thanks for the mail prashanti. It is a nice summary of the event. Yes i do believe, when we find we are not doing enough, we need to do some brainstorming and find ways of re-energizing ourselves.
TMAD has been doing wonderful job, I thank all the members who are contributing to this effort. -Harinath On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:10 PM, ulprasanthi <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > Greetings. > > Feeling happy to share that we could meet and some of us could actually turn > up. Thanks to all those who attended and thanks to all those who tried their > level best to attend and unfortunately couldn't make it. > > It was a good meeting. We could discuss few things. NTR Gardens was nice. We > sat at a comfortable place. > > Raghu Vineel, Harinath, Mrs. Kavita Harinath, Ravi Shankar, Bhargav, Kasyap, > Murali, Ratan, Mrs. Deepthi Kasyap, Divya, and the little Adya attended. We > had a good time with Aadu and chocolates from Ratan and Divya. > > Initially we discussed on how each of us joined the group, what are the pros > and cons that we feel and what are the suggestions to revive the group and > keep up the pace. Harinath felt that BosF is the best thing that we are > doing. He says that we seem to be lacking in focus. > > Bhargav suggested that we should give publicity to the activities that we > are doing and that is how we can bring in more volunteers. He also mentioned > that we should target people who are looking for jobs and give them some > money for doing our work and though there are chances that these people will > only work til they get job, still it is worth a try and helps our > activities. > > Kasyap suggested that we should appoint senior persons like school > principals etc., for the teams (Education and Health) and TMAD members > should assist them, back when needed. Kasyap mentioned that he feels we are > doing charity only and he personally does not like helping individuals > (medical cases, providing funds for Mehdipatnam school etc.,). > > Ravi says that he feels happy that he is doing things though he feels that > he does things on impulse. He gets to know so many things. Instead of > charity work, we can focus on the society and how we can expand our > knowledge and reach there by we can try to create awareness among people. > > Murali felt that no group can be active all the time and so if any volunteer > feels that he cannot be active or cannot take part for some reason or other, > it is good if he/she introduces new volunteers to the group. He cited his > example that he introduced Karthik and Jairam who were very active and did > good work. > > Raghu Vineel said that as he relocated from Blr he felt that he cannot > mingle with others easily and he will be all alone. So he has taken some > time to get adjusted to Hyderabad and also to settle some personal issues. > He is actively involved with other groups as well. He feels that our group > is more planned and organized. He is now ready to take active part. > > Prasanthi mentioned that it would be good if the interaction is more and > people open up with reasonable replies (does not sound absurd) and also it > would be helpful if we can say if we are available for any activity in > particular period say for two months or so and this way we can get a clear > view on how many volunteers are available and which activity to take up. > Also as every volunteer knows about their potential and interest, it would > be good if they come forward saying that this is what I can do and am > willing to do and it helps the group tremendously. It is not like someone > assigns tasks but we do the things that we like and also own up the tasks > and TMAD as well. > > Harinath mentioned that for a group like us it is not sufficient that we > meet for two hours and go but should keenly sit for 3 to 4 hours doing > brainstorming to take the group forward. > > Divya said that though she is extremely busy she came only because today is > our anniversary. Meeting members we can meet any day but as this is > anniversary it is special and so she wants to take part. Though we used to > have many fights in the group we restricted it for the difference of opinion > on the concept and we always used to be like a family and thats what keeps > the group going despite how many of us can be active or not. She hoped and > expressed confidence that we will continue the spirit and be like a family > and do the constructive work. That is what she suggested Raghu Vineel too to > keep meeting people even online (she also quoted our example that most of us > haven't met each other for so many years and inspite of that we were like > one strong family). > > Ratan seconded Raghu Vineel's view that our group is much better when > compared to other groups, we have all the things at our disposal to make it > work and just that we are expecting more from us and are setting high > targets and expectations. > > Though we didn't conclude anything, we dispersed with the view that we need > not feel sober that we are not doing much. It only takes some time before we > revive again. It is only that all of us should seriously think and do > whatever we can within our constraints for the group. If at all we cannot > make it, at least we should see that a new volunteer joins our group and > fill our part. > At the end, this meeting reiterated the fact that we are still a family and > there is only a communication gap owing to busy lives. > > WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE WILL MAKE. > > Thank you. > > with regards, > Prasanthi. > > -- Regards... Harinath http://harinath.in
