Fwd: [XLBangCore2011] Pan-Soth India XLAlumni Summer Meet--May 19th, 2012

[Avinash Baliga]

Dear All,

Please block your calendar for May 19 2012 for the Pan South India XL alumni meet.

This year the event will be bigger with alumni from chennai, hyderabad and kerala travelling down to Bangalore.

Prof Sarin, Fr Abraham, Madhukar Shukla are confirmed to attend the same from XL.

This time I would like  volunteers from GMP to step up and assist in sponsorships from companies that we are working in. Please put your hands up and let's take a target of raising atleast 2 lakhs from GMP for the same.

Look forward to your assistance in making this a successful event.

Thanks,

Avinash

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From: David D'Costa <dcosta...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Subject: [XLBangCore2011] Pan-Soth India XLAlumni Summer Meet--May 19th, 2012

Hi Folks:

Great that all of us welcome the Pan-South  idea.This is how it originated.

The journey to and from Jampot is tiring--so I asked why XL  does  not charter a plane from Cal for the homecoming?

Yet Fr. Abe--who is older than me, was, in Bangalore for the second time in 2 weeks. So I asked him how he copes with  so much travelling and he said he loves to meet all the alumni.He then said that the dates of our Annual meets sometimes clash and so he finds it difficult to cover them all..

That's when I suggested we could have a Pan-South India meet.Prof Joe Phillip who was with us, volunteered the use of the XIME hostels and living quarters for outstation alumni who may need it. The B'lore alumni will throw open their homes to their batchmates.
Sridhar--VP, HR, from ITC then agreed to host the event at a discounted rate at the Windsor or Gardenia.

So that's how the idea was born.(No-- Abhishek was not there)

Also the weather in Bangalore is pleasant in May, the Gulmohar, Jacaranda and Tabubia are in bloom and it will be good for all the Southy's to get together again and recall the train journeys through Madras,,Nellore, Vizag, Sambalpur etc with Jalebis and hot Singharas..

So lets shoot for 500 alumni getting together.We have upto 300 from Bangalore. You bring in 100 from Hyderabad--charter 2 buses if need be-- and we will get a 100 from Chennai/Kerala.

Warm regards to all of you.

David D'Costa