[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by pagalguy

15 People ? You guys must be kidding.. Hyd started with 3 and Mumbai used to run with 3 .. Get real and get any number of people and start off.

True ! In retrospect I fear we might keep waiting for that "critical mass" to happen and it will turn out that it might never come through.

I figure once we have a clear agenda and set expectations of what people need to contribute/take-awa we can proceed. Once the intial teething problem gets solved things will fall in place.

Arun

[arboreal_tarantula]

hmmmm .. if thats what junta thinks .. so be it ...
any more folks for community service in Bangalore ? *bump*

[uRmad]

True folks......I guess You ppl already are way ahead than critical mass...All you need to do is induce that one neutron and it shalt be a chain reaction All da best folks

Cheers

[arboreal_tarantula]

Hi folks,

Here is what I think we should be doing.

1. Check out
http://www.samarthanam.org. they are primarily into supporting visually impaired children.

2. Lets meet on Saturday 11th December, post lunch, and after meeting up, we will go to Samarthanam. here are the directions and a pretty useful map : http://www.samarthanam.org/contactus.htm

3. I have been trying to get in touch with Samarthanam, but the phone comes out as engaged. will update here as soon as i can get in touch with them.

4. uday pointed out that usually a lot of people have trouble dealing with the blind, in the sense, it is a bit disconcerting for people to deal with blindness, but lets give it a try, because working with samarthanam comes out as something we can do without requiring substantial skill or capital

5. once samarthanam gives the go ahead, we will fix the time for our meet - it probably has to be early afternoon, so that the samarthanam officials are available when we go and meet them. keep checking this thread for the exact time. location wud be the open air barista on MG road

[arboreal_tarantula]

got in touch with vijaya from samarthanam. we are visiting her at 4 pm Saturday, 11th December.
Lets meet up on MG road open air Barista, sharp at 2 45 pm.

After exchanging pleasantries and a cuppa, we will land up at Samarthanam at 4.

i think there is a lot of scope here, because there are certain activities we can do - for example, recording a book reading session on tape, which can be done at our own convenience, whenever our time permits. we will know more about what we can do once we go there.

hope to see all of u there.

if there are others interested, please feel free to drop by. to identify me, i will be the biggest chappie in a french beard and glasses around.


cheers
arbo

[prestidigitator]

hi folks!
happy to see this great work restarted in this thread.
though i hv been reading this thread for quite smtime nw but this is my first post to the this index.
i would like to join you all.can i accompany u all to samarthanam.
i kno a few organisations who are in need of enthusiastic people like us.

i have visited WARDs in the jivan bhima nagar ...n they seem to b in need of funds for the vocational training of the blind.

if u really want to get in touch with sm dedicated chaps join the iva-all yahoo group.
Individuals for Voluntary Activities(IVA) is a Non-Profit,Non-Governmental
Social Service Organization working towards promoting Community Service
Activities.
We are an enthusiastic bunch of Professionals from various companies/colleges
in Bangalore, currently working on Basic Health, Computer Literacy,
Tuition classes for poor students, Fund raising, Blood donation, PR/Media/Campaigns
for de-addiction, Web site creation, Preparing Project reports and
studies.
Sky is the limit! Do join us in this effort. or take us with you.
i m sure we can make a lot of difference!

well i coming in this meet...c u all there!
will try to bring the moderator of my group too...

[prestidigitator]

so ......see u guys!
if i come with a group of people will tht b a problem??
i kno it wont b...but still asking to confirm...))\reply before the meeting!!

[Psychodementia]

Hey its great to know about Samarthanam. The point being I think we need to be motivated on the long run only if we feel comfortable working on something we feel really passionate about. Helping blind children especially in the ways Shameekh mentioned, really got me pumped up

So Barista at MGRoad at 2:45pm this Saturday sounds good to me. And yea look out for a huge guy (I stand 6'3" stocking feet) with/out a french (depends on my mood) next to the big guy Shameekh.

<-------- im really liking this character now !!!

Arun

[Hobbes]

Originally Posted by prestidigitator

so ......see u guys!
if i come with a group of people will tht b a problem??
i kno it wont b...but still asking to confirm...))\reply before the meeting!!

bhelcum bhelcum

the more the merrier!


Uday

[arboreal_tarantula]

hey presti .. get as many ppl as u can .. its not a problem at all .. in fact it wud be wonderful !