Minutes of the Conference Call on April 26 - by Amrish

The following people participated in the call:

Amit, Varsha, Priya, Vikas, Amrish, Himanshu, Udai,
Vinay, Sumathi, Shankar, Anirban, Dipali and Rajesh.

1. Based on the responses from the participants, Amit
estimated the number of tickets sold to be about 300.
Out of these, 123 had been sold by Varsha, an amazing
feat (Cheers!).

2, The amount of money raised through sponsorships and
ads was estimated to be about $4,550.

3. Sumathi provided an update re the advertising on
Anil Ki Awaz. People seemed to be in favor but no
decision was taken.

4. A radio ad on 89.3 FM was discussed.

5. Issues with the TV-Asia ad were presented by
Shankar and it was decided that Shankar and Varsha 
will address them.

6. Sumathi said that she had contacted Dipak
Chattaraj, President of Ranbaxy, and had been promised
a ad/sponsorship.

7. Varsha presented a description of the event. In a
nutshell, 4 dances by children and 15 songs, all in
Hindi. Penn-Masala group was not available because the
students would leave the campus by then. There was
some discussion on the pros/cons of having songs in
Tamil. Varsha convinced the participants that it could
open up a Pandora's box.

8. Varsha enquired whether there was going to be a
chief guest. The answer was that no one had thought
about it. Pros and cons of having one were discussed.
Who would give out certificates to children? We wil
take up the matter in the meeting on May 4.

9. It was decided to provide the performers with
refreshments. Also gifts (Rohini) and certificates
(Kumar) for children.

10. Kumar and Rajesh were working hard on obtaining
sponsorships.

11. Dipali invited people to assemble in front of
Raaga in Lawrenceville for selling tickets on April 27
at 4 PM.

Thanks. 

Amrish