DECLARATION OF PROFIT OF THE FUNCTION.
When we organize our functions such as Socials, Tiatros and Ballroom dancing we invite people by selling tickets to them. Many of the people who attend such functions they do so only to patronise these functions so as to help the organizers to promote their activities. Many people purchase the tickets but don’t attend the functions because they want to help the organizers monetarily to further the cause for which they organize their functions. When they purchase the tickets for such functions then they become obligated to know whether it was a success or not, whether the organizers have made any profit or not. And by duty, the organizers are more obligated, duty bound to inform their patrons and everyone who supported them by purchasing the tickets the full income and expenses or at least the profits acquired by organizing their functions. It is not enough to disclose the profit or loss only to the committee members of the Associations. Such functions are organized also with the help of all those who purchased the tickets and who also got right to know the outcome of their support. Hence, full transparency is imperative. If the organizers do not want to be transparent openly and publicly then they should organize their functions with the help of their committee members only. In which case they should not sell their tickets to outside their circle.
Unfortunately in Kuwait according to my knowledge with the exception of two Konkani associations none of the Goan Associations discloses its profits openly because there is no transparency in their activities – transparency to the public who support them by purchasing their tickets. Transparency to those whom they plead and beg to purchase their tickets. It is not enough to disclose their profits only to their committees. Ticket purchasers are bound by rights to know the profits. Many of our Associations are in the hands of “chors” and in the name of the community they rob the support of the people. It is these associations that disgrace the fair image of the community. These associations are not doing any good for the community; these associations are a curse on Goa and Goans. Unfortunately these associations are manned by “Bebdes” also. The major fund of the major Goan association is held in the personal account of three Curtorcars – tegui chors – because they are withholding what belongs to the account of their association and those who support them and elect them are equally “chors” of first grade because “chors” support and elect “chors” only. Otherwise good people would never support and elect people of dubious character.
If anybody thinks there are people of integrity and dignity in this major association of Goans then they are sadly mistaken. There are all cowards and crooks. Where are the Marios and Manuels from this association gone? Why they cannot challenge the rogues in their association? Where are the Carmos, Julios and Cajys gone? Why they cannot awaken other members? Where are the rest of the members who claim to be upright gone now? What will they do once they return to Goa? Will people especially their own villagers, neighbours and even family members have confidence in them for doing justice? I have lost my confidence in everyone of them. Like in Goa, in Kuwait too the affairs of Goans are gone into the hands of “chors” “bamttes” and “bebdes”. According to one source, the three “chors” have made a pact with the rest of the members who got them elected to share the lakhs with them. For this reason they are allowing the three “chors” to do what they want. Why money only they will share? If I go one step further in the words of one Goan, the guilty members will even share their wives and daughters with the three “chors”. For this reason there is silence over the looted money.
In future, people should not patronize the functions organized by associations manned by persons of questionable character. Unfortunately only the people of questionable character patronize functions of such associations.
A. Veronica Fernandes.
