GSSF successfully hosts 2019 AGM

The fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) was held at the Grand Costal Inn on Thursday, February 28.
Members were given the opportunity to discuss the activities and plans at the AGM, which was chaired by Director Dr Pravesh Harry. GSSF President Ryan McKinnon delivered opening remarks to the Meeting and reflected on 2018 being another good year. He congratulated the organisation and thanked all members for their continued support in promoting sport shooting and expressed hope that they would continue to build the sport.
Foundation Secretary Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon delivered a comprehensive report on the 2018 activities of the GSSF, including affiliation to local and international bodies. She also touched on key topics such as general firearm safety, increased membership growth, continuous monthly training courses, the various sport shooting disciplines currently encompassed, donations made, general outreach to supporting agencies, shooting range access, support programmes and the ongoing development of the sport of shooting in Guyana.
The Report of the External Auditors, along with the Financial Statement of the GSSF, was presented by the Foundation’s Treasurer, Ray Beharry to the membership and this was duly adopted at the AGM. The External Audit of the Financial Statement was duly conducted and issued by Auditor Harryram Parmesar from the Parmesar Audit Firm. Another significant aspect of the AGM was the motions which totalled five which were unanimously carried.
Thanks were expressed to the following persons and entities who assisted in one way or the other for 2018: Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan; Minister within the Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Ministry, Valerie Garrido-Lowe; Social Cohesion Minister, Dr George Norton; Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, National Sports Commission; Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Patrick West; Ryan McKinnon; Infotrans Guyana Inc; Neutrino Inc; Julius Simon; Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General Godfrey Statia; Hakeem Mohamed; Mohamed and Saudia Qualander of Queensway, then Assistant Police Commissioner David Ramnarine; Police Commissioner Leslie James; Dr Bhiro Harry; GPF OC TSU Guy Nurse; Queensway Security Service Inc; Tamesh Jagmohan; El Dorado Trading; Bish and Vikash Panday, Directors of P&P Insurance and Consultants Ltd; Harryram Parmesar of Parmesar Accounting Firm; Kevin Daby; the management and staff of Grand Coastal Inn Inc; Colin Changur; Mark Singh; Andrew Phang; International Technical Supplies (Guyana) Limited; Rajiv Latchana, Managing Director of NVR Security Services Inc; management of Clear Waters; Drs Pravesh Harry and Kevin Jodah; Board of Directors of DIG Inc; Dental Imports Guyana Inc; Brian Backer; Board of Directors of Orinduik Development Inc; Nicholas Boyer; National Hardware; Aleemul Ali Fabrication Company; Match Committees, the media, the GSSF members and the Board of the GSSF.