Date:  August 29, 2010

The Board of Directors Met for the first time in its new form after 2010 elections.

Present:

Mahmoud Elshazly in the Chair
Tarek Saadawi, Secretary
Aly Aul keir, Treasurer
Mokhtar Kamel, Communications Director.
Ossman Elrefai, development Director.

Absent:

Mostafa Elkhashab, VP- NJ out of the country.
Sabri Elbaga, VP at Large out of the contry.
Mohsen Khaled, VP Mid Atlantic out of the country.
Sherif Sadek, VP- CT & NY

Since 3 out of the 4 absent are known to be out of the country for cause, the meeting shall be considered valid and irts decisions binding unless I receive an objection from any of the absent members.

It was decided:

1- To draft Dr. Kamal Elsawi as non-voting Honorary Chairman of the Board. Kamal has proven to be such a stabilizing force since the first day the Alliance started. His wisdom has guided the Alliance through many storms in its brief five year history. Voting was affirmative unanimously.

2- To reconstitute the Conference Committee in a new form under the chairmanship of Ibrahim Hussein and the membership of Kamal Elsawi, Sherif Nasr, Tarek Saadawi and Mahmoud Elshazly.

3- To give above committee absolute and s ole authority over finalizing the program plans as well as implementing such program through Conference adjournment.

Certain other details and options relating to the Program were discussed that shall be relayed to the Program Committee by Tarek and Mahmoud for discussion and decisions.

4- AEA should distance itself totally from events planned by other Egyptian American organizations on the occasion of President Mubarak’s visit.

Mahmoud ELshazly

AEA President