Dear brothers and sisters, The recent general meeting of Non- Residential Nepalese organization, Austria (NRN Austria) has decided to hold a general assembly on 9th March 2014 and the same meeting will hold a general election to elect new executive members. For the election, a committee consisting of three panel members has been formed which includes Mr. Prabhu Shrestha, Ms. Sila Acharya and Mr. Rudra Chudal. To undertake the responsibilities, the election panel members have discussed together and made the following decisions. Election committee will be holding the election to select new executive committee with 13 members for the next term (2014 March– 2016 March). Accordingly the election will be held for the following position: ·President– 1 position ·Vice president – 1 position ·Secretary – 1 position ·Deputy Secretary – 1 position ·Treasurer – 1 position ·Deputy treasurer – 1 position ·General members– 7 positions Important dates for other election events are specified as: 1.Last date for Nomination : 23rd February 2014 2.Publishing the first Name List of the candidates : 25th February 2014 3.Last date to submit suggestions and comments about the election and its processes : 2nd march 2014 4.Last date for filing any objections as well as changing the posts by nominated persons ("Dabi-Birodh"): 05 March 2014 5.Finalized candidates Name List publication date : 7th March 2014 6.Date, time and the venue where the election will be held : 9th march 2014, Turkenstrasse 3, 1090 Vienna Guidelines for the election are specified as follows: 1.Person interested to be an election candidate should compulsory have a proposer ( Prastabak) and supporter ( samarthak) . 2.All three of the candidate, proposer and supporter should meet the qualifications specified in the NRN definition. 3.Last election considered a person to be qualified for NRN Austria who is older than 16 years and is living in Austria for more than 183 days. However, NRN Austria is an organization which is registered according to the norms that are valid in Austria. Therefore, we will consider the same qualification this time as well. 4.Those members who are present in the specified location and time can only vote. 5.Voting is confidential and the election panel members are not allowed to cast a vote. 6.If the number of vote is equal, election will be held by lucky draw (commonly called Gola-Pratha in Nepali). 7.Valid membership is required to take part in the election. Invalid membership should be renewed. 8.On the day of general meeting, time between 13:00 to 15:00 is fixed for getting a new membership or to renew your previous membership. 9.Renewing or getting a new membership is stopped after the election process has started till the final results are published. 10. To become a member, one should be certified that he/she is staying in Austria. Therefore, you are requested to bring any one of the visa, residence card, license, medlezettle and other important documents with you. 11.For the registration, you should fill up the form provided in the attachment and send it to us via email or post. 12.The email address for the registration is prabhu.shrestha@yahoo.com and the postal address is Prabhu Shrestha, Gertrude-Wondrack Platz 5/6.05, 1120 Wien. 13.The decision taken by the election panel will be final in the occurrence of any kind of disputes in the election process. Best Regards, Prabhu Shrestha Shila Acharya Rudra Chudal