Website for Karna goshthis: A ethnic group in Northern Bihar, India

Agenda:

a) Our vision, b) Short and long term goals, c) Roles and responsibility for the members, d) Co-ordination, e) How to derive more utility out of our group

Date: Dec 04, 2004

Venue/Mode: Yahoo Online Chat

Moderator: Ashutosh Das

Participations:

1. Dr Mithilesh Kumar Das (gaam: Kako), Indianapolis, IN 2. Shree Ajay Dutta (gaam: Jonki), Chicago, IL, on a visit from Delhi 3. Shree Asim Kumar Mallik (gaam:Bargaon,Saharsa), Toronto, ON 4. Shree Rajneesh Das (gaam: Kua Kamalpur), Bloomington, IL 5. Shree Kaushal Kumar Das (gaam: Narayanpur), Washington, DC 6. Shree Bawan Karn (gaam: Malangawa, Nepal), New York City, NY 7. Shree Ashutosh Das (gaam: Bahadurpur), Toronto, ON

Minutes:

1. Our vision ----------- - to bring all the members of Karna GoshThi on the same platform - to be resourceful to each other - to help those in need - to help eradicate the social evils (in order to do this we will have to identify the prevailing evils) - to implement more efficient matrimonial solution for the community Kaushal ji identified that it is good to take an initiative, but it is more important to keep it going, sustain it, and continue the momentum. It was identified and emphasized by all that the following are required to be done immediately: - membership drive. Please collect the email-ids of as many members you can. Please encourage the members to join the group and check the website regularly. Encourage the community members living in Mithila also to become members and enjoy the power of the internet. Action item (All): please get as many email-ids you can. - collecting feedback, evaluating it, and acting upon accordingly - more participation from the members 2(a). Short term goals ----------------- Website: -------- - launch of the website. Indu ji has built the website (www.karnagoshthi.org). It's open for the members (as of compilation of these minutes). All the members are requested to please visit the website, and add their info. Go to the right, click on "Add" under the Members. After adding u can see the entries by clicking on the Directory. While browing, keep the following in mind: -- enlarge to full screen -- all forms should work fine. -- this website is to be filled by members only. the main section is "contribute contents" (top frame). as members submit contents through using this form, that will show up on its respective section. - Please upload the profiles of the bride and bridegroom under the Matrimonial section - Provide educational and job opportunities for the members living both in India and abroad. Yahoo chatroom: --------------- Dr Mithilesh ji suggested to create yahoo chatroom for the members so that we can meet the members in the chatroom whenever we feel like, and even do the next conference with the members around the globe in this chatroom. Action item: get yahoo-id of the members, create the chatroom, and inform the members. (Anand ji and Saurabh ji, can we assign this action item to you -- to be done by the December 20, 2004, thanks) 2(b). Medium and long term goals: --------------------------- Fundraising: ----------- - Fundraising, so that we could help those in need. We will have to register karnagoshthi as "Non-Profit organization", and open bank account before we do any fundraising. Action item: members with accounting / auditing background to provide their valuable inputs as to how to go about this. Panji ----- - Work towards building "Panji online". we will have to be respectful to the delicacies of it. So far, the traditional "Panji" and matchmaking (or help in matchmaking) has been the bread and butter for the "panjikaars". We may have to consider offering "royalty" kind of thing for their willingness to provide the contents of the traditional "Panji" Action items: Prime: Shree Saurabh ji and Shree Ananad ji - Bawan ji has volunteered to get the copy of "Panji" for the Nepal segment. - When "Panji online" becomes a relity, we can put efforts to make it more popular. This can become a very good tool for matchmaking, and we can even put a nominal fee to use it. This will help us generate fund for the worthy causes. Family events and mahila maNDal -------------------------------- - The ladies can play significant role in organizing family events for the members residing in closeby places. - Recipe for the traditional Mithila cuisines or the latest food styles and varieties. Bhajan-Keertan, Gosaawanik geet, etc. 3. Roles and responsibility for the mebers, ---------------------------------------- Right now, we have assigned responsibilites to the members present in last conferenca call, and Sh Saurabh ji and Sh Anand ji (India). But please remember it is your own organization and we are looking for the help / guidance / ideas from everyone. Roles and responsibilities: --------------------------- i) Dr Mithilesh -- Overall co-ordination / guidance -- both gaam area and North America ii) Shree Ajay Dutta -- Getting more members in Delhi, Patna, and gaam area iii) Shree Asim Kumar Mallik: Motivate the members, general co-ordination, feedback review, and improvement opportunities iv) Shree Rajneesh Das: General co-ordination, Progress review, follow up, website review and feedback. v) Shree Kaushal Kumar Das: publicity, marketing, popularize the website in the villages of Mithila, website enhancements / ideas vi) Shree Bawan Karn: to collect the "Panji" details for Nepal segment, general co-ordination, etc. vii) Shree Ashutosh Das: Work and co-ordinate so that it's great success. provide new ideas, co-orinate meetings, etc. viii) Shree Anand ji : Director of Art, dramatics, and sanskriti ix) Shree Saurabh ji: General idea contribution, co-ordination in Kolkata, Patna area, popularize the website and the Yahoogroup. 4. How to derive more utility out of our group ------------------------------------------- We will determine more and more utilities as we go along 5. Next meeting of our group ------------------------- All members are kindly requested to be present via their yahoo messenger using the yahoo chatroom to be created soon, as per the following schedule: IST (Indian Standard time): Sunday, January 09, 2004, 08:30 PM to 10:00 PM equivalent conversion for North America EST (Eastern Standard time), East Coast (US and Canada): Sunday, January 09, 2004, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM