Gurbir elected Mumbai Press Club prez

Jore Chairman. Poll rivals vow for team work!

Bury the hatchet! Bitter rivalry of pre-poll campaign forgotten, Dharmendra Jore (left) & Gurbir Singh vow to work together in the interest of the Press Club. Pic: BNK

HERE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS SHEET.

Total number of votes polled: 694

PRESIDENT

Gurbir Singh has been declared elected President. 

Gurbir Singh: 390 votes

Bharatkumar Raut: 287 votes

Invalid: 18 votes

CHAIRMAN

Dharmendra Jore has been declared elected Chairman. 

Dharmendra Jore: 440 votes

Vilas Athavale:  232 votes

Invalid: 24 votes

VICE CHAIRMAN

Chandramohan Puppala has been declared elected Vice Chairman. 

Chandramohan Puppala: 304 votes

Samar Khadas: 288 votes

Sanjeev Kumar Shukla: 71 votes

Invalid: 31 votes

SECRETARY

Lata Mishra has been declared elected Secretary. 

Lata Mishra : 396 votes

Kalpana Sunil Rane: 270 votes.

Invalid: 28 votes

JOINT SECRETARY

Ashish S. Raje has been declared elected Joint Secretary. 

Ashish S. Raje : 374 votes

Nilesh M. Dave: 282 votes.

Invalid: 37 votes

TREASURER

Varun Singh has been declared elected Treasurer. 

Varun Singh: 341 votes

Om Prakash Tiwari : 319 votes.

Invalid: 34 votes

Press Club poll campaign at its feverish pitch

MANAGING COMMITTEE

The following 10 candidates have been declared elected to the Managing Committee (with number of votes polled):

1.       Santosh S.Andhale               447

2.      Mrityunjay Bose                    419

3.      Prashant H.Nadkar              382

4.      Prakash Akolkar                   371

5.      Sachin Ramesh Haralkar      367

6.      Mayuresh Ganapatye            318

7.      Pravin Kajrolkar                   316

8.      Abhimanyu Shitole               295

9.      Prashant K. Nakwe              292

10.   Kalpana Sunil Rane              287

Invalid Votes: 18 (So, we have invalid votes in Press Club election?!)

Jatin Desai                                         Haaris R. Shaikh

Returning Officer                             Deputy Returning Officer

Breaking News from Mumbai Press Club! Campaign fever hots up, elections on July 31

It's Gurbir Singh Vs Bharat Kumar Raut

 Like in the general elections, Progress and Inclusive Development are in focus at Mumbai Press Club biennial elections as battle lines are drawn between two panels headed by veteran journalists Gurbir Singh (Progressive Democratic Alliance) and Bharat Kumar Raut (Journalists United).

The poll will take place at the Club premises on Tuesday, July 31 and the campaign has reached its feverish pitch as candidates from both the camps using social media and physical contacts to woo the voters.

Jatin Desai is the Returning Officer and Haaris R. Shaikh, the Deputy Returning Officer.

Here are the panels vying for control of the premier journalists’ organization.

WHAT THEY PROMISE…

PRapport presents claims and promises of both the sides for judgment by the media fraternity:

PDA

Journalists United

The elections are upon us again, and we have to make the correct choice to secure our club’s future. From a dump in the late 1990s with barely 200 members, we are today a force to reckon with over 2,000 members. The crucial link for this progress has been a group of dedicated journalists that include Gurbir Singh, Rajesh Mascarenhas, Kumar Ketkar and many others. Some of the key milestones in the Mumbai Press Club’s march have been: Successful Housing Scheme that created ‘Press Enclave’ for 250 journalist families at Pratiksha Nagar in 2010 after 7 years of dedicate New, renovated Press Club building inaugurated in 2007 with Media Centre, modern dining hall and terrace sit-out. The RedInk Awards which have grown over 8 years to become the biggest professional recognition for journalistic writing in the country, and have earned a surplus for the club every year. Standing up for journalists rights as in cases like the Charu Deshpande Case and reaching a Rs 30 lakh settlement with the Tata Group for the attack on photographers at Bombay House. However, most of us might have observed that there has been a slowdown in work there are serious shortcomings which have not been addressed by the existing Managing Committee over the last 2 years: The deteriorating quality of food services has impacted revenues and usage negatively. The Building Construction plan which has all BMC permissions has not moved forward. Lack of discussion and debate on media and industry is a matter of concern. We hope to address these and other important issues if you repose your confidence in us: A clean and hygienic Press Club with a wide choice of food and beverages. To ensure quick progress on the construction of a new Press Club Building. Free wi-fi facilities for all journalists and improved media centre. Make the Press Club a ‘Knowledge Centre’ for media debate. Ensuring the safety and security of our members.

