Team Events

Minutes of the TEAM Meeting

Minutes prepared by: Sakthi Preethi Kumaresan

Date : 07-01-2006

Time : 6 PM

Place : Mountain View Community Center

Compered By: Miss. Nalini

Welcome Song By: Baby Varsha

Welcome Address: Mr. Ashwin

Sharing Of Views on TEAM by Members:

Mrs. Saravana Sudhandhira :

Mrs. Saravana Sudhandhira gave a good start to the evening by sharing her experience as a TEAM member. We could feel the positive energy when she described the means and ways in which she contributed to her school in Vellalapalayam, thanks to TEAM. She mentioned how this service was received with appreciation by the elders of her village. She also expressed the sense of satisfaction she felt from doing this project.

Mr. Manish:

A year back, Mr. Manish had the opportunity to serve on behalf of TEAM. He could make significant changes to the school in his native place. He improved the amenities by building restrooms and buying furniture.

Mr. Senthil Ranganathan:

When he was chosen for the TEAM project last year, Mr. Senthil Ranganathan chose the school in Kallakuruchi. He was able to build a library and improved facilities with new furniture. He went a step ahead, by encouraging local residents to participate in the project and matched their contributions.

TEAM NEWS Presentation:

Through his presentation, Mr. Pravin Balasubramaniam gave an insight into the milestones crossed by TEAM in the past.

Highlights of Presentation:

• The membership has grown from 123 to 1061, while still continuing to grow.)
• The number of school projects has grown in leaps and bounds from 18 to 532 in the past five years.)
• The total donations made in the year 2005 is an impressive 266, 000 $.)
• The highlight of the presentation is that the total operating cost so far has been 0$ as TEAM has continued to a completely voluntary organization.)
• Apart from Bay Area, TEAM has spread its wings with chapters in Singapore, India, UK and Bloomington.)
• 2006 will see new chapters in Dubai and Australia.)
• Dream School Achievements·)
• Projects by Friends of TEAM.)
• TEAM Walk!· )
• Ways to Donate more: Gift Matching and Car Donation)

Address by Chief Guest:

Mr. Mason Bytes, graced the occasion with his presence as the chief guest. A Stanford alumni, he has worked in Hewlett Packard’s Research and Development division. He pioneered efforts to establish HP offices in India and China. Having accomplished in the industry in academia, Mr. Mason took a sabbatical to visit India. Given his love for India and education, there could have been no better person to preside this TEAM meet.

He humbly shared his experience of living a simpleton life in India. He spent a lot of time at the high in Konganapuram, a village in southern India. He lived in close connection with the students, ate meals with them and taught in classrooms. The goal of his visit was to build an environment where learning is fun and a system where students are taught self confidence, leadership skills and team work. He said that this possibility to contribute and his love for the community keeps drawing him back to India. His speech left a strong positive impression in the minds of the audience.

Baby Nandini presented a memento to him as a token of our appreciation.

School Selection

Event Conducted By Mr.Jana made the TEAM school selection announcements and also briefed on the project selection and execution process.

CHAPTER-01– 2000 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

1. Balamurugan (K Anandakumar) )
2. Chandran Muthusamy( Rajkumar Thangavelu)
3. Duraiswamy Srerangan( Saminathan Seerangan )
4. Indra Marusamy Rajkumar( Thangavelu )
5. Karthik S Ramasamy (Karthik S Ramasamy )
6. Kppusamy Ramasamy (Prabhu Palanisamy )
7. Paramasivam( V Anandakumar )
8. Prabhakaran (Abirami Elavarasu )
9. Rajan Madhavan (Rajkumar Thangavelu )
10. Srinivasan Balasubramaniam( Pravin Balasubramaniam )
11. Sathishkumar Govindasamy (Sivakumar Sengottuvelappan )
12. Selvi Periyasamy( Kumar Saravanakumar )
13. Senthilraj D (Prabhu Palanisamy )
14. Sivakumar Rathinavelumani( Prabhu Palanisamy )
15. Subburaman Sankaran (Kandasamy Nachimuthu )
16. Satish Murugesan ( Karthikeyan Easwaramoorthy )

