Thank you!

[Anu Jagannath]

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

With Swamiji's blessings, we pulled off a great event today.

 

Truly appreciate all teachers and  volunteers who helped usout  with this event. It could not have been possible without all your support.

 

THANK YOU !!!!

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

Anu Ramanuja Dasi

[Anu Jagannath]

Jai Srimannarayana!

Please send your feedback on the program by Tuesday June 7th. Please put in your thoughts on how we can improve JET / PRAJNA programs. We would like to take all your feedback and work on it before we put up a similar program in front of Swamiji / or next year.

Please let me know the following -

1. What were the things that went good in this program?

2. What could have been improved?

3. What needs to be stopped?

I would like to hold a lessons learnt meeting by next weekend so that we can talk about this and then start focusing on the summer camp.

JSNY!
Anu RD

[Kamala Kadiyala]

Jai Srimannarayana  Anuji.  Thank you so much for organizing the event.  Everything was so well planned. Who ever involved in it, it was very well organized. All the parents from Cupertino enjoyed the program.  They were very happy.  Kids felt happy when they got their trophies.  And also thank you for the appreciation and thoughtful gift.  It is invaluable.   Thank you so much Archanaji and Madhuji. And also many, many thanks to all the volunteers who involved in the event.  Jai Srimannarayana, Kamala p.s. Except for one single thing.  Only Cupertino teachers were made to stand on the stage.        I know it is for appreciation.  But, it made me remember an instance from my school            days when my teacher made me to stand in front of the class for not doing my         homework.   --- On Mon, 6/6/11, Anu Jagannath <jagann...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Anu Jagannath]

Thank you Kamalaji - The reason the Cupertino teachers were asked to come on stage was because the parents wanted to felicitate the teachers, but thank you for your feedback. I will put this in the 'Need to improve' bucket.

JSNY!
Anu RD

[Kamala Kadiyala]

That's ok Anuji.  Take it easy. JSNY, Kamala

[Anu Jagannath]

Jsny - Excellent points, Shyamji & Karthikji.

Any other feedback ? I understand some of you are busy at work and
will not be able to provide feedback till this weekend. If you could
take some time Saturday morning to pen your thoughts, then we could
hold a phone / face to face meeting Saturday afternoon / evening.
Fyi - Fremont temple library is available from 6:30 - 8:00 pm if we
would like to have a face to face meeting.

Jsny
Anu Rd

On Tuesday, June 7, 2011, Karthik Nagaraj <kar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 on all points.
> Instead of  hours lets make it 1 hour program. Prasadam should be only for the event people and not for general public. Many bhaktas who came went without prasadam. That is not good. Swamiji's first and foremost concern in any event is if devotees have bhoga prasadam catered too and we missed on that this time.
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> JSNY, Krd
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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Shyam Sunder <shyama...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jai Srimannarayana Team,
> Firstly thanks to Anuji for bringing up something like this.
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> I take this opportunity to put forth my thoughts, which I could not resist  , being brutally honest and carrying the only intention of harnessing good name and fame of our organization, and add to glory of the lotus feet of our Acharya .
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> Went well  - Started on time and wrapped up on time.
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>  All ladies wore wonderful traditional attire.The performances were well choreographed.
> Needs Improvement - The Program cannot be 4 hours long - It can be 2 hours at at the max.
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> The Program needs more variety - We need  more performances than recitals.
> We are aiming constant growth of Prajna. So all kids need not be brought on stage,atleast just for the sake of it. There could be one event where they are all brought together or in the end for a grouph photograph.What if the strength doubles the next year with our Acharya's grace??
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> Our old banners shouldnt be put anymore anywhere.Men should wear traditional dresses.Backstage should have the least number of people - only the next item incharge, performers and maybe a  coordinator overlooking this should be present.
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> If we have fewer but attractive items - the audience is always kept engaged. The auidence gets noisier if its a routine/normal event.
> We should keep the lights on the audience off during the performances so that they focus on the stage(only!!)Lesser chance to modify program schedule. One or two items shuffling is fine, but not getting it topsy -turvy entirely . A stage rehearsal can improve this.
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> The media -incharge should have all the files much before hand and should go through the media items with each item's point of contact as a rehearsal in advance.
> Stop doing - Facilitating teachers and core volunteers should be off the main event.We are not spoiling the true spirit of volunteering and raising false hopes that this might continue everytime.
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> All kids need not be brought on stage for the mementoes/trophies.
> Auditorium/ Venue should be neutral . Cannot afford to have a backdrop of other organization.
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> I request the entire team to put forth their thoughts in this manner. If you agree to something you might add your points. Its our responsibility to do that before the decision-makers finalize things.
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> I also know its easier said than done - but this is the best time for retrospection as well as introspection - Lets all ask to ourselves "How best I can serve the lotus feet of Acharya" and deliver the goods 100%...together ..as a team ! Our teamspirit aided with the leadership excellence of  Vamsiji can achieve a lot more..
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[Anu Jagannath]

