Minutes:

• Prathap, Shuddha, Nitin Malhotra, Rajeev and Sowmya (and Mr.Saleel Chowdhary) attened the meeting (Guys, this is a good sign that everyone is trying to participate in the group activities)
• Sowmya gave us the conference updates-----
• She spoke to Pankaj and he feels that a separate bank account for us at this stage is not suggested since we are a low budget chapter right now.
• The conference was very helpful to motivate the volunteers to work for the cause
• There has to be a backup person to take care of the jobs and duties
• ----Then, we got our Newsletters ready to be mailed (the paper copies, which had to be folded and stamped)
• There was an issue of fund raiser for this year and Mr.Saleel Chowdhary pops intoo the meeting at that time nd gave his proposal of a fundraiser for Asha Delaware cohosted by Indo Americam Assosiation
• ----- This is his proposal--- He is going to get few Amateur local artists to perform in Mitchell Hall. The event is going to be a joint effort and the funds raised after the investments will be given to Asha.
• Some of our cocerns were.... Do we need to tie up with another organization this time becasue this is going to create a communication problem and it is going to be an experiment again-----is Asha going to benefit from this event?? Swarasandhya was a big event last year and it has drawn the attention of lot of people including people like Nitin, Rajeev, Saleel chowdhary and so on. So, Evrybody please try to respond to this mail as we are going to see those artists perform next week
• Speaking of fund raiser, I have a proposal of Shobhana's Dance. Will this be a good idea? Please raise your opinion on this too.

This ends the meeting. Friends, it was really great to see people from other sections of the Indain community (other than students I mean) are very enthusiatic about Asha Delaware. In this meeting their attendence was 50%. It is really a very good sign and we welcome more of you to come and join us.

Thank you,

Prathap Pasuparthi