BRBLA Minutes of The Meetings for 2008

The following list is based on the Ex-Committee/General Body Meetings held to-date:

Meeting Date/Venue Present Notice/Detail Minutes

Durga Puja 2008
Dear All,

This to notify all members of BRBLA (2008-09) that the executive committee (and whoever could make it convenient to attend in this short notice) will briefly
meet on 14th September 2008 at 2136 Oakdale Drive to decide the possible venue, schedule and allocation of responsibilities for this year’s Durga Puja. Needless to say that, disturbances due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike had caused us to deviate miserably from the regular schedule.

It is important to mention that at the time of writing this, we do not have any confirmations on the venue. ICC had been damaged badly and has issued a notice
to cancel all events till further notice. It is clear there would be changes from what we did in the past, but we are confident to come out with a need based
plan and make the event successful.

Sincerely,

On behalf of BRBLA

Tapan Sarkar

1st Executive Committee Meeting
Saturday, March 1st 2008, 3pm-5pm

at 2136 Oakdale Drive, 70810
P. G. Banerjee
Samir Chkaravorty

Amitava Jana

SomnathRoy

Krishnendu Saha

Rajib& Debalina Mukherjee

Santanu and Sahana Majumdar

Tapan & Sonhita Sarkar
1. New members, namely Santanau, Krishnendu, Debalina and Somnathwere congratulated by P.G.Banerjee (President) , Samir Chkaravarty (Treasurer) and all other members of the old committee for being elected and joining the BRBLA executive committee. Newly elected member, Mr. Kailash Deka and his wife Luku, could not be present in this meeting, due to a scheduled visit to their daughter, out of Baton Rouge city, on the day. Various points were discussed on handing over responsibilities and new committee officially took charge.
2. Samir Chakravarty presented the Treasurers Report for his interim period and the year ending balances of the BRBLA bank account. He also expressed the difficulty he is facing and had faced prior to this meeting, in taking over the Bank Account, previously collected money and all other necessary documents from the past treasurer S.K. Kundu. He explained that since S.K.Kundu had decided not to continue his membership and decided also not to be present in the past Saraswati Puja day, to execute his responsibilities as treasurer; Samir Chakravarty had to do this job, in order to make the event successful. All written communications that were sent to S.K.Kundu, in this context, were read out to the members of the committee and the executive committee decided to firmly request S.K. Kundu, just once more, to return the accounts receipt book etc. that were not handed over on the day. It was also decided, that in the unfortunate event of any further refusal to this request, BRBLA will continue with a new receipt book and with the closing balance as of 17th November 2008. BRBLA will also write to IRS to change the Tax ID and Contact Address etc. from S.K. Kundu and transfer it over in the name of a suitable member of the committee.

3. Samir Chakravarty mentioned that the Saraswati Puja expenses and collections were duly audited by Anindya Podder and himself . He also mentioned, that inspite of repeated reminders from him in emails, the auditing for Durga Puja and Kali Puja accounts, could not be completed by the past treasurer S.K.Kundu. On the contrary, to comply his request and as a matter of courtesy, the audited account statement Saraswati Puja accounts was sent to S.K.Kundu, which he had received.

4. Samir Chkaravarty mentioned that the Bank Account was duly transferred in the name of the newly elected President, P.G.Banerjee and his name, as the newly elected treasurer of BRBLA. An email was sent in this regard to the past treasurer and also the joint account holder S.K. Kundu to respond urgently to facilitate this transfer, following the day of BRBLA election. In absence of any documents and/or communication available in time from him, the old account was closed and a new account was opened for BRBLA with the same bank and the entire balance was transferred by the bank to this new account.

5. Samir Chakravarty mentioned, that the current balance of this new check-in account of BRBLA with the Chase Bank, on the day, was close to $2400.00. ( a few transactions were pending at the time of this mention).

6. Samir Chakravarty mentioned, that any member is most welcome to request for any details of this transfer and see the BRBLA account/expenses documents available with him, with prior email request and at a mutually convenient time.

7. This entire matter of handing over of treasurers responsibility. for this year, was considered as unfortunate and undesirable by the members present.

8. The Current count of fully paid membership BRBLA was presented as 56 by Samir Chakarvarty. It is expected to go up by another 2 (responsibility SomnathRoy) plus 1 (responsibility Krishnendu Saha) plus 5 (responsibility Santanu Majumdar) plus 4 (responsibility Samir Chakravarty) plus 1 (Tapan Sarkar). The membership forms were handed over and it is expected to complete the formalities as early as possible.

