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Brihan Maharashtra Mandal

2009-2011

© 2009 Brihan Maharashtra Mandal2

Objectives

Bring Marathi Community of North America under one umbrella

Promote cultural activities

Address the issues of North American Marathi community

Build social and business networks for all ages

Nurture ties between the Marathi community in India and in North America

Develop relationships with the Local and Indian Community at large

Increase participation of young generation

Provide assistance to aging community


History & Milestones

Established in 1981 in Chicago Founder Members:

Vishnu Vaidya, Sharad Godbole and Jaya Huprikar 1981: BMM Vrutta was started 1984: First Marathi Convention in Chicago

( 300 participants) 1989: First Major Constitution rewrite and adoption 1994: MAIYTRA, a Youth Organization was founded 2007: Second Major Constitution revision and adoption 14 conventions were held in major cities


BMM Executive Committee 2009-2011

President: Madhuri Joshi, NJSecretary: Leena Deodhare, TorontoTreasurer: Ajay Dandekar, CAMembers:

Milind Gokhale, CO Mandar Joglekar, PASham Navathe, GA Dileep Thatte, ILKirti Rege, OH

Board Of Advisors:

Chairperson: Vidya Hardikar-Sapre, CAAnand Joshi, NJ Shri Thanedar, FL


Benefits of BMM

Establish unity within the Marathi community

Beneficial contribution to :• Cultural Interaction• Youth Relationships and Education• Business Enhancement• Senior Activities

Effective conduit to make new friends

Unified front for interaction with the local community and rest of the Indian community


Activities and Projects

BMM Convention: Biennial gathering of Marathi people in major North American cities.

Marathi Shala: Uniform curriculum for Marathi schools for all the North American cities.

MAIYTRA: Maharashtrian Association of Indian Youth Together Representing America

UttarRang: Activities for 55 plus agegroup Serving Untapped Marathi Segments: Helping Marathi students

and young couples BMM Process Documentation: Review and update Constitution

and By Laws. Improve processes in various BMM activities to provide clarity and efficiency. Develop process documents for various activities

BMM Vrutta: Monthly newsletter: Voice of BMM Talent Transfer: Promote local artists from North America


Activities and Projects - Contd

Guest Artists Programs: Invite artists from India Name: (North American Marathi Entrepreneurs ) Business networking

and start-up promotion NRIPO: Non Resident Indian Parents Organization: Providing

assistance to parents back in India BMM Web Site: www.bmmonline.org BMM Mart: Sale of Audio and video programs, books, and Marathi

teaching aids sponsored by BMM• Mom’s Kitchen – New and improved edition $20 (USD)• Convention Program DVDs: Speeches by Dr. Mashelar and Dr.

Jadhav. Music programs by Bela Shende and Hrishikesh Ranade, Mahesh Kale and many more artists

• MyMarathi CD

EC members are assigned to each of the above tasks and they are the points of contact for BMM.


Membership Lead: Ajay Dandekar

There are three categories of Membership• Marathi Mandal Members

– Any Marathi Mandal with 25 or more family members can become member of BMM– Membership fees and number of Votes as follows

Up to 100 Members $50 Annual Fee and 1 Vote 101 to 250 Members $100 Annual Fee and 2 Votes 251 and over $150 Annual Fee and 3 Votes

– Currently there are 50 Marathi Mandals in North America out of which 34 are BMM Members

– Each EC member has been assigned to a number of Mandal Members to provide continuous support and communication regarding BMM activities as well as to meet their needs

• Associate Members– Any organization with 501© (3) status in North America and being actively involved in

promoting Marathi cultural events such as drama, music, dance and literature can become an Associate member

– Annual Membership is $50 with NO voting rights

• Individual Members - Individuals can become members on payment of an annual membership fee of U.S. $50 or a life membership fee of U.S. $1,000 with NO voting rights


BMM Convention Dileep Thatte BMMEC liaison

26th year of uninterrupted and successful venture of BMM

Most talked about event in Marathi community of North America

Generates heightened interest among Marathis all over the world

3 days of exciting activities such as plays, music, dance, seminars, youth programs to satisfy every age group

Provides platform for lectures, networking, interviews, business fair and medical convention and brings Marathi community together.

Next convention – Planned in Chicago


Marathi Shala Lead: Leena Deodhare

BMM’s goal is to make an uniform curriculum for Marathi Shala for all the North American cities.

The curriculum is made by a panel of teachers appointed by BMM.

BMM will be starting a Pilot project with six participating Mandal members , as of fall 2009.

BMM is affiliated with Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Pune on this pilot project. A three level standardized testing will be conducted by BMM and Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Pune on the basis of this curriculum . This system will be in place by Spring 2011 for all BMM Mandal members.


MAIYTRAVishal Nayak MAIYTRA President, Dileep Thatte BMMEC liaison

Conventions Biannual conventions in major North

American cities, alternating every other year with the major BMM conventions.

