Asha Meeting - 4/30/2006

Attendees: Ruchika, Santhosh, Sanjeev, Anita, Sandhya, Anitha and Gaurav

 

1. Asha Conference - 16

-         CNJ is interested with support from Princeton (20 + 10 people)

-         Lots of chapters are close by in West and East coast

-         Need to have one/two common places for staying

-         Send an email to all people who attended the conference last year?

-         Ask each chapter to vote in whether they want to come to Austin?

-         We can do one/two action items if the conference is not in Austin

 

2. Asha Elections

-         59-60 questions were asked to the volunteers

-         Percentage of questions answered was variable

 

-         Secretary: Ruhina(Houston) -75% Pooja Jain (Berkeley) - 57% Vishal(LA) - 53%

-         Asha Austin votes for Ruhi

 

-         Projects Coordinator: Sridhar - 100% DP - 20%

-         Asha Austin votes for Sridhar

 

-         President: Prasana - 93% Anand - 100%

-         Asha Austin votes for Anand

 

3.      Marathon

-         Sulekha package - $200

-         Publicity - Marathi Mandal, Hindu Student Council (HSC) events

-         Need to create marathon publicity box - Need banner, poster, stand, table, flyer, newsletters, signup sheet, etc

 

Action Items

-         Santhosh - Create a marathon information group – add all past runners,

-         Anita - go for langar from May

-         Santhosh - Keep in touch with ICC about advertising, fundraising, etc

-         Santhosh - Contact Hindu Students Council (HSC)

 

4.      Nandlal Fellowship

-         Sanjeev had a long chat with Nandlal - helped fill out form on the nomination