Hear , hear. Well said!
I too hesitate to make contributions to so called "charities" in Assam these days as one is never sure that the money is used for the meant purpose. I wonder what has become of the latest organization that we heard of recently. They have not made any audible sounds of late and I thought that they were interested in tapping and picking the brains of the expats. Anjan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bharat B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Check from Assam 2002 > *** 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 > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
