Re: Just a thought: let us discuss & ACT!

Dear Chandu,

Sure.I am ready for it.We can get together or have a call one day to
start working on it.

Regards,
Madhu

Chandu Sambasiva Rao wrote:
> Dear Madhu,
>
> Good observations and thoughts. You raised very relavent points. Adding to
> your ideas, In my mind we also need to make sure the following:
>
>
> - Our efforts have to be purely voluntary
> - Everyone has equal opportunity to propose a project for his
> village/town and be responsible for implementing it. The idea here is, less
> logistical overhead costs, better coordination and oversight. Projects will
> be short listed based on the pragmatics, and subsequently through lottory
> should there be competition!!
> - All opertaions to be open and transparent. All members of AndhraOne
> will serve as the board. Let us learn the game of doing work professionally.
> Every time we are ready to sponsor a project, members can signup to be the
> board to review and assess which projects to fund, and subsequent oversight.
> ( A team of 5 or so will be good). This board is responsible only for that
> project. Next time around new board (possibly with some volunteers
> overlapping).
> - These board members will be helped by all other members of the
> group!
> - We need volunteers to take this idea further and figure out the
> logistics for the group.
> - Let us get these things taken care of by the end of the month so, we
> give give a jump start in February!
> - Last but not least, to be able to promote our work, we will keep
> "AndhraOne" as the facilitator for all projects. There should not be any
> individual credit rather the credit should go to the group. Individuals will
> have the satisfaction and be our heroes!!
>
>
> Madhu, GV, Ramesh: would you like to be the working committee to frame the
> scheme?
> Please express your interest to if you want to be part of the working
> committee to get this thing rolling.
>
> Please send your ideas and concerns! I will be involved as a volunteer, but
> I would like others to take the lead.
>
> Regards,
> Chandu
>
>
>
> On 1/9/06, madhusreddy@gmail.com <madhusreddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Its a nice thought by Ramesh.Lots of discussions are going on in this
> > forum but this one is the real constructive and useful thought I have
> > seen so far(in terms of giving something back to the society or
> > motherland or needy...whatever you name).
> >
> > I think lot of people want to help,but afraid if thier contributions
> > are really being used in right way.To remove that fear we all can have
> > an opportunity to propose a project within budget (Max 500 dollars)
> > and implement it.Let the individual take care of his village/town
> > school for example.We can rotate this among all the members.
> >
> > To do all this we need to have a board(again this will be rotated once
> > in evey 6 months or 1 year).This board will decide which projects will
> > be implemented first.We also have to consider few legal issues as we
> > will have to transfer money.
> >
> > These are just some high level thouhts (Just Mine).We can have a
> > brainstorming sessions with intrested individuals and move forward.We
> > can refine and make changes as we make progress.
> >
> > Every individual just take care of his village/town.Imagine what we all
> > together have achived after an year.
> >
> > Again these are just my thoughts...if anyone don't like... feel free to
> > Trash it.
> >
> > Regards
> > Madhusudhan Reddy
> >
> >
> >
> > Chandu Sambasiva Rao wrote:
> > > Excellent proposal Ramesh!
> > >
> > > I feel very proud of our member-friends willing to go the extra mile to
> > > make a difference in the lives of those who need us most.
> > >
> > > I encourage all of our members to think about it and formulate a scheme
> > > of selecting and encouraging various projects. We want our members to
> > > be in charge of what they want to do while the group pitches in.
> > >
> > > Anyone, from any where, with a pragmatic and directly useful idea/plan
> > > that is in reach of our group is welcome. Before I say anymore, please
> > > collaborate, and figure out how best we take this idea to execution.
> > >
> > > Let us shoot for at least one project a month if not more!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Chandu
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Sambasiva Rao Chandu
> http://groups.google.com/group/AndhraOne