Messgae
from the VPA President Dr. Halekote Viswamithra, TX
February
2008
Greetings Office Bearers and Board of Trustees!
I am delighted to be writing to all of you as the President
of the Vokkaliga Parishat of America (VPA), that has flourished
as a great organization. I thank all the past Presidents and
their teams in making this happen. We thank previous convention
organizers B.J. Arun, President , Sumanth Venugopal, Secretary
and their team in making the last convention a memorable event
at San Jose , CA . Those of us who attended the convention enjoyed
the hospitality , entertainment and the social gathering.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new VPA
Secretary, Dinesh Gowda, and our new VPA Treasurer, Malini Lakshman.
Both of them have already been instrumental in keeping the business
of VPA running smoothly as we undergo the Biennial calendar
shifts of officers and committee chairs. I’d like to recognize
the contributions of our outgoing secretary Sumanth Venugopal
, our previous treasurer, Vasanthi Gowda and all other committee
members
It is a delight to welcome Dr. Shiva Satish as our new Vice
President. He served as VPA South Secretary for 2006-07and has
been instrumental in organizing our events successfully for
the past 2 years.
Hema Kantharaju and Dayashankar Adappa have been serving VPA
for many years. I welcome them on board as Joint Secretary and
Joint Treasurer respectively.
I welcome the newly elected Board of Trustees and look forward
to working with them on advancing important agendas during this
term.
Some of the goals I want to achieve with my team and your cooperation
during the years 2008 and 2009 are
To strengthen VPA at regional level ( Chapters)
To identify, recognize and keep in touch with new members of
vokkaliga community who come to north America for various reasons.
If possible make them members of VPA.
Strengthen Youth chapters and their activities
More Charitable Work in India .
Next year’s national convention will be held on July 2nd,
3rd, and 4th in Texas . An Exploratory committee has been actively
working in finalizing the convention location. I will provide
an update as soon the convention location contract has been
signed.
If you have ideas for additional ways that VPA might continue
to add more members, including thoughts on the possibility of
a national VPA recruiting seminars, and ideas for bringing VPA
into greater public visibility in terms of charity and community
service spirit, please contact me at halekoteviswa@aol.com.
I look forward to seeing many of you in Chicago , IL at the
AKKA convention this coming September.
With all best wishes,
Halekote N. Viswamitra
VPA President, 2008-2009
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