Samvat 2069 / January 2013

GUJARATI SAMAJ OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON 13933 Coachmans Circle Germantown, MD 20874

: (301) 528-7975 Website: http://www.dcsamaj.org/ Email: president@dcsamaj.org

PresidentJignesh Shah (301) 528-7975

Vice PresidentArti Shah(301) 838-9778

SecretaryHarshesh Mawani(571) 499-0706

TreasurerMayank Trivedi (301) 916-9587

Jt. SecretaryKayur Shah (703) 793 3303

Jt. Treasurer Kartik Shah(410) 796-2346

Members-at-large

Rasik Parekh(301) 873-0719 Sheela Shah(301) 552-6841 Hetal Shah (301) 528-2226 Bina Shah (301) 549-1080 Mayur Mody (301) 528-5826 Vijay Baxi(301) 740-6760 Nayna Desai

(703) 327-4347Ketan Shah

(443) 416-7977 Lalita Patel (301) 989-9014

Deepa Zaveri(301) 312 3330

TrusteesUrvesh ShahManaging Trustee(571) 223-5382 Mala Udeshi(703) 449-0772 Nipa Parikh(301) 762-6365 Urmi Shah(703) 968-2590

Election CommitteeRaj Shivjiani

Election Commissioner(202) 288-8558 Vijay Bhalala(703) 817-0308

Shaunak Shah (301) 549-1451 Kirit Sheth(703) 471-0354

Membership DirectorJyotindra Shah (301) 549-3341

Community Director &Email editor

Kirit Udeshi(571) 445-0123

Legal Advisor Aparna Dave

(301) 315-5842 Comptroller

Hemangini Shah(703) 723-9363

Youth CommitteeSachi ShahBhairvi Trivedi Darshi ShahKeval ShahParthivi Shah

Webmaster:Kayur ShahHetal Shah

Setu Editor:Jignesh ShahHetal Shah

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President’s Message

Dear Samaj Members, Friends and Family,

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you for your tremendous support during yet another memorable yearfor Gujarati Samaj. I am extremely thankful for each and every one of you that participated in and/or attended our events.Fortunately, I was able to lead Samaj through 2012, and without your support it would have not been a successful year.

First off, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the members who volunteered at the Diwali dinner. Many of you generously helped the event, despite not being part of the committee. On behalf of the entire 2012 committee, I sincerely thank you all for helping us make this event a huge success. I would especially like to thank Ketan Shah from Elegant Events, LLC for beautifully lighting up the hall with Diwali decorations.

Furthermore, I would like to thank all of the members and companies who sponsored our various activitiesthroughout the 2012 year.

I also wanted to acknowledge several others, including Kirit Udeshi, Nipaben Parikh and Malaben Udeshi,who have taken much time to help me organize and plan the events. I sincerely appreciate the ardent support and guidance from all of you throughout each and every program and for your dedicated service throughout the entire year.

Additionally, I cannot forget the tremendous support from Arti Shah, Hetal Shah, Kartik Shah, Mayur Mody, JaybhaiJoshi, Mayank Trivedi, Deepa Zaveri, Rasikbhai Parekh, Naynaben Desai, Kayur Shah, Vijaybhai Baxi, Beenaben Shah, Ketan Shah, Lalitaben Patel, Sheelaben Shah, Harshesh Mawani, Pankajbhai Desai and Raj Shivjiani for their continuous support, planning and relentless work at each of the events. I also want to thank the trustees (Malaben, Nipaben, Urmibenand Urvesh) for their committed assistance.

Last but not least, I acknowledge tremendous support from my parents, my wife Neha, my kids Sachi and Darshi, and myextended family Hetal, Sweta, Sahaj, Jeet, Sangeeta, Mayurkumar, Jinkle, and Nipa Parikh. My special thanks goes out toall of my friends as well as their families and spouses of committee members.

My supporter's list is immense and while it is not possible to include every individual's name here, I know (and they know) who they are and without you all I would not have been able to lead the Samaj through this delighted andmemorable year.

I sincerely THANK YOU all from the bottom of my heart and am very lucky to have family and friends that mean the world to me, as you all do.

Sincerely,

Jignesh Shah - President 2012

Special Congratulation:Congratulation to our High School Scholarship Winner Bhairvi Mayank Trivedi from Maryland and Aditya Samir Mazmudar from Virginia. Both were awarded $500 from Samaj.

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Gujarati Samaj of Metropolitan WashingtonAnnual General Body (AGB) Meeting

Saturday February 2, 2013 9:30AM to 12:30PM

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Agenda Items:

1. Approval of the Agenda. 2. Approval of minutes of last Annual General Body Meeting held in January 2012.3. Discuss/review Annual Report and un-audited statement of account for year 2012. 4. Election Committee report. Formal statement as to the change of administration and the

Inauguration of the new President and Executive Committee for year 2013. 5. Election of a Trustee and Election Committee.6. Appointment of an Auditor for Year 2013. 7. Appointment of Comptroller. 8. Outgoing president to give to new president, trustees and comptroller the complete list of

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member and his or her spouse, unmarried children of age 22 and under and parents of the member and his/her spouse, all living in the same household, provided they are all registered at the time of becoming member or paying annual dues.

3b. In the case of single membership, the rights and privileges of membership are restricted to the person paying the dues.

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Saturday, February 2 Annual General Body Meeting (AGB) at 9:30AMGreat Falls Library, VA

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