Welcome to the US chapter of TMAD, Vihaari. No wonder I never related your id to our chapter here :)
Pls feel free to join our conf calls as and when we schedule, and jott down ur opinions/suggestions on discussions/topics that interest u. As of now, as u can tell, we are co-ordinating activities for flood victims. If u have any ideas u wud like to share here, post in relevant thread. Welcome onboard once again ! Divya On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:07 AM, vihaari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] <vihaari%40vihaari.net> > > --- In [email protected]<tomakeadifference%40yahoogroups.com>, > "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 > > > > >
