The following list is based on the Ex-Committee/General Body Meetings held to-date:
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Saturday, September
12, 2009
Minutes of the BRBLA General Body meeting held
on September 12, 2009
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Meeting held on:
Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 10:00
A.M.
Venue:
Kushal & Sharbari Dasgupta’s residence at 7923 John NewCombe,
Members Present:
Full time
Part time
Samir Chakravarty
Nirmali Deka
Sonhita Sarkar
Nakul Maiti
Sharbari Dey
Sumona Maiti
Kushal Dasgupta
Tapan Sarkar
Priyo Gopal Banerjee
Pervinder Banga
Nirmalya Banerjee
Madhumita Banga
Sahana Sen
Krishnendu Saha
Bijeet Mukherjee, Freshman Student
MINUTES:
1.
In the absence of Kailash Deka (out-of-town), Samir Chakravarty conducted
the meeting.
The only
freshman student present was welcomed to
introduced
themselves.
2.
Tapan Sarkar reported that both idols of Durga and Kali were received
from Kolkata. The idol of
Durga was
slightly damaged but could be repaired before the scheduled Puja date with the
help
of Santanu
Majumdar. The idol of Kali was severely damaged and needed a complete
replacement. Tapan will coordinate the needful tasks.
3.
Samir Chakravarty reported that according to the agreement with Datta
Temple, the two-day
Durga Puja
celebration would take place in Sri Jayalakshmi Mata Bhavan, 6221 Equity Drive,
October 3,
2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Schedule for Friday: P.G. Banerjee will go to Tapan Sarkar’s home and pick
up the Durga idol
and
transport the idol in his van to
Sen will
do the decoration. Then, Samir Chakravarty will start Puja preparation with the
help of
Pravati
Chakraborty, Sreerupa Roy, Shilpi Banerjee, Nirmali Deka and Sahana Sen. Puja
starts
at 6:30
p.m. and is expected to be finished by 9:15 p.m. Pushpanjali and Prasad
distribution will
follow.
The dinner will be served at 9:45 p.m. followed by a nominal clean up. Everybody
will
leave the
premises latest by 10:30 p.m. The idol will stay overnight at the temple.
Schedule for Saturday: Samir Chakravarty will start Puja preparation at 9:00
a.m. with the help
of
Pravati Chakraborty, Sreerupa Roy,
Shilpi Banerjee, Nirmali Deka and Sahana Sen. Bhog,
prepared
at P.G. Banerjee’s residence, will be delivered at 9:30 a.m. Puja starts at 9:30
a.m. and
is
expected to be finished by 12:15 p.m. Pushpanjali and Prasad distribution will
follow. The
lunch will
be served at 1:00 p.m. A short cultural program will start at 2:30 p.m. The
premises
will be
cleaned and vacated latest by 4:30 p.m.
Kushal
Dasgupta will coordinate the clean up and move-out operations on both days.
Samir
Chakravarty will perform the puja with the assistance of Somnath Roy.
4.
Sharbari Dey presented the
food menu:
Friday’s Dinner:
Jeera/Fried
Rice cooked at the
Chhola Dal cooked at
home by Tapan Sarkar (10/02)
Aloo Dum
cooked at home by Sonhita Sarkar (10/01)
Rasogolla
purchased by Samir and processed to Rasomalai by Sharbari (10/01)
Samir
Chakravarty, P.G. Banerjee, Nirmali Deka will assist Tapan and Sonhita to cook
on
Thursday
evening, October 1st. Sharbari will pick her own assistants.
Saturday’s Dinner:
Khichuri
cooked at the
Bandhakopi
Tarkari cooked at home by Sonhita Sarkar (10/01)
Papad
fried at
Chutney
cooked at home by Madhumita Banga (10/01)
Payesh
cooked at home by Sumana Maiti (10/02)
Samir
Chakravarty, P.G. Banerjee, Nirmali Deka will assist Sonhita to cook on
Thursday
evening, October 1st. Sharbari will pick her own assistants.
Sharbari
will need the
All
required shopping will be done by Tapan Sarkar and Kushal Dasgupta except Puja
and
Prasad
requirements, milk, sugar, flowers & Rasogolla which will be purchased by
Samir
Chakravarty. Members are requested to bring fresh flowers, if possible, for
Friday and
Saturday’s
Puja.
5.
