Thursday, July 10, 2008

EXILE VOICE

ABA holds first convention
Bhutan News Service
New York, June 26

The Association f Bhutanese in America (ABA), a membership based community organization of Bhutanese permanently residing in the United States, held its first convention in Berkely, California on June 13-15.

In a statement, latterly received, ABA said Bhutanese from across the United States participated in the convention.

Apart from providing opportunity for friends and families to reconnect and to build new friendships and connections, the association said it also conducted its first election of its Board of Directors.

Earlier, the association was being governed by an interim board which comprised Bhutanese who had volunteered their time to establish it.

The convention elected seven-member board. The convention unanimously elected Dil Prasad Basnet to the position of the Chair of the board for the next two years. He was also the Chair of the interim time.

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