9. Debalina Sengupta as the lead, with help from Tapan Sarkar, RajibMukherjee and SomnathRoy will research for selecting a new Durga Protima, to be purcahsed by BRBLA. Amitava Jana has kindly agreed to carry it over to Baton Rouge, while returning from one of his forthcoming visits to India. The purchase of a new Kali Protima will immediately follow. Debalina and tem will be in touch with the committee, especially Amitava, with the findings..

10. A $120.00 budget was approved to Santanu Majumdar by the committee, to design and build a multi-purpose wooden storage box for Durga Protima. Santanu with his vast experience as a professional designer had come forward with a proposal to build a multi-purpose box to store, transport, illuminate, decorate and also as an alter for the Protima during the Pujas.

11. Samir Chakravarty is taking an initiative and requested for necessary help from SomnathRoy, Debalina Sengupta, Sona Podder, Santanu Majumdar and Tapan Sarkar to meet ICC officials and negotiate a new hall-rent lower than what is being currently charged to BRBLA, based on the the fact that more than 70% attendees of BRBLA functions, almost always are LSU full-time students.

12. Samir Chakravarty is taking another major initiative to acquire a Non-Profit status of BRBLA, which is pending for a long time. It was understood and was welcome by everybody that raising big funds and including quite a significant people of Baton Rouge as members of BRBLA will be possible if such a status can be acquired from IRS. Samir Chakravarty is working towards this goal and hopes to complete all formalities by August 31st 2008. A budget of $180 was approved to Samir Chakravarty for the necessary expenses for the mail-boxes etc. in this regard.

13. A budget of $50 was also approved for sundry expenses (Puja Items, Receipt Books, Note Books, Storage Boxes for Dry Goods etc)

14. Tapan Sarkar mentioned that a proposal came from New Orleans (Louisiana Bengali Cultural Association of New Orleans) for playing a friendly Cricket Match between LBCA and BRBLA, at Baton Rouge, during the coming spring break! Subsequently, Ashoke Dey and Swarnava Roy were requested to go ahead with the necessary arrangements as Captain and Vice-Captain of the to-be-formed BRBLA cricket team. The committee decided that all efforts will be made to see that the players are members of BRBLA as a preference, and a non-member player can only be taken as a last resort. BRBLA will host this match and will provide free lunch to playing student-members and playing guest students of New Orleans

15. The meeting ended with lively discussions on this Cricket Match, especially on the expected performance of the four mandatory 'senior' players from both the teams!           .   .



Saraswati Puja Meeting
Sunday, January 20th 2008, 3 pm-5 pm

at 2136,Oakdale Drive, 70810
P. G. Banerjee
Samir Chkaravorty

Bela Sen

Kailash and Luku Deka

Rajib& Debalina Mukherjee

Santanu & Sahana Majumdar

Anindya & Sona Podder

Surya & Soma Sen

Swarnava Roy

Sharbari Dey

Sonhita & Tapan Sarkar

1. Changes in the Ex-Committee Structure: Following the responsibilities being handed over by M. Sengupta, P.G.Banerjee has taken over as the interim President and Tapan Sarkar will act as interim Secretary till the next election on 16th Feb 2008. Ballari Cahtterjee has been included into the ex-committee from the member-reserve pool
Please note that the BRBLA Bank account with the Chase Bank, has accordingly been changed to the names of P. G. Banerjee (President) and S. Kundu (Treasurer)

Next executive committee members for 2008-09, will be elected on Saraswati Puja day at 2:30 PM. Members are requested to renew their membership and also send nominations for the Ex-Committee portfolios (President, Secretary and Treasurer) and Ex-Committee members (Total 7 members plus 2 member-reserve pool, portfolios included). Please send your nominations through 'Feedback' section at the BRBLA website with the subject as Election 08-09

2. It was decided that BRBLA Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on 16th Feb 2008 at ICC, LSU. Per 'Bengali Ponjika', the Saraswati Puja is on 11th February 2008. Please note that ICC halls were not available on 9th Feb, which was another possible date for celebrating the Puja here.
BRBLA (Samir Chakravorty) has paid the advance and booked the ICC (hall adjacent to the Kitchen) for this event from 8AM to 4 PM on 16th Feb

3. Donation Rates were decided as follows:

BRBLA Member Students: $ 5.00/ Non-Member Students $7.00/ BRBLA Member Non-Students $ 10.00/ Non-Members Non-Students $12.00, No Donations are required for children under twelve. Please note that the donations rates were fixed on the assumption that approximately 20/25 Non-Student Members and about 30/35 Students will attend the Saraswati Puja.