Krishnendu Saha stated that a thirty to forty minute long drama called “Bharate
Chai” will be
performed,
the first rehearsal for which will take place in Tapan Sarkar’s residence on
Sunday,
September
13 at 2:00 p.m. Nirmalya Banerjee and Pervinder Banga will sing a few songs. The
entire
cultural program will take approximately 90 minutes.
6.
DURGA PUJA Estimate - Samir Chakravarty and Nakul Maiti estimated:
Attendance:
Minimum Donation Rates:
Friday
evening = 50
Community members = $30.00
Saturday
morning = 100
Community non-members = $35.00
Expenses:
Student members = $15.00
Venue (
Food
ingredients = $150.00
Freshman students (members & non-
Tea and
soft drinks = $20.00
members) = $15.00
Decoration
= $15.00
Membership dues from new students:
Puja
expenses = $110.00
Tapan Sarkar offered to pay $5.00 ea
Propane
Gas = $20.00
Dry Goods
(cups, plates, napkins etc.) = $30.00
Expected collection:
Flowers =
$35.00
Community members = 19x$30 = $570
Miscellaneous = $30.00
Community non-members = 1x$35 = $35
TOTAL =
$710.00
Student members = 11x$15 = $165
Prorated Protima expenses:
Student non-members = 3x$20 = $60
Durga &
Kali = $150.00
Freshman Students = 2x$15 = $30
OVERALL
EXPENSES = $860.00
TOTAL COLLECTION = $860.00
Samir
stated that it was imperative for all members to pay the minimum donations on
their and
their
guests’ behalf in advance, essential requirement for a reasonably correct
headcount and
adequate
food arrangements.
7.
Tapan Sarkar was selected as the “Overall Facilities Manager” for Durga
Puja celebration.
8.
Samir Chakravarty reported that
according to the agreement with BREC, the Kali Puja
celebration would take place in
Saturday,
October 17, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Schedule: Samir
Chakravarty will pick up the idol of Kali from Tapan Sarkar’s home and
Transport
it in his car to
Sen will
do the decoration. Then, Samir Chakravarty will start Puja preparation with the
help of
Pravati
Chakraborty, Sreerupa Roy, Shilpi Banerjee, Nirmali Deka and Sahana Sen. Puja
starts
at 6:30
p.m. and is expected to be finished by 9:00 p.m. Pushpanjali and Prasad
distribution will
follow.
Then, packaged dinner will be served. The premises will be cleaned and vacated
latest by
10:00 p.m.
Kushal
Dasgupta will coordinate the clean up and move-out operations.
Samir
Chakravarty will perform the puja with the assistance of Somnath Roy.
9.
Sharbari Dey presented the
food menu:
Dinner:
Fried Rice
cooked at home by Sumana Maiti (10/17)
Goat meat
cooked at home by Sonhita Sarkar
(10/16)
Aloo Dum
cooked at home by Sharbari Dey (10/17)
Sweet
prepared at home by Madhumita Banga (10/16)
Samir
Chakravarty, P.G. Banerjee, Nirmali Deka will assist Tapan and Sonhita to cook
on
Friday
evening, October 16. Sharbari will pick her own assistants.
All cooked
items will be delivered to Sharbari’s residence by 11:00 a.m. on 10/17. Sharbari,
with
the help
of a few assistants, will make the packaged dinner ready and transport them to
BREC
Park on
time. All required shopping will be done by Tapan Sarkar and Kushal Dasgupta
except
Puja and
Prasad requirements, milk, sugar & flowers which will be purchased by Samir
Chakravarty. Members are requested to bring fresh flowers, if possible, for the
Puja.
10. Estimate for KALI
PUJA - Samir Chakravarty and Nakul Maiti estimated:
Attendance:
Minimum Donation Rates:
Saturday
evening = 40
Community members = $20.00
Community non-members = $25.00
Expenses:
Student members = $10.00
Venue (
Food
ingredients = $90.00
Freshman students (members & non-
Tea and
soft drinks = $15.00
members) = $10.00
Decoration
= $15.00
Membership dues from new students:
Puja
expenses = $50.00
Tapan Sarkar offered to pay $5.00 ea
Propane
Gas = $20.00
Dry Goods
(cups, plates, napkins etc.) = $20.00
Expected collection:
Flowers =
$25.00
Community members = 19x$20 = $380
Miscellaneous = $20.00
Community non-members = 1x$25 = $25
Goat Meat
= $120.00
Student members = 11x$10 = $110
TOTAL =
$480.00
Student non-members = 3x$15 = $45
Prorated Protima expenses:
Freshman students (members & non-
Durga and
Kali = $100.00
members) = 2x$10 =$20
OVERALL
EXPENSES = $580.00
TOTAL COLLECTION = $580.00
Samir
stated that it was imperative for all members to pay the minimum donations on
their and
their
guests’ behalf in advance. This is an essential requirement for a reasonably
correct
headcount
and adequate food arrangements.
