Hello all, I am bhoopathi Vihaari Doniparthi from Denver, Colorado. I have joined the group last year or so. I have been a silent admirer of this group so far. Now I would like to take some active role in this group.
About myself, been in US for 12+ years, Software Engineer by profession, Telugu blogger by passion. -- Bhoopathi Vihaari. [email protected] --- In [email protected], "smilinglavender" <smilinglaven...@...> wrote: > > > > 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 >
