REGIMENTAL
6 GR REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEPAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020
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SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2020
he Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at Hotel Gurkha Haven, Dam Side, Pokhara, on Saturday 21 March 2020. Unlike previous AGMs, it was a minigathering with just 22 members attending including three UK members who were here visiting their friends and relatives. Sadly, this very low attendance, the lowest since the formation of 6 GR Regimental Association Nepal some 23 years ago, was due to the restriction of a maximum of 25 people at any gathering placed by the Nepali authorities to prevent the possible spread of deadly Covid-19 virus in Nepal. Even with very low attendance anticipated and exclusion of some elderly members, we were compelled to go ahead due to legal requirements governing the functioning of ‘associations’ in Nepal. Many of our ‘old and bold’ living in the vicinity, who were eager to attend and would have very much graced the function, had to be politely asked not to come due to the nature of coronavirus affecting the
elderly more than the ‘not so elderly’. This meeting also marked the 23rd anniversary of the formation of the 6 GR Regt Association of Nepal. A month earlier, committee members and Area Representatives from Kathmandu, Chitwan and Butwal had met at this very venue to plan the AGM and simultaneous ‘6 GR Reunions’ at all three locations a week later. Attendance at the AGM at that time was anticipated at 200 members, with most coming from nearby the districts of Baglung, Parbat, Gorkha, Lamjung and Tanahun. And to cater for this number, we planned on hiring a local ‘Party Palace’. The Area Reps had been busy informing members in their respective areas, finding suitable venues and making necessary arrangements for a successful gathering. The Chairman had already nominated committee members to attend these ‘Reunions’ to show our solidarity and the central committee’s presence there. But as the crisis loomed and restrictions became known, we hurriedly altered
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