AIMS India Sep 2013 Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Sadasivam Palanisamy, Balakumar Ponnuswamy, Iyappan Raman, Jey Venugopal, Karunya Iyappan, Vidya Vijayanand, Siva Venkatachalam

DC Chapter Meeting: Sep 8, 2013

ONGOING PROJECTS:

·         SDC NAMCO- 11 Report for Aug received-  total of 418 children attended the 10 centers in the month of Aug.

·         ASTA 1 & 2 -KK/ CARE – Aug reports received. Teacher support in 18 schools going on per schedule

·         SDC KK / CARE – Aug report received. This program benefits about 450 children in 10 villages. 16 teachers are engaged in this project.

·         KOODU –Report for Aug received. 16 students are participating in the Computer Classes and 16 in the Tailoring Class.

·         ASTA VIDIYEL– Kodangipatti – 1 Para teacher

·         SDC Manapakkam / NAMCO – Reports for July & Aug received. 36 students attended the classes in July and 43 students attended in Aug.

·         ASTA / NAMCO-  Agarapettai- To receive report for Aug.

·         RWDT – Rs 108800 received back in repayment of installments for Aug.

NEW PROPOSALS:

·         Nilakottai Sourashtra Middle Schoo l- Request for Girls toilets benefitting 256 girl students ( Rs  3 lakhs ) and 40 desks and benches for all 700 students (Rs.1.8 lakhs). This was discussed and Ravi Rajaram provided all the details the members requested. To vote online on the project. Was decided to fund 6 toilets and 6 urinals.

·         Chinnaperoli Village School Building repair: There are 40 Students, 2 teachers and 1 HM in the school. They are requesting to demolish a dilapidated building and make it flat, so kids will use that as playground. The toilet building is bad - they are requesting a new one.
The kitchen and store also worst shape, it may down any time. They are requesting a new one. Total Projected cost is Rs 255,000. This was discussed and the members felt that the costs are on the higher side. We have to ask them for comparative quotes from other builders.

·         Kuniamuthur School Building: Requirements are as follows:

1. Demolish the building so the kids will use that area for play ground.

2. Sintex water tank and pipes to kitchen and drinking water area

3. Fence in small place

Total budget is: Rs. 65,274 - Approved unanimously by all members present. To be executed thro NAMCO

·         Namagiripet High School: Proposal was submitted by Venkat. School requires Compound Wall, Drums Set & Sports Cycle, RO Water system, Flooring, Entrance Arch, 3 Steel cupboards – total estimate Rs. 300,000. This was discussed and was decided to consider all except the Entrance Arch and the Drums Set & Sports Cycle. Venkat to discuss this with the school and get a quote.

·         LAW, Theni- Received a proposal for SDC’s 10 centers that will benefit 500 students. Jey to find more about the Organization and their proposal.

Little Drops Run-rate

Before I pen down the happy news of our little drops hitting half-century, score increased by one in our match :) Bats up in the air !! The score card is as follows..

Month April- 34 donors
May Month Till date- 16 donors

Chase, chase, everyone should play a better innings to speed up the run rate. !!

'Twas on April 14th

Well begun is half done. Yes it is well begun. The day April 14th dawned with the hope of launching the website www.littledropsindia.org. The story was quite interesting though. A team of 7-8 people were working for the almost three weeks to proudly own a page ourselves. Everyone of the team realised that we are in a serious action than just dreaming. This website launch is also an onsite-offshore project, where partial development happened in India and testing happened in USA and UK. Conference calls, email threads, direct discussions about the development of the Logo, Layout, Caption, domain name, content, Menu, Picture and what else?  When it comes to either contribution or the Ideas, its worth a stamp, "Little Drops are the best". The only tough time was choosing a better idea among the best.

The first week rolled out to be discussion-ful whereas the second was full of negotiations and Yes, No's and approvals from AIMS. The third week was a silent fire added with a boost of one another's pushing. When all the actions were planned, there was a little delay in execution of it. But the hope of the team broke all the hurdles and the website was launched as planned; The first milestone in the flow of little Drops is reached. However we name it , Like the Kindergarten stories, the day ended "Ever happily" a wonderful start for everyone. The night was bright too !!