CHAPTER-01– 2001 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

17. Balaraman Kuppusamy (Ravikumar Subbarayan )
18. Dhivakaran Muruganantham ( Dhivakaran Muruganantham )
19. Ilango Periathambi (Udaya Baskar Nachimuthu )
20. Jaganathan Athiappan( Ravikumar Dhandivel )
21. Jawahar Swaminathan (Ravikumar Subbarayan )
22. Manickam Athiyapan (Ravikumar Dhandivel )
23. Narayanasamy Subramanian (Udaya Baskar Nachimuthu )
24. Radha Bala (Udaya Baskar Nachimuthu )
25. Raj (Dhivakaran Muruganantham )
26. Ramkumar Vadivelu (Karthik Somasundaram )
27. Sakthivel Muthusamy (Ramki Natesan )
28. Selvaraj Ramasamy (Karthik Somasundaram )
29. Sivaramkumar Kandasamy (Abirami Jayaprakash )
30. Thanigai Ganapathy (Murugesan Mohan )
31. Vas Swami (Senthil KS )
32. Viji Palaniappan (Rajamani Sengodan )

CHAPTER-01– 2002 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

33. Ananda Krishnan (Sudha G )
34. Balaji Thirukameswaran (Kumar Rethi )
35. G E Mageshkumar (Sathishkumar Gopalaswamy )
36. K Anandkumar (Sathishkumar Gopalaswamy )
37. Kannan (Chidambaram Sudha G )
38. Nalan Thamma (Karuppusami Muniappan )
39. Pranav Srinivasan (Bala Nachimuthu )
40. Raghunath Palaniappan (Palanisamy Manickampatty )
41. Raju Subbian (Hemalatha Sivakumar )
42. Ramanathan (Palanisamy Manickampatty )
43. Ramapriya Krishnamurthy (Jaganathan Radhakrishnan )
44. Senthil Kumaran Sivarajan ( Sudhakar Sukumar )
45. Sivakumar Kalyanasundaram (Jaganathan Radhakrishnan )
46. Subramania Kaushik (Sathishkumar Gopalaswamy )
47. Sugandha Srikanteswaran (Karuppusamy Muniappan )
48. Sureshkumar Senniappan (Sudha G )

CHAPTER-02– 2004 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

49. Balaji Kannan (Raghu Raman )
50. Giri Namasivayam (Manish )
51. Guru Reddy (Karmuglian )
52. Jenkins Johnson ( Balaji Vasan )
53. Kalaiselvi Ganapathi (Arasikumar )
54. Logachander Chakravarthy( Ganesh Subramanian )
55. Manivannan Muthumanickam (Ganesh Subramanian )
56. Prabhakar( Arasikumar )
57. Permila Kumaraswamy (Nirmala Balakrishnan )
58. Saranya Ram (Lakshmi Venkateswaran )
59. Sumathi RamkiNatesan (Sumathi RamkiNatesan )
60. Sunil Parthasarathy (Nirmala BalaKrishnan )
61. Thiagarajan (Manish )
62. Vincent Thomas (Balaji Vasan )
63. Vidhya Ganesan (Vidhya Ganesan )
64. Lakshmi Venkateswaran (Lakshmi Venkateswaran )

CHAPTER-02– 2005 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

65. Chockalingam Balasubramanium (Muthuvedi Muthukumaraswamy )
66. Grish Kumar (Lakshmi Venkateswaran )
67. Jagan Somasundram (Karthikeyan Palanisamy )
68. Kumaresan Sand (Senthil KS )
69. Madhu Varma (Radha Bala )
70. Parthy (Sakthivel Muthusamy )
71. Prasad (Sharanabas Rajasekar )
72. Radhakrishnan Renganathan( Gnanpathy Subramaniyam )
73. Ramachandran Kailsam (Karthikeyan Palanisamy )
74. RamPriya Balakrihnan (Chandra Kumar Vellaichamy )
75. Sandeep Neerarambham (Rajinikanth Jayaseelan )
76. Sakthivel Subramanian (Rajasekar )
77. Siva Charmin Saravanan (Murugiah )
78. Suresh Seetharaman (ChandraKumar Vellaichamy )
79. Vasumathi Thathachari (Kodak Seshadri )
80. Zakr Hussain (Muthuvedi Muthukumarswamy )

