AGM 2006/07 Secretary's Message

It is with great pleasure I present this report on activities accomplished by PIM Professionals Association during the year 2006/07.

At the commencement of the term, we set up following six sub committees to execute identified projects and activities:

1) Membership & Member Relations
2) Certificate Courses
3) Fellowship and Networking
4) Social responsibility
5) Publicity & Media
6) Lecture Series

The achievements have been reported under the heading “Projects and Activities undertaken by the Association”. During the year, the Executive Committee held its monthly meetings regularly and the participation of members was satisfactory.

It is with pleasure we report that most of the sub committees have done an excellent job in performing set targets for the year. A special note of thanks should be extended to the sub committees in charge of Certificate Courses and Membership & Member Relations who made a tireless contribution towards conducting three certificate programmes and publishing a member directory, respectively. We should also place on record our sincere appreciation for the trust and confidence placed on us by both private and public sector organizations who continued to send their members for our certificate programmes and all corporate establishments who came forward as sponsors to support our activities.

It is noteworthy to state that, if not for the advice and guidance of our Patron Prof.Gunapala Nanayakkara and Dr. Uditha Liyanage, we would have not been able to accomplish our tasks. On behalf of the PIM Professionals Association, I take pride in thanking Prof. Gunapala Nanayakkara, Dr. Uidtha Liyanage and the Academic and Administrative team at PIM, for the continuous support extended throughout the year.

We must thank our staff members at the Secretariat who extended their fullest support in achieving our objectives during the year.

Finally, I wish to thank all our general membership for their trust and confidence placed on us to lead PIM Professionals Association in the year 2006/07.

I wish all members and the Association success in their future endeavors.

Thank you

Samanthi Bandula
Secretary