Oh btw, tht was a very long mail Suresh. Pls keep ur mails short & CRISP ;) They make it more attractive u know...as u always comment against ours :P
Dorakkapothaaraa...anukunna :P Dorikaaru....!! :) Divya --- In [email protected], "suresh adina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good summary of the meeting Chaitanya. I think you captured almost > everything. > > I would just like to extend based on my notes. > > 1) Objective of the group:This took almost an hour's discussion, but the > consensus seems to be that we want to help the needy in 3 ways > > - One time as in medical cases, or other programs > - recurring as in educational support. > - Continuing as in taking up projects - examples adopting schools or > hospitals to start with. > > 2) Education support - We have to be careful not to publicise this > information that specific amount of support is available. Else we will not > be able to handle the requests and alot of backoffice work would need to be > done to validate and shortlist cases. We will need to identify only genuine > cases that are reported to us through various media. The amount budgeted for > 20 cases will be applied for education causes only in case the usage is not > that much. > > 3) School adoption: The areas of involvement have been identified, but no > budget set as yet. This can be done at a later date based on need. On the > interaction with parents for drop outs, it was agreed that we will not > directly contact the parents, but will work with teachers instead. Parent > teacher meeting would be a good forum. Just wanted to clarify. > > 4) FDP and other DPs are on hold till we decide how the group involvement > will be and what is our target reach for the same. > > 5) Membership: the amount for people outside India is only a guideline based > on what we thought was meaningful and already being done from US members. By > the way, can we adjust for current exchange rates? Dollar is becoming > cheaper. :) > > 6) Teams: It was felt that instead of having dedicated teams for each > activity, thereby constraining ourselves, leads or POCs would be identified > and they would drive it. Remaining members can thus be coordinated for > various activities based on interest and availability. > > 7) Members: At this point, we could not define what is the minimum time > commitment for a given period to be considered as active. So the objective > value is attend atleast one meeting per quarter. Fees would have to be paid > by all members whether active or not. > > 8) Roles and responsibilities will be discussed at the next meeting and > along with it a plan of action. This will give us a chance to gather the > group member's ideas in the meantime. Registration will be discussed a bit > after that as applicable. > > 9) If anyone can join me at Niloufer, let me know. We will fix time > accordingly. > > 10) Next meeting will be on SUNDAY JUNE 3RD at Kashyap's bachelor pad. > Agenda will be circulated a week ahead. Drinking water and a place to sit > are the only expectations from Kashyap. We will make other arrangements as > required. > > Finally, I have been attending meetings mostly regularly since last June. So > almost a year. This was by far the most productive we had and good > involvement from most of those who participated. Hope to see the numbers go > up drastically for next month. We are finally on our way of making a major > difference not just to individuals, but society as a whole. So the > enthusiasm should start building up. > > Cheers > Suresh A >
