Minutes of the meeting held on August 6, 2005
(Minutes by Amrish)

In attendance were:

Manoj (visiting from Urbana)
Hetal 
Sudhakar
Ravi
Kavitha
Rajani
Shankar, Shankar's mom
Sumathi, mom, babu Rahul
Amrish
Dileep (first time)
Bala Krishnan (first time)
Mano Poreddy (first time)

1.  Manoj presented the update on the Chilla project in Kerala.  The 
project work is proceeding as envisaged.  Last year our Chapter had 
provided funding in the amount of $2200.  For the next year they have 
requested $3000. The increase is modest in absolute terms and was 
considered reasonable.

Manoj is now a faculty member at U. of Illinois (congratulations!) and 
active in the Asha Chapter there.  Since the Princeton Chapter is running 
short on funds, Manoj volunteered to request the Urbana Chapter to fund 
Chilla.  

In case Urbana is not able to fund the project in the full amount, the 
shortfall will be made up by our Chapter.

2.  There was a round of introductions which was followed by Shankar 
giving background information on Asha for the benefit of newcomers.

3.  Sumathi provided an update on SUPPORT in Mumbai. This project has the 
mission of rescuing and rehabilitating street kids many of whom have 
fallen into drug habits.  

Last year our Chapter provided $5000 and Seattle gave $18,000.  For the 
next year, SUPPORT has a requirement of $34,000.

After reviewing the proposal and recognizing our constraints, we decided 
as follows:

(a) SUPPORT is a deserving project.

(b) It makes more sense for Seattle to fund the project because (i) it was 
their project to begin with and they continue to be the bigger benefactor 
and (ii) they do have the resources.

(c) We can redirect the Aajgaon money to them (about ~2K).

(d) As regards additional money from our Chapter, we will revisit the 
issue after (i) Sumathi has approached Seattle and (ii) after we do a 
planning exercise for next year.  

Regards.

Amrish