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JAINA MEETINGS AT SIDDHACHALAM
JAINA Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meetings were held on December 1, 2001 at Siddhachalam. Due to lack of quorum for JAINA Board of Directors meeting, Directors present participated in all items of the agenda, and the following is the summary of the discussion.
1. Meeting was started with Navkarmantra.
2. Observed 2 minutes of silence for victims of twin towers at World Trade Center on 9/11/01
3.Highlights of last phone meetings were read, and past minutes of meeting were circulated and approved by Executive Committee.
4.YJA Convention - This years' convention will be held on July 4th weekend in New Jersey. There will be 3 Age groups, 14-17, 18-24, and 25-29. The maximum number of registrations would be 700 and it will be on first come first serve basis and everyone will need to write short essay. Convention Souvenir will be distributed in the CD format. They requested $25,000 from JAINA for the convention. JAINA may approve maximum of $10,000, as a loan to be repaid if they turn in the profit, if not then that will be considered as a grant. With the current expenses and income, YJA may run into shortfall as high as $75,000. They were requested to re-examine their expenses. They will be required to provide their accounting. Birud Zaveri is the chairperson of YJA convention.
5. Treasurer's Report - Mr. Girish Shah handed out the financial report. JAINA General Fund has just enough money for next issue of Jain Digest. JAINA needs about $100,000 per year. Girish Shah proposed and Anop Vora seconded the proposal that JAINA should deduct 3% administration fee for all outgoing funds upon the receipt of the funds, rather then at the time of distribution of funds. This would allow JAINA with the immediate use of the funds. It will also simplify accounting procedures for the JAINA committees. JAINA committee would also have the clear-cut idea of their availability of the funds. The Executive Committee approved the motion.
6. JAINA Marketing Group: JAINA is facing financial crunch. There has been lack of enrollment in patron program as well as general donations. It was felt that we needed to form a group, whose main function would be to raise funds on an ongoing basis, till we can make Jain Digest financially independent. To meet this need, a group was formed for the sole purpose of fund raising and marketing of JAINA products. This group would be called as JAINA marketing group. The Executive Committee appointed their members as follows: Dr. Manibhai Mehta, Chairperson. Bipin Parikh and Dilip V. Shah. Their objectives would be: 1. Fund raising 2. Creating and maintaining JAINA awareness and 3. What can JAINA do for all Jain Centers, to make the difference?
4/JAIN DIGEST SPRING 2002
Jain Education Intemational
7.JAIN DIGEST: In order to coincide publication of the Jain Digest with major JAINA functions, it was decided to change Jain Digest publication dates to the following new dates:
February 28th, May 30th August 30th and November 30 Dilip V. Shah is currently active in bringing national advertisements for Jain Digest. YJA & YJP will also help in bringing advertisements for the Jain Digest. Deadline for each issue will be 30 days prior to the publication date.
Mr. Naresh Shah will provide an article about his community services, such as Jain marriage procedures, poojas etc. Mr. Lalit Shah, past president of JAINA will distribute Jain Digest in India at his expense. We still do not have enough Jain Digest Life Members. Jain Digest life member's list was distributed to all regional vice presidents. They were requested to follow through their directors and local sanghs to recruit more life members.
8. JAINA 2001 Convention Report - Dr. Bipin Parikh circulated Financial Statements. We had 4,800 registrations, and we just about broke even. There are outstanding pledges of more than $36,000. But he did not see any problem in collecting them. He also mentioned that he is working on 2005 & 2007 convention sites, possibly LA and Orlando. Dallas or Houston may want to participate in 2009.
9. JAINA 2003 Convention - Our next convention is finalized for Cincinnati, Ohio. Convention center has great sound system with 462,000 sq. feet area. He felt that between 4 days rental of the convention hall and services, JAINA's cost should not be more than $100,000. This amounts to saving of over $100,000 from Chicago convention. Mr. Anop Vora assigned following Executive Committee members for the convention:
Kirit Daftary and Kamlesh Amin as Secretary of Convention Lata Champsee preferred to work in Souvenir Committee instead of Registration committee as suggested.
Kirit Daftary was added in Program & VIP Invitation Committee. Sushil Jain's name was added in Publicity & P.R. Committee Chandrakant Shah's name was added in Fund Raising Com
mittee.
10. Reports From JAINA Committee Members:
Mr. Nirmal Dosi discussed about celebration of 2600th Birth
day anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavir by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. April 13-14, 2002. This would be co-sponsored by JAINA and YJA. Dr. Bipin Parikh appointed Kirit Kapadia as JAINA representative to Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan.
YJP: Dr. Bipin Parikh mentioned about combining data from MIS, YJA, and YJP. There are about 900 members, of which there are 100 paid members. Mr. Anop Vora discussed the over-lapping age issue of YJA and YJP. Their website is www.yjponline.org
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