General Body Meeting – 2020

More than 70 members had joined the meeting.

We maintained 30 seconds of silence in the loving memory of our members we lost this year – Dr. Arup Ratan Gupta, Mr. Asim Guha, and Mr. Balmiki Sur.

The board presented the FY2019-2020 summary including the financial, marketing/communication, cultural, and philanthropy. The new Board of Directors were introduced to the members by the Chairman of the current board.

The plan for FY 2020-2021 was discussed;

• FY2020-2021 will have one level of membership ($200 single/$380 couple) which will include the following –
  • DP and KP 2020 events are TBD
  • Major physical events with overseas artists will be pushed towards the end of the year/early next year depending on the COVID-19 situation (SP + Spring/Summer event)
  • BAP will be conducting 4 major virtual shows on a professional platform with paid overseas artists – This will also help the artists in India during this difficult time
  • Kids summer events
  • BAP magazine – local (members) + overseas paid articles to increase the quality of the publication
• Major philanthropic initiatives – “Amphan” and COVID-19 will continue
• Other improvements planned-
  • BAP website/professionally done (membership portal, enhanced security, better administrative features, etc.)
• Major initiative
  • BAP asset/Club as per our Mission

Chairman Sudipto Mukhopadhyay thanked the board, working committee, and volunteers who helped to make FY2019-2020 successful. He also thanked past President Mr. Subrata Saha and the advisory committee for all their effort and contributions.