Venue: Sweeney 1134
Time: 5:30 PM
Attendees: Rajee, Neeraj, Ayul, Niranjan, Prem, Visu, Jaikishan, Abhi, Hemant, Ganesh, Kartik, Misha
1. Jaikishan introduced Kartavya project URL: http://www.kartavya.org/
a. Supported by Indian School of Mines (ISM) students
b. Helping 340 students from lower social strata with curricular education,
such as procuring admission, night library service, computer teaching
c. Centers in ISM, NIT, Durgapur, NIT, Jamshedpur, and NIFT, Ranchi
2. Younkers
a. Visu provided an overview of Younkers
b. We have told Younkers that we are interested
c. Jaikishan has volunteered
d. Previous year’s coordinators need to be contacted
3. Football Volunteering
a. Currently we have 16 volunteers; more needed
b. PERMAR complimented volunteers on being properly dressed (white shirt,
black trousers, black shoes)
4. SCORD
a. Atul provided a general overview of the project progress
b. Misha provided an update on the SCORD project
c. Discussion of SCORD’s feedback process
d. Issue raised that SCORD is predominantly not a self sustaining project
e. Only 3 children have availed benefits from the project as compared to 25
children originally proposed
f. Ask SCORD to increase the number of beneficiaries
g. First need is to send a mail based on the questions we have regarding
the progress of the project and understand why there is a low number of participants
h. Second need is to have a telephone conference call with the project
coordinator and discuss the project’s progress
i. Need to contact Muthu to get more details on the second reply
j. Need to create a general listserve
5. Money was transferred to CDS Orissa and Navdrusthi
