Hello all,
We had a Conf call on the topic this last Thursday, and sorry that some of u culdnt' make it to the call owing to some confusion in timings. In a gist, the following were dicussed in the call: NOT to do any clothes drives as of now, owing to reports from ground teams & some parallel experiences of members during Tsunami drives. Concentrate more on Cash Donations - Spreading the word around We will probably be focussing more on the rehabilitation end, since relief efforts are already in abundance in response to all the media coverage. Support the Hyd Ground Teams Financially as much as we can. All our donations will be routed through Chandra Manubothu, our US Chapter Treasurer, as always. We are a registered NGO back home, and thought process needs to start on how to register it here in USA. I will try to get some insight into this from other friendly Desi NGO's here. Others can do the same with their contacts/info. Our Ground teams need more Volunteers - please spread the word to your families back home. Anyone interested in joining the Purchase/Distribution Teams can contact Prasanthi @ Hyd directly. What can we do to raise as many funds as we can on this issue?? Suggestions invited. Members who could not attend, pls join us in the thread here. Also, new members of this chapter, pls update ur details in our database under US Chapter, and leave a ph no for contact. If possible, please give an intro mail to the group. Any other qns or suggestions, pls mail here. For a more updated situation on our co-ordinated relief efforts, go through our likeminded groups (BOSF) website. http://groups.google.co.in/group/birdsofsamefeathers Divya
