JAINA BOD Meeting Aug. 29, 2013

Jai Jinendra

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Agenda1. Prayer - 2 min2. Presidents remarks - Prem - 5 min3. Introduction of each person attending - brief announcement - BOD - 30 sec. Each4. Reports - Updates:

4A. Secretary report - Yogendra - 5 min4B. JAINA Finance summary - Gunvant - 5 min4C: Status on Detroit Convention, Fund Raise, JAINA Office – Prem - 3 min4D. YJA and YJP plans for next two years - YJA & YJP Reps - 3 min each4E. JAINA 2014 Convention plans and progress - Ashok - 3 min4F. JAINA Office / projects progress report - Quick update on each - Parth – 5 min

5. Review of Tools available to JAINA BOD to do be more effective - Parth/ Prem - 5 min6. Guidance and Feedback from BOD (All BoD Members) – 15 min.

6A. Recommendations from JAINA BOD - BoD Members - (All) 6B. How can JAINA EC and Office help (Jain centers and you?)

7. Announcements (10 min)7A. Siddhachalam BOD and Team meeting – Yogendra7B. Oct 1st Legislative Conf on Capitol Hill - awards by Clairemont Lincoln

University/ JAINA/AJC/NAACP( celebrate Ahinsa day as well as present Ahimsa Award to Gurudev Chitrabhanu by Clairmont Lincoln University) - Sushil

7C. Oct 2nd -- White House - Ahimsa Celebration - Sushil7D. Student Loan program – Appx. $150K pledges received – in process of developing guidelines - Prem

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JAINA’s Vision:

Preserve and Share Jain Dharma and

Way of Life

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Main Objective for Next 2 years

Transform from a Volunteer Based Organization to a Professional +

Volunteer Organization

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We achieve by:1. Work closely with all Jain Centers , combine their

best practices and propagate with to others2. Make JAINA a household name in NA and globally3. Continue our effort last year to raise funds for JAINA

Projects, Committees & for running JAINA office4. Establish JAINA Office as the central place to:

• Provide EC / BOD Support• Build community outreach campaigns• Build a central volunteer base (JAINA Volunteer Corps), • Manage JAINA Internship Program, • Support Project / Committee leaders

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Continue our effort last year to raise funds for JAINA Projects, Committees & for running JAINA office

• Here is how we will achieve this objective: • Planned first ever Fundraising Drive, leading up to,

during, and after the 2013 JAINA Convention, garnering $196,000k in pledges. Donations are still coming in.

• Continuing to support existing and new projects which align with JAINA’s vision and mission.

• JAINA Office supporting outreach campaigns for projects.

Secretary Report – Yogendra Jain• Transition:

• Joint meeting with past EC and current EC• Transition underway

• Meetings every 2 weeks (Monday evenings)• Notes on-line and soon accessible to all BOD

• Update information on BOD members, Chairs..• Support Projects• JAINA Office

• Parth Savla – Office Manager7

• Federation of Jain Associations in North America• An Organization that will be most impactful in you and your family’s life

• JAINA office• 43-11 Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373• (718) 606-2885• jainahq@jaina.org• info@jaina.org

• Annual dues for Member Associations shall be as follows: • with membership of 50 or less families: $150.00 (US) • with membership of 51 to 300 families: $300.00 (US)• with membership of more than 300 families: $500.00 (US)

• Directors nominated by Member Associations• with membership of 50 or less families shall nominate 1 director• with membership of 51 to 300 families shall nominate 2 directors• with membership of more than 300 families shall nominate 3 directors

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What is JAINA?

JAINA Structure - 2013 150K Jains; 67 Centers

JAINA Directors (1, 2, or 3 per center108 Directors total)

JAINA Directors (1, 2, or 3 per center108 Directors total)

JAINA CentersJAINA CentersJAINA CentersJAINA CentersJAIN

Centers (67)JAIN

Centers (67)

VP(NE, ME, MW, SE, SW, W,

Canada)

VP(NE, ME, MW, SE, SW, W,

Canada)

PastPresident

PastPresident

YJAYJA TreasureTreasure SecretarySecretary

First VPFirst VP PresidentPresident

Part-Time Support

Part-Time Support

NA Jains(150K)

IT/FinanceTo Be HiredIT/FinanceTo Be Hired

JAINA Committees

(31)

JAINA Committees

(31)

YJPYJP

Please Complete This

• 1. Visit http://www.jaina.org/ and be sure you are a member AND sign up for Group of JAINA Director (Join this Group) – once you sign in, then in "My Profile you will see your this Group)

• 2. Visit http://www.jaina.org/?Directors and confirm your information is correct. If it is not, please send email to parth.savla@jaina.org

• 3. Read JAINA constitution (see a copy on http://www.jaina.org/?page=AboutJAINA )

• 4. Browse through the new updated http://www.jaina.org/ and share your feedback

• 5. Start brainstorming on a Project: 50 hour duration project that will benefit all of the Jains in North America that you can lead.

