In early 1979 when the first meeting of Share Holders of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. was held at Shuwaikh Modern Restaurant in Kuwait, A. Veronica Fernandes proposed openly to induct one director in the Board from the village of Calangute to gain the good will of the locals since the Hotel Goan Heritage falls in Calangute. When the Managing Director of the company asked A. Veronica if he can propose somebody, A.Veronica proposed the name of Gabriel Soares who was one of the major Shareholders then. But Mr. Soares politely turned down the offer.
According to the latest information, the younger brother of the late Gabriel Soares, Mr. Pascoal Soares has just been inducted thru selection by the Shareholders into the Board as one of the directors of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. With this induction Calangute village got representation in this company board of two directors. A few days earlier another son of Calangute Mr. Jerry Call (Chef) was inducted into the board with unanimous approval of the Share Holders and Directors. Jerry Call is a renowned Chef of 5 Star Hotels in the Gulf and was highly decorated one. He is the only of his type in the board and one of the rare in Goan community. Gulf Goans Hotels Co. must be lucky to have Chef Jerry Call in its midst.
Gulf Goans Hotels Co. is the unique such company initiated by the expatriate Goans and as such it should be the darling of all genuine Goans. In view of this, this project must run well and profitably so that other expatriate Goans will also think of starting such ventures in such a manner.
There were about 75 Shareholders in the initial stage and they invested their hard earned money in this project more out of patriotism towards Goa and less for the income they will derive from their investment. They were the true great Goa lover Goans having great love for Goa. Now, many of them are settled permanently in the West, they are not in Goa nor in Kuwait but still they are stake holders in this project, some of them unfortunately not knowing how the project is running. This project is like gold but the management of it under the current board is showing lot of flaws thereby depriving the Shareholders of the maximum benefits of their investment, according to the majority of Shareholders who continuously stalled the proceedings of the Annual General Body Meeting last year to show their disgust over the malfunctioning of the Hotet management.
One of the reasons for the malfunctioning was due to the corrupt members in the board. One of them as known in Kuwait was sacked from Air India Kuwait office for doing financial irregularities; two of them were responsible for duping Kuwait Goan evacuees following the liberation of Kuwait to the tune of huge undisclosed amount of money collected from the poor Kuwait Goan evacuees by being under the umbrella of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society, the Society formed to help Kuwait Goan Evacuees to return them back to Kuwait after Kuwait's liberation, one of them is responsible for withholding the huge fund of Goan Welfare Society - Kuwait and transferring the same into his personal account. This same "Bamtto" was known in Kuwait for demanding Sex from young girls by offering Jobs. He was openly disgraced by a mother of one of the girls whom he requested to sleep with him in exchange of a job (It is a sin called NARVENKARISM). He was the most scandalous Goan in Kuwait. It is a shame to have such a disgraceful member in the board. And those who accept him in their midst are also disgraceful including the Kuwait based ones who lost their marbles to stand upright when injustice was done against one of their own colleagues.
As long as these three members are in the board there will never be smooth functioning of this project. They want to create their own lobby in the Board by inducting in the board their own relatives and family members possibly to loot the company's coffers as it was done for Goan Welfare Society Kuwait Fund. Professional and known thieves should be thrown out of this board and for this drive there should be concerted efforts on the part of all the Shareholders. They are expert in duping and robbing the community in Kuwait and for this reason people don’t trust them. They are experts in chickanery, they have no shame to move about in society because they are shameless. And those who associate and support them in the Board are equally guilty including those shameless based in Kuwait. Kuwait based directors are cowards of first grade, they have no marbles in their pants to fight for justice, one leg of each of them is in Kuwait and the other in the West. Those who cannot afford to be present in Goa they should be kicked out. This company does not require dormant directors anymore.
The two new directors have a strong responsibility to bring order in the board by cutting to size the directors having questionable character. According to one source all directors are not interested in the well being of this project but only to loot and to eat free of charge "Rechiad" Pomprets and Tiger Prawns from the Hotel. While some others are there to see if they can get an opportunity of suitable jobs for them or for their relatives there because their mind set is framed only to work. Both the two new directors have got to be very vigilant against those board members who are not fit to be in the board. Both the two new board members are the aspirations of majority of the Shareholders who supported their induction into the board to deliver good results.
And finally, is there any need for the outstation directors? What they can contribute by being abroad? They are like parasites in the board, their places can be better utilised by resident directors. The earlier the outstation directors resign before forced out disgracefully the better it is for their image. As it is they are useless for the community cause where they are residing and what benefit they will give of theirs by being in the board? They have not done anything for others in Kuwait except for their own family members.
The Share Holders of Gulf Goans Hotels Co. must be aware of what type of persons are holding the reins of their project.
