NIOS - Weekly Report

9 years, 1 month ago by hps in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

Hare Krsna!

Esteemed Advisors, Directors, Officers and Friends,
We are in ISKCON's Nila-madhava Dhama in Houston Texas.

  1. We have a short meeting scheduled with the accountant for the proposed Goloka Foundation incorporation at 6.30PM. We will try to find out what is the extent of the work he will be doing. We need to know if the Incorporators need be be personally present. We sent him a short e-mail and then had some sharp exchanges by texting.
  2. Dr. Samaresh said that he would read our last letter with Mission Statements for Solaris magazine, and Goloka Foundation, and if there were any comments he felt he should make he would get back to us. We have not got any news from the esteemed Prof. but this may be because of personal inconvenience or failure of the internet from India.
  3. We will call him as scheduled, Sunday at 9PM India hour, 9.30AM Houston hour.
  4. We sent an e-mail to Dr. Mabbett in Australia expressing our solicitations and warm feelings and asking for his current address and phone number so that we can send a copy of "Bharata-samskriti" to him.
  5. We tried a few times to meet by telephone with Rama-giridhari Das about all of the ISKCON and NIOS educational work, but are still trying. We will succeed.
  6. We have tried twice to contact H.H. Bh. Caru Swami's staff to see who in the ISKCON Kolkatta Temple can help us and Dr. Samaresh with NIOS work in Kolkata. One of his disciples is working here in Houston and we will try to get his USA phone number and other contact details from her as soon as we finish this letter.
  7. The Peru Symposium, 'Psychology of the Sacred', has moved ahead with Abhirama Thakur now charged with making up a serious budget in consultation with Miguel and Ramon. Also the Logo competition for Solaris is being published

Still pending is:

  1. HpS's Welcome Address for the "Man Making..." volume.
  2. The Promotional Brochure for "Bharata-samskriti" being edited by Dr. and Sanjaya.
  3. We will see if the first announcement for the Peru event is at the Library Web-page and then we will contact Shonu Shamdasani at University of London and we can start serious arrangement for Dr. Samaresh and Smt. Nandini's visit to USA and participation in Peru event.

Thank you.
Our health is O.K. as long as we are sane in our habits.