Its funny in a way...but....I am sure volunteers will be more enthu and motivated on our own projects, than the adoption ones :) though thr is lots of justified reasoning behind the adopting part. Infact thats the only way we will know practically of whats involved - perhaps.
I leave it to the better judgement of all active members. :) Divya On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 4:30 AM, phanilalitha jyothi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Its an excellent idea. > > Not to discourage but its always better to have some practical exposure > before taking up such big plan into action. From my end, the following are > the points we need to consider before implementing. > > > > 1) Solid People: Its not a one time action, we need to have concrete > people who can stand by the orphanage in any stage. > > > > 2) Solid money : We need to have some money kept aside for running the > orphanage. We need to think about the black side of the coin where we won't > get any money (this may or may not happen) > > > > Last but not the least, > > > > 3) Solid Implementation: We all have many plans for an ideal orphanage. But > implementation needs practicality. It should be a step by step action rather > than all in one basket. > > > > My suggestion is, *lets adopt one orphanage first*. We have many > volunteers spread across the state. Lets form some group based on the area. > Will take one orphanage for each group and lets dirty our legs into the > administration. We will make a target by a date. Lets all meet then and > share our experiences then will comeup with our own home formula. (Ofcourse > we have to meet many a times) Meanwhile we can come to know who can stand > till the end and who can drop. By that way we can have a solid group for > this plan. > > > > However, i will definitely help from my end for this noble cause. Let me > know your views as well. > > > > Thank you, > > Lalitha. > > > > --- On *Fri, 13/6/08, ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [tomakeadifference] Re: <Thinking Aloud> TMAD Setting Up a > Children Home > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 13 June, 2008, 11:54 PM > > > Friends, > > A saying goes: The fastest way to make a dream come true is to wake > up. > > Now that most of us have nurtured this dream and slept enough, now is > the time to wake up and start doing things. > > I suggest a meeting specially to discuss this idea on how best we can > implement it. Let us plan as such that our members from all Chapters > participate in this meeting through Online Conference. Let us take > this meeting seriously. > > How we should proceed!! I suggest the Six-Hat Method. > > First we will list out all the categories that we have to discuss and > in each category, pros and cons. > > We request the commitment from our members for two days a month. The > ground work for this Project will start from August. > > Answering Sowmya's questions: > > 1. Feb 28, 2009 (It is a Saturday) is just a proposal from my end as > technically it is our Anniversary Day. > > Whether we succeed in starting the Project that day is not the > question. If at all we have to consider it as a deadline, how should > we proceed is what we should discuss. How many Volunteers we require, > what is the plan and scope etc., all these details are to be > discussed to the T. > > We need a Program Manager specially for this Project. > > Whether we actually start this Project on Feb 2009 is another > question depends on many constraints. But there is nothing wrong in > trying. > > The statement that I read in the comments of one of the Ryzers made > me to think of the approach..... ... > > "Doing things is different than making things happen". > > If we do the things, may be we will do but whether we make our dream > come true, is a question. If our purpose is to make things happen, we > will. > > As Divya mentioned, ours is a well-balanced group with a good mix of > all possible schools of thought:) > > 2. When to start, already answered. We will start from August. > > 3. List of Orphanages. We do have them and we will be getting the > latest from Naga Chandrika Devi garu too. Now that we have enough > network, getting the list of orphanages is not at all a botherance. > > 4. Questionnaires. Yes. All of us have many questions. We will put > them down on a paper and prepare. > > In June, we will be completing the educational institutions research > and establish a relation. > > In July, we will discuss about this Project and prepare the list of > Orphanages, Questionnaires and divide the categories and assign team > members and tasks. We also define a communication mechanism, updating > the progress. > > In August, we will plunge into action for the ground work. > > Dr. Giri of Dr. Raman Foundation have done enough work with respect > to Education and Reforms. He is the best person to guide us with > respect to Syllabus and other issues. > > For our July month's meeting, Prasad Charasala garu, our US member > will be present in person. He leaves for US on the same day evening. > Arun can come to Hyderabad. Pavan, Ramakrishna garu, Dr. Hemanth and > US members will be present online to discuss this Project. > > We can get a Conference room from any of our friends (Satish > Ketineedi garu, Major Kiran and any other friends). > > Thank you. > > with regards, > Prasanthi. > > > ------------------------------ > Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click > here.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_8/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/> > >
