Persian New Year 1391

Dear Misa members,

Misa is planning to have a party to celebrate the start of the new Persian year 1391. We are delighted to invite you all to this party.

When: March 20, 2012. 7:30pm — 1am
Where: 2001 University Street, Suite 307, Essence Restaurant H3A 2A6.

The party has two parts; the first part runs from 7:30pm to 10pm. Dinner will be served during this part from 8 — 9:30pm. The second part starts at 10pm and runs with music and dance until 1am.

Ticket:
Dinner + party : $22.5 for McGill students
$30 for non-McGill
Party only : $7.5

Where to buy tickets:

Armin (4388780120) Office 256 Macdonald Engineering Building, Mondays and Wednesdays 12:30pm — 2pm

Reza (5146494092) Office 004 McConnell Engineering Building, Tuesdays and Fridays 3pm — 4:30pm

Alireza (5148361776) Office 6090, Wong Building, Thursdays 3pm — 5pm

Wish to see you all at the party!

Cheers,
Misa

Iranian Party-February 17, 2012

Dear all,

Ready for the second Iranian party for 2011-12 academic year? So join us just before study break.

When: Friday Feb. 17, 2012, 9pm – 1am.

Where: Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 McTavish Street, Montreal H3A 1Y2.

Tickets are limited due to the ballroom capacity. So, please make sure to buy your ticket early as tickets go quite fast!

Early ticket is $8. Limited tickets may be available at the door for $15.

Tickets will be available at the following locations:

McConnell Engineering Bld
Office 004: Reza (5146494092) Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:30pm – 2:00pm.

McDonald Engineering Bld
Office 256: Armin (438 878 0120) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30pm – 2pm.

Please be informed that this party is open to everyone! Wish to see you at the party!

Best,
Your MISA

سلام دوستان

برای دومین پارتی این سال تحصیلی در تاریخ ۱۷ فوریه بهمون ملحق بشین. بلیت رو می تونین تو محل های زیر تهیه کنین

ساختمان مک کانل، اتاق شماره ۰۰۴: رضا (۵۱۴۶۴۹۴۰۹۲). چهارشنبه ها و جمعه ها از ساعت ۱۲:۳۰ تا ۲

ساختمان مک دانلد، اتاق شماره ۲۵۶: آرمین (۴۳۸۸۷۸۰۱۲۰). سه شنبه ها و پنجشنبه ها از ساعت ۱۲:۳۰ تا ۲

قیمت بلیت:
- خرید پیش از روز پارتی: ۸ دلار
- خرید در محل پارتی: ۱۵ دلار

لطفا توجه داشته باشین که تعداد بلیت ها محدوده (به علت محدودیت ظرفیت بالروم). پس لطفا هر چه زودتر برای تهیه بلیت مراجعه کنین. در صورتی که سالن جا داشته باشه، در محل بالروم هم فروش بلیت خواهیم داشت

امیدوارم همه تون رو ببینیم و شب خوبی داشته باشیم

میسای شما

MISA Yalda night

Hi everyone,

MISA is having a party on Wednesday Dec 21, 2011 to celebrate Yalda night. We would very much like for you to come to our party; it would be a pleasure for us to have you.

When: Wednesday Dec. 21, 2011. 8pm-11:30pm.

Where: Casa Grecque Restaurant, 200 Prince Arthur Est, Montréal, Que. H2X 1B9.

The party will be held at Casa Grecque restaurant, located at the far end corner of Prince Arthur street. The party starts at 8pm. Ajil, Hendooneh and Anaar will be served at 8:30pm. The dinner will be at 9:30pm.

We have arranged a bunch of fun activities to make your Yalda night special. This includes, 1. Live Persian music performance, 2. Sweet making competition, and 3. … let’s leave number 3 as a surprise for now!

Further information on the sweet making competition:
If you’d like to participate, all you need to do is to make at least 10 sweets and bring them to our party. Interested guests will try your sweets and give you a mark! The highest average mark wins the competition. The winner will win TWO TICKETS to MISA’s Nowrooz Party to be held in March 2012. If you’d like to participate, notify us by sending an email to (info@misamcgill.ca).

How to obtain tickets for Yalda night:
Ticket is $20 for McGill students, and $28 for non-McGill.

Tickets will be sold at the following locations:

McConnell Building, room 004, Reza (514649 4092) Thu, Fri, 5pm-6pm.

McDonald Building, room 256, Armin (4388780120) Mon, Tue, Wed, 12:30pm-2:30pm.

Join our event on facebook.

Hope to see you in the party!

Respectfully yours,
MISA

MISA Google Group

The Awesome MISA members :-)

MISA is planning to use the MISAMcGill Google Group to communicate with its members.

This is specially designed for the people who don’t use Facebook or rather not use Facebook to communicate with MISA.

Please join the MISA Google group below:

http://groups.google.com/group/misamcgill

If you don’t have a Google account, you can send an email to the below email address and ask to be invited to the group by the group managers.
exec.misa@gmail.com

Yours,

MISA

MISA music night

In response to some of our members who have expressed their interest in having a music group, MISA has arranged a music night event in order for interested members to be able to get in touch with each other and to show their talents in performing music/singing. Details of the music night are as follows:

When: Thursday Nov. 24, 2011, 4-6pm.

Where: Lev Buchman room, ssmu building, McGill University.

Interested individuals, please contact VP external Samira at fatemeh[dot]soltani[at]mail[dot]mcgill[dot]ca by Monday Nov. 21, 2011 to book a time slot for your performance. Each performer is given a 5min time period for his/her performance.

The music night event is open to everyone. So even if you don’t perform, you can attend the session and enjoy the performance by others.

Refreshments will be served at the end of the session.

For more info, and to join our event, please visit the event’s facebook page.

