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KelaniNite 2010

Photos and Video

Clean UP Australia Day

Photos and Video

Srilankan Food Fair

Photos and Video

AGM 2009

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Message from Prof. Upali Amarasinghe

Dear friends

Let me congratulate for your initiative to form KUAA in Australia.

I wish you all the best in all your endevours.

Yours sincerely

Prof. Upali Amarasinghe

Department of Zoology

University of Kelaniya,Kelaniya 11600, Sri Lanka

Phone: +94 (0)11 290 3397 Fax: +94 (0)11 291 4479

http://www.kln.ac.lk/science/Zoology/USA.htm

Message From Alumni Association - University of Kelaniya

KelaniNite 09

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KelaniNite 09

MARCH - Saturday 7th, 7.30pm
Dinner Dance

Kelaniya University Alumni Association Australia Inc. presents "KELANI NITE 09" get-together and dinner dance at Oakleigh Mechanics Hall.

Contact: Ananda Nanayakkara 9807 8608 or Jayanthi Welikala 9807 2034

24th October Committee Meeting

Discussions were mainly focused on the planning and organising KelaniNite09.

28th September 2008 kuaa.com.au Regsitered

kuaa.com.au was registed as an Australian domain name and new website www.kuaa.com.au was launched

28th August 2008 KUAA REGISTERED

Application to register KUAA under Associations Incorporation Act 1981 was been accepted by the Registrar of Incorporated Associations. It is registered as an Incorporated association under registration no. A0052038C. Fantastic work by Ajith Kumarapperuma. Thank you for your time and effort. We also appreciate the effort by Mangalika Soolangaarachchi in organising consent letter from University of Kelaniya Vice Chancellor.

19th July 2008 KUAA Annual General Meeting

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KUAA annual general meeting was held at 731 Waverley Road , Glen Waverley. Following members were present

Ananda Nanayakkara	Jayanthi Welikala	Lambert Fernando	Sarath Piyasena
Fenella Jayawickrama	Sena Kodithuwakku	Mangalika Soolangaarachchi	Pascal Soolangaarachchi
Rathnasiri Senadheera	Prasadi Athauda	Bimba Dissanayake	Dilan Fernando
Prema Kodikarage	Mapa	Kumara Tennakoon	Anura Amarasena
Chula Amarasena	Sunil Senadheera	Ranasinghe Bandara	Ajith Kumarapperuma
Saman Abeyasinghe	Gamini Ranasinghe

Among other things following topics were discussed

Registration KUAA

An official approval from the Kelaniya University has been requested by Consumer Affairs prior to registration of the association. Mangalika Soolangaarachchi volunteered to get this organised.

Membership Drive

After a lengthy discussion following area coordinators were appointed to boost the membership

Rathnasiri Senadheera          Northern Victoria         94379987

Dilan Fernando                     Western Victoria         93044936

Pasca lSoolangaarachchi      Easttern Victoria         98016692

Get together

Date was decided as end of February 2009 allowing time for holiday makers

Raffle

Thanks Bimba for her beautiful painting. The winner was Mrs Senadheera

Other Items

Subject to the financial situation, arrange to send a card or flowers when close relative of a member passes away. This was discussed as we experienced few such occasions lately

Extend possible help to new arrivals to Australia.

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4th May 2008 Committee Meeting

The following issues were discussed at the committee meeting held on Sunday the 4th May 2008 at 60 Lechte Road, Mount Waverley - the residence of Kumara Tennakoon.

The name 'Kelaniya University Association of Australia' and the acronym KUAA proposed by Sarath Piyasena were selected unanimously, out of the following names proposed via email by several members. Thanks very much to all those who responded.
- Kelani Uni Association of Australia - KUAA
- Kelaniya University Alumni in Australia Association -KUAAA
- Kelaniya University Graduate Association of Australia- KUGAA
- Kelaniya University Graduate and Staff Association of Australia-KUGSAA
- Kelani Kella
- Kelani Mithuro
Following office bearers were appointed by those who were present at the meeting.
President
- Ananda Nanayakkara
Vice Presidents
- Cyril Gunarathna
- Lambert Fernando
Joint Secretaries
- Jayanthi Welikala
- Fenella Jayawickrema
Treasurer
- Gamini Ranasinghe
Assistant Treasurer
- Upul Karunagoda
Public Officer
- Ajith Kumarapperuma
Web page and IT support
- Bimba Dissanayake
- Sarath Piyasena
Committee Members
- Kumara Tennakoon
- Ananda Perera
- Prasadi Athauda
- Prema Mapa
Registration of KUAA:
Public officer Kumara Tennakoon undertook to register KUAA as an incorporated association
Emblem and Web Page:
Sarath Piyasena and Bimba Dissanayake agreed to design and construct a web page.
Membership Fee:
Membership fee of $20.00 per annum was decided by the committee. This would be per member or a member couple.
KUAA events:
It was decided to hold two events per year (i.e. with members and their families); That would be an out-door event in summer and in-door get-together in winter. In addition, a 'members only get-together' (i.e. including the general meeting ) would be held once a year.

This year the 'Members only get-together and the general meeting' is scheduled to be held on Saturday the 19th of July. Please keep the date FREE as this would be our 1st general meeting and we would like to have your ideas and suggestions towards our indoor get together. More details would be informed next month.