Total Estimated Head Count ~ 55 Estimated budget: ~ $500.00 Breakups: Venue: $210.00 Puja and Prasad: $50.00 Flowers: $30.00, Food $120.00 (estexpenses on top of donated food items) Dry Goods $50.00 (estimated purchase in addition to stock-in-hand) and Decoration: $30.00

Some of the members paid their donations after the meeting. The remaining donations will be collected at the venue by Samir Chakarvorty on the Puja day. He will also encourage the non-members to become members explaining the benefit. (The rate of donations will be higher for non-members and they may not enjoy the other member-benefits that are coming up in near future)

4. Responsibilities taken-up on various gross work-items are listed below. It was realized that all work-items cannot be identified and it was also not necessary to identify each and every volunteer at the time of this meeting. It was expected that there will be willing workers, as always, right at the venue to manage the entire event successfully:

1. Hall Open/Transportation of Protima: Samir Chakravorty / Tapan Sarkar (8:00AM)

2. Decoration: Santanu Majumdar (8:00AM - 9:00 AM)

3. Puja by Rajib Mukherjee and SomnathRoy (Samir Chakravorty may guide as required) (9:00 Am onwards)

4. Puja and Prasad Preparation: Luku Deka / Sukanya and Sreerupa (not present in the meeting) (8:00 AM onwards)

5. Bhog: Soma Banerjee/Debalina Sengupta (to be finalized)

6. Puja Items Marketing: Samir Chakravorty

7. Flower and Dry Goods Marketing: Anindya & Sona Podder, Tapan Sarkar

8. Soft Drinks/Tea/Coffee at the Venue: Sahana Majumdar

8. Khichudi Preparation at ICC Kitchen: Sharbari and Bratati

9. Labra: Tuku Sarkar and Luku Deka

10. Chutney: Ratna Banerjee

11. Sweets: Sampa Mukherjee (not present in the meeting)

12. Garam Beguni at ICC kitchen: PG Banerjee and Santanu

13. Cultural Activities: Ballari Chatterjee (not present in the meeting) /Swarnava Roy

14. Light and Sound: Surya Sen / RajibMondol (not present in the meeting)

15. Sitting Arrangements, Food Distribution, Cleaning (Puja Place, Kitchen,Garbage bags) etc: Volunteers at the venue

5. Purchasing of New Protima: Detail plan for the purchasing new Durga Protima and Kali Protima will be taken up later by the executive committee
6. Notification to Members: Anindya Podder raised a concern about not getting the details of the changes in the portfolios made in the last years ex-committee. He was assured that proper attention will be given to notifications.

7. BRBLA website: From now on all announcements, minutes-of-the-meetings etc. will be posted at the BRBLA website brbla.org. Members are requested to return to the site more often for updates. An email will also be sent to all members, when a new and important item e.g. minutes of a meeting will be posted

8. Portable storage boxes cum alters for 'protima's:   Santanu Majumdar will come out with a plan and work towards making it. It is estimated to cost around $60 to $70. for Saraswati protima. Tapan Sarkar will help Santanu. Flood Lights to illuminate the protima are expected to be included in the above cost estimate. It was understood that the work may not complete by the next Saraswati Puja i.e. 16th Feb 2008 but needs to be done before next Durga Puja.

9. Senior Members: Tapan Sarkar made a proposal, that in a way to recognize our 'senior' members, we may waive all donation charges from them. He wanted us to begin the process with our two members, namely Bela Sen and Rekha Banerjee. Samir Chkaravorty while appreciating this proposal, pointed out that we need to fix up a criterion for identifying the 'senior' members and it will also call for an amendment in our bylaws before we can implement. The proposal, he mentioned, can be taken up in future.
10. Appointment of Auditor of BRBLA accounts: Anindya Podder has been appointed (proposed by Tapan Sarkar and was unanimously accepted) for the purpose and will work with S.Kundu and with Samir Chakravorty/P.G. Banerjee (as needed) to complete the auditing for 2007-08 and declare the audited closing balance after Saraswati Puja.

