With Mumbai being in a state of ‘Unlock’ for months now and as everyday life resumes normalcy increasingly, albeit with the mandatory clauses for one’s safety from the pandemic, community members have been anxiously awaiting to meet with BPP Trustees to resolve innumerable issues, which were put on hold for months, when the city was under lockdown.
However, no physical meeting has taken place by the BPP Board, despite the unlock, with the three Trustees in majority currently – Armaity Tirandaz, Viraf Mehta and Xerxes Dastoor – refusing to come to the Board Room and meet with community members and deal with important and critical issues that need the attention of the Trustees.
For months now, the efforts of Trustees Kersi Randeria and Noshir Dadrawala, pushing their three colleague trustees to have a physical Board Meeting so as to cater to and settle the genuine issues of humdins, have so far gone in vain.
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In the face of this stalemate, which was holding the welfare of community members to ransom, BPP Trustees Kersi Randeria and Noshir Dadrawala decided not to attend the Zoom meetings, which they believe, have achieved very little purpose… to meet with humdins and do their duty as Trustees. The following is the brief account of the meeting, as shared by them:
On 8th December, 2020, Trustees Randeria and Dadrawala met in aggregate, about a dozen beneficiaries, in the BPP Board Room, as scheduled. Despite having issued a notice of this meeting a few days in advance, in the hope that the three majority Trustees would attend the same for the sake of community members, none of the three trustees – Mehta, Tirandaz or Dastoor – turned up.
However, the meeting went smoothly and in an orderly fashion, with 100% observation of all Standard Health and Safety norms.
This was a good start despite the Bandh (related to farmers agitation) and several fake anonymous messages circulated throughout the day by BPP detractors, that there would be no physical meeting on the day.
Trustees Kersi and Noshir have sincerely tried to kick-start the Unlocking of BPP in the New Normal. The effort will continue in a phased manner.
It is also heartening that one more BPP trustee has now agreed to consider attending at least one meeting per month in the Board Room. This is truly welcoming.
BPP trustees shall endeavour to keep the wheel of progress moving with the cooperation of the community.
– Kersi Randeria
- Noshir Dadrawala
Trustees – BPP
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The current BPP Board of Trustees stands compromised in terms of number of Trustees, being only 5-Trustees strong instead of the original 7 Trustees, in keeping with the passing of Trustee Bhathena, and with Chairman Desai currently in recovery.
It is indeed shocking and disappointing that despite the unavailability of two Trustees (Kersi Randeria and Noshir Dadrawala) for Zoom Meetings, the three so-called majority Trustees (Mehta, Tirandaz and Dastoor) have decided to continue functioning under the Quorum, and see no harm in taking one-sided decisions for the community, without counsel or consent from the other two functioning Trustees.
The quorum, which requires a minimum of three Trustees, is a guideline to be used in case of emergencies, and not as regular practice. However, turning the exception into a rule, by taking advantage of this technicality, the three majority Trustees – as only 3 out of 7 – continue taking decisions binding the entire community!
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