Assalamu-alaikum:
Dear GIS Parents and MCA Members:

As per schedule, GIS elections was held on March 21, 08. Three candidates were on ballot, because Br.Syed Reza withdrew his nomination. Following are elections results: 

Nominee	Position	# of votes received
Aladdin Nassar	GIS Board Member	9
Mohammad Fararjeh	GIS Board Member	22
Isa Eric Shaw	GIS Board Member	24
Syed Reza	GIS Board Member	Withdrew nomination
Note: 1 ballot was invalid

Based on the above results, InshAllah, Br.Mohammad and Br.Isa will serve the GIS Board for 2 years. As Election Committee members, we urge you strongly to respect the courage, honesty, and integrity of all nominees/candidates/nominators/seconded in the entire election process.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all community members for their support, feedback and guidance to the Elections Committee. May Allah (swt) accept our efforts and continue to bless our Community with unity, harmony, and peace. Please forgive elections committee for any short comings.

Jazakallahu Khairan to all.
Your brothers in Islam.

Adel Elkadi– Elections Committee Member
Altaf Khan – Elections Committee Member
Basheer Ahmed – Elections Committee Chair

The MCA Social & Women’s committees are looking to hire a part time activities coordinator to help with the organization and execution of social events and activities.

We pray that Allah Almighty showers you and your families with blessings and benefits during those last 10 days of Ramadan. Below please find some reminders and guidelines for all of us.

The Executive Committee of the MCA, in its meeting on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, has unanimously decided to adopt the joint Fatwa of the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) and the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) related to the permissibility of the use of calculation method for determining the beginning of the months of Ramadan and Shawwal.

Mar’07: MCA-GIS Elections Results

A part time position to execute Dawah programs, recruit and manage volunteers for activities organized by the Dawah/Social & Women's Committee

MCA is seeking a part-time program coordinator to administer, manage and grow its mentoring program. Interested parties should send resumes to mentors@mcabayarea.org

We are deeply disappointed that a few of our Muslim brothers and sisters continue to violate our neighbors’ rights.

Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT will insha’Allah bless us with Ramadan once again. At MCA we are hard at work to make this Ramadan a profound spiritual experience for all of us.

The Fiqh Council of North America and the ISNA Majlis Ash-Shura after careful research, deliberations and discussion has adopted a new position regarding the determination of the beginning of the Islamic lunar months.

We're looking for three volunteer doctors (all specialities) to provide care to the needy patients/members of our Community that does not have medical insurance. The Clinic is currently open on Saturdays and Sundays for two-three hours.

As we witness the outrage in the Muslim world over the derogatory depictions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), we are dismayed at the level of violence being perpetrated. Islam condemns acts of violence and preaches tolerance, compassion and forgiveness. The cartoons initially published in a Danish newspaper were viewed as intentional defamation of the prophet and an attack on Islam. These cartoons come on the heels of other events that have vilified Islam and Muslims.

The new MCA Executive Committee (EC) will take over on the 1st of Muharram, 1427 H (around January 31, 2006). The new EC includes 3 new members, and some members have switched positions. The EC members and their positions are: Razi Mohiuddin (President), Mohammed Nadeem (Vice President), Othman Asad (General Secretary), Azfar Qureshi (Treasurer), Ejaz Anam (Publications Secretary), Farah Rahbar (Women's Representative), Edgard Sammour (Social Secretary) and Munther Qtaish (Dawah Secretary).

The incoming MCA Executive Committee Hijri Year 1426 has met and agreed to the following positions:

Qurbani Arrangement at Dario's Ranch, San Jose.

Thank you very much for bringing to our attention the difficulty you are experiencing for parking in your facility on Fridays. It is indeed disturbing to learn that some of our visitors are parking in your parking lot.

On Fridays your visitors are parking on our property, Located at 3130, 3140 and 1900 Duane (Gold's Gym location) that is clearly marked private and with tow signs that have been approved by the Santa Clara Police Department.

The MCA Executive Committee would like to solicit bids from interested parties to rent the MCA Bookstore to sell books, gift items, Islamic art, school supplies and other items.

MCA EC is responsible for appointing a member of GIS Board for the upcoming year according to the GIS Bylaws,. EC is soliciting nominations for this position from the community members.

With the beginning of the new year the Executive Committee is soliciting nominations for all committees to run the day-to-day operation of MCA. List of the committees is given below.

The MCA Executive Committee has decided on the following positions for 1425 H.

The following were elected for the different positions.

The Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees gave a presentation about the progress made last year and the plans for the upcoming year. A detailed annual report (available from the General Secretary) was presented and accepted at the meeting.

The election for 4 (four) executive committee members for two years and 1 (one) board of trustee member for three years of the Muslim Community Association (MCA) of San Francisco Bay Area, for the Hijra Year 1425 (2004-2005) will be held on Saturday, February 07, 2004 at the MCA Islamic Center.

The MCA Executive Committee has appointed a three member Election Committee as required by the MCA Constitution to administer the upcoming MCA elections.

Br. Mamadou Ibrahim, the General Secretary of the MCA Executive Committee has resigned effective November 30th for personal and family reasons.

The outgoing Executive Committee of the MCA appointed an Election Investigation Committee on March 2nd, 2003 to investigate the recent MCA elections.

The following excerpts are compiled from Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Muslim Community Safety Kit.

The Executive Committee has selected a chairperson for most of the 24 committees. The chairperson and the EC liaison will be talking to all nominees and will be selecting members of each committee over the course of the next week or so. Each one of the volunteers should be contacted shortly.

The Executive Committee has written up a document describing the various options and is getting the opinion of various Shuyukh's and other Muslim leaders to determine the best time for the two-shift Jummah at the MCA Islamic Center.

The outgoing Executive Committee dissolved all existing functional and ad hoc committees and gave the opportunity for the incoming Executive Committee to appoint members to these committees. The existing committees will continue to work for 30 days, or until a new committee is reappointed. This 30-day period expires on Safar 1st, 1424 or April 3rd, 2003.