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Work closely with all Jain Centers , combine their best practices and propagate with to others

• Greater frequency in BOD Calls

• BOD Meeting in Siddhachalam ,

Oct 11 – 13

• Creation of BOD Group in JAINA.org to

share and collaborate.

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Work closely with all Jain Centers , combine their best practices and propagate with to others (cont’d)

www.jaina.org/bodgroup

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4B. JAINA Finance summary - Gunvant - 5 min4C: Status on Detroit Convention - Prem - 3 min4E. JAINA 2015 Convention plans and progress -

Ashok - 3 min4F. JAINA Office / projects progress report -

Parth – 3 min

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JAINA Office is ready for support:

1. Provide EC / BOD Support2. Build community support and outreach

campaigns3. Manage JAINA Internship Program4. Support Project / Committee leaders5. Build a central volunteer base (JAINA

Volunteer Corps)

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JAINA Office (cont.) Accomplishments (in 6 mos): 1. Provide EC / BOD Support

• Supporting as needed administrative tasks• Bi-weekly Infrastructure Support calls (1st & 3rd Thurs)

2. Build community support and outreach campaigns• Nearly doubled email membership from 6,000k – 11,800k• Sending regular community newsletters to create awareness (read by

3,500k - 6,000k weekly)• Managing jaina.org website with periodic updates (creation of 30+

new site pages)• Regularly reconciling contact form requests and approving new

members.• Managing JAINA hotline and mail• Social Media:

• Facebook page with 481 likes, regular posts being read by avg of 630 people (as per Facebook analytics) connected with 6 Jain / Jainism groups• www.facebook.com/JainaUSA

• Twitter Account with 100 followers:• www.twitter.com/jainaorg

• YouTube Channel with Live Feed capability:• http://www.youtube.com/jainachannel

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JAINA Office (cont.)

Accomplishments (in 6 mos.): 3. Manage JAINA Internship Program

• Themes: Leadership Training, Professional Skill Building, Personal Practice

• Launched and successfully completed first JAINA Student Internship Program with 3 interns (remote internship)

• Outreach to 4 local colleges to extend internship opportunity beyond the Jain Community

• For 2013 JAINA Convention:• Produced 5 brochures, 2 videos, 15 Poster Boards• Fundraising: Created Call Center for 1.5 weeks to follow up

with pledges

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JAINA Projects Progress

Accomplishments (in 6 mos): 4. Support Project / Committee leaders

• Supporting 17 projects / project leaders• Featuring projects in newsletters + social media• Bi-Weekly Project Leaders Call (2nd and 4th Thurs)• In past 2 weeks provide 7 new volunteers for project

leaders• For full list of projects go to:

www.jaina.org/projects

5. Build a central volunteer base (JAINA Volunteer Corps)

• In Progress – need your support?

Tools to Support YOUR Center• www.JAINA.org (news, resources, events, fresh content)• Active on Facebook / Twitter • Professional volunteers opportunities for your members (visit

JAINA Projects) • Mail list to expand YOUR member base (12,000 registered

members) • eBlast twice a month with YOUR local news• Jain Digest with YOUR news and articles• Live Internet feed for YOUR event on JAINA YouTube Channel• Create FREE web site for YOUR center (if you don’t have one) • Many others tools – to be discussed in future meetings…

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•Guidance and Feedback from BOD (All BoD Members) – 15 min.

•Recommendations from JAINA BOD - BoD Members –

• How can JAINA EC and Office help (Jain centers and you?)

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Announcements

7A. Siddhachalam BOD and Team meeting – Yogendra7B. Oct 1st Legislative Conf on Capitol Hill - awards by Clairemont Lincoln University/ JAINA/AJC/NAACP (celebrate Ahimsa day as well as present Ahimsa; Award to Gurudev Chitrabhanu by Clairmont Lincoln University) – Sushil7C. Oct 2nd -- White House - Ahimsa Celebration – Sushil7D. Student Loan program – Appx. $150K pledges received – in process of developing guidelines - Prem

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JAINA - Days

• Creation of JAINA Days – National

• days of observance1. Forgiveness Day (Sept 21st,2013)2. Non-violence Day (Oct 2nd 2013)3. Jive Daya Day (November 28th,2013)

Coming Soon…

• eBlast with focus on Paryushan• Slide presentation for YOU to present

at your main Paryushan Function

See you at Siddhachalam!

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