Jsny -

Thank you Sridharji for your feedback.

While I do agree with you that the teachers need to be recognised for
volunteering their time every week throughout the year, it is just
that it did not go off as expected. One of the teachers even felt
uncomfortable being called on stage and I personally feel we could
have done this in a better way.

We could definitely brainstorm on ideas on how we can recognize
teachers, during our meeting over the weekend as well as other points
such as venue, prasadam, mike etc that the other members have felt
could have been better.

Jsny
Anu Rd

On Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Naga Sridhar Kataru <na...@googlealumni.com> wrote:
> I'd like to take exception to a couple of points.

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>> Stop doing -
>> Facilitating teachers and core volunteers should be off the main event.We are not spoiling the true spirit of volunteering and raising false hopes that this might continue everytime.
>

> I respectfully disagree with the first part. Prajna teachers have to
> be recognized and facilitated in every possible way. I'd rather we do
> more of this rather than less.

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>> Auditorium/ Venue should be neutral . Cannot afford to have a backdrop of other organization.
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> At first, it bothered me too. But in the end, in spite of this issue,
> I thought the venue served us very well in every aspect -- seating
> (the best!), lighting, acoustics, location, etc.
> And, it's not really the "backdrop." If we had enough material and
> tools to spruce up the stage wall, it'd have been a non-issue. We
> could have hung a huge banner right below it, and have one drapery on
> either side for symmetry.
> Plus, it is _way_ higher than eye-line. The real problem was that we
> didn't have anything right below it so it became prominent. That's
> all.
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> But I do agree with everything else.
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> Jai Srimannarayana!
> Naga.

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> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Shyam Sunder <shyama...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jai Srimannarayana Team,

>> I have few more - whatever be the classification -
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>> I am not sure if we were really welcoming the audience. HH stresses in every
>> program that we welcome them and make them be seated.
>> We all members of the JET CA team should wear badges representing our
>> organization.
>>  Nowadays the auditoriums are equipped with chorus mikes - usually 3 in a
>> set. We might want to utilize them. That can lessen the chance of mike
>> failures and improve sound quality.
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>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Mahadev <mkol...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anuji:
>>> I'll send my feedback later today.
>>> I'd prefer a teleconference over the weekend for event summary review and
>>> planning of next steps.
>>>
>>> JSNY
>>> Mahadev
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>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone

[Vamsi Mudumbai]

Jai Srimannarayana Anuji,

First of all I would like to thank and congratulate you and the whole team responsible for organizing this event. We had an excellent event and was very well organized and professional.

I think the team has covered majority of our focus areas for improvement. I think we need to focus on the following:

1) Length of the event.

2) Program variety

3) Neutrality of the venue

4) Stage decoration

5) Quality and process for presentations before sharing with a broader audience

6) Better planned and coordinated announcements and speeches , including Vote of thanks and general announcements

7) Dedicated volunteer base to assist

We can chat more during the weekend. Ramangaru/I will send out an email with a time for us to meet on a tele-conference.

