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Minutes of Asha Seattle meeting on 09/21/2005. Venue: Attendees: Vibhavaree, Ken, Deb, Pavan, Rohit, Tapoja, Kavitha, Discussions: 1.
Discussion on how to spend the
extra money and some project related statistics Swati a.
Around 300 K surplus after taking into account funding till Dec 06 b.
Ideas presented are
i.
20% of funds for projects that are a little different and might not
be taken up by other chapters
ii.
Remaining 80 % to be distributed between projects from other
chapters, projects from other chapters with project stewards, additional needs
for existing Asha Seattle projects and any unexpected needs (e.g. Tsunami)
that arises. c.
Some of the other points in discussion were around the need for more
Project stewards and possibility of implementing 2 levels stewardship for a
project one beginner and one person with more experience. 2.
Asha logo and Tag line - Swati (more details found in
mail from Swati on 09/22) a.
Final vote on Logo Choice A b.
Final vote on Tag Line Choice B c.
The distribution of votes is:
i.
Logo: A = 17, B = 3, C = 1, D = 10, E = 0. So 1st choice
= A, 2nd choice = D, 3rd choice = B
ii.
Tagline:1 = 1, 2 = 17, 3 = 9, 4 = 3 So,1st choice = A global action group for
socioeconomic change through education i.e. 2 2nd choice=Bringing hope through education
i.e. 3 3.
Vikasana: Proposal for extra funding Pavan a.
The extra funds to go towards mid day meal ( fruits) for children
and salary for a teacher in the Vikasana project b.
The current annual recurring funds are $3,500. Extra funding will be
$1500 per annum c.
Final Vote: Voted YES to allocate $1500 extra per annum on recurring
basis. 4.
a.
The school is located in b.
The school provides education (vocational and regular) up to 10th
std. Many of the children obtain employment in the weaving
industry for which the area is popular after completion of school c.
Project taken up for discussion, more details have to be obtained
from the project before it can go for voting. Some of the points to be
clarified are d.
How is the funding distributed, how much is needed and how is it
allocated for different activities.
i.
What are the activities that are taken up in the school
ii.
How many teachers are there for these 45 children
iii.
Any special methods adopted for teaching
iv.
Are any special tool kits available for the children at school 5.
Proposal for hosting Indian
Ocean concert in a.
Asha Silicon valley is organizing concert tour by Indian
Ocean in Nov; the idea of holding one in b.
It was decided that November is too early a date for us to get
involved with hosting a concert since lot of infrastructure and
volunteer hours are needed and the overhead is high. 6.
Allgorythms concert: update on planning Vaibhav a.
The concert brochure was passed around for comments b.
Volunteers signed up for selling tickets 7.
JE project for providing vaccine
to children in a.
JE project is spearheaded by PATH to provide vaccine for Japanese
encephalitis disease which claimed around 1000 children recently in UP. b.
The vaccine is expensive but is available in c.
Proposal to fund buying of the vaccine and help with organize its
distribution in d.
Final Vote: Voted YES to fund and help with distribution e.
Jaya to talk with individual members to facilitate it. 8.
Sumi Chandresh
fellowship Rahgav a.
Proposal for funding Sumi's personal
expenses amounting up to Rs/-3000 per month b.
Final Vote on funding the personal expenses Voted YES c.
Proposal for sponsoring the video cam Final Vote Voted YES 9.
Mt Everest Gautam
climb fundraising
Deb a.
Proposal to withdraw the funding for this project and drop it from
Asha Seattle project list b.
Final Vote Voted YES to withdraw 10.
Deaf Aid Society a.
The project has a total budget of around 18 lakhs b.
9 lakhs out of it are to be sponsored by Govt of India c.
Proposal to allocated the rest from Asha Seattle d.
Decided to gather further information e.
Aparna took this up 11.
Muskaan - Ravi (more details found in
the mail from
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