Dear All,
During the last Association meeting, the elders of NE Chapter in USA selected me to be the President of this chapter. I was totally taken by surprise as I am comparatively pretty new to this area and know very little about very few of our community members. However I have been attending almost all functions of the community, unless either I am not in state or not in a position to move.
It has been about 5 months since then and I am trying to figure out as to what is expected of me by the people except organize the two annual functions.
My questions to all members across the globe are as under:
1. What should be the scope of these organizations?
2. Should there be charter of duty for each office bearer of the assciation.
3. Should there be a constitution for the association.
4. How do we finance these associations.
5. How can they contribute to further interests of the community.
6. Do we need to have a general meeting of these associations atleast once a year to discuss the achievements and define the goals for the next year.
7. What authority the elected members should have over community matters and how that should be implemented
8. Are we prepared as a community to make such organizations strong. And if so, what should be the next step.
9. Should we have more of such associations in India where we can complement each other, some thing on the lines of Bhartiya Kisan Union.
9. I personally, feel, once we make these small organizations strong, we can group them nationally and internationally to make our community a viable political force. It might take a lot of time and effort but will be a good idea to keep our community interest alive. Please concentrate on the questions raised and how the ideas so generated can be implemented in letter and spirit of these forums.
I would request all memebers to express their views on this.