Friends, Day and Date: Sunday, 28th of September, 2008
Timings: 10 am to 5 pm Venue of the meeting: Srikari Impetus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., 3rd Floor, SRT 234, Jawahar Nagar, Near RTC Cross Roads, Hyderabad. Land Mark: Road leading from Indira park to cross roads, Near Sudharshan Theatre (coming from Libery Flyover) Right turn from RTC cross roads towards indra park after sudharshan theatre, first manual handeled singnal diagnolly opp: 4 stored building, Precise opp. vijaya medicals (coming from secundrabad) Any queries about the venue, call any of these numbers: 9866018748, 9949018740 Topic: Common Minimum Programme: Taking our efforts to next level, serving a purpose in optimal manner Agenda: Four sessions - two sessions in the morning and two sessions in the afternoon - are planned. First session is for brief introduction of the participating groups. Each group presents what their objectives are and what they have actually done in the last two /three years (10 Mins for each group). (Please see the template at the end of the mail and members are requested to provide only that information about their respective groups). Second session is to propose the idea of working together and what we mean by working together. Each group presents 3 ideas for the short term and 3 ideas for the long term. Third session would be to list all the pros and then all the cons. Brainstorm and other groups can either recommend / reject ideas in a constructive manner. Fourth session is about overcoming the cons and working on the alternatives to arrive at a solution. All the groups should finally agree on atleast one idea (short term) and one idea (long term) taking into consideration all aspects of sustainability. Simply put we will discuss about solutions, if majority of the participants want to give a try to this idea of working on a Common Minimum Programme. Now it is the task of BosF to take the agenda further of making an implementable action plan. Detailed Time Line: 10 am to 10:15 am - Ice Breaker - Receiving the members 10:15 am to 11:30 am - Introduction of the groups - 5 to 10 min for each group. (We will request the groups to bring copies of the details about their group to distribute to the participants. We will also arrange seats as such that groups pertaining to one cause are seated together with a placard indicating their cause). 11:30 am to 12:45 pm - Churning Ideas for short term and long term 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm - Lunch break 1:45 pm to 2:00 pm - Listing the ideas and prioritizing them based on the consensus 2:00 pm to 2:35 pm - Speech of Muralidhar garu of Akshara - Sharing their experiences and suggestions for this endeavour 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm - Speech of Major Kiran - Sharing their experiences and suggestions for this endeavour 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Based on the listed ideas and the inputs from Muralidhar garu and Major Kiran, we will brainstorm. 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm - Come to a conclusion on short term goals/projects and long term goals/projects 4:30 pm to 4:45 pm - Member groups will share the responsibilities as per the plan and we will decide the immediate course of action. 4:45 pm to 5:00 pm - Vote of Thanks and Photo Session Special Request: 1. Please be there at least by 9:45 am so that we can start on time. 2. Please wear handloom clothes. This is our meeting so I request all of us to participate actively to make this a fruitful one. Please confirm your participation (reply to this e-mail) with the details of members attending on behalf of your group on or before Thursday (25th of September). Please invite any other groups that you know. We also request to share the expenses. We are not paying for the venue. But for lunch and snacks, we request that each one of us pay our bills. (I hope no one feels bad for this proposal). We suggest that each participant should bring Rs. 50. To make sure that we conduct and proceed on time, we will have a Timer and also a Co-ordinator. We will make sure that we proceed in Three Hat Method (Good, Bad, Alternative Method). -- Thank you. with regards, PRASANTHI. ---- When you want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