11. The meeting ended with discussions showing deep concern over the recent unfortunate deaths of Indian Students at LSU and Duke University

The above minutes of the meeting was prepared by Tapan Sarkar. Please don't hesitate to point out any omissions / mistakes and send a feedback through brbla.org website

Meeting Date/Venue	Present	Notice/Detail Minutes
Durga Puja 2008		Dear All, This to notify all members of BRBLA (2008-09) that the executive committee (and whoever could make it convenient to attend in this short notice) will briefly meet on 14th September 2008 at 2136 Oakdale Drive to decide the possible venue, schedule and allocation of responsibilities for this year’s Durga Puja. Needless to say that, disturbances due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike had caused us to deviate miserably from the regular schedule. It is important to mention that at the time of writing this, we do not have any confirmations on the venue. ICC had been damaged badly and has issued a notice to cancel all events till further notice. It is clear there would be changes from what we did in the past, but we are confident to come out with a need based plan and make the event successful. Sincerely, On behalf of BRBLA Tapan Sarkar
1st Executive Committee Meeting Saturday, March 1st 2008, 3pm-5pm at 2136 Oakdale Drive, 70810	P. G. Banerjee Samir Chkaravorty Amitava Jana SomnathRoy Krishnendu Saha Rajib& Debalina Mukherjee Santanu and Sahana Majumdar Tapan & Sonhita Sarkar	1. New members, namely Santanau, Krishnendu, Debalina and Somnathwere congratulated by P.G.Banerjee (President) , Samir Chkaravarty (Treasurer) and all other members of the old committee for being elected and joining the BRBLA executive committee. Newly elected member, Mr. Kailash Deka and his wife Luku, could not be present in this meeting, due to a scheduled visit to their daughter, out of Baton Rouge city, on the day. Various points were discussed on handing over responsibilities and new committee officially took charge. 2. Samir Chakravarty presented the Treasurers Report for his interim period and the year ending balances of the BRBLA bank account. He also expressed the difficulty he is facing and had faced prior to this meeting, in taking over the Bank Account, previously collected money and all other necessary documents from the past treasurer S.K. Kundu. He explained that since S.K.Kundu had decided not to continue his membership and decided also not to be present in the past Saraswati Puja day, to execute his responsibilities as treasurer; Samir Chakravarty had to do this job, in order to make the event successful. All written communications that were sent to S.K.Kundu, in this context, were read out to the members of the committee and the executive committee decided to firmly request S.K. Kundu, just once more, to return the accounts receipt book etc. that were not handed over on the day. It was also decided, that in the unfortunate event of any further refusal to this request, BRBLA will continue with a new receipt book and with the closing balance as of 17th November 2008. BRBLA will also write to IRS to change the Tax ID and Contact Address etc. from S.K. Kundu and transfer it over in the name of a suitable member of the committee. 3. Samir Chakravarty mentioned that the Saraswati Puja expenses and collections were duly audited by Anindya Podder and himself . He also mentioned, that inspite of repeated reminders from him in emails, the auditing for Durga Puja and Kali Puja accounts, could not be completed by the past treasurer S.K.Kundu. On the contrary, to comply his request and as a matter of courtesy, the audited account statement Saraswati Puja accounts was sent to S.K.Kundu, which he had received. 4. Samir Chkaravarty mentioned that the Bank Account was duly transferred in the name of the newly elected President, P.G.Banerjee and his name, as the newly elected treasurer of BRBLA. An email was sent in this regard to the past treasurer and also the joint account holder S.K. Kundu to respond urgently to facilitate this transfer, following the day of BRBLA election. In absence of any documents and/or communication available in time from him, the old account was closed and a new account was opened for BRBLA with the same bank and the entire balance was transferred by the bank to this new account. 5. Samir Chakravarty mentioned, that the current balance of this new check-in account of BRBLA with the Chase Bank, on the day, was close to $2400.00. ( a few transactions were pending at the time of this mention). 6. Samir Chakravarty mentioned, that any member is most welcome to request for any details of this transfer and see the BRBLA account/expenses documents available with him, with prior email request and at a mutually convenient time. 7. This entire matter of handing over of treasurers responsibility. for this year, was considered as unfortunate and undesirable by the members present. 