SEDS-India Meeting Transcript 20080406
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Ashok Reddy: hiiiiiiiiiiiii
Anmol Sharma: hello Ashok
Anmol Sharma: so till we start in all..... SEDS JNTU status check...
Ashok Reddy: hi anmol...
Anmol Sharma: whats been goin around....
Ashok Reddy: here i approached some students from nearby colleges of my college and described the activites of seds and also approached some of my friends.. some were really interested in seds... but because of semester exams.. i am unable to follow up
Anmol Sharma: ok.... so what events do you plan next semester?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: not wanting to barge in...but Ashok, I think you should work on your own chapter also..you can then cite it as an example ...
Anmol Sharma: ashok, did you read the SEDS VIT annual report?
Ashok Reddy: hopefully i can make a team... and will demonstrate about the SEDS and space realted activities to the remaining students of my college
Ashok Reddy: just a minute.. i'll be bak... got a call
Ashok Reddy: r u there
Ashok Reddy: i am back
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yep
Anmol Sharma: ya
Ashok Reddy: i have a small suggestion regarding the SEDS_INDIA_EXEC COMM id cards.... how would it be if we put a photo on the concerned person's I'card
Anmol Sharma: as of now we dont..... collecting photos and stickin them and then despatching is too big a headache
snehaldeshpande18 has joined the conference.
Anmol Sharma: maybe if the individual chapters feel the need..... they're free to go ahead!
Anmol Sharma: hello Snehal!
snehaldeshpande18: ok .. am here
Ashok Reddy: k..
Ashok Reddy: hi snehak
Ashok Reddy: snehal
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: we're still missing Pranv, Krishna and Ashish...anyone of them coming?
snehaldeshpande18: hello everyone!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Pranav and Ashish, anyone coming?
snehaldeshpande18: am not sure
Anmol Sharma: ashish comin
Anmol Sharma: he said 5mins 5min back
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Pranav said he'd be here..
Anmol Sharma: like he said it now or yesterday?
snehaldeshpande18: can we have a time limit on this one.. have some work to attend to..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: ok, agenda was set for the first meeting in March
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: since no meeting happened in March - the same applies for April
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Agenda -
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 1. Meeting procedures
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 2. Working model
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 3. Events and Fundraising
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: We'll take that one last..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: as for 1.
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Ashok has been doing this well - he seems to have learnt the job well - all he needs is a response from everyone when he sends out an email..
Anmol Sharma: fine... the working model first?? Pradeep...start....
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: starting with the meeting..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I'd like the meetings to last no more than 30 minutes to 45 minutes..
Anmol Sharma: i concur!
snehaldeshpande18: same here..
Ashok Reddy: me 2
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: if everyone sends in a report of their work till about two days before the meeting - we can cut down on taking status reports..
snehaldeshpande18: that means we are informed well on advance about the meetings
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: -> send in your reports two days before the meeting - Ashok will be sending the agenda for the meeting two days before it starts - so, you can check out the agenda and also submit your status reports
Anmol Sharma: ok....can be implemented in that case....2days prior we send in reports
Ashok Reddy: thanx for your co-operation with me
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yes, and we also know what progress other people have made and how it might help our cause..
Anmol Sharma: k
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: any other points you'd like to contribute to this one?
Anmol Sharma: people responsible should be present for the working model to work...
snehaldeshpande18: exactly..
Anmol Sharma: i mean atleast reports or some form of contact from all should be enforece
Anmol Sharma: *enforced
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I'd love to enforce it..but how do you do that? You can even sms or email or request..can you suggest any other way?
Anmol Sharma: call the laxative lazy twerps and scold them till they DIE!
snehaldeshpande18: that too isnt working i guess
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: no, it isn't...and that's why I'm so exasperated with the condition
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: is everyone here agreed on the following: a. meeting every 15-20 days. b. status reports 2 days before every meeting
Ashok Reddy: i agree
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: (15-20 days when the max. no of people are free)
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: (but please do inform Ashok about your availability)
snehaldeshpande18: that ashok wil take care tat all of them are present
snehaldeshpande18: right ashok???
Ashok Reddy: ok snehal
Anmol Sharma: no work, no post......miss 3 reports and u're gone
Anmol Sharma: what say??
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: unless reason is provided.
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: anyway, two announcements between point 1 and 2
Ashok Reddy: yeah there should be the reason..
Anmol Sharma: ashish is here
Anmol Sharma: but none of us seem visible to him...
Anmol Sharma: sunno whats wrong!
snehaldeshpande18: must have signed in as invisible!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 1. Sangeetha hasn't been responding to emails - so she's temporarily out of a post - Pranav is the new Director, Events
Ashok Reddy: ok
snehaldeshpande18: and that is a decision taken up by you???
