Tentative date for graduation

I was told that the graduation should be held after 29th of June 2009 as 29th is supposed to be the last day for spring semester. Suggested dates are 30th of June or 1st of July.

Further confirmation has to be done with Moslanka (because the Dean clearly stated that the university has no control over the date and venue). I tried to contact Dr. Saman, but was told that he is now out of the country, until 18th of January 2009.

Therefore airtickets should be booked 28th of June - 4th of July to be on the safe side.

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Report from the treasury department

Status of our grad account:
Total students : 37/38. Hanif is not joining us.
Total paid: 35/37
Total payment received up to date: RM 7000
Transfered RM 5000 to Anol. Expecting another RM 400 from the last 2 students.
The current balance : RM 2000.

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Expected number of guests for reception in Malaysia

Based solely on the poll, the current headcount for our reception ceremony in Malaysia is 273.


7 votes x 5 persons = 35
2 x 6 = 12
1 x 7 = 7
4 x 8 = 32
1 x 9 = 9
9 x 10 = 90
Leftover 3 votes = estimate of 40
We received only 29 votes, short of the needed 37 votes. Assuming the mean value to be 6 persons, 8 x 6 = 48.

Total = 273. About 30 seats are reserved for the VIPs. Therefore we are still short of 97 heads to bring the price from RM75 to RM 50 per head.

Possible guests = Current RSMU students, our beloved alumni, the aspiring future young doctors (post SPM students who are currently interested in pursuing medicine in Russia) and their parents.

Or to make things simpler, we can just invite more relatives or friends to come.

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Some Important Updates and Reminders

Finally, some needed updates (hall status, collection of hall fees, photocopies of passports, submission of biodata forms, support letters from Malaysian Embassy and the dekanat).

1) We've collected RM200 from most of the students, and we've already paid the deposit of RM5000 through Aznul's dad. The details of our booking are as follows:
Date : 17th August 2009
Venue : Dewan Merak Kayangan ,
Jalan Maktab Off Jalan Semarak,
54000 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.
Time : 11.30-16.00
On top of that, we are expecting VIPs from MMC, JPA, MARA and the Health Ministry.
We might be inviting the Russian Ambassador to Malaysia, if the university decides not to send a representative for the scroll giving ceremony. It depends mostly on the discussion, whether the university wants us to pay for the lodging and air ticket for that particular representative.

2) If you have not paid the RM200 for hall fees, please click the below link for details.
http://rsmu2009.blogspot.com/2008/11/collection-of-hall-fees.html

3) Photocopies of your parent's passports. Please submit in Now!, as the invitation team needs to get it done ASAP so that everything will be in order. So far we have 51 passport copies in hand.
More info, click the following link.
http://rsmu2009.blogspot.com/2008/11/russian-visa-application-4-steps.html

4) We have received biodata forms from Nadia, Jazman, Ray Yank, Sze Voon, Ling Tze, Ain, Muneer, Yuva, Sumathi, Yoga, Yan Han, Janet, Bibiana, and Mei Sian. Only 14 from the needed 40. We need your details not only for the yearbook, but the details can be used for other official purposes too. Please get it done ASAP. You can do it here online.
http://rsmu2009.blogspot.com/2008/11/submit-yearbook-details-online.html
And for Che'din, I didn't receive your email.

5) The Malaysian Embassy in Russia will be supporting our graduation, both in Moscow and Malaysia. Mr. Azman, the man who is incharged of student's affair and JPA matters, told Muneer that sponsorship for our event is possible.

6) Yesterday, I went to the dekanat to get the support letter signed and chopped by the university. Bespalyuk gave us the green light to organize our own graduation in Malaysia, without the interference of the university. However this was done verbally, as I had the support letter in English, hence the unwillingness to sign the letter. We'll submit in the translated version of our letter, and there shouldn't be any problem from the university regarding this matter.

7) The date for the event is not fixed yet at the moment. Bespalyuk told me that the graduation should be somewhere between 26th of June - 1st of July. The reason for the change of date last year was MosLanka's failure to acquire Dom Ucheni on time. We'll be working closely with Moslanka this time, to prevent the same incident from taking place again.

8) If you have any question at all, please post it in the comments below. I'll try to answer every question, even questions directed to the dekanat.

Thanks for your time and cooperation.

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