Minutes of 4/06/08 Meeting: Meeting started at 1:15 pm. Board Members in attendance:
Shreedhar Ranabhat Radha Sijapati Krishna Sijapati Mark Grandau Archana Shrestha
Naresh Shrestha Ayodhya Batajoo Pratima Sharma Anju Cheetri Paul Benjamin
1) Update on NAFA Activities: - Welcome to Paul as new board member. - New Years next Saturday. We will have the area downstairs and this room reserved for the event. - Treasure, VP and Secretary to speak at the New Years celebration. 2) Brat Fest - May 31st Weekend. 3) Summer Picnic - Festge County Park July 12th 10 am- 10 pm. Cost is $87. - Still need to coordinate food and activities. Will do that at the next meeting. 4) Gift Wrap - Must get reserve the hours immediately when informed. It's on a first come, first serve basis. - Dates closer to Christmas are better. 5) Scholarships - We will give out 3 scholarships for $500 each. - NAFA membership required. - Pratima to coordinate with Paul. - Amber Ault will be the independent selector. She will be given free invite to Dashain for her help. - Scholarship can be used anywhere after high school for tuition. (4 year or tech college) - Last year winners not eligible. - Checks will be written to the students. 6) Dashain - Badger Ridge Middle School tentatively reserved for Oct 11th. We still have to wait till they officially start reserving for the fall. - Manona Community Center is fallback. - American Family is the title sponsor. They are expecting something nice. 7) New Years - $10 per person for friends and people that don't bring food. - We will come pick up auction items. We will send out one more email with the drop off sites. - Paul will organize cleanup. - NAFA will pay for crockeries. 8) By-Laws - Review By-Laws to see if we need any changes. - Change to re-election By-Laws will be brought up during the New Years full membership meeting. Next meeting April 27th. If there are any deletions or additions to these minutes please contact me and I will make corrections.
Respectfully submitted by: Mark Grandau - Executive Secretary Nepali American Friendship Association
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