Date: 11th April 2002, 6:30pm

Venue: Union South

Present: Param, Sai, Sanjay, Manoj, Priyanka, 
         Srinivas, Subbu, Ravi R, Ashutosh, Ritu


- Feedback on the Sangam concert of April 6th
    - Good revenue, approx $1700 profit (final accounts to be done),
      but the breakup is around $1800 in ticket sales, $530 in sponsorships, 
      $500-600 expenses (venue rental, publicity, misc). Kudos to
      the volunteer team (especially Mekhala, Priyanka, Siddharth, Ritu, 
      Srinivas, Prabhu, Zeena, Vidya and others) for a great job in selling
      tickets, pulling in the sponsorships, and getting work
      done on D-Day.

    - A large number of people turned up, not sure if due to
      media publicity or word-of-mouth

    - Need to give thank-you letters and brochures to sponsors.
      Will be printed and brought to the next meeting.

    - Some additions to be made to our concert organization cheat-sheet:

        - Check sound system (Music Hall only had a PA system) and
          do a rehearsal with sound and lights before the show

        - More sponsors to check for next time (said no this time, but
          did ask to be looked up next time): Magic Mill, Whole Foods,
          Home Beauty Parlor (West side, Priyanka knows)

        - Accompanying music can be sold, some audience members
          asked for it at Sangam

        - Use coupons from sponsors in brochures (did this with
          Muddy Waters in 2000)
          

 - Projects:
    - Need to get moving, Sanjay (Project Co-ordinator) said that he
      has assigned each project to someone in the projects sub-group
      and will follow-up with the assignees. 

    - The new Project Proposal Management System (http://www.ashanet.org/berkeley/ppms/)
      is a central repository of all of Asha's funded projects as well
      as all incoming new proposals. Projects group will look here
      for interesting things to pick up.


 - Awareness:
    - As part of the ongoing Center for South Asia's Symposium,
      Anand Patwardhan is coming to town on April 20, he will
      be talking about the nuclear issue and his new movie,
      Jang aur Amman, will be screened.
  
    - Sai has been in touch with Rachel Weiss to see if Asha
      can meet with Anand P separately. It is possible that
      he will be in town on April 21 (Sunday). Sai and Manoj
      will follow-up with Rachel Weiss.

    - Sai proposed that we continue the discussions series
      and communalism/riots would be an interesting topic.
      A vigorous discussion followed on whether a discussion
      on this topic would be fruitful and what we could
      meaningfully talk about. Some ideas:

          - Gather news reports from several sources,
            and present a summary of the facts known so far.

          - Pick roles (political parties, rioters etc)
            and do role-playing to gain better insights
            into the positions and philosophies of
            the conflicting parties.

      The conclusion was that the topic certainly seemed
      one that could generate discussion, though we have 
      to be careful that we discuss and not attack each other.