8. The Current count of fully paid membership BRBLA was presented as 56 by Samir Chakarvarty. It is expected to go up by another 2 (responsibility SomnathRoy) plus 1 (responsibility Krishnendu Saha) plus 5 (responsibility Santanu Majumdar) plus 4 (responsibility Samir Chakravarty) plus 1 (Tapan Sarkar). The membership forms were handed over and it is expected to complete the formalities as early as possible. 9. Debalina Sengupta as the lead, with help from Tapan Sarkar, RajibMukherjee and SomnathRoy will research for selecting a new Durga Protima, to be purcahsed by BRBLA. Amitava Jana has kindly agreed to carry it over to Baton Rouge, while returning from one of his forthcoming visits to India. The purchase of a new Kali Protima will immediately follow. Debalina and tem will be in touch with the committee, especially Amitava, with the findings.. 10. A $120.00 budget was approved to Santanu Majumdar by the committee, to design and build a multi-purpose wooden storage box for Durga Protima. Santanu with his vast experience as a professional designer had come forward with a proposal to build a multi-purpose box to store, transport, illuminate, decorate and also as an alter for the Protima during the Pujas. 11. Samir Chakravarty is taking an initiative and requested for necessary help from SomnathRoy, Debalina Sengupta, Sona Podder, Santanu Majumdar and Tapan Sarkar to meet ICC officials and negotiate a new hall-rent lower than what is being currently charged to BRBLA, based on the the fact that more than 70% attendees of BRBLA functions, almost always are LSU full-time students. 12. Samir Chakravarty is taking another major initiative to acquire a Non-Profit status of BRBLA, which is pending for a long time. It was understood and was welcome by everybody that raising big funds and including quite a significant people of Baton Rouge as members of BRBLA will be possible if such a status can be acquired from IRS. Samir Chakravarty is working towards this goal and hopes to complete all formalities by August 31st 2008. A budget of $180 was approved to Samir Chakravarty for the necessary expenses for the mail-boxes etc. in this regard. 13. A budget of $50 was also approved for sundry expenses (Puja Items, Receipt Books, Note Books, Storage Boxes for Dry Goods etc) 14. Tapan Sarkar mentioned that a proposal came from New Orleans (Louisiana Bengali Cultural Association of New Orleans) for playing a friendly Cricket Match between LBCA and BRBLA, at Baton Rouge, during the coming spring break! Subsequently, Ashoke Dey and Swarnava Roy were requested to go ahead with the necessary arrangements as Captain and Vice-Captain of the to-be-formed BRBLA cricket team. The committee decided that all efforts will be made to see that the players are members of BRBLA as a preference, and a non-member player can only be taken as a last resort. BRBLA will host this match and will provide free lunch to playing student-members and playing guest students of New Orleans 15. The meeting ended with lively discussions on this Cricket Match, especially on the expected performance of the four mandatory 'senior' players from both the teams! . .
Saraswati Puja Meeting Sunday, January 20th 2008, 3 pm-5 pm at 2136,Oakdale Drive, 70810	P. G. Banerjee Samir Chkaravorty Bela Sen Kailash and Luku Deka Rajib& Debalina Mukherjee Santanu & Sahana Majumdar Anindya & Sona Podder Surya & Soma Sen Swarnava Roy Sharbari Dey Sonhita & Tapan Sarkar
		1. Changes in the Ex-Committee Structure: Following the responsibilities being handed over by M. Sengupta, P.G.Banerjee has taken over as the interim President and Tapan Sarkar will act as interim Secretary till the next election on 16th Feb 2008. Ballari Cahtterjee has been included into the ex-committee from the member-reserve pool Please note that the BRBLA Bank account with the Chase Bank, has accordingly been changed to the names of P. G. Banerjee (President) and S. Kundu (Treasurer) Next executive committee members for 2008-09, will be elected on Saraswati Puja day at 2:30 PM. Members are requested to renew their membership and also send nominations for the Ex-Committee portfolios (President, Secretary and Treasurer) and Ex-Committee members (Total 7 members plus 2 member-reserve pool, portfolios included). Please send your nominations through 'Feedback' section at the BRBLA website with the subject as Election 08-09
