within our community. Hon. AZA President For the last 2 years Ruzbeh Desai had fulfilled this Editor’s Report Dear members The year has passed by in a flash, and many of you Recently Sydney played host to the Maestro himself, may be planning for the year ahead and looking Zubin Mehta who gave music lovers a treat most forward to some memorable times with the AZA. will remember for the rest of their lives. An article Although there’s just a month to go, we’re not done reviewing Zubin’s performance has been included in yet. The table tennis tournament has been rescheduled this newsletter. and you can show your cricketing prowess at the annual cricket match in December. Kaizer Austin, who some of you readers may recall reading about in a previous issue, has once again Congratulations to the new committee, especially shown his mettle in Dragonboat racing. He has the Shahram Jamshidi the only new addition to the team. rare privilege of a Zoroastrian representing Australia I would also like to welcome Sammy Marfatia, Porus in sports, a shining example of what hard work and Masalawala and Dinaz Mehta, who have come on dedication can achieve. board as trustees. Good luck to you all. 196 Annangrove Road, Annangrove, NSW 2156. www.aza.org.au One of the benefits of out on. Its fun, and a great the internet age is that way to give yourself a it brings communities workout. like ours closer together despite being On a somber note, one geographically dispersed of our senior members, across the world.
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