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LIPILEKHA BANGLA ASSOCIATION

LIPILEKHA BANGLA ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 Sunday, Jun 25, 2006. Welcome from LBA Organizers. President Suranjan Ray General Secretary Aniruddha Chakravarty Treasurer Subhrajit Bhattacharya (moved) Aniruddha Chakravarty (acting) Cultural Secretary Apratim Purakayastha

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LIPILEKHA BANGLA ASSOCIATION

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  1. LIPILEKHA BANGLA ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 Sunday, Jun 25, 2006

  2. Welcome from LBA Organizers President Suranjan Ray General Secretary Aniruddha Chakravarty Treasurer Subhrajit Bhattacharya (moved) Aniruddha Chakravarty (acting) Cultural Secretary Apratim Purakayastha Committee Members Chitta Saha, Gautam Kar, Koushik Das, Kaushik Mitra (moved), Jyoti Nath and Muna Basu Newspaper Advisor Muna Basu Bangla School Coordinator Indrani Basu Web Committee Kuhu Ray, Siddhartha Basu, Koushik Das, Kanja Saha www.lipilekhaweb.org

  3. Summary • Filed the application and the Bylaws of Lipilekha – on the way to tax exempt status • First group of Board of Directors: Nirmal Pal, Satyen Mukherjee, Pradip Bose, Gautam Kar, Sunil Mukhopadhaya, Subrata Das and Siddhartha Basu • Launched www.Lipilekhaweb.org – more dynamic • Membership from 48 to 44 as of today (5 dropped out, 1 new addition) • Student population declining – 16 this year; few new additions next year • Held key programs smoothly – Saraswati Puja, Picnic, and Bijoya. • Introduced kids menu during our programs. • Increased youth participation – functions, priest for puja and youth page on website • Developed long term agreements with the churches favorably • Raising Charitable Contribution for Somsar (Target $5,400)

  4. Lipilekha – How are we doing? • We had a slight loss this year (- $392.40) • Total Income $11,458 • Total Expenses $11,850.40 • Opening Balance (in Bank): June 30, 2005: $5,562.10 • Closing Balance (in Bank): June 20, 2006: $5,364.94 • We collected $630 in early drive in June 2006 towards membership for the next year (2006-07) • We have generously contributed to the St Bartholomews Church for Patio reconstruction ($500) from our funds (in addition, members have contributed over $1,000 privately) • We paid an installment of $625 in June 2006 for Church Rental for the next year 2006-07

  5. Financial – YTD Income

  6. Financial – YTD Expense

  7. Financial Summary – YTD How are we doing now? • We collected additional $630 towards 2006-07 membership - Total $1,310 + $630 = $1,940 Vs. Last year, $1,730 + $1,560 = $3,290 • School Income now at $1,240 and Expenses $1,447 (Shortfall $207) • We collected $780 in contributions & $168 in raffle – Total $948 • Last year, the contribution and raffle was $979 and $168 • Income/Expense Details in major programs: • Picnic: Expenses $1,145.92, Income: $1,445 (Gain $299) • Bijoya: Expenses $2,046.30, Income: $2,095 (Gain $48.70) • Saraswati P: Expenses $2,030.78, Income: $1,935 (Loss -$95.78) • Rabindra J: Expenses $2,227.61, Income: $1,755 (Loss -$472.61) • Church Rental for the whole year $1,250 is not accounted in above

  8. Areas of improvement • Need to increase school enrollment • Need to increase members (carry out drives in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Connecticut) • More fundraising by: • Donations from individuals • Donations from businesses (e.g. IBM) • Raise more advertisements

  9. Thanks from the Committee • Contributors/donors($) • Youth volunteers - Aditya Neil Basu, Robert Gupta, Anirban Ray, Sunanda Nath, Enakshi Dasgupta, Jhumur Banik, Tara Basu. • Teachers • Anindita Chatterjee, Urmi Purakayastha, Neepa Das, Indrani Basu, and Sujata Kar • Coordinators - Indrani Basu (Bangla school), Vandana Mukherjee (sports), Indrani Dhar (youth art), Muna Basu (Patshalar Khobor newspaper), Kuhu Ray, Siddhartha Basu, Koushik Das and Kanja Saha (web sub-committee) • Advisors • Siddhartha Basu, Subrata Das and others

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