		2. It was decided that BRBLA Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on 16th Feb 2008 at ICC, LSU. Per 'Bengali Ponjika', the Saraswati Puja is on 11th February 2008. Please note that ICC halls were not available on 9th Feb, which was another possible date for celebrating the Puja here. BRBLA (Samir Chakravorty) has paid the advance and booked the ICC (hall adjacent to the Kitchen) for this event from 8AM to 4 PM on 16th Feb 3. Donation Rates were decided as follows: BRBLA Member Students: $ 5.00/ Non-Member Students $7.00/ BRBLA Member Non-Students $ 10.00/ Non-Members Non-Students $12.00, No Donations are required for children under twelve. Please note that the donations rates were fixed on the assumption that approximately 20/25 Non-Student Members and about 30/35 Students will attend the Saraswati Puja. Total Estimated Head Count ~ 55 Estimated budget: ~ $500.00 Breakups: Venue: $210.00 Puja and Prasad: $50.00 Flowers: $30.00, Food $120.00 (estexpenses on top of donated food items) Dry Goods $50.00 (estimated purchase in addition to stock-in-hand) and Decoration: $30.00 Some of the members paid their donations after the meeting. The remaining donations will be collected at the venue by Samir Chakarvorty on the Puja day. He will also encourage the non-members to become members explaining the benefit. (The rate of donations will be higher for non-members and they may not enjoy the other member-benefits that are coming up in near future) 4. Responsibilities taken-up on various gross work-items are listed below. It was realized that all work-items cannot be identified and it was also not necessary to identify each and every volunteer at the time of this meeting. It was expected that there will be willing workers, as always, right at the venue to manage the entire event successfully: 1. Hall Open/Transportation of Protima: Samir Chakravorty / Tapan Sarkar (8:00AM) 2. Decoration: Santanu Majumdar (8:00AM - 9:00 AM) 3. Puja by Rajib Mukherjee and SomnathRoy (Samir Chakravorty may guide as required) (9:00 Am onwards) 4. Puja and Prasad Preparation: Luku Deka / Sukanya and Sreerupa (not present in the meeting) (8:00 AM onwards) 5. Bhog: Soma Banerjee/Debalina Sengupta (to be finalized) 6. Puja Items Marketing: Samir Chakravorty 7. Flower and Dry Goods Marketing: Anindya & Sona Podder, Tapan Sarkar 8. Soft Drinks/Tea/Coffee at the Venue: Sahana Majumdar 8. Khichudi Preparation at ICC Kitchen: Sharbari and Bratati 9. Labra: Tuku Sarkar and Luku Deka 10. Chutney: Ratna Banerjee 11. Sweets: Sampa Mukherjee (not present in the meeting) 12. Garam Beguni at ICC kitchen: PG Banerjee and Santanu 13. Cultural Activities: Ballari Chatterjee (not present in the meeting) /Swarnava Roy 14. Light and Sound: Surya Sen / RajibMondol (not present in the meeting) 15. Sitting Arrangements, Food Distribution, Cleaning (Puja Place, Kitchen,Garbage bags) etc: Volunteers at the venue
		5. Purchasing of New Protima: Detail plan for the purchasing new Durga Protima and Kali Protima will be taken up later by the executive committee 6. Notification to Members: Anindya Podder raised a concern about not getting the details of the changes in the portfolios made in the last years ex-committee. He was assured that proper attention will be given to notifications. 7. BRBLA website: From now on all announcements, minutes-of-the-meetings etc. will be posted at the BRBLA website brbla.org. Members are requested to return to the site more often for updates. An email will also be sent to all members, when a new and important item e.g. minutes of a meeting will be posted 8. Portable storage boxes cum alters for 'protima's: Santanu Majumdar will come out with a plan and work towards making it. It is estimated to cost around $60 to $70. for Saraswati protima. Tapan Sarkar will help Santanu. Flood Lights to illuminate the protima are expected to be included in the above cost estimate. It was understood that the work may not complete by the next Saraswati Puja i.e. 16th Feb 2008 but needs to be done before next Durga Puja. 9. Senior Members: Tapan Sarkar made a proposal, that in a way to recognize our 'senior' members, we may waive all donation charges from them. He wanted us to begin the process with our two members, namely Bela Sen and Rekha Banerjee. Samir Chkaravorty while appreciating this proposal, pointed out that we need to fix up a criterion for identifying the 'senior' members and it will also call for an amendment in our bylaws before we can implement. The proposal, he mentioned, can be taken up in future. 10. Appointment of Auditor of BRBLA accounts: Anindya Podder has been appointed (proposed by Tapan Sarkar and was unanimously accepted) for the purpose and will work with S.Kundu and with Samir Chakravorty/P.G. Banerjee (as needed) to complete the auditing for 2007-08 and declare the audited closing balance after Saraswati Puja.
		11. The meeting ended with discussions showing deep concern over the recent unfortunate deaths of Indian Students at LSU and Duke University
		The above minutes of the meeting was prepared by Tapan Sarkar. Please don't hesitate to point out any omissions / mistakes and send a feedback through brbla.org website