Following are the minutes from ASHA-Princeton meeting on 11/21/98. 
The attendees were: Giridhar, Shanmuga, Sridhar, Timothy, Ashvin, 
Manohar, Shankar, Shoibal, Rajesh, Venu and Rohini.

1) Sai presented an overview of the FODRA (Foundation of Development
 Research and Action) project. FODRA is working with poor 
households in slum areas in Pratap Nagar and Samboli Gaddha 
(outskirts of Delhi). Some 900 families (pop. 7000-8000) live in 
this area in poor sanitary conditions, poverty and diseases 
associated with lack of proper drinking water. FODRA has a wider 
agenda, but this particular project deals with starting one 
Non-Formal Education Center and strengthening an existing 
remedial education center for 100-120 students. Sai has compiled 
a list of questions for FODRA which he will pass on to Madhuri, 
who is at present coordinating our interactions with FODRA. 
We have also asked them to send us a detailed project proposal.

2) Shanmuga facilitated a discussion on an ASHA-Princeton 
newsletter -- its goals, frequency, viability at this stage of 
our chapter etc. By general consensus we have decided to 
initially publish a 1 page quarterly newsletter as an addendum 
to the ASHA-wide newsletter, ASHA-Kiran. Shanmuga and Rajesh have 
volunteered to work on this.

3) Sridhar coordinated some discussion on fundraising. This will 
require more follow-up work in the next meeting. Giridhar has 
our donor form ready and we should have it on the web shortly. 
Till then, please contact Giridhar at the_grooviest@hotmail.com 
Misc: 
- On 11/22, Sridhar and Rajesh distributed ASHA-Princeton flyers 
at a concert in Bridgewater temple.
- The 1999 calendars have been delayed somewhat, but we should 
have them by early next week. 

Our next meeting will be on 12/5/98 at 4:30 at E-quad. I will send a 
reminder and agenda in a later mail.

rohini

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