WSP (India) EC Minutes

[Socialist Party Head Office]

MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 206

Head Office, Sunday, December 1, 2019: Called to order: 6.30 PM
Present (EC Members): Prasanta Kumar Mondal Partha Pratik Mukherjee,, Binay Sarkar, Sumitra Mondal, Pradip Kumar Singha
Absent: None
Attendee: None
Election: Chairperson: Partha Pratik Mukherjee on motion of Sumitra Mondal and Prasanta Mondal; Minutes Writer: Pradip Kumar Singha
EC Minutes No. 205 was read and confirmed on motion of Binay Sarkar and Pradip Kumar Singha
Correspondence: Please note that any comments in square brackets “[]” are comments from the General Secretary.
Inward:
SPC Monthly Report November 2019 received with thanks.
Harisadhan Ghosh – visited HO and received literature on Sunday, November 24, 2019
Outbound: As required
Call conference: On Sundays at 8 pm onwards after the Capital Reading from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Attendees: Pradip Kumar Singha, Prasanta Kumar Mondal, Partha Pratik Mukherjee, Harisadhan Ghosh, Md Tabrez Anwer, Babit Kinger, Sambhupada Nag, Susanta Kumar Ray and Binay Sarkar.
Matters Arising:
MSC: That we renew our website as asked by the developer and seek for further development.
Advancement of the Movement:
[B. Sarkar, P. Singha and P. Mondal, P. Mukherjee, Md Tabrez Anwer and Babit Kinger are going on posting and interacting on Facebook timelines.]
Academia.edu
They are now displaying some 77 (together with two pamphlets) papers, 17 drafts and 15 books (actually 15 chapters of a book + three books) and 3 teaching documents uploaded by BS having 128Followers 90Following 4,304 Total Views up from 4,153 within about a month.
We received some 27 notifications since last meeting.
Over 106 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 24 million papers. Academia.edu attracts over 81 million unique visitors a month. We see this fast growing global association very useful for uploading and propagating world socialist ideas which are being viewed by many. Our readership is growing. So our comrades should make use of this scope.
Facebook:
The World Socialist Party (India)_Discussion Forum and the website: http://www.worldsocialistpartyindia.org are attracting new contacts.
Discussion Forum membership stands at 1,923 now.
Sunday Discussion: Every Sunday in the evening we meet to read and discuss Socialism, Marxism, Leninism, Capitalism, Political Economy, Economics, Climate Crisis and other selected subjects.
Socialist Standard: November 2019 packets received with thanks. August 2019 packets are yet to arrive..
New Business:
SPRING SCHOOL & TWENTY SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020
of the WORLD SOCIALIST PARTY (INDIA) Will be held at: Head Office,
257 Baghajatin ‘E’ Block (East), Kolkata –700086,
SPRING SCHOOL: 29 February, Saturday, 2 PM – 8 PM (with breaks):
Subject: Socialism as a practical alternative
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: 1 March, Sunday:
Session – I: 2 PM – 4 PM: Discussion
Session – II: 5 PM – 8 PM: Membership, Publication and Campaign
Unfinished Business: None
Financial Report:
Collection of Dues:
Financial Report: November 2019: (Rupees)
Income: 1600.00
Expenditure: 220.00
Balance: 1380.00
BF: 19768.00
Net Balance: 21,148.00
Membership Subscription & Donation: Included in “Income” entry.
MSC: To accept the financial report and to receive donations with thanks.
Next EC Meeting: Head Office, Sunday, January 5, 2020, 6.30 PM;
Meeting Adjourned at 8:34 PM.

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