HTCC Board Meeting Minutes - Jan 10, 2009

HTCC Board Meeting Minutes

Jan 10, 2009

 

Attendees:  Nitya Niranjan, Hema Marreddy, Hima Bollineni, Vishwa Gaddamanugu,

G. Krishnan, Pramod Gupta, Shyam Oberoi, Umesh Amin, Dev Manhas, Suri Raman, Arun Sharma, Virinder Duggal, Bhargavi Kumar

 

Excused Absentees: Lakshmi Shankar

Joined through Conference call:  Sunil Shah, Sunil Ummat    

Unexcused Absentees: None

 

AGENDA:

1.    Prayer

2.    Call the meeting to order

3.    Approve Minutes of the Dec. Board Meeting

4.    EC committee Report

5.    Treasurer's Report

6.     Fund Raising Committee Report

7.     Implement policies for matching grants

8.     Publish members of all committees

9.     Implementation plan for priests not showing up on time – Arun & Hima

10.   Planning Committee Report – Progress on resolving differences

11.   Employee compensation proposal by Hima and Raman & Sunil

12.   Vishwa's complaint against the Secretary, HTCC Board of Trustees

13.   New business including “Bereavement and temple visit”

14.   Prayer

15.   Meeting Adjourned

 

MEETING NOTES:

 

1.      Meeting started with a prayer. 

2.      Meeting was called to order at 9:15 AM.

3.      Minutes of the Dec. meeting: Virinder made a motion to approve the minutes.  Umesh seconded it.  The motion was adopted.

4.      EC committee Report:  Virinder presented the EC report.  He presented the details of the two death/funeral related incidents involving havan, shanti path and cooking/serving of food in the temple. 

     Virinder informed that he has formed Religious sub committee.  The sub committee          consists of Virinder as chairman and Nitya, Sastry and Subu as members.    

5.      Treasurer's Report: Not presented

6.      Fund Raising Committee Report:  Not presented 

7.      Implement policies for matching grants:  Not discussed

8.      Publish members of all committees:  Not discussed

9.      Implementation plan for priests not showing up on time:  Not discussed.

10.  Planning Committee Report – Progress on resolving differences:  Dr.  Manhas stated that the Representatives of two Sthapatis met and have come up with a revised plan for deities placement.  The plan will be available shortly.

 

11.  Employee compensation proposal by Hima and Raman & Sunil:  Not presented.

12.  Vishwa's complaint against the Secretary, HTCC Board of Trustees:  Ethics Committee Chairman, Umesh Amin explained that the complaint was simply a passionate discussion and does not rise beyond the bar for any investigation and Vishwa agrees.

13.  New business including “Bereavement and temple visit”:  The matter presented by Virinder was discussed in detail.

      Umesh made a motion “A sub committee under the chairmanship of Suri Raman as           chairman be formed to frame a policy in regard to funeral and death related matters.           Nitya seconded the motion.  The motion was adopted.

      Umesh amended the earlier motion to include “birth” also.  Vishwa seconded the motion.             It was adopted.

Umesh made a motion “Sub Committee chair to form the subcommittee and send it for approval by the Board members by email and submit a proposal by the next Board meeting.”  Pramod seconded the motion.  It was adopted.

Bhargavi made a motion “Until the formal recommendations are ratified by the Board, no rituals relating to birth /funeral be performed in the temple until 12 days after birth/death.”  Hema Marreddy seconded the motion.  It was adopted.

Virinder made a motion “Allow EC to sanctify the temple in 10 days.”  Dr. Manhas seconded the motion.  It was adopted.

Chairman Ganapathy Krishnan directed the EC president Virinder to put the information in regard to the happenings and temple views and developments on the HTCC web site.

14.  The meeting ended with a prayer

15.  The meeting adjourned at 12.15 PM.

 

 

Recorded by

Shyam Oberoi

Secretary HTCC Board of Trustees

Jan 10, 2009