Provides a social and cultural network for second-generation youths (ages 18-35+)

San Francisco 2008 a success - over 250 young adults attended

MAIYTRA 2010 location TBD

Communications Through email list and Facebook

groups – would like to expand beyond being convention-centered

Join the email list by emailing Vishal Nayak at: [email protected]

Working on making BMM Vrutta newsletter next-generation friendly

http://www.bmmonline.org/maiytra.htm

Marathi-lite initiative Goal is to bridge the gap between

generations and to encourage participation where Marathi fluency may be a barrier by creating an environment where those with varying Marathi speaking skills can feel like they are part of the greater Marathi community

Stay tuned for more

Next generation continuity plan A core team of young adults is

focusing on creating a persistent forum for young adults to discuss ideas and expand next generation leadership within the BMM

If you are interested in joining this effort, email Vishal Nayak


UttarRang:Lead: Vidya Hardikar Sapre

What is it and Why Collective Actions to help Marathi people to age gracefully We have common experiences and cultural background : We

want to share. We started with Mandal, then BMM and MAIYTRA. Next step of

this evolution is UttarRang.

Future Plan Virtual and Actual retirement communities for Marathi people. Support system in the Marathi Community Dialogue with the other Indian communities Raise awareness of available services to seniors in North

America


Serving Untapped Marathi Segments Lead: Sham Navathe

So far two segments of Marathi community have received little or no attention

#1 : Marathi students coming from India

#2 : Second generation Marathis with families

Proposed Future Plans

Help Marathi students with local Marathi “host families” – to help them have some local contact and deal with “homesickness”

Assist young couples with one or both Marathi spouses in local networking,


Process improvement Lead: Kirti Rege

Review of Constitution and By Laws Review and revision of constitution and By laws for efficient

operation of BMM

Review and revision of- all the processes involved in the operation of BMM Committee and

Convention Committee for clarity and efficiency

all BMM activities and programs


BMM Newsletter (Vrutta) Lead: Milind Gokhale

•History and Overview

•Monthly newsletter to reach out to Marathi community in North-America, India and Abroad

• Available as hard-copy and online with annual, two years or life membership

•Started in 1982 as hand-written, but changed face with technology

•Covers Mandal activities, articles, interviews, prominent Marathis, etc.

•Invites guest editors, Come up with special issues.

•Future Plans

•Reach out to all age-groups

•Attempt for English version to attract born in North-America

•Utilize technology (for example, Audio in Internet Edition)

•Involve Marathi community all over the world including electronic media

•Revive past columns and add for networking, business, literary world, etc


Talent Transfer Lead: Ajay Dandekar

BMM platform is used to showcase talents of North America

Talent Transfer includes performing arts, fine arts, and visual arts.

BMM will try to arrange the tours of Artists of North Americawho are affiliated with BMM Mandal members

Local Mandal artists can perform with the traveling core artist group


Guest Artists ProgramsLead: Sham Navathe

• Since inception, we have been arranging tours of artists from India

• Singers, Music Composers

• Full-Length Plays, stand up comedy

• Writers, Social workers/Community organizers

• Classical and folk dancers

• Special talents (Puppeteering)

Future Plan

• Attempt to outline tours well in advance.

• Promote upcoming, but talented artists.

• Make BMM’s 501(C)3 status available to Mandal members to keep costs down and to reap the advantages of non profit organization

• Enable tour organizers to work with BMM directly


NAMELead: Mandar Joglekar

NAME – North American Marathi Entrepreneur

Name provides networking platform for Marathi entrepreneurs across north America

Conducts regional summits

Guide and mentor upcoming entrepreneurs


NRIPO Lead: Mandar Joglekar

NRIPO – Non Resident Indians Parents Organization

It is joint venture of Pune and North America

NRIPO provides emotional and social support to parents of NRI

Provides assistance for travel arrangements

Helps with medical care, cultural activities, insurance etc


BMM Website Lead: Mandar Joglekar, Milind Gokhale

BMM Website – Public Interface of our organization: http://www.bmmonline.org

Future Plans

• Provide up to date information on Events, Tours, BMM projects etc

• Provide information about all BMM mandal members

• Provide BMM and MAIYTRA convention information

• Display BMM Newsletter

• Revamp the website with new look-n-feel

• Provide Networking Platform


How can You Help

Become a member and subscribe to Vrutta Encourage the local Marathi Mandal to be a member of BMM

Members of BMM can get following benefits• Talent Transfer• Marathi Shala support• Free Copy of BMM Vrutta• Any other support related to organizational support (e.g. 501© status etc)• Some of the other benefits such as Free Website, emailing tools,

membership maintenance tools are being considered.

Volunteer to get local Marathi subscribers for Vrutta Volunteer in BMM projects and activities Participate in BMM Convention

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Documents

marathi convention

various bmm activities

indian community slide

marathi students

bmm mart

marathi schools

marathi shala

north america slide