JSNY

Vamsi Rd.

[Anu Jagannath]

Thank you Madhuji for your feedback.

I have consolidated everyone's suggestions / thoughts into the attached PPT. Some of your suggestions will be incorporated into the action items listed on the last slide. Please review before the meeting, if possible, so that we could have a much more effective meeting. 

Please do let me know if I have missed out any one's feedback or suggestion.

Jai Srimannarayana!

Anu RD

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Madhubala Polisetty <madhubala...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Anuji,   Jai Srimannarayana!   With our Swamiji's blessings the program went VERY well, First and foremost I strongly feel that   Our performance gave an impression that lot of planning was involved. Anuji, being the leader/anchor/driver for the event was an asset to the program.     Kudos to you Anuji for all your energy.  It was sad that we forgot to mention about all your work while recognizing everyone.   What went well   Constant Follow up by the Bay Area Prajna Coordinator motivating students and teachers  preparing them for the event.   Agenda was prepared on time, invitation was sent by the Prajna coordinator very nicely to all the kids mentioning them about the attire.   Needs Imrpovement     All the teachers and coordinators were not on the same page regarding the ways things should be handled on that day. Only few people had the momentum and rest of them were panicking and disappointing etc.    It is important that we should have a dry run or at least on the phone what is going to happen on that day  regarding mikes, prasadam, general momentum etc   The stage coordinators  and prasadm coordinators should visit the place before hand. And talk to the right people on the event handling how it has to be done.   This time even if the stage, lighting was grand enough, our preparation was not solid to decorate/setup our stage. Usually it will be other way round.   Agenda has to be reviewed by all the teachers and see enough time is available for the kids to get ready in between the programs.   I also agree with Sridhar Ji and Mahdev ji that trophies have to be given as parents and kids look forward for it.     Jai Srimannarayana!   Regards, Madhu             Regards, Madhu --- On Tue, 6/7/11, Mahadev <mkol...@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Mahadev <mkol...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: JETCACOMM: Thank you!

To: "jagann...@gmail.com" <jagann...@gmail.com> Cc: "kar...@gmail.com" <kar...@gmail.com>, "shyama...@gmail.com" <shyama...@gmail.com>, "jetc...@googlegroups.com" <jetc...@googlegroups.com>, "prajnat...@googlegroups.com" <prajnat...@googlegroups.com>, "Radha" <rdr...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 8:18 AM

>> Our old banners shouldnt be put anymore anywhere.Men should wear traditional dresses.Backstage should have the least number of people - only the next item incharge, performers and maybe a  coordinator overlooking this should be present. >> >> >> >> >> If we have fewer but attractive items - the audience is always kept engaged. The auidence gets noisier if its a routine/normal event. >> We should keep the lights on the audience off during the performances so that they focus on the stage(only!!)Lesser chance to modify program schedule. One or two items shuffling is fine, but not getting it topsy -turvy entirely . A stage rehearsal can improve this. >> >> >> >> >> The media -incharge should have all the files much before hand and should go through the media items with each item's point of contact as a rehearsal in advance.

>> Stop doing - Facilitating teachers and core volunteers should be off the main event.We are not spoiling the true spirit of volunteering and raising false hopes that this might continue everytime. >> >> >> >>

>> All kids need not be brought on stage for the mementoes/trophies.

>> Auditorium/ Venue should be neutral . Cannot afford to have a backdrop of other organization. >>

[Anu Jagannath]

Ooops - Hit the send button too soon.

Here is the attachment.

JSNY!
Anu RD

[Anu Jagannath]

:-))))

I did this ppt on the train & could not access google docs. But, thank you for letting me know about using the offline version of Google Chrome... will try that next time.

JSNY!
Anu RD

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Karthik Nagaraj <kar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I will keep doing this on and on if I have to - PLEASE NO PPT, let alone PPTX - Can we use the presentation in Docs and simply share that with people so corrections can be collaboratively made by people in this list. Welcome to Cloud, people. 

JSNY

Krd