Respected nagarathars,

                It has been approximately four months since our team assumed office on the isdes of

March and it is time to reflect on the first quarter of 2010-2011.

                I would like to first of all thank the Texas team, and especially Mr. Ravi Ramanathan,

the past president for being with us still and tying up loose ends and above all encouraging our 

team in each and every way. Encouragement really boosts enthusiasm amongst the team.

We would also like to thank their team for issuing the recent address book. I am sure that

a lot of work and effort has been put into this task.

                My overall opinion about our team is that they are all very energetic and have been 

volunteering their valuable time whenever deemed necessary, coming up with excellent new 

ideas and implementing them. This has certainly been proven by the many positive feedbacks 

we have received from here and and abroad. I would like to touch upon the highlights of 

the various committees, although the detail reports will be provided by each individual 

committee.

1) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Our executive committee members have been in close 

communication with one another and we have had three fruitful meetings this far. We have

also  had two regional secretaries meeting on March 28th. and June 27th 2010 which was

well attended and I thank all the regional secretaries for their active participation and for

all their input and suggestions. I would humbly request them to keep attending the regional

secretaries quarterly meetings and keep feeding us their ideas and opinions so that we

could help our community better.

 

2)EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Headed by Mr. Muthiah Sundaresan and his team have been

carefully reviewing the applications and helping our needy kids in India with the resources

for their education. They do have several plans in the horizon to help more students here and

elsewhere and they are actively seeking generous donations to accomplish their task.

I would like to congratulate him on his excellent presentation in the recent regional secretaries

meeting regarding Educational assistance fund request.

 

3) MARRIAGE COMMITTEE: lead by Mr. Baskaran Ramaswamy has been keeping the wedding

bells chiming and have come up with excellent ideas for making a dream marriage a reality.

They have helped several marriages thus far and I would encourage each and every member

to go to our website www.achi.org and familiarize themselves with the various options available

to put a smile on a couple.

 

4)TECHNOLOGY AND WEB COMMITTEE: lead by he talented fingers of Mr.Arun Somasundaram

has been putting up an excellent website at www.achi.org. We have had several positive

feedbacks regarding this and I urge all of you to surf through the web site, assimilate the

contents, use the forums and the various aspects of the website and feel free to add your

suggestions. I would like to add that personally, I am really enjoying this site.

 

5)RETREAT COMMITTEE: It is my extreme privilege to thank the leader of the retreat committee

Mr. Laks Meyappan and his team for the countless hours that they have spent  to choose the

venue for the NSNA 2011 National convention (The ads of which you will be seeing elsewhere in

this nanal issue).He  had conducted a survey amongst the regional secretaries and have decided

July 4th. week-end of 2011 to be the appropriate time and the Trenton war memorial as the 

venue. we certainly wish him all the best in putting together this large convention  in 2011

and we will provide all the support he needs.

 

6) NANAL COMMITTEE: We have Mr. Suku Sukumar and Mr. Palaniappan kathiresan and his

team to be thankful for, for launching the first Nanal (June issue) which was well appreciated

by everyone. I especially welcome the idea Mr. Sukumar has to attract our youth by proposing

an essay competition and also segregating a separate youth section in the  Nanal.

I would request our members and readers to also contribute in the way of new articles, 

messages, and letters to the editor format, so that your opinions are heard, for after all

what good is a newsletter without the critic of its readers?

 

7)HEATH AND HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE: championed by Mr. Chandrasekar Meyyappan 

and his team has been reaching out to the elderly and sick in our community. As you are all

aware that  the baby-boomers of to-day will be the elderly of to-morrow. So please come forward 

to help the fragile, elderly,sick and unfortunate destitute people amongst us, through the

able guidance of the health and humanitarian committee.

 

8) MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Mr. babu Periakaruppan, the chair of the membership committee

is very mindful of his members and non members. This is the area that we do really need all your

help. My personal plea to one and all in our community, is to become life members of NSNA

and contribute to our organization and our community at large both here and abroad.

Babu has some additional perks for becoming life members in that he has set up a referral

basis and wishes to recognize people for referring their colleagues to become life members.

The details of this are available at our website.

 

9) FUND RAISING COMMITTEE: headed by our esteemed Dr.V.Venkatachalam and Mr.

Alagappan Thenappan are making plans to reach out to members of our community and rekindle

the flame of contributing to worthy causes . Hence I hope you all will be receptive to their plea

and help us to help you all in any way we can.

 

            Even though I have touched upon the various committees here, I am fully aware of

all the other people in the backstage and behind the scenes who are making all this possible,

and I sincerely extent my gratitude to them as well.

 

            Finally a few quotes on CHARITY.

 

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME,BUT SHOULD NOT END THERE------- THOMAS FULLER

 

AS THE PURSE IS EMPTIED,THE HEART IS FILLED -------- VICTOR HUGO

 

IT IS MORE AGREEABLE TO HAVE THE POWER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE ---WINSTON CHURCHILL 

 

Thanking you, and may the ALMIGHTY bless us all

Sincerely yours,

A.Periakaruppan.