AID Conference 2002

Minutes of various sessions:

Day 1 Morning:  Word Document

1. Connecting the dots - past, present and beyond (Ravi Kuchimanchi - aid@vsnl.com)
2. Project Collaboration (Ravi Arunachalam - ravia@alumni.cmu.edu)
3. Project Visits and Beyond.. (Kiran Kumar Vissa - kiranvissa@yahoo.com)
4. Treasury and GBM (Ajit Natarajan - ajitk@email.com, Sudhakar - sudhakara@prodigy.net)
5. Legal (Prosenjit Gupta - prosenjit@onebox.com)
6. Fund Raising (Hrishi S. - hrishi@ti.com & Malini Vittal - malini_vittal@yahoo.com)
7. Web (Naga - nagapr@yahoo.com)

1. Gender Issues (Vaijayanti Gupta - vaijayantig@yahoo.com /Pavitra - pavitraa@hotmail.com)
2. Update Session
• Hundred Block Plan Presentation (Priya Ranjan - priya@glue.umd.edu)
• Project and Processes Update [60 mins] (Rajeev Natarajan - rajeevpn@rocketmail.com, Ravi A - ravia@alumni.cmu.edu)
• Gujarat Earthquake relief update.
• Other "interesting" projects
3. Photographs & Poster Session [60 mins]

Day 1 Night : Word Document

• Talk by Aruna Roy and Shankar Singh

Day 2 Morning: Word Document

1. Effective Meeting Skills  (Nishant Jain - nishj@umich.edu)
2. Volunteer education workshop (Parallel Workshops)
• Education and Literacy Projects ( Neerja - asvaidya@attbi.com)
• Effective Use of the Media( Savita - savitakini@yahoo.com)
• Watershed Development (Kiran Vissa - kiranvissa@yahoo.com)
• Web Workshop (Naga - )
3. Open Mike Session

1. "Avaz Do! Your Voice Counts."  (Rajesh V - rajeshv@microsoft.com, Aravinda - paravinda@yahoo.com )
2. Admin Workshops
• Treasury Registration, Tax and Legal Issues (All zone and chapter treasurers)
• Fund Raising Publicity and News Letters (Hrishi - hrishi@ti.com, Malini Vittal - malini_vittal@yahoo.com, Vijay Narayanan - vijay_k_narayanan@hotmail.com)
• Projects (All chapter project co-ordinators led by Ravi A and Ravi K)

Globalization - a rural perspective  (Sanat Mohanty - sanat_mohanty@hotmail.com and Rahul Gudla - rush2rahul@yahoo.com)

Day 3 : Word Document

1. Lessons for AID from one of the best run volunteer organizations I know  (Aravinda and Ravi - aid@vsnl.com)
2. Consolidation Session on topic covered by speaker

Some Pictures