11. Tapan Sarkar was
selected as the “Overall Facilities Manager” for Kali Puja celebration.
12. Other topics:
On
request, Samir Chakravarty narrated a brief history and activities of BRBLA and
its goals.
The
Meeting was adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
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| Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:41 PM Fw: Durga and Kali promitas have arrived! | NOTICE |
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| BRBLA
Durga & Kali Puja Meeting Monday, September 7, 2009 7:13 PM |
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BRBLA Executive Committee Meeting (#2) - minutes
Saturday, August 15, 2009 @ 4:00 P.M.
Venue:
Kailash and Nirmali Deka’s residence at |
Kailash Deka
(President)
Samir
Chakravarty (Secretary)
Nakul Maiti
(Treasurer)
Tapan Sarkar
(Committee Member)
Sharbari Dey (Committee Member)
Priyo Gopal Banerjee (Committee Member)
Nirmali Deka (BRBLA Member) |
Minutes:
1.
Kailash Deka, conducted the meeting.
The
revised minutes of the first meeting was unanimously adopted by the EC after
making one
correction to item #9 under “progress”. The
scheduled date to celebrate Saraswati Puja is
January 23, 2010.
2.
The ex-Treasurer Samir Chakravarty reported:
Nakul Maiti, Kailash Deka and Samir Chakravarty met
in the A.M. and were successful in
opening a new BRBLA Club account with Campus Federal
located on
problems presented by the Bank official. Chase Bank
Cashier’s check in the amount of $2,610.99,
the entire proceeds from the closure of the old
Chase Bank account (as of 7/30/09), was deposited
to the new BRBLA account. Chase Bank did not charge
any additional monthly fee for July,
2009. The cash on hand balance of $65.70 was handed
over by Samir Chakravarty to Nakul Maiti
who acknowledged the receipt of this petty cash as
well as twenty-two new checks issued by
Campus Federal, two receipt books (#5 & #6), two
files containing Chase Bank statements and
BRBLA financial statements for the year 2008-2009
and one expenditure record book. The
Counterfoils of the used Chase Bank checks were
retained by Samir Chakravarty for future
review by the Auditors. Nakul Maiti stated that the
account’s physical address was the same as
his residential address and hence all bank
statements would come to him. Kailash Deka pointed
out that as he worked out of town, lot of the checks
written by the Treasurer would not bear his
signature.
The EC accepted his position with the understanding that he would cosign the
checks
whenever he was in town. Samir Chakravarty said that
the necessary modification to the By-
Laws would be made. From this day forward, Nakul
Maiti will shoulder the full responsibility of
BRBLA’s Treasurer.
3.
Tapan Sarkar presented a fresh BRBLA Asset list without the
“Puja utencils” details. Tapan
Sarkar was asked to resubmit the list containing the
details of “Major Puja utencils”. The EC
approved the rental of some of the assets strictly
to members upon request. Rental prices were
discussed which would be noted on the “Final Asset
list” as suggested by Priyo Banerjee and such
rental would be a source of income to BRBLA. As
regards the conditions of current assets, Tapan
Sarkar reported that the idol of Durga was severely
damaged and even though Santanu
Majumdar admirably tried to restore it, it would be
best to retire it. The “Kali pot” was fading
and so was the idol of Saraswati. He also reported
that the two propane gas cylinders were empty
and that he owed it to BRBLA to fill up one. Tapan
suggested that being stale, some small
quantities of previously purchased spices be thrown
away. One of the two flood lights needs a new
bulb.
4.
Samir Chakravarty reported that the total number of current
members was 40 which included
some honorary members and three senior members who
were exempted from donating money at
any BRBLA events. He asked for assistance in
obtaining Rohit Ghosh’s contact phone number
and home address as he did not respond to repeated
requests to furnish this information.
