Attendees :
Sais, Itisha, Ganesh, Gayathri, Savitha, Gaurav, Mohit, Neethi, Sameer
and Santhosh

Show Of Hope
Sais' presentation:
 - When we started discussions on the event, the idea was to get a lot
of folks who were not
regulars at meetings to contribute in some way. We were successful in doing that
 - Get many vols to grow in terms of what they don't normally do and
take leadership roles.
 - Create cohesion in the group
 - Improve visibility and got the name of Asha out.
 - We got a lot of networking and got many folks interested.
 - Get new volunteers - a few of them are interested in getting involved.
 - Interacting with people and sponsors to create awareness about
Asha's efforts.
 - Volunteers developed a lot of skills and could also talk to many
folks about Asha.

Gayathri's experience :
 - Was an opportunity for her to contribute to Asha given her time
constraints etc.

Itisha's :
 - Make everyone involved - participants, judges and audience. Be
courteous and create a nice environment for everyone involved.

Feedback
 - Probably a walkie-talkie would have helped.
 - Could have made the event a lil' bit lower in cost.
 - Project posters
   - No. of vols near poster boards were less.
   - Emphasizing that ppl can come early and know about projects.
   - need to emphasize on projects a lot.
 - Project videos and asha videos
   - Rehearsal would have helped
 - Kids competing for prizes and feeling too much pressure.
   - Avoid the fierce kind of competition. Idea and motive should be
to be more inclusive and not to eliminate.
 - Dealing with judges
   - No need for 'American Idol' kind of judge criticism of
participants in front of all audience
   - They took quite a bit of time.
 - Volunteers being called on stage
   - Be careful in making sure we are inclusive.
 -Financial summary from the event

Income:
Donations towards prize money – $858.00
Income from brochure advertisements – $1025.00
Income from participant registration and tickets –
$1395.00
General Donations from Asha volunteers and other
donors – $1926.00
Total income - $5,204.00

Expenses:
Venue rent (Reagan High School) -  $693.00
Brochure and ticket printing - $425.00
Publicity (Online Sulekha advertisement, event and
Asha posters)  - $345.00
Audio/video set up - $485.00
Prizes, certificate, and medals – $837.00
Stage décor - $112.00
Total expenditure - $2,897.00

Amount earned from the Show and donated to Asha Austin
-  $2307.00

Banyan Annual Review -

- Santhosh gave a brief overview and answered questions. To be
continued in next week's meeting.