Few things passed on to the new commitee by the old commitee:
1. Univ of Iowa Chapter - Univ of Iowa already has an AID Chapter 2. India Networking - Contact Person: Deepak 3. US Networking - Contact Person: Vidya, Rahul 4. Religious clause discussion
Events list 2006-2007
1. Fresher's party 2. Open house 3. Football games 4. Faces - Did not take up 5. Newton Speedway - Did not take up 6. Younkers - Contact: Pratik, Hari, Visu 7. Borders - Contact: Deepak, Swaroopa, Pooja 8. Daawat 9. Veishea 10. Summer Activities - Lawn mowing, painting, volunteering for other organizations, Newton speedway volunteering
Discussion on improvement
Elbert: Volunteers can be asked for money (other than time). Pledge forms are there already. Hari: Website development. It's upto date now. Football schedule can be put on website. For getting volunteers email personally or use Orkut. Elbert: Vellareddy wants to start a coaching centre for SAT and Med schools. Volunteer needs to commit for a month atleast and should be well prepared. Babysitting: A movie or presntation on plight of Indian villages. Deepak: More talks and presentations Muthu: Better evaluation of feedback from projects Deepak: Bring in professors who are doing social service on their own Muthu: Archiving Vasanth: Do we need CC drive? Members felt that it's ok to have it.
Academic orientation on Saturday (August 18, 2007) - Went OK. Few freshers turned up. Sankalp members were present until 5:15 PM. Pop and cookies were served.
Fresher's party - Saturday, Aug 25, Durham 171 5-7 PM (UDCC not available) - Pizza, pop to be served - Email to new students - Abhijith volunteered for arranging presentations - 3 games to be organized by Satyam, Puvi, Niranjan
** From next week, Sankalp members will meet every Friday in Sweeny 1134 at 5:30 PM (Note the change of time) **