Minutes of the Saturday, Feb 25, 2006 meeting. 
(Minutes by Ravi)

Present: 

Ananya, Amrish, Dileep, Kumar, Sridhar, Ravi, Aparna Abhyankar, 
New: Jalpa Shulka, Preethi Narayanan, Moyetree Konwar

1. The chapter was introduced to 3 new attendees -- Jalpa, Preethi, 
Moytree.

2. Disussion on two Asha wide proposals was initiated. The meeting felt 
that more details were needed on both the proposals. 

On the fellowship proposal, the reasons/positives/negatives for increasing 
the upper limit were discussed. On the automatic funding for proposals 
from Asha India, absence of oversight or monitoring by a US Asha chapter 
was considered to be an issue. It was decided to have a follow up 
conference call or meeting soon to discuss the proposals so that the 
chapter can indicate its decision in the Asha wide polls. 

3. Aparna provided a progress report of her efforts on the Asha Utsav. She 
informed of the availability of a middle school auditorium in Franklin 
township, and that Gandhar, an Indian music group, is ready to perform pro 
bono. There was a lively debate on the goals, issues, benefits, merits, 
and appropriateness of the event. There were arguments and counter 
arguments on whether or not to hold the Asha Utsav. The debate was 
inconclusive and meeting requested Aparna to obtain an approximate 
estimate of costs based on which the chapter may decide to go ahead with 
the event. 

4. Discussion on Chilla project could not be taken up because of lack of 
time. 


Ravi.