Date: 5th March 2005
Venue: Rohini's residence
Attendees: Kala, Sanjay, Pavan, Raja, Ravishankar,
Seshadri Kiran, Rohini, Siva

1. Website update: Ravishankar will be updating the
website. Siva asked him to get in touch with the
webmaster so that he can get the password. For the
time being, Siva will help in uploading the files on
to the website. Ravishankar will also find out how to
update the projects website with Asha Delhi project
information.

2. Bank: Siva gave us the information for opening an
Asha account with HDFC. basically we need:
Trust deed from Lucknow
Trustee deed resolution approving signatories- one of
Asha Delhi members needs to attend Asha India meeting
for this
PAN number of the signatories
80G number of the organization
we can also open an account with ICICI; however we
need to find out what documents they need from us.

3. Reciept book: Need to print it ourselves once we
have the bank account.
4. Auditing: We need an auditor to audit our accounts
once we open the bank account.

5. Internship Program: Sanjay updated us on the
internship applications. Ms. Sreyashi Dey from US had
touched base with us regarding an internship program
for her son in the summer. Sanjay is coordinating it
between them and Saakshar.

6. National open school: Some of the people associated
with MS3 project in Kanpur want to take the national
open school exam. Asha Kanpur had asked whether we
can register with National Open School as this will
help in getting information about the exams, syllabus
etc. Asha Delhi will be exploring on what needs to be
done to register the chapter with this organisation.

7. New Project: Anita Balasubramanian has passed on an
information about a project in Khan Market area. A
site visit to the project was agreed upon.

8. Depending upon the funds, we can either expand
Saakshar or start a new project alongside Saakshar.

9. Adopting a school: Siva explained how Bangalore
Chapter had adopted two schools in Bangalore. Kala to
explore similar process with MCD school. Pavan
suggested adopting the MCD school near Saakshar where
the children from Saakshar are enrolled. Saakshar is
currently running evening tuitions for these children
as they have difficulties with the curriculum. Pavan
suggested that we can adopt the school and improve
their teaching standards, if possible.

10. Painting competition: Based on the similar
competition conducted by Bangalore. Siva gave us a
brief overview of what they do in Bangalore. August
15th was fixed as a tentative date. We can get in
touch with Saakshar and other projects. We need to do
the following:
Book a room, arrange for food, judges, sound system,
transport for the children, painting materials, print
a brochure.
Siva said he will send us their sponsorship proposal.
Funds can be raised through advertisements.

11. Saakshar: An annual report from Saakshar is
needed.

12. Satellite Chapter in Noida: Pavan Reddy suggesting
starting a new chapter in Noida as there are many
volunteers based on that area. At this point, it was
agreed that the volunteers will meet on a regular
basis in Noida and as well as attend the meeting at
IIT, Delhi.