Wednesday, September 30, 2009

11 scrutineers and 3 "super scrutineers' vetted process

Dear SRA Members,
The SRA Security Committee is pleased to report that 11 residents turned up to volunteer as scrutineers for the process of choosing a service provider for the SRA Security Scheme.

A scrutineers' meeting was held for 2 hours on a Saturday morning on Sept 5 at Sri Langit Condo. (We'd like to thank the condo management for its hospitality in accommodating our group of almost 20 pax!)

The 11 were obviously keen to know what happened and details of the process of selecting bidders. Many questions were posed and doubts aired. SRA Security Committee (SSC) chairman Mazlan Kamaruddin gave an initial briefing after which lengthy discussions took place.

These 11 independent scrutineers were obviously satisfied with the process but they did not have the time to go through the detailed bids and SSC offered to "open all books" if necessary.

The 11 then decided to nominate three from amongst them to conduct a proper due diligence audit of the bids received. The trio were Mr Tan Chin Shu, Encik Sulaiman Ahmad and Mr Naveen Kumar.

This “detailed verification meeting” took place on Tuesday night of Sept 8. The three "special scrutineers" went through the files with a fine tooth-comb and checked relevant documents. They were satisfied with the transparency and due diligence observed by the SSC. With this process duly endorsed, the SSC could proceed to fine-tune the final service agreement.

This is where we are now. Stay tuned.

SRA Security Committee