CMDA to hold first-ever elections on Christmas

It’s polling time in Delhi. After the elections for the assembly, it’s
the turn of Computer Media Dealers Association (CMDA) to go for polls on the
Christmas Day. Formed in the beginning of January 2001, this is the first
general election of the association.

The posts for which polling will be held include President, VP (two seats),
Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Mem-bers (seven seats). Apart from these five
posts, there are two more posts of Joint Treasurer and Joint Secretary (two
seats each) for which the President in consultation with the Treas-urer and
Secretary will appoint the members.

The association has also decided that only those mem-bers who have paid their
subscription upto date would be eligible to contest, vote or propose/second
candidates. And for those members who still have to pay the subscrip-tion fee,
they have been given a time till December 18 to clear their dues, if they want
to participate in the poll process.

According to Puneet Singhal, President, CMDA, "As of now, out of around
150 members, only around 95 are eligible to vote. Through this, we are trying to
invite these defaulters to pay up their dues to the association and become
eli-gible for participating in the elections."

When asked if he has plans to re-contest the elections, Singhal, who already
has had a three-year stint at the helm of the association, replied in a very
enthusiastic tone, "Of course." The
members elected will hold office for a period of three years.

As far as the nomination forms are concerned, members will have to collect it
from the association office and submit it latest by December 18. After the last
date of withdrawal on December 22, the list of eligible candidates will be
displayed on December 24. Polling will be held on December 25 in the main
courtyard of Ranjit Nagar Commercial Complex, between 9 AM and 2 PM. The
counting of votes and the final declara-tion of the results will be done on the
same day.

The DQ Week along with DCTA (Delhi Computer Traders Association) and NACIT
will be the independent observers of the entire election process.

Karma Negi

New Delhi