1. Question # 2: What new goals should be add?
1. Educate
2. Socialize
3. Expand more horizon than traditional and classic thinking
4. Move forward in 21st century
5. Go Green project
6. Recruit project toward memberships
7. Recognize our organization into national eventually global community
8. Partner with several organizations like synergy
9. Be encouraged MSADA members to give presentation about their drastic
problems to Gallaudet community & outside
10.Fund raise to seven countries
2. 11. National
12. We didnt stop that benefits for MSADA. keep open social once a year
13. Try to attract more new faces to join our board such as student representative,
fulfill nine board members, and more volunteers or add "Member-At-Large". How? To
attract the college students, host the social hour for students and MSADA boards at
Gallaudet in every fall. Try to welcome the hearing parents, sibilings, etc.. of deaf
south asian kids (maybe some are 'hiding' out there) to actively participate with us.
14. Host more fund-raising events AND hearing/public events (I had given a few ideas
to Gaurav since he is our fund-raising coordinator)
15. Try to get Nepali deafies to join MSADA (I heard there are at least 2 or 3 deaf
Nepali out there in the Greater DC areas)
16. We should travel to one of those South Asian countries to visit Deaf school(s) and
to expose them about Gallaudet University
3. 17. To raise more funds for additional scholarships, host our international MSADA
conferences, set up more sign language interpreter trainings in South Asia, and to set
up VRS centers (as per Hatim's idea)
18. Try to host at least one General Meeting during the academic year including a
presentation.
19. Build collaborations with other South Asian organizations (e.g. SAALT) as well as
the Indian Embassy, and consider hosting joint events with them in order to increase
awareness among the South Asian (hearing) population about our organization.
20. Identify areas where MSADA can support other Deaf people of South Asian
descent. For example, we can increase the scope of the MSADA scholarship at
Gallaudet, and pick two or three schools of the deaf in India that we can support over
the long term.
4. Q2: WHAT NEW GOALS SHOULD BE ADD?
1. Educate outsiders
2. Socialize/open for social hour once a year
3. Recruit more memberships
• Student representative
• Member-at-Large
• more volunteers
• Try to recruit Nepali deafies to join our team
(there are far!)
4. Move forward in 21st century/Green Project
5. 5. Expand more horizon than traditional and classic
thinking
6. National organization or International organization
7. Partner with several organizations like synergy
• Like we agreed to affiliate with DDW (Discovering
Deaf Worlds)
• Collaborate with other hearing South Asian
organizations
e.g. SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together)
e.g. NetSAP (Network of South Asian Professionals), NetIP
( Network of Indian professionals etc..)
6. 8. Encourage MSADA members to give presentation
about their drastic problems to Gallaudet
community & outsider
9. Raise MORE funds to seven countries
• other than hosting the Deaf events, also be open to host/co-host
the hearing/public events
• Scholarships
• MSADA Conference 2013
• Set up interpreter trainings in those seven countries
• Support deaf schools in those seven countries
10. Travel to visit Deaf school(s) and expose them
about Gallaudet University/NTID
11. General Meeting/Presentation – host once a year
during academic year
7. Sponsorship goals: Example
• MSADA Scholarship Fund (each year)
Expenses: $500
• One deaf school or organization in South Asia
(rotate around different schools /
organizations each year)
Expenses: $500
TOTAL: $1000
8. Fundraising goals: Example
• Sri Lankan New Year Party (April)
Goal: Profit $200
• Holi Festival (May)
Goal: Profit $200
• Diwali/Eid Celebration (Nov)
Goal: Profit $500
• Indian X-Mas Party (Dec)
Goal: Profit $100
TOTAL: $1000