Cheers,

MISA

First Persian Party of the New Academic Year

Dear all,

Finally, here it is…

It’s mid fall; you are probably tired of midterm exams and are looking for a break! here you are:

MISA is delighted to let you know that the first party of the new academic year is scheduled to take place on Friday November 11, 2011.

When: Friday November 11, 2011, 9pm – 1am.


Where: Thomson House Ballroom, 3650 McTavish Street, Montreal H3A 1Y2.

Ticket
Tickets are limited given the limitations set by Thomson House managers on the number of attendees. So, please make sure to buy your ticket early as tickets go quite fast!

Early ticket is $7.5. Limited tickets may be available at the door for $12.5.

Tickets will be available at the following locations:

McConnell Engineering Bld
Office 004: Reza (5146494092) Weekdays, 5pm – 6pm.

McDonald Engineering Bld
Office 256: Armin (438 878 0120) Wed-Fri, 12pm – 2pm.

Wong Bld
Office 6090: Alireza (5148361776) Tue-Thu, 3pm-5pm.

Jewish General Hospital:
Shiva (514 340 8222 ext 3358) Weekdays, 10am – 4pm.

McDonald Campus:
Sajy (persian_sajy@hotmail.com)

Please be informed that this party is open to EVERYONE! For more information please visit the event page on facebook!

Wish to see you at the party!

Cheers,
MISA

A Sunday Fun-day at Parc Jean Drapeau: Food, Friends, BBQ, Games and Prizes!

Time
Sunday, September 25 · 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location

More Info
Lets get together for an outdoor event while Winter is not here yet!MISA invites you to join us at Parc Jean Drapeau on this coming Sunday.
We will meet our friends and make new ones, eat delicious food, play fun games and win unbelievable prizes.

Where: Parc Jean Drapeau (We will meet in front of Jean Drapeau Metro Station at 11am)

When: Sunday Sept. 25th, 11am-5pm

What to bring:
-MISA provides Snacks, Soft drinks, Corncobs(BALAL), Watermelon, Gaming stuff(Voleyball, Badminton, Football, Ultimate frisbee, …).
-You bring your own lunch(If you want, we will BBQ it for you), your friends and your sportive spirit.

If you are late and can’t meet us in front of the metro at 11am, you can call Reza @ 514-649-4092 to find the group.

See you all there,
MISA

For more info and to join our event, please go to the event page on facebook!

Orientation Session for New Iranian Students + General Assembly

Dear all,

Please join us in our first event of the academic year: orientation session for new Iranian students and general assembly.

When:  Thursday, September 15,  4:00pm - 5:30pm

Where: Break-out room, SSMU building, 3480 Rue McTavish

The session will start with a short introduction session where the new Executive Committee members (re the election of Aug. 31, 2011) will introduce themselves and briefly talk about their plans in the upcoming year.

The session will continue with a presentation on “Student life in Montreal; all you need to know about Montreal and McGill” for our new friends. This presentation is intended to give a new student all necessary information he/she would need to start a new life in Montreal and McGill. Don’t miss it!

A discussion session will follow where MISA members can exchange ideas about the club’s policies and future events.

The event will end with a hospitality session where you can help yourself with soft drinks and cookies!

Don’t forget to tell your new friends about this event!

You can find more details about the event on the event page on facebook.

Wish to see you all there.
Cheers,
MISA

Result of MISA Executive Committee Election for 2011/2012 Academic Year

Dear all,

 

The MISA Executive Committee Election for 2011/2012 Academic Year was held on Wednesday, Aug. 31 2011 as scheduled. MISA board of directors would like to greatly thank all members who participated and voted in the election. Hereby, the official result of the election is announced as follows:

 

President: 

  • Shiva Javeshghani

Vice President External:

  • Sajedeh Mahdavi
  • Ali Gorji

Vice President Internal:

  • Fatemeh (Samira) Soltani
  • Reza Jalayer

Vice President Finance:

  • Reza (Armin) Lotfalian

Vice President for Communication:

  • Alireza Shams

Web administration:

  • Aboutaleb Haddadi

 

The new Executive Committee (EC) is on duty as soon as this announcement is made. The new EC members will be introduced to the members in a general assembly of which you will be informed shortly.

 

Respectfully yours,

MISA

Candidates list for the MISA Executive, 2011-2012 Academic Year

Dear all,

The election will be held on Wednesday Aug. 31, 1pm-4pm.The voting box will be in the McConnell Engineering Building lobby (beside the elevator near the TEN screen). Please bring your McGill ID card in order to vote.

Regarding MISA’s policy for engaging more students in our community, this year we will expand the executive committee and there will be two VP External and two VP Internal positions. Thus, you can vote for two candidates for those positions.

Here is the list of the candidates for each position. You can find read their statements by clicking on their names.

1- President:

  • Mehrsan Javan – PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Shiva Javeshghani – Experimental Medicine

2- Vice President External:

  • Amir Abiri Jahromi – PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Tina Akhavan Niaki – BSc student, Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • Ali Gorji - PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Sajedeh Mahdavi – Dietetics Major, Management Minor

3- Vice President Internal:

  • Reza Jalayer – PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Maedeh Khayyat Kholghi - MSc student, Experimental Medicine
  • Fatemeh (Samira) Soltani – PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Hossein Taheri – BSc student, Physiology

4- Vice President Finance:

  • Reza (Armin) Lotfalian – PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

5- Vice President for Communication:

  • Jalal Arabneydi – PhD student, Electrical Engineering
  • Alireza Shams – PhD student, Chemical Engineering

6- Web administration:

  • Aboutaleb (Amin) Haddadi – PhD student, Electrical Engineering

 

Ali Gorji – PhD student, Electrical Engineering