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 2. Vishal is no longer in the Exec Comm. He expressed his wish of not wanting to continue in his position. Anmol will take over his responsibility
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: @Snehal - yes.
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Appointment of new members is purely Presidential decision - just as I had taken all of you in by appointment
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 2. working model
snehaldeshpande18: There was no committe when yopu were there!!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: since most of us are really far away, we need to have a good system of inter-exchange of information..
Ashok Reddy: yeah thats the major factor dragging us behind
snehaldeshpande18: its presidential after the suggestion of the executive comittee!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: @Snehal, will get to your point later..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Do you think we should pick someone other than Pranav?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I did take this decision unilaterally, but I thought it was in the best interests of SEDS India - since Pranav also had an experience in organising SEDSIC
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: that would have ruled anyone else out..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yes, he does not continue to be in VIT after June-July..and that's something we should face..but we'll take care of it at that time..
snehaldeshpande18: that is ok... but there is a procedure right... pucha bhi nai???
snehaldeshpande18: aur jab sangeeha ke bare me puchte the ... it would be she is in contact with me..
snehaldeshpande18: is she some fictious person ??
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I dunno...but I hope not!!
snehaldeshpande18: she should turn up once atleast...
Ashok Reddy: she dint even have contact/chat with any 1
Ashok Reddy: *had
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: she did talk with Naveen..
Ashok Reddy: ok...
Anmol Sharma: lucky naveen
snehaldeshpande18: the Work gets stuck up when we dont have some events planned for the chapters!!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: she's also talked to Anbarasan while trying to organise the Destination Moon outreach mission
Anmol Sharma: @snehal i agreee
Ashok Reddy: ohhh ok
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yes...but we don't have anything planned for anyone...do we?
snehaldeshpande18: thats the point!!!!! we should have had something planned!!!
Anmol Sharma: what?
snehaldeshpande18: kuch to feasible event propose karna cahiye tha!!!
Ashok Reddy: how would it be if any 1 get on touch with her again and ask for her interest???????
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: If you go through all the emails that I sent you...I was asking you for that only...
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: those emails seem to be getting me no replies...if I don't know what your personal work has been - how can I plan anything?
Anmol Sharma: i'd rather wait for an answer from a rock or a tree trunk than mail her again...
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: therefore - it's been to get the registeration done asap..
Anmol Sharma: its ok she's capped gone and into the coffin as fas as events are concerned
Anmol Sharma: please give us some good events.....
Anmol Sharma: not just emails and links.... some serious stuff that can be despatched
Anmol Sharma: conducted at national levels!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: the plan as of now is to atleast get the registeration done...
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yes.
Ashok Reddy: can any 1 tell me about the destination moon and related info????????
Anmol Sharma: registration for SEDS??
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Since people in VIT felt they couldn't organise a meeting at VIT, it was proposed to hold a conference with Planetary Society, India and ASISC
snehaldeshpande18: The registration from our registar side is taking long... will contact raghunandan and see waht can be done!!!
Anmol Sharma: please before we move to this....whats the final point on evenets?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Since people in VIT felt they couldn't organise a meeting at VIT, it was proposed to hold a conference with Planetary Society, India and ASISC
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Pranav will send an email to the list ... detailing this and we'll go ahead with this.
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: this is the only event planned for this year - with a competition - Moon Rover Design Competition from SEDS..
Ashok Reddy: pradeep!! can i have contact number of raghunandan... i lost it... i'll contact him and work..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: the link will be on the india.seds.org
Anmol Sharma: so will pranav bhaiya be fixing more events soon?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: the competition is the same that I sent all of you a month back - I have got a response on that only from Anmol
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I am not sure about more events...
Anmol Sharma: will he alone be able to type in and make the pamphlets or fliers, decide the rules, decide and contact the judges and a lot of other things....
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Pranav will have to discuss that with us...
Anmol Sharma: seeing that he is here only till may 20th
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: no!
snehaldeshpande18: Then who is going to??
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: not him alone..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: he'll be free to take help from other students in VIT as well as from any other chapter in SEDS India
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: including as many members of SEDS India Exec Comm who are free..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: including me!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: these will be cleared through a SEDS India Exec Comm meeting before these are finalized
Anmol Sharma: should i attach the Sabya and Sumit (helpin with the posters and other such things with DCA) to him so that the writing/designing and contact work can be done smoothly!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Raghunandan is confident about holding this conf during World Space Week - Oct 4 - 10 2008
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: that's his call!
snehaldeshpande18: @anmol ye sahi hoga!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: After we clear the fact that we can back this conference...he's free to do anything to make it happen!