CHAPTER-06– 2003 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

81. Anand Kuppu (Murali Subbu )
82. Ananth Srinivasan (Prema Ramasamy )
83. B.Sivakumar (Vijaykumar Duraikannu )
84. Colathoor Nalini (Ezhilarasi Rajendran )
85. Balasubramanian Muthusamy (Richard Solomon )
86. Geetha Jagadesan (Sridharan Minor )
87. Gowri Shankar (Ravikumar Subramaniam )
88. Ganesh Nagarajan (Karunakaran Palanisamy )
89. Kannan Chidambaram (Richard Solomon )
90. Kumar Kumarappa (Anbu Gounder )
91. Kumaran Sangareddy (Anand Gurumurthy )
92. < Lalitha Gunasekaran (Anand Gurumurthy /LI>
93. Manavaln Krishnan (Pandiyan Appavu )
94. Mohan Nagalingam (Pandiyan Appavu )
95. Muthukumarasamy (Jeyasankarane Ragouvaran )
96. Rajagopal Subbaih (Karunakaran Palanisamy )

CHAPTER-06– 2004 Batch

Member Name (Co-Ordinator)

97. Rajendran Murugapadayachi (Rajendran Murugapadayachi )
98. Ram Virudachalam (Anbu Gounder )
99. Ramakrishnan L (Richard Solomon )
100. Saravanan Babu (Jeyasekaran Ragouvaran )
101. Sathish Kumar Palaniappan (Murali Subbu )
102. S.Nandakumar (Ezhilarasi Rajendran )
103. Venkataraman Natham (Narayanasamy Subramanian )
104. Vijay Sundararaj (Pandiyan Appavu )
105. Member Coordinator Ajit Krishnan (Arun Muthukumar )
106. Bob Bashyam (Raj Subbiah )
107. Gnanagurudasan Prakasam ( Kavitha Balasubramanian )
108. Jayachitra Natanasabapathy (Sakthi Senthil )
109. Karthik and Hemali ( Kavitha Balasubramanian )
110. Kumara Subramaniam (Gopi Venkatesan )
111. Nandhakumar Palanisamy (Nandhakumar Palanisamy )
112. Rangaswami Raghunathan (Chandran Muthusamy )
113. Member Coordinator Ravi Sarangarajan (Gopi Venkatesan )
114. Sekar Kapa (Lakshmi Santhamorthy )
115. Senrayan and Lakshmi Prabha (Kavitha Balasubramanian )
116. Shanmugasundaram (Lakshmi Santhamorthy )
117. Selladurai Ganapathy ( Sugeerthi Loganathan )
118. Subhashini Chandrasekar ( Arun Muthukumar )
119. Subha Jayabala (Sugeerthi Loganathan )
120. Vivek Devas (Arun Ganesan )

Notes about Pot Luck (Food)

The potluck was good with a variety of rice preparations and an assortment of deserts, snacks and drinks.

Special Programme

Compeer:Sridhar Minor

Notes

The highlight of the cultural programs was Nimisham 15, a video show shot and edited completely by Mr. Sridhar Minor and his team. It was new effort which was welcomed by the audience. The video show intertwined with cini songs by Raja, Sudha Ganapathikrishnan, Sridhar Minor, Stephanie, Karunakaran, Shruthi and Mala. Together they presented a great entertainment and lightened the evening

General Notes

Vote of Thanks

Miss Padma delivered the vote of thanks and concluded the evening with the national anthem.

Thanks to everyone for making this TEAM meet to be successful. Again, TEAM proved that Together we can make it happen!

Regards,
Sakthi Preethi Kumaresan and TEAM News Group