Hyderabad OPC Kick-off meeting- August 7, 2011

Dear All,

Jai Jagannath!!

First of all we would like to congratulate all the participants, who attended the first 2011 Odia Puja Committee meeting on 7th August 2011. It was a real pleasure, meeting and exchanging views among us to organize the first event, Ganesh Puja 2011 successfully. We had some great ideas shared and there was a consensus built to celebrate this festival in our traditional Odia way.

Through this email we are trying to appraise/inform each of us about the developments and would like to assign the responsibilities agreed upon respectively. 

Purpose of the Odia Puja Committee as agreed, is to foster a close group feel among all Odia's in Hyderabad. Aims of this initiative are;

• To meet on festivals and celebrate together
• Enjoy a homely feel away from home
• To build a network to assist each other in personal and professional exigencies

Points of Focus for the Ganesh Puja 2011 are;

• Choice and Selection of Venue (TBD)
• Facilitate/Arrange the Pujaari/Priest
• Collection of initial fund amount among immediate members to kick-off the process
• Initiate, establish contact and appraise our immediate Odia Acquaintances about the developments and Event
• Kick-off of Promotion and Branding Initiatives

Meet on 7th august