Dear Members,
The following candidates have been elected unanimously as new members of the GAA Executive Board for the years 2009 - 2012.
President - Yogendra B. Shakya '70

The executive board members as per cluster group:

Bijaya M. Sherchan '61 (1956-1963)
Shashindra Shrestha '68 (1964-1971)
Mahendra M. Shakya '77 (1972-1979)
Bhoo Arun Malla '86 (1980-1986)
Suresh S. Thapa '89 (1987-1993)
Tripti Thapa '99 (1994-2000)
Sikander B. Thapa '02 (2001-2007)

Prakash Shrestha '93
ELECTION OFFICER
Godavari Alumni Association

As per the constitution of GAA amended by the AGM held on 27 December 2008, the Executive Committee announces the election for the post of President and Executive Board to be held on 21 February, 2009.

Position: President

Any candidate wishing to apply for the post of the President must be

1. either a paid up regular member
2. or a life member of GAA
3. for a minimum of 10 years
4. and must have served at least one term as an Executive Committee

Elections will also be held for the 7 members of the Executive Board according to the cluster groups mentioned below:

1956 – 1962 / 1963 - 1971 / 1972 - 1978 / 1979 - 1986 / 1987 - 1993 / 1994 - 2000 / 2001 – 2007

Eligible voters:

All life members and paid up regular members.

Who says quizzes are boring? This certainly wasn't, and not just because Karna Sakya said so. What made the event truly exhilarating was the enthusiastic participation of so many contestants from so many colleges in the valley.

The Ratna Shield Quiz contest, as the annual event started in 1967 in honour of Queen Mother Ratna Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah was initially known, is probably the most keenly awaited inter-college quiz contest.

Students from both public and private institutions studying in higher secondary/ intermediate/ A levels participated in the event that kicked off Dec. 21.

The 34th edition of GAA Annual Quiz Contest Ratna Shied in 2008, which had 23 teams from 12 colleges participating, came to a close on Monday afternoon. Among those present in the audience were writer and conservationist Karna Shakya, the chief guest.

Dear Members,

The GAA Board and Executive Committee have had a series of meetings and have come up with some proposals for major changes in the GAA constitution, which will be presented to the General Body in the upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Further details will be updated.
We look forward to the presence of all members.

All regular members are also requested to renew their membership (not for life members) as only valid members are eligible to vote.

Details of the AGM:

Date: Saturday, 27 December 2008
Time: 3 pm
Venue: GAA Hall, Thamel

Best regards,

Radeep Khadga
Admin Manager

Dear Members,

GAA is doing a "Books Drive" to support RUKMENI PUSTAKALAYA , situated in Chipri Daha, Rukum.

Any books (old text books, novels - english, nepali, comics, reference books) you can donate, would be valuable asset to the library.

Please drop your books at the GAA office in Thamel before Saturday 26, October 2008 and we will deliver it to the library.

We look forward to your support.

Hope you have a very colorful and enjoyable TIHAR.

GAA Family

Dear Members,

As you must all be aware by now that the moderator of GAA Fr Greg Sharkey has been recalled by the Nepal Jesuit Society to give his full time to the Human Resource Development Centre in Sanepa. The Regional Superior Fr. Lawrence Maniyar has also informed us that for the moment the NJS does not have the resources to send anyone to GAA at the moment.

In light of this and the general view amongst members that operations of the GAA must be professionalized for its further development, the current GAA Board and the Executive Committee formed a Restructuring Advisory Committee which has proposed that the Constitution of the GAA must be amended to facilitate ways in which to make the day to day operations of the Association more professional.

On 31st August, a clothes drive followed by a concert by the popular band KUTUMBA was held at GAA in the aid of the flood victims. The event jointly organised by Youth Initiative, WOREC and Kutumba was supported by GAA among many other organisations.

Approximately Rs. 1 Lakh in ticket sales and contribution and a total of 650kgs of clothes was collected.

This year's tournament was sponsored by FedEx. Nine teams had participated- Snow Leopards, Rato Bangala Club, Malpi International, Niten Memorial School, Orient College, Valley Public School, Golden Gate Club, Ace Flyers and GAA. Winners of the 3rd Fr. Watrin's RIBS did not participate.

Snow Leopards Bagged the trophy beating Rato Bangala in the Finals. Janice Kosman was declared the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Mr. Mahendra Man Sakya, '77, General Secretary of NeBA, former President of GAA, was the Chief Guest of this year's tournament.

This year's tournament was held from August 24- August 30, 2008.

GoldenGate 'A' and Snow Leopard won the men's and women's title of the First Father Donnelly 3 on 3 Open Basketball Tournament at the GAA Hall on Saturday. GoldenGate 'A' lifted the men's title defeating GoldenGate 'B' 21-15, 21-13, 21-17 and Snow Leopard clinched the women's title beating strong favorite Rato Bangala 21-17, 21-2. Paresh Shrestha opened the scoring for GoldenGate 'A' trailing by a huge 9-0 margin. The opener put the team back on track, as it quickly went well ahead of its opponent with a three-pointer and a couple of two-pointers from Rabindra Maharjan.

GoldenGate 'B', reputed for its resolute defending had trouble containing Rabindra Maharjan and went on conceding easily against him thus giving away a game that could easily had gone its way.

It was double delight for Golden Gate College as both its teams advanced to final of the ongoing Fr. Donnelly Open 3-on-3 Basketball Championship winning their respective semifinals on Friday.

Golden Gate A secured an easy 21-7, 21-5, 21-15 win over ABCW while Golden Gate B had to struggle hard to earn a 21-14, 17-21, 10-21, 21-7, 21-15 over Kathmandudes.

Beating ABCW was a cake walk for Golden Gate A, which kept its cool showing the same virtues that won it the previous matches. Rabindra Maharjan and Bipendra Maharjan gave a tough time to their opponents converting almost all their attempts.