It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the AGM of our association for the year 2006/07. It’s another 12-month term during which we had taken many leaps forward towards our vision “To be the most sought after Professional Association in Sri Lanka”. As all the members know, PIM Professionals Association is not just another Alumni in which the members meet once a year at an AGM where they change the faces of President and the executive committee. We perform on a different platform with distinctive objectives. Our target audience falls in to three segments. The first segment represents our own membership. This covers both existing and potential members. The next segment is the PIM, the institution, which paved the way for us to develop skills to receive the real recognition among professionals in the country. The last segment is the society within which we all live. The activities we carry out each year always address the needs of these three segments. Within that perspective I would like to outline the activities we have carried out in the year 2006/07.
· “Developing Managers for the Future” Training Programme
We have successfully conducted two programmes in which there were more than 100 participants in total. There were three award ceremonies for the participants of these programmes out of which one was for a programme conducted in year 2005/06. Another programme was commenced on 22nd August 2007.
· Corporate Programmes
Many corporate entities showed keen interest in the “Developing Managers for the Future” programme and inquired of the possibility of tailor made programmes. In line with this, the first of such programme focusing on Managerial Competency Development was held at Sampath Bank for the Junior Executives. Further programmes are in the pipeline for Sampath Bank, Sri Lanka Telecom and Ceylon Tobacco.
· Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) membership
The committee aggressively canvassed to obtain the membership of OPA. All the criteria for the membership have been met. A few amendments to the constitution are required and are to be addressed in the coming AGM.
· Capability Development of Members
We encouraged members to develop their lecturing capabilities by inviting them to become resource persons in the “Developing Managers for the Future” training programme. The members who accepted the invitation provided their service up to full satisfaction of the participants.
· Association Website
A new website exclusively for the membership was developed keeping in mind the growing needs of the Association. Specific focus was given to members who are living outside Sri Lanka. Key aspects like Association newsletter, career center and online application and related forms will be included. The new website will be launched after the AGM.
· Fellowship Activities
The members were given the opportunity to meet each other and renew the relationships in two get-togethers. These events took place along with the award ceremonies of “Developing Managers for the Future” training programmes.
· B2B Network Meeting
During the latter part of our term we successfully organized two B2B Network meetings in which few members delivered presentations, introducing their products and services to the membership with special benefits.
· Member Directory
The committee for the first time printed a comprehensive member directory with the updated profiles of members.
I would like to express our gratitude to Professor Gunapala Nanayakkara, the founder director of PIM and our Patron for his sincere guidance extended to the Association to carry out the above activities. I also would like to thank Dr Uditha Liyanage for his assistance when ever the committee wanted. I would also be thankful to my executive committee and the administrative secretary of the Association, Anne Ranasinghe for the support given to me during my tenure as the President of the Association. I also convey my deepest appreciation to all the members who contributed in numerous ways towards the development of our association.
Finally I wish all the best to the new President and the executive committee.
Ananth Vigneswaran Selladoray
President 2006/07
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