Progress:
6 individuals joined BRBLA as new members. Let us
all welcome Pervinder and
Madhumita Banga, Nirmalya Banerjee, Shilpi Banerjee,
Mridul and Maya Kana Majumdar.
5. The
work of making both Durga and Kali idols was in progress. According to Tapan’s
friend in
Kolkata, the Kali and Durga idols would be ready by
August 24, 2009 and by first week in
September, 2009 respectively. Tapan will upload some
progressive pictures of the idols on the
Web site. As proposed by Priyo Gopal Banerjee, it
was decided to pay the air freight to bring
both idols from Kolkata to
cheaper. To replace the much depleted BRBLA funds
money will be raised through special
donations from members for these two idols as well
as for a new idol of Saraswati to be
purchased in the near future as unanimously approved
by the EC. Samir Chakravarty proposed
that an immediate advance of $500.00 be made to
Tapan Sarkar to cover the progressive
payments for the two idols in making and the
remaining amount be paid to him after the ready
idols are shipped to
with all necessary invoices and/or receipts to cover
the entire cost before the final payment is
made to him as was unanimously accepted by the EC.
Progress:
Both idols have been made and shipped to
on ground transport from
September 8, 2009.
6.
Samir Chakravarty reported that according to the
agreement between Tapan Sarkar and Datta
3, 2009. A vote of thanks was passed on to Tapan for
his untiring efforts. Samir proposed that as
a matter of prudence, two or three members of the EC
ought to meet with the representative of
involved issues and terms. A deposit of $200.00
could then be made for the venue. Tapan will
arrange for this meeting.
7.
As proposed by Samir Chakravarty, it was unanimously
decided to send formal invitations for
all BRBLA future events to members only after he
pointed out that practical difficulties were
faced in trying to keep up with the non-members’
contact information, their intent to join or not
to join a particular BRBLA event making it
impossible to do a proper headcount besides facing
some undue and unjustified criticism from them. The
EC adopted the policy of entertaining non-
members only as guests of existing members provided
the minimum expected donation is met in
advance of the event. Members should encourage all
non-member guests to become members of
BRBLA. Members can also bring their visiting family
members and friends as personal guests
after paying the minimum expected donations in
advance. Kailash Deka wanted some posters be
made so non-members could contact BRBLA. Samir
pointed out that somebody responding to
our displayed posters will definitely be encouraged
to become a member first. A non–member
showing up at the door will be appropriately
welcomed. As a courtesy, all non-members shall be
asked if they would like to apply the first five
dollars of their current donation towards the
annual BRBLA membership fee. Sharbari Dey’s proposal
of distributing invitation cards to
members of
considered as inviting non-members and would go
against the unanimous decision just taken by
the EC not to do so. However, a notification of
BRBLA Durga Puja will be allowed in the Datta
expected to be present on Friday night and hence
dinner would be arranged for fifty people only.
However, Saturday’s lunch will be served to a
maximum of one hundred people as an unknown
number of
Progress:
Santanu Majumdar designed some posters for display
at various appropriate locations.
Tapan Sarkar is in possession of these posters and
will arrange for their display. He already has
uploaded the poster on BRBLA Web site.
8. DURGA
PUJA - Samir Chakravarty and Nakul Maiti estimated:
Attendance:
Minimum Donation Rates:
Friday evening
= 50
Community members = $30.00
Saturday morning
= 100
Community non-members = $35.00
Expenses:
Student members = $15.00
Venue (
Food ingredients = $150.00
Freshman students (members & non-
Tea and soft drinks = $20.00
members) = $15.00
Decoration = $15.00
Membership dues from new students:
Puja expenses = $110.00
Tapan Sarkar offered to pay $5.00 ea
Propane Gas = $20.00
Dry Goods (cups, plates, napkins etc.) = $30.00
Expected collection:
Flowers = $35.00
Community members = 19x$30 = $570
Miscellaneous = $30.00
Community non-members = 1x$35 = $35
TOTAL = $710.00
Student members = 11x$15 = $165
Prorated Protima expenses:
Student non-members = 3x$20 = $60
Durga and Kali = $150.00
Freshman Students = 2x$15 = $30
OVERALL EXPENSES = $860.00
TOTAL COLLECTION = $860.00
KALI PUJA - Samir Chakravarty and Nakul Maiti
estimated:
Attendance:
Minimum Donation Rates:
Saturday evening
= 40
Community members = $20.00
Community
non-members = $25.00
Expenses:
Student members = $10.00
Venue (
Food
ingredients = $90.00
Freshman students (members & non-
Tea and soft drinks = $15.00
members) = $10.00
Decoration = $15.00
Membership dues from new students:
Puja expenses = $50.00
Tapan Sarkar offered to pay $5.00 ea
Propane Gas = $20.00
Dry
Goods (cups, plates, napkins etc.) = $20.00
Expected collection:
Flowers = $25.00
Community members = 19x$20 = $380
Miscellaneous = $20.00
Community non-members = 1x$25 = $25
Goat Meat = $120.00
Student members = 11x$10 = $110
TOTAL = $480.00
Student non-members = 3x$15 = $45
Prorated Protima expenses:
Freshman students (members & non-
Durga and Kali = $100.00
members) = 2x$10 =$20
OVERALL EXPENSES = $580.00
TOTAL COLLECTION = $580.00
Samir pointed out that a special collection from the
community members may be necessary to
make up for any deficit.
