At 2:01 PM -0400 6/11/03, Bharat B wrote: > > >I understand "work work and no play make Jack a dull boy", but it will be >even a better tradition if those left over money goes to some charity in >Assam instead of merry making. After all, most of us here in USA got >subsidized education through the Govt of Assam as well as India. My two >cents.
*** That is certainly a nice thought, a constructive idea. But it would be like asking BB to donate all his spare money to worthwhile charities in Assam. Expat Assamese DO indeed do their share for chartities in Assam and India too, in addition to what they participate in right here in their adopted land/s. Unfortunately, a singular impediment to WIDER participation in charitable efforts in Assam, has often been the inability to get anything DONE with the donations. I can cite a number of contributions to major and 'reputable' organizations in Assam, which have remained either unused or unaccounted for a number of years. BTW, Assam conventions in the USA or Canada, even though of a recreational nature, do serve a higher purpose--of maintaining connections, of building a sense of community, that would in the long run, be of immense benefit to all those who share a common heritage of hailing from Assam. cm > > >From: D Deka >To: Chan Mahanta , J Kalita >CC: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Assam] Check from Assam 2002 >>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:05:22 -0700 (PDT) > >It is very nice of Jugal >to renew the tradition that was started in Houston in 1999. The Houston >Host Committee forwarded all of its surplus money (more than $2200 if I >recall correctly) to the New Jersey Host Committee as seed money for the >next convention. How that money got used and whether New Jersey could send >some to Toronto I don't know since the balance sheet for the New Jersey >convention was not published. >It appears the tradition died somewhere >along the line and it is good to hear that it is being resuscitated. >>Dilip Deka > >P.S. It needs to be a standard practice to make >convention accounting public information. As I remember only Houston and >Toronto released the balance sheets since joint conventions started. > >>Chan Mahanta wrote: >Hi Jugal: > > >Thanks for the check from the >Assam 2002 surplus funds. It was very >thoughtful of you and the Denver >Host Committee to have forwarded what was >left over and we, the Assam >2003 Host Committee appreciate it much. > >You might like to know that >we in St. Louis too resolved earlier that any >fund left over ( if we are >so fortunate :-)), then we will forward it for >the benefit of the next >Oxom Xonmilon. We hope it will become the tradition. > >Take care and >see you in St. Louis in three weeks. > >c-da > > >>_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >>--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Free online calendar >with sync to Outlook(TM). >MSN 8 helps <http://g.msn.com/8HMIENUS/2743??PS=>ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. >Get 2 months FREE*. _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