Ashok Reddy: i 2 think this will be the right 1
Anmol Sharma: pradeep and the committee.... please as responsible ppl chart out the benefits and aims and objectives of any conference that is being conducted by us....
Anmol Sharma: what do we really stand to gain....
Anmol Sharma: I dont think SEDS India needs "conferences", i think we need grass roots chapter development and events and projects
Anmol Sharma: i think we need a network of people to build a base first and then jump into tryin to get the limelight!
Anmol Sharma: the annual general meeting (AGM) not bein confused with a conference here i suppose
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yes, developing chapters at the grass roots is really important...so, anytime you need any help - ask others...ask everyone...email everyone
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: no.
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: the conference is totally and completely different - expect an email on this one from Pranav..
Anmol Sharma: then its not a SEDS India conference
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: no - he calls it the Students Space Science Conference
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: it's not claimed by anyone as their own..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: Planetary Society, India being based in Hyderabad and being experienced is playing host this time around
snehaldeshpande18: fine ... so Pranav bhaiya willl be deciding about the events till the next meeting!!!!....and anmol is right... let the initial steps being taken concretise... and the conf. is just which we will be having a meet!!!
Ashok Reddy: ya
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: yeah, just an oppertunity to slap each other
Ashok Reddy:
Anmol Sharma: k,
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: to summarize the meeting
Anmol Sharma: next
snehaldeshpande18: fund raising part tha!!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 1. please send me reports about what's the exact work done till now
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: 2. conference will be handled by Pranav..
snehaldeshpande18: wo bhi decision ho gaya
Ashok Reddy: ok then next summary
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I think fundraising will make sense only if Krishna were here - I'll start a discussion on it via email... it's the most realistic and hardest thing to do ... and also depends partly on what work we've done till now - which to be frank, is nothing much besides a chapter in VIT
Anmol Sharma: and the rest of the chapter prgress...u'll get in the report
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: For Anmol's point regarding chapter - can we have a meeting with Chapter Presidents - NITKS, JNTU etc
Anmol Sharma: and SEDS KCT
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: me, Snehal and Anmol will talk to each and every Chapter President over the next week and see what's the problem, the situation etc and talk how we can improve their condition
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I think the etc. handled that, didn't it.
Anmol Sharma: yes we can....but most of them are havin exams around....so nothing much is possible till june
Anmol Sharma: as we all have vacs in may
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: whenever it is possible..
Anmol Sharma: we can have it in may
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: we'll email them and check and schedule the meeting as per their convenience.
Anmol Sharma: pradeep what about a chapter at your college?
Anmol Sharma: what college are you in?
Anmol Sharma: sure, i'll do that
snehaldeshpande18: may is good!!! will meet that JNTU guy in person..
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: let's not even talk about that - when I went to the Principal
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: he asked me to handle the college's Science Club...when I made it profitable enough, he removed me...and took over the funds of the club..
Ashok Reddy: ohhhhhh no
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: so, that's what will happen to a SEDS chapter here - I'm still recovering from that shock..
Anmol Sharma:
Anmol Sharma: ohhk....hey what are they doin with sedsic 08 in UK
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I'm trying to work out a SEDS chapter int the locality..
Anmol Sharma: hope they have launched the site.....have they?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I have no idea..neither do they..
Anmol Sharma: papers?
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I dunno!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I haven't been informed about anything
Anmol Sharma: ne1 i can contact in seds uk?
Ashok Reddy: nope
Anmol Sharma: will tell the chapters, 1st chance for intl. exposure
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I'll put in touch with someone
snehaldeshpande18: ok... guys I got 5 min in sify!!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I have to run now..can we call the meeting closed?
Anmol Sharma: ok
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: any wandering points - please put it in an email and I'll send you a detailed report on the question - you're entitled to the decisions
Anmol Sharma: long live the revolution!
snehaldeshpande18: fine!!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: hopefully!
Ashok Reddy: hey..please do inform me about your convenience regarding the meetings... Since JNTU is conducting End Examinations from 29th.... i may be unable to attend the meeting for two times(i.e., 2nd meeting of april and 1st meeting of may) so.. i request u to forgive my absence.. any way i'll inform u all about the meeting(dates).. please do inform me a couple of days advance
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: I have my exams too..
Ashok Reddy: anyway.. i'll come
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA: so let's limit ourselves to email comm till May?
Ashok Reddy: its better
Anmol Sharma: we start from april 20th......chill out and get stoned eveyone! see ya may 7th!
Pradeep Nair - SEDS INDIA has left the conference.
Anmol Sharma has left the conference.