He
also pointed out that all donations must be collected in advance to
the extent feasible. All members will be asked for
donations on or before the day of General Body
Meeting.
9. Sharbari
Dey presented the following menu for Durga Puja:
Friday’s dinner will include Fried Rice, Aloo Dum,
Chana Dal & a Sweet.
Saturday’s lunch will include Khichuri, Papad.
Chutney, Bandhakopi or Labra & Payesh
The menu will be finalized at the General Body
Meeting.
Tapan Sarkar pointed out that Santanu Majumdar is
expected to
contribute about $200.00 for
Kali
Puja dinner. Menu details will be worked out later and presented to the General
Body. An
effort will be made to arrange for a sit-down dinner
at the “
10.
Krishnendu Saha has been asked to organize a short cultural
program for Durga Puja. He will
work out all details to present to the General Body.
11.
Samir Chakravarty stated that some changes to the By-Laws
are necessary. The first meeting of
the sub-committee will be held in September, 2009 at
Kailash Deka’s convenience.
12.
2010 Saraswati Puja:
Samir
Chakravarty reported that Saraswati Puja will be held on Saturday, January 23,
2010 at
the
Puja on October 3, 2009, will now be accounted for
Saraswati Puja on January 23, 2010.
13.
Membership drive:
Tapan Sarkar will contact Sreerupa Roy, Pranab and
Mala Mukherjee to renew their
memberships. Sharbari Dey will contact Bratati
Mukherjee to renew her membership. P. G.
Banerjee
will ask Nirmalya and Shilpi Banerhjee to become members.
Progress:
Nirmalya and Shilpi Banerjee have become members
14.
Other topics:
No other topics were brought up before the EC.
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Minutes of 2009 Executive Committee's First Meeting
Saturday, July 25, 2009 Venue: Samir Chakravarty’s residence at |
Kailash Deka (President) Samir Chakravarty (Secretary)
Nakul
Maiti (Treasurer)
Tapan
Sarkar (Committee Member)
Kushal
Dasgupta (Committee Member)
Sharbari
Dey (Committee Member)
Santanu
Majumdar (Committee Reserve
Member)
Nirmali
Deka (BRBLA Member)
Sonhita
Sarkar (BRBLA Member) |
Minutes:
1.
The Executive Committee is (hereinafter called “EC”
consists of seven elected Committee
Members including the Past President plus two
members in the reserve pool.
2.
On Behalf of
Priyo Gopal Banerjee, Samir Chakravarty welcomed the
new President and
his team and requested him to conduct the meeting.
3.
Kailash Deka thanked everybody for having charged him with
the responsibility of being BRBLA
President but expressed the drawback as a result of
his job related transfer to
indefinite period.
However he vowed his full cooperation and
participation when he returns to
Baton Rouge every two to three weeks to spend the
weekend.
He also expressed his sincere hope
that every member works in unison towards the common
goals of BRBLA. Kailash was assured
that his heritage as a non-Bengali is most welcome
to BRBLA and is most certainly not a dividing
factor.
4.
