MoM - 1st week Apr 09 (5th Apr)

Chair- Senthil
Date/ Time- 5th April 2009, Sunday, 2.30-4.00pm
Venue- Child Home, Korattur
No of Attendees- 39

Minutes:
A min Silence

Team Updates:

Project Coordinator- Updates

1. Earth Day- April 22nd
· Vijay would coordinate with Sahul, Ajith, Mrinalini, Kavitha and Jayanthi at their respective colleges for putting up Red drops posters and SMS a sapling posters and enroll volunteers for the main event on Wednesday April 22nd 2009
2. Village adoption- GramUdharan-
· Lata will provide us the report and requirements for us to take it forward with Tamil translation of the draft proposal to be put forward to village head man
· The Sports kit for cricket and Volley is awaiting approval from the CSS committee ad on approval getting ready to help the students prepare the ground
3. Health Team-
· Plans to kick start safety and health training or workshop in coordination with external agency; primarily to address volunteers first.
· Dr. Ashwin will be issuing the health card for future health camps and suggestion to hold a screening camp as the first measure before remedial measures the camps have been decided for Vayalur villagers and Vijayanagar residents near Velachery
· Peter- Adventure sports specialist on safety procedures- referred by Sandeep Vijay Nair
4. Volunteers-
· Murali has forwarded a database of 1000 volunteers to be used for various CSS activities. They can be utilized for Gramudharan project, Cancer Institute blood donation project and also for CSS activities

Environment Care Group-
1. Pradeep had introduced his Chennai Bikers club members Sandeep Vijay Nair and Rahul Vijay Nair to CSS. These biers have offered their jacket as a space to put the socially relevant messages and if possible ride with them to various points around the country and spreading awareness on various issues like environment, child abuse, BYOB, etc.
2. Branding can be done on their helmet too
3. Till date have donated more than 200 saplings with targeted numbers for this year before 26th July is 365. Last week had given 10 saplings to Anand Institute of Higher technology for their green club. The lead was given by Ms. Aparna, CSS volunteer
4. We have also given saplings to Aarthi for their annual agricultural fair at Anna University; totaling 50 saplings
5. Plans to distribute Cloth bags to members with BYOB message, already we have fined one of our members for carrying plastic bag with them, Rs. 10.

Aravanaippu-

1. Veena had visited a home nearer to her residence Babuji Gopal Home and further information is awaited

Nalanda-

1. Requirement for 2 students hailing from Trichy, the students come from poor background with no financial wherewithal to support the students, requirement for schooling and hostelling

Road Safety Group-

1. Development on video shoots for advertisement to be produced for Moon TV
2. Next a poem to be penned by Dr. Ananth for the video shoots and then to seek a celebrity endorsement

Reddrops-

1. Chennai Cancer Institute requires 100 volunteers every month to help their blood supply for patients