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Publications. All the JAIN Affiliate Centers and Committees are JAIN CENTER RESOURCE listed with their Presidents' name and contact information.
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This JAINA Calendar & Mini-Library project has helped us to enhance the image of JAINA and the Jains of North America as an institution working to preserve and promote the Jain heritage in the Western world. In addition, it reminds us to pass on our great and ancient culture to our next generation.
Rajeev Pandya, Chairman
CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE
Constitution update and revision committee has been working for almost a year and had many conference calls and emails. We have come to revising the updates, which are almost ready to be sent to executive committee, and after its approval by executive committee it will be sent to all directors for ratification.
Manibhai Mehta, Chairman
GOVT. & INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RELATIONS
Jain Center Resource Committee (JCRC) was formed in Oct 2004. The committee members are as under: 1. Nitin Shah from Southern California - Chairman Naresh Shah from New York
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Arvind Vora, Chairman
Ravindra Kobawala from Chicago
Jitendra Shah from Northern California
Niranjan Humbad from Detroit
Uday Jain from Houston
Purpose: To interact with US @ Indian Govt. On behalf Nitin Shah, Chairman
of JAINA to benefit Jain community of N. America as well as People of India. To represent JAINA at International Organizations. Achievements: 1. Successfully maintain Registration of JAINA with US and Indian Govt.
Jain Education International
The committee has so far discussed various issues and was able to put together temple process guidelines that are available on JAINA's website. The guidelines will be very useful to the member centers to start a new center or to expand their existing centers.
JAIN DIGEST LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Mission and Stated goal of the committee is to increase life membership of Jain Digest and see that each and every Jain
2. Established relationship with World Jain Confederation and family in North America gets a copy of Jain Digest. Main goal worked with them on many fronts.
is to update the JD mailing list.
Dhiraj Shah M. D., Chairman
I have received calls from various centers for different types of help. I have provided help to what ever extent possible. I will like to mention specifically about Peoria (less then 10 Jain families), Illinois I was very privileged and honored to be able to work with Peoria Center's great endeavor of placing a Jain Tirthankar Pratima in a Hindu-Jain temple.
Please feel free to contact us for any question about temple.
We still have resources available but we sure can use more resources. We need help of all committee members to bring
INTERFAITH
The current Interfaith committee has been effective since awareness of JD in their community and help us to increase life October 2003 membership and try to get some advertisements for JD to reduce the cost of publication.
Established core Interfaith committee
Successful programs in the Parliament of World's Religions in Barcelona, Spain
In my opinion this committee can create a committee to bring advertisements for JD to offset the publication cost. Jaina
3. Unified programs with Jains from US, UK & India as convention board needs to think about charging $5 to $10 per well as monks and nuns from various sects. registration to offset the cost of JD publication.
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Posters for Exhibition: ready for use by any center.
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Keerti Shah. Chairman
"Jainism" flyer ready for use by any Jain Center. Presentation on Jainism and Environment ready for use
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by any Jain Center (Power Point Presentation)
7. Established close working relationship with JAINA JAIN NETWORK FORUM (JNF) Education Committee critical to design well coordinated information flyers, literature and presentations.
JNF provides networking and matrimonial opportunity to can
8. Interfaith news items increasingly sent to JAINA didates in USA and all over the world. JNF online is simplified Spectrum and Jain Digest.
database and search engine with complete profile of candidates. Major achievements since inception: A much needed online service from JAINA. It is kept alive after 2001 Jaina convention
www.jainelibrary.org)
This committee's long-term goal is to increase the awareness of JD, increase the life membership of JD and find other sources of revenue to make it self-sufficient.
JAINA COMMITTEES
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