The ex-Treasurer Samir Chakravarty reported:
BRBLA started the year on February 9, 2008 with an
Initial Bank Balance of
$2,435.04. After
celebrating and/or performing Saraswat puja, Durga
puja, Kali Puja and cricket match (with
LBCA) in 2008 and Saraswati puja in 2009, the ending
balance as of March 15, 2009 was
$2,971.69 (Chase
Bank Account holding $2,899.99, cash on hand $55.70
and un-deposited checks
worth $16.00). A detailed financial statement duly
audited by Sahana Sen dated March 15, 2009
was distributed to all Committee members present.
5.
Samir also reported:
Subsequent to March 15, 2009 till date, $55.00 was
collected as Membership dues,
$205.00 was
paid for hall rental to celebrate Durga Puja 2009
and another $105.00
was paid for hall rental to
celebrate Kali Puja 2009 to
damage deposit to cover the two celebrations was
handed to BREC,
check is not to be cashed and is returnable to BRBLA
at the end of the two events.
Not
counting
the damage deposit check but counting $40.00 charged
to BRBLA Account by Chase Bank
(Service charge of
$10.00 per month starting from March, 2009 to June
2009), the ending
balance as of July 25, 2009 Is $2,676.69 (Chase
Bank Account holding $2,610.99, cash on hand
$65.70). A detailed un-audited financial statement
dated July 25, 2009 was distributed to all
Committee members present.
6.
Chase Bank may charge another $10.00 towards service
charges for July, 2009. To prevent
further service charges from August, 2009 onwards,
it was decided to close Chase Bank account
before the end this month (July). A new account free
of
service charges will be opened in a
different Bank when Kailash is in town. Kailash will
inform if August 8th or 15th will be suitable
for him to sign up for this new account. The
signature of both President (Kailash) and Treasurer
(Nakul) will be required to open a new account.
Meanwhile, Samir will hold the current balance
(after withdrawal from Chase Bank) in his custody.
Nakul will function as the new Treasurer
when the new account is opened.
Progress :
BRBLA account with Chase bank was closed on 07/30/09
withdrawing the entire
balance of $2,610.99. Samir is holding Chase check
#9198401347 dated 07/30/2009 made out to
BRBLA for $2,610.99. Samir is also holding a cash on
hand balance of $65.70 as stated above.
7.
Past Secretary’s Report:
Tapan Sarkar distributed an unfinished list of
BRBLA assets.
With the help of Samir, Tapan
will complete the list on or before August 15th.
Tapan reported that all three idols on hand are in
very bad shape. Recently, Santanu Majumdar repaired
the Saraswati idol.
He will also repair the
Durga idol before leaving
Shape.
It was realized that the idols/images of all three
Goddesses need be replaced at our
soonest.
Tapan reported that the total membership count last
year was 61. Samir stated that the
current membership count is approximately 35. Tapan
and Samir will compile an up-to-date
membership list on or before August 15th 2009.
Tapan and Samir will collaborate to file for a non-
profit status for BRBLA as soon as possible.
Progress.: The actual member count is 40 including
some honorary members.
8.
Durga Protima Purchase:
Tapan Sarkar explained that an elaborate effort was made to
purchase a five year old Durga Idol
from Bengali organization of
was abandoned as the cost of transportation from Long
Island to
At the recommendation of Tapan and as proposed by Samir
(seconded by Tapan), it was
unanimously decided to spend $900.00 to $1,000.00 from
BRBLA funds towards purchase of a
brand new Durga Idol (3’x3’) imported from Kolkata. As per
Tapan’s estimate, this fund will be
enough to purchase a colorful Protima made from “shola” and
transport to
or like. It was pointed out that last year, a fund of
$333.00 was raised towards the purchase of a
new Durga Idol. As per the Committee decision, Tapan will
immediately place the order for a new
Durga
Idol through his friend in Kolkata.
Progress: Tapan has placed order for the new idol through
his friend in Kolkata. Hopefully, we
will receive this idol before our celebration date.
9.
2009
Durga Puja Celebration:
Samir reported that BREC hall (
from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM to celebrate Durga Puja. This hall
was unavailable on September 26,
2009 due to prior booking by others. A Sub-Committee was
formed with Tapan, Sharbari and
Kushal to celebrate Durga Puja. This Sub-Committee will
meet as convenient and do its
homework before calling a BRBLA General Body meeting
through the Secretary to work out the
details for 2009 Durga Puja.
Progress: The 2009 Durga Puja will be celebrated over a
period of two days in a different venue.
