New S.N. Trust Board to have 854 members

By Our Staff Reporter

KOLLAM, OCT. 15. The election process for constituting the new S.N. Trust Board began at the trust office here this morning. The new board which will come into existence on January 29, 2002 for a three-year term will have 854 members. The existing board has 799 members and this means that the new board will have an addition of 55 members.

Notification for the election was issued on September 12 last under which the final voters list would be published on November 5. The election will be held in four phases in January.

This morning, those in the voters list were given the opportunity for requesting any shift in their names from the existing region to another region. Complaints regarding the voters list can be filed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

The 854 members are a congregation from seven broad categories. They are the hereditary members, three categories of donors, the S.N.D.P. Yogam office-bearers and their nominees, a nominee from the Sivagiri Madhom and representatives from institutions.

There are 13 hereditary members and they would come into the board without contesting the election. Similarly, in the donors category, there are 196 persons who have donated a minimum of Rs. 1 lakh each towards the Trust and they are entitled to automatically become members of the board.

The rest in the donors category of the electoral college has been classified into two. The first category comprises those who have donated between Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 each to the Trust. The voters in this category will elect 514 members to the board. However, in this category only those who have donated Rs. 500 are eligible to contest. This category is divided into 10 regions and the Varkala region will send the highest number of representatives, 93, to the board. The other regions are, Thiruvananthapuram-50, Kollam-84, Punalur-54, Nangyarkulangara- 65, Cherthala-35, Thrissur-27, Palakkad-30, Kozhikode-38 and Kannur-38.

The next category of voters are those who have donated between Rs. 501 and Rs. 5,000. They will elect 115 representatives to the board. Here again, only those who have donated a minimum of Rs. 5,000 each are eligible to contest.

The Yogam president and general secretary are ex officio members of the board and the Yogam council will nominate seven members to the board. Institutions which have donated a fixed amount to the Trust can together nominate six members to the board and with a nominee from the Sivagiri Madhom the figure touches 854. The board members have the option to elect or nominate three expert members.Election for the 514 representatives from the Rs. 500 category will be held on January 12, 2002. The 115 representatives from the Rs. 5,000 category will be elected on January 20. If the option for having the three technical members arises then the election or nomination would be held on January 28 and the election for the chairman, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer and executive committee from among the 853 members will be held on January 29. Mr. P. Santosh Kumar from Eranakulam has been appointed chief returning officer.

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