Minute August 10, 2008

Minutes of 8/10/08 Meeting:

Meeting started at 1:15 pm.

Board Members in attendance:

Ayodhya Batajoo

Krishna Sijapati

Mark Grandau

Anju Chhetri

1) Treasures Report:

- Picnic Financials: $811 collected, expenses $791.44. NAFA will split the prizes for the poetry contest with Dinar Shestha and will reimburse him $55.

- Few little outstanding expenses. We should break even.

2) Picnic Report:

- The picnic was a success.

- Still missing the Krishna's IPod charger.

- The site was a little small and was partially sloped.

- The kids playground was a great.

- Water quality was bad.

4) Web Site

- The board will encourage and review Praveen Sharam's request to change the look of the NAFA website.

- Mark will be given access to the website to help with maintains.

- Mark will also look into using Google Sites for part of the website.

5) Dashain

- I f we are not going to use the Monona Community Center we must cancel by September to get refund. The other Venue is the Verona Middle School.

- Need to form the following committees:

1) Food

2) Cultural

3) Childrens

4) Puja

5) Cleaning

- Krishna will talk to Nepali Restaurant about Catering.

- The other option is to higher a cook. But then insurance maybe required.

- Dashain flier looks good.

8) New NAFA Board members

- The Board unanimously voted Nijananda Malla and Bharat Acharya to the board.

9) Next meeting 8/24. We need to work out details of Dashain.

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