Please read item #13 below for the latest development. The
October 3rd reservation with BREC
has been rescheduled on January 23, 2009 for celebration of
Saraswati Puja.
10.
Kali Idol Purchase:
Tapan reported that purchase of a Kali Idol from Kolkata
will cost about $200.00 including
packaging. The uncertain transportation cost may be in
excess of $300.00 which can be saved if a
Person like Tapan’s friend brings the Idol as his personal
luggage from Kolkata.
Tapan will
investigate further and report to the Committee ASAP before
any decision can be made.
11.
2009 Kali Puja Celebration:
Samir reported that BREC hall (
2009 from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM to celebrate Kali Puja.
The hall must positively be vacated on or
before 10:00 PM as no further extension of time is
available.
A Sub-Committee was formed with
Tapan, Sharbari and Kushal to celebrate Kali Puja. This
Sub-Committee will meet as convenient
and do its homework before calling a BRBLA General Body
meeting through the Secretary to
work out the details for 2009 Kali Puja.
A common General Body meeting to celebrate both
Durga and Kali Puja will be called in the first week of
September, 2009.
12.
Saraswati Idol replacement:
It was realized that due to its current condition, the Idol
of Saraswati may have to be replaced
very
soon.
13.
Durga Puja lasting two days:
Some members raised the question of celebrating Durga Puja
over two days leaving the Idol
overnight at the venue after the end of first day‘s puja.
This is not possible at BREC park which
will also not refund the deposit already made to them.
Tapan,
Sonhita, Santanu, Nakul and
Sumana showed a lot of enthusiasm to make this happen and
took it upon themselves to further
explore the possibility.
Progress:
Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of Tapan,
negotiations with
concluded. According to the terms, 2009 Durga Puja will be
celebrated in the evening of Friday,
October 2nd and the morning of Saturday, October 3, 2009.
Further details will be communicated
to all members after we had a chance to discuss the latest
developments in our next Executive
Committee meeting.
14.
Publicize BRBLA events:
It was decided to create BRBLA posters to be
displayed at various public locations such as Indian
Grocery Stores,
posters.
15.
Changing Event related minimum donation and membership
dues:
Some preliminary discussions were held to change the
collection amount and procedures. Detailed
considerations will be made and decisions taken in the
General Body Meeting to be held in
September, 2009..
16.
By-Law changes:
A Sub-Committee was formed with Kailash, Tapan and Samir to
recommend the necessary
changes to the By-Laws for further streamlining BRBLA
operations.
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:59:11 -0700 (PDT) > From: Samir Chakravarty <bhulan_20002001@yahoo.com> > Subject: BRBLA - First Executive Committee Meeting > To: Priyo Banerjee <bhombol40@yahoo.com>, Kailash Deka <kimdeka@cs.com>, Sharbari Kamal Dey <sdey2@lsu.edu>, Kushal Dasgupta <kushal.dasgupta@gmail.com>, Nakul Maiti <n_maiti@yahoo.com>, Santanu Majumdar <santanu_lsu@yahoo.com>, Tapan Sarkar <tapansarkar@cox.net>, Krishnendu Saha <ksaha1@lsu.edu>, Nakul Maiti <nmaiti1@lsu.edu> > Cc: Samir Kumar Chakravarty <bhulan_20002001@yahoo.com> > > Dear BRBLA Executive Committee Members, > > The First meeting of the newly elected Executive Committee for the year 2009-2010 will be held on Saturday, July 25. "09 at my residence, located at 13513 Timberridge Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70817, starting at 4:00 p.m sharp. Your punctual attendance is requested. The spouses are welcome to attend the meeting. > > The following are included in the agenda: > 1. Welcome by old and current Presidents (by PG and Kailash) > 2. Old and current Treasurer's Report (by Samir and Nakul) > 3. Old and current Secretary's Report regarding BRBLA Assets (by Tapan and Samir) > 4. Durga Protima purchase (by Tapan and Santanu) > 5. 2009 Durga Puja Celebration (by Samir) and formation of Celebration Committee > 6. Kali Protima purchase (by Tapan) > 7. 2009 Kali Puja celebration (by Samir) and formation of Celebration Committee > 8. Proposed changes to BRBLA By-Laws - formation of Committee > 9. Any new item for discussion at member's choice > > Your active participation and cooperation are highly solicited. > > Thank you all, > Respectfully yours, > Samir Chakravarty > > P.S. Refreshments will be served |
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