> At any event, I give you Houstonians full credit for having the goodwill > and courage to break the tradition of separate-but-equal annual kharkhowa
I thought that started in 1998. It is just that only ASA went there. As far as I understand, otherwise the history of a joint convention would have started in St. Louis itself, isn't it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alpana Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Re: [Assam] Surplus from Houston - a clarification > At 7:52 PM -0500 6/13/03, Alpana Sarangapani wrote: > > I would like to clarify that I aplogoized to Mr. Bhuyan and others > >this morning , only to the extent that I too thought that the surplus > >money from Houston convention was sent to the convention in New Jersey. > >Mr. Bhuyan did jog my memory and it is true that the money was NOT sent to > >the NJ convention in 2000, but to AFNA. Sincerely, --A. Sarangapani. > >Houston, Texas. ----- Original Message ----- > > > *** I was wondering why the apologies A. I thought you were in your apology > binge again--just for the heck of it :-). > > Not that it matters any more whether Houston sent the surplus to Cherry > Hills. But I think it is a GOOD idea to keep alive the tradition that Dilip > thought you all started in Houston. At least demonstrates that he had the > right idea, even though it might not have been carried out the way he > thought it was. > > At any event, I give you Houstonians full credit for having the goodwill > and courage to break the tradition of separate-but-equal annual kharkhowa > borxobaahs and usher in an era of co-operation, even though there might be > legitimate differences of outlook in the community of markhowas. That truly > was a watershed event, made possible by your community's concerted efforts. > I am thankful for that. > > c-da > > > > > > > > > From: Alpana B. Sarangapani To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: > >Re: [Assam] Surplus >from Houston > > > > > >Dear Mr. Bhuyan: > > > > > > > >I am guilty of that too. Thank you for reminding. Now I remember even > >more of the good democratic process of the convention. > > > > > > > >I sure did not mean to mislead anyone by any means. Being one of the "host > >committee" members, virtually or not, I do feel obligated to apologize for > >chiming in without any intention, whatsoever. It is just that I was least > >interested then and am now to serve in any kind of committee of this > >sort. I have both - phobia and hatred for the word 'politics' (clean or > >nasty) - regardless of the size of the community. > > > > > > > >Now it is confirmed that I will not be hired as any kind of a member, > >is not it? :) Sorry for wasting your time with this little joke, just > >could not avoid it. > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > > > > > >A. Sarangapani > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Kedar Bhuyan >To: Dilip Deka >CC: Chandan Mahanta , Assam > >>Subject: [Assam] Surplus from Houston >Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:24:53 > >-0700 (PDT) > > > > >Dear Dilip: > > Your emails > >regarding surplus drew quite a bit of attention in many quarters of > >Assamese community across USA. I am not a member of Assam net, so I did > >not have the opportunity to read your emails in real time. But there is > >so much interest about the comments you made that some very respected > >community members have forwarded your emails to me and personally called > >me and discussed about it. > > > > 20th Assam > >Convention/26th Assam Day was held in Houston long time ago. Your > >memory regarding that may be getting a little bit fogy by now. The > >surplus from Houston was not given to Cherry Hill organizers as seed money > >as you have suggested. In stead the surplus (you said $2200) was in fact > >given to AFNA. Chairperson of Houston verbally told me at that time > >that the surplus amount was given to AFNA to administer for the benefit > >of future Assam Conferences. It was not a donation to AFNA. The surplus > >was for the sole use of future Assam Conferences. > > > > > >Out of this Houston surplus AFNA loaned $2000.00 to Cherry Hill > >organizers. I was a director of AFNA during that time. Per AFNA > >President's email to the Board of AFNA Directors (attached here as ready > >reference) Cherry Hill organizers repaid $1500.00 to AFNA with $500.00 > >remained unpaid. Cherry Hill could not return remaining $500.00 because > >there was no more fund left. > > > >AFNA had rejected > >Toronto's request for fund from Houston surplus amount. Similarly > >Denver also did not get any money from this Houston surplus amount. > >Hence balance of the Houston Surplus is still with AFNA. Surplus from > >Toronto was directly given (not a loan) to Denver. Similarly Denver is > >also directly given (not a loan) the surplus to St. Louis. > > > > >> Now instead of looking backward I would like to look forward for a > >brighter future and better co- operation from the entire Assamese > >community. Joint conferences of all Assamese organizations are still > >evolving. There are lots of areas that need stream lining. Surplus or > >deficit is one such area. I think that the surplus from Assam 2003 or > >beyond should directly go to the next year's organizing committee. Any > >surplus fund should not be used or diverted for any other purposes. Our > >community leaders should openly discuss these matters in St. Louis and > >find out where lies the consensus. > > > >So far we have only > >discussed about the surplus. What about the deficit? Who > >is > >responsible for any deficit? Suppose there is a big deficit at St. > >Louis and then is the Chairman personally responsible or liable? Or > >entire organizing committee is jointly and severally responsible? If they > >are not responsible, who is? Unless we openly discuss these matters and > >come to a consensus, in the future very few people will be coming > >forward to take this responsibility. Organizing Assam Conference is a > >thankless job with no material upside, whereas it potentially carries a > >huge personal liability. This is one the reasons that now a days people > >are very reluctant to take that responsibility. > > > > > >> > Thanks. > > With best regards > Kedar Bhuyan > > > >> >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Free online > >calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). ><< AFNAPresidentsemail.doc >> > > > > MSN 8 helps <http://g.msn.com/8HMWENUS/2752??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 > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
