Few objections from my side on few statements. Objection from my side on 6th point --- Teams.
As far as I remember, we did not conclude and we did not come to consensus on this aspect. There was a difference of opinion and we did not discuss it for 'it was felt that' it will take hours if we discuss. It was not concluded at all at least in a manner of raising hands to express our acceptance or objection. We left this topic and moved on to another one. This was by far the most productive we had and good involvement from most of those who participated. We are finally on our way of making a major difference not just to individuals, but society as a whole. What is the opinion of our group on this? Efforts are not made so far on helping the society as a whole apart from helping individuals? How is it that we are 'only now' after this meeting 'finally on the way'? If considering a meeting as 'most productive' is a personal opinion, fine. Want to know the criteria for adding the superlative 'most' and 'of all meetings'. Mere decision of organizing funds? If everyone remember properly or go through the MOMs, we discussed in the very initial meetings on Organization of Funds, while Sireesha's case was in vogue. Feb or March 2006 MOM. At that time funds are not much and so we didn't think/work seriously on it. Conducting and concluding it on time? If so, why not anyone took the responsibility of it, in either posting the agenda or helping to conduct meetings on time? Who are responsible from the group? Number of attendees: Earlier also we have the count of 10 where there are not many new members. Objection on the statement, "good involvement from most of those who participated". I personally do not feel that involvement is there from the members who participated. How many spoke? How many of those who participated expressed their views? What is considered as involvement? --- 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 >
