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Minutes of Asha Seattle Meeting, Oct 07, 2004 Venue: Attendees: Srijan, Srini,
Sunil, Arundhati, Anituddha,
1. Srijan: a.
b.
17th October kickoff for participants. 2.
Srijan: Giving Campaign. a.
Microsoft and other companies like Amazon encourage
their employees to donate. b.
Microsoft matching donations. c.
Other companies where using United
way -> United way takes around 7% of donation. d. Arundhati will advertise in T-mobile. e.
Booth in Non-profit fair on Oct 8th. f.
What is our United way number? 3.
Bash: Golf tournament. a.
Organized by Banker form Morgan Stanley. Underwrites
all costs. 40 participants. $100/person. b.
Total raised $4k 4.
Weekly textbook meeting on Monday. E-mail Keshav,
Srijan if you are interested 5.
Srijan: Publicity Plan 2004-05 a.
Asha-wide Proposal to standardize
PR, advertisement material
tagline etc. b.
Inclusion as ICICI as a sponsor and displaying their
logos in special events, website and in
electronic communication
with donors c.
Need to vote before next meeting d.
Does Consistent tagline decision bind asha
e.
What if we want a different tagline? f.
Main motive seems to be a consistent theme and ease
of use g.
Can we customize PR material? h.
Where all does ICICI logo have
to be displayed? i. Conditional vote> Yes 13 No 0 Abstain 1 j.
Condition: can we change and modify tagline and use
the Asha
Seattle tagline 6.
Ranajit: Vision/ Asha
Toledo a.
Blind school near vizag in AP b.
Asha Cornell interested in proposal c.
Need help with site visit/ Asha Hyderabad
couldn't do
it in time d.
Further assistance needed for funds e.
f.
Project needs 2nd floor for hostel
may also want Braille printer in future g.
Project proposal to be sent to mail group 7.
Sunil: Spastic Society of Karnataka a.
Rural outreach centers for disabled children b.
Asha Seattle supported them for 3+
years c.
Project conducts counseling classes in slums and rural areas/ also do physical therapy d.
Bash and Sunil have visited number of years ago e.
Day care and rehab centers f.
Srikant from Asha
Bangalore has conducted site visit g.
$3K yearly commitment from Asha Seattle h.
Progress is good/ attendance arnd 60-70% i.
Some children from these schools also enrolled in govt schools j.
Voting for extending $3k funding for this year = 7
yes rest will reply by email 8.
Tamil concert booth a.
This Saturday , 5:30 pm onwards Kane hall b.
Need volunteers and fliers 9.
Bash: Doner Specific project for Sumavanam w.r.t Tamil Nadu fire a.
Donors want to give money for 2 schools b. Approached Tamil Nadu foundation; process too slow c.
Bash approved to go ahead and get site visit to
proceed with transfer of funds d.
Mohan: experts needed to solve problems, asbestos
not solution to problem 10. Srijan: Day my god died showing a.
Movie on child sex workers show with b.
October 23rd. See website for more details c.
Sunil to speak at show abt Asha d.
Panel discussion after the show; Volunteers needed
for the discussion e.
f.
Decision to inform director and share costs for $250 with 11. Venki: a.
New site report and proposal b.
School for stone quarry workers children c.
Less than 5% literacy in area d.
Only till class 5 and informal education e.
Proposal for funds to constructing 4 classrooms with Asha giving 50% of the costs f.
Questions to be clarified by Arindham
after contacting
project g.
What is connection with Ramakrishnan
Mission and religious
affiliation? 12. Bash a.
Project funding data needs to be updated and process
for prioritizing and tracking funding
needed. b.
Volunteers for doing that: Akshay, Srijan and anyone else email Srijan 13. Bash: Mathrapalli
project update a.
Showed art work by children b.
Gave update on progress of 25 children and what problems they face and their achievements c.
Asha seattle
has been supporting for 3-4 years @ $3k/year 14. Srijan: Sujith
Sinha from
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