MIA Updates

Thank you to the Events Committee:

Thank you to the MIA Events Committee for all their hard work in organizing the “United We Stand” dinner event. Their effort and the efforts of the many young volunteers (please see below their names) was very much appreciated by all who attended the event.

As well, link to Winnipeg Free Press Article’s on the two recipients of the award Br. Abdulkareem and Ghulam.

Video clips of the event will be sent in the next EC update.

MIA Events Committee
Harun Cicek	Mariam Arunkiet	Merdia Imame	Aisha Awan
Sajid Khan	Rani Claire	Khaled Al-Taweel	Kathleen Mazur
Ramhuzaini Abdulrahman	Muhamad Sadek Almisk

MIA Volunteers
Rami Elzayat	Ferdose Sheikheldin	Safa Mian	Ahmad Farag
Khaled Elsalakawy	Aminah Tajuri	Urooj Shahin	Muhammad Awan
Absar Sved	Manar Mekkawy	Usman	Abdullah
Iman Abid	Osama Jarkas	Nfaba Gassama	Zahrah Ali
Hamza Mian	Leila Sharif	Amir	Anwar
Fanar Hassan	Taibah Awan	Shahzad Mussadiq	Seema Uddin
Ibrahim Khan	Nilufer Rehman

March 24 “Community Building” Event:

On Saturday, March 24th another community gathering will be held at the Waverly mosque, beginning at 5:00 pm. Invited to this event is Imam Abdullah Antepali. The main topic of the lecture will be: “Community Building: A holistic Approach from Quran and Sunnah”. Dinner will be served. More details will follow. This event is jointly organized in collaboration between local Muslim organizations (MIA, WCM, CMWI, ISSA, CMLI, MMSA, MSA, Alhijra and Zubaida Talab), reflecting a new spirit of coordination and team work among local Muslim organization.

April 07 Community Lecture Night:

On Friday, April 07 or Saturday, April 08, the MIA Events Committee is organizing a lecture night with a guest speaker from Toronto. Details of the program will follow soon.

Financial Statements & Tax Receipts:

The audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending in 2010 are now posted on MIA website for reference purposes. The 2011 financial statements will also be posted soon. As well, going forward quarterly financial reports will be posted. We thank the Finance and Audit committee for all their hard work.

Also, tax receipts for last year (received from former EC) will be mailed to your address soon, if we have your addresses in record, if not please check with the MIA office administrator or Treasurer.

Policies:

In order to make MIA a policy driven organization, the EC with the help of various members of the community has formulated a number of policies. Included in these policies are:

Facility usage policy
Finance policy
Conflict of interest and code of conduct policy (click to view document)
Communication policy
Human Resources policy (WIP).

All MIA EC members have signed the conflict of interest and disclosure document and all staff are required to do so.

Highlights from Khuttba Survey Results:

Thanks for all of you who completed the khuttba survey. The feedback you gave were great and we will do our best to act upon them. Here are some highlights of the survey results:

What is your preferred durration for khuttba?	Results
20 Minutes	60%
30 Minutes	36%
1 Hour	4%
Do you like to have one permanent khateeb in your mosque or a rotating different Khateebs?	Results
Permanent	30%
Rotating	70%
Would you like to have a feedback medium (online or a box) to provide timely feedback to your khateebs?	Results
Yes	95%
No	5%

Facility usage:

With the grace of Allah the activities in the Waverly center has been on a steady increase. Rarely a day goes without having some sort of educational, sports or social activity. More requests to use the facility continue to come in. For those who can’t book Waverly due to increased demand, Hazelwood mosque basement is an alternative. It is a fully equipped basement that can accommodate a good number of people. You may do your booking by going tohttps://www.miaonline.org/services. or call MIA office administrator at 256-1347