Minutes of the CES meeting
held on 20th
of
June 2013
Venue : Auditorium, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
Date : 20th June 2013
Time : 11.15 a.m.
The first meeting of the Civil Engineering Society for
the
year 2013 was initiated on the 20th of
june 2013 at
11.15 a.m. The main objective of this meeting was to elect new office bearers
for 2013.The meeting was conducted by Mr.
Lalitha
Prasanga, secretary of CES with
the presence of Prof. S.M.A.
Nanayakkara (Head
of the department), Dr.
J.M.A. Manatunge (Academic
Advisor) and Dr.
L. I. N. De Silva (Senior Treasurer of
CES) by reading the minutes from the last meeting. Then
the meeting was handed over to Mr.
Kasun Nandapala (Former President)
to proceed with
the agenda.
As per the agenda, the office bearers were selected as
follows,
Secretary : Mr. Tharindu Haputhanthri (Semester 5)
Suggested
by Mr. Manjula
(Sem. 5) and seconded by
Mr. Saman (Sem. 5)
President : Mr. Lalitha Prasanga
(Semester 7)
Suggested by Mr. Nissanka (Sem. 7) and seconded
by Mr.
Shanil
(Sem. 7)
Senior
Treasurer : Dr. L.
I. N. De Silva
Appointed by Prof. S. M. A. Nanayakkara (Head
of the department)
Junior Treasurer : Mr. Waishakya Hithaishi
(Semester 7)
Suggested by Mr. Manindu (Sem. 7) and seconded
by
Mr. Lakshri (Sem. 7)
Committee Members :
Mr. Saranga
Adeesha (Semester 5)
Suggested by Mr. Sanjaya
(Sem. 5) and seconded by
Mr. Suranga (Sem. 5)
Mr. Rajitha Anuruddha(Semester 3)
Suggested by Mr. Shehan
(Sem. 5) and seconded by
Mr. Viduranga (Sem. 5)
Assistant Secretary : Mr. Gayan Hewage (Semester 3)
Suggested by Mr. Saranga (Sem. 5) and seconded
by Mr.
Achintha (Sem. 5)
Newly appointed President welcomed all
the guests and the objectives of the society were presented
to
the audience. Then Mr. Lalitha invited Prof.
S.M.A. Nanaykkara
to
address the audience.
Prof. S.M.A.
Nanaykkara started
talking by congratulating the newly appointed committee. Then he talked
about the importance of
having the society. Further
he
stated, as student how we can enjoy our time at the
university and the imortance of
participating in extra-curricular activities. Also the need of having AGMs. By finishing his speech there, he told students how important the unity among batches.
Prof. S.M.A.
Nanaykkara’s
speech was followed
by Dr. J.M.A. Manatunge. Dr.
J.M.A. Manatunge talked about
the history of the
society and how it was started in 1990 as the 1st ever engineering society at University of
Moratuwa.
Further he said how it was developed
under many obstacles and the things
which the society has
done throughout the
past decades.
Next Dr. L.I.N.
De
Silva talked
about the current financial
position of
CES. It was stated in
his speech that
currently there are Rs.500,000 worth of cash
equivalence in CES accounts. Also reminded
about the
agreements which are to be renewed during this year.
Few plans
for
the
coming year
were presented
to
the audience by Mr. Lalitha.
1. Meth Mihira
2. Cricket Tournament (Scheduled
to
hold on 20th of
July 2013)
3. AGM
4. Suhastha –
Advanced Level Seminar series
5. Peduru Party
6. Civil
Night
Several suggestions
were made by the students to be implemented in
the year ahead as stated below.
1. Guest Lectures
Mr. Shemal (Semester
7)
suggested that the guest lectures
should also involve in non civil
engineering applications
and he further stated that it is better if those lectures
can be given to all
the civil engineering batches
at once without focusing on one batch. Dr. Manatunge also said that we should
have at least 5 guest lectures.
2. Sports Day
Students suggested that it is better if we can have a
sports day including sports such as Volleyball,
Football, etc.
So the students who are interested in such
sports can also have a good time.
3. Workshops
Students suggested that
we should have workshops which are conducted
by well known
personalities or
leading companies
in civil engineering. Also Dr.
L.I.N. De Silva reminded
about a workshop which was held
before regarding Table Manners and the importance of
having another.
With the note that the next meeting would be called as
soon as possible to further discuss the implementation of these suggestions, the meeting was concluded.
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Secretary
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Academic Adviser
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President
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