With attempts being made to revive activites at the Club, here's my own wish-list for activities there. Put out in no particular order. Please add to the list -- then we would have a framework to work on:
* Involve various segments in the club. * Cope with changes in the village, avoid restrictions on memberships -- what every individual can contribute to the 'community spirit' should be only criteria. * Extend current membership; with 200 members (half of whom might be abroad), one can't expect much activity. * Involve various stake-holders, particularly those interested in various interest groups. Giselle is a good example of what parents can do for reading. Last October, the parents of young kids also had a moderately interesting summer camp. They would do it because they have a direct stake. Can we reach out to teenagers, women, etc? * Start a once-a-month computer club. Ashley and Derek are already game. So am I. We had already sought and got permission for this; the delays in implementation were unfortunately at our end. * Extend memberships. The old pattern of having just one member in the family as member (and the others as dependent) is an anachronism when women work too, and the Rs 1000 life membership is hardly unaffordable. * More knowledge-based activities (quizzes, debates... these have been held in the past). * Encourage art and talent, and also hobbies of various sorts (why not a 'stamp collecting' club?) * Have a vibrant notice board giving information about village-life, activities that youth can benefit from etc * The magazine-section is a long-pending dream. * Sports... Shanon of Saligaonet came out with the idea of a 'village festival of traditional sports' (which are fast disappearing). Fr N had already described these earlier. Can't we have something unusual and interesting? * Something for the elderly -- beyond just the weekend tombola which is not reaching out beyond the set crowd. * Active campaign for more members. * Indoor sports, and possibly outdoors too. We had an active sporting generation in the past -- Gerard Delaney, Kenneth "Ken" D'Souza, Dunstan, Quintin Coelho, Maxy "The Fox" Coutinho, and many others. Now most of those named (except GD) are abroad or busy with working life. The challenge is to build up a new team to take the place. * A collaborative model, where all stakeholders put their money where their mouth is -- instead of just expecting a small core team from doing everything. Some brainstorming for a start. FN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa India http://fn.swiki.net * Phone 0091.832.2409490 Mobile 09822 122436 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--W-E-B--S-I-T-E--=-=-=-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Saligaonet | http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/ ============================================================================ * Send e=mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Leave SUBJECT blank <--- Commom Mistake !! * On first line of the BODY of your message, type: subscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL OR unsubscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL Questions/Problems? Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]