Over the years you have reposed your faith in our team with an overwhelming majority to help the Press Club become an organisation that all of us can be proud of. Some highlights: Conduct of health camps that benefited over 500 members. Signing the club's lease agreement which had been pending for the last 25 years. Organising debates on several burning issues More women becoming part of club’s activities thanks to the various women’s issues being taken up Providing hassle-free work environment in the media room with high-speed broadband connectivity and setting up of professional service and maintenance facilities for photo-journalists. Providing top-line entertainment. For instance, Indian Premier League cricket and World Cup football was broadcast live on high-definition screens. Patenting the Redink Awards, which is amongst the most credible media awards in the country We still have miles to go. Once again we seek your support in this journey. Please, vote for Journalist United because we are: JOURNALISTS UNITED FOR PROGRESS We have plans to introduce regional and international fellowships for our members. Increase participation of women media professionals by having dedicated activities for them. We intend to bring more space/land for the club JOURNALISTS UNITED FOR WELFARE We intend to tie up with various private hospitals in Mumbai to bring affordable health care for members and their families; Special health packages for members above 60 years and women members and their mothers.  JOURNALISTS UNITED FOR CHANGE We are keen on rationalising food and liquor charges; Improve the food menu; Provide dedicated studio-like set up for TV journalists JOURNALISTS UNITED FOR FUN We propose to have ‘Happy Hours’ for women members; Celebrate the golden jubilee of the club in a grand manner; Organise various annual sports tournaments

Watch this space for results on July 31.

Fonte by ‘One Source’ @Press Club is super hit

Members from Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad 

join in networking event

Ashish Chauhan

A movement that started with the creation of one WhatsApp group of 30 people on the 22nd of July last year, has now turned out to be an 850-member strong community of media professionals.

The online group One Source organised its inaugural member off line meetup Fontè at the Press Club-Mumbai Mumbai in association with event partners, Public Relations Council of India  last Thursday.

Mr. Ashish Kumar Chauhan, Managing Director & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange and Mr. Gurbir Singh, Deputy Editor, Business World  and Chairman, Press Club-Mumbai were the guests of honour.

While Mr. Chauhan spoke on the importance of in financial services, Mr Singh dealt with the issue of media expectations from PR professionals. PRCI National president B N Kumar announced the launch of a guest faculty pool by PRCI to depute veteran professionals to mass communication colleges.

The effort behind the deliberations was to educate the community members present on how public relations as an industry has the potential to become a national game changer, rising beyond the cliché of clip-counting and media relations.

Sandeep Rao, founder member of One Source, said in his welcome address: “The group’s endeavour would be to act a knowledge platform apart from facilitating the members exchange industry information and media contacts. For this, we will be happy to tie-up with professional bodies like PRCI.”

Gurbir Singh

“We hope to build bonds and strengthen mutual trust among the professionals encompassing PR, advertising, media and HR practitioners,” he said.

BNK

Started with the objective of opening channels of communication within the industry of communication and facilitating knowledge flow within the industry, One Source has members across more than 40 traditional and full service communication agencies, personnel across news media houses such as the BCCL group and Business Standard, brand custodians across names such as DSP BlackRock, Cairn India, NSE, Myntra, BSE, FICCI, Housing.com and CII, as well as allied service professionals such as digital influencers, content providers and head hunters, all of who come together to help the community drive value for itself.

Encouraged by the success of the event with over 100 people participating, One Source now plans Fonte at other cities, including Delhi and Bangalore.

Contact: Sandeep: +91 97690 79273 or Harsh: +91 98706 31557.