Important Message from BSNA President Dated February 7, 2010

Dear BSNA Chapter Presidents:  

Namaskar

I would appreciate it very much if you could please forward me the following information at your earliest :

• You and your chapters key member’s full contact information (telephone numbers, e-mail address, mailing address, etc.)

• If you have not already done, please have elections in your chapter. Normally selection of BSNA Chapter President’s Term coincides with the national EC term.

• If you have already completed the elections in your chapter, could you please forward me the contact information of the new President and his/her team members?

• Your chapter activities such as meeting notes, activities reports, and achievements, especially of youth, brief articles, and any other items that you think would be newsworthy, to Mrs. Anjana Bharagava and Mr. Raga Misra for print and/or web site publication.

I would like to update all this information so EC and I could communicate with you all in an efficient manner. Please feel free to let us know any suggestions, comments, ideas, complaints that could improve the functioning of the EC or help the community.

Your new EC and I are looking forward to working with you all.

Best regards,

Om Sharma

Phone # 908-359-3348

E-Mail: hmosharma@gmail.com

MINUTES OF VA-BSNA MAHASHIVARATRI AND VELENTINE'S DAY MEETING

VA-BSNA meeting was held on February 14, 2010 at 1170 Cumberland Drive, Colonial Heights, VA. 23834. The guest-members were greeted with Tilak on their fore-head by Dr. Janeshwar Upadhyay, President of BSNA Virginia Chapter. Dr. Upadhyay introduced the members and the meeting started around 1 PM with a joint prayer. Dr. Upadhyay gave a brief history and purpose of BSNA and its Annual Convention. Dr. Upadhyay narrated that BSNA is a Socio-Religious and Educational Service Organization to bring the like minded people with Brahmnic values together to educate adult and children in Hindu Culture, spiritual values and facilitate youth marriage. BSNA Annual Conventions are held to get together, renew acquaintances, get Brahman youth together and pass on Hindu spiritual and Cultural values to the new generation through performance, demonstration and discussion.

Dr. Upadhyay told the group that VA-BSNA Chapter of BSNA is hosting the Sixteenth Annual Convention of BSNA from July 2-4, 2010 in Richmond. The hotel for the Convention and food catering contract is being negotiated and it will be completed by the end of February and a Pre-meeting (P-Meeting) for the Convention is being panned before the end of March, 2010. Dr. Upadhyay said that a theme for the convention had been discussed in the last meeting and should be decided soon. Dr. Ram Tripathi of Hampton suggested that youth point of view should be considered. Dr. Bhardwaj and Dr. Lok Shandilya and Mr. Prakash D. Upadhyaya endorsed the idea. Dr. Upadhyay asked the youth present in the meeting to express their views. Mr Paavan Kotini and Mr. Sudhanshu Singha suggested to discuss the benefit of following the Indian values. Dr. Shandilya stated that parents are the primary teachers of the Cultural values, however, society has certain responsibility also. Dr. Upadhyay announced that Mr. Dharma Raju Kotini is not a Brahman by birth but he is a Brahman by Guna (nature) and Karma ( deeds) like he believes in God, reads Geeta, Ramayan, his family prays to gods and goddesses and he likes BSNA's Objectives and he has expressed the desire to be a member of BSNA. Dr. Upadhyay asked the opinion of the group and there was unanimous agreement to gladly accept him as a member. Mr. Kotini paid his annual membership fee and he became a member of BSNA. Dr. Harbansh Bhardwaj who has been a member on our list for a long time, paid membership fee and became a life member today.

Dr. Hari Sharma and Mrs. Purnima Upadhyay proposed that we should have lunch then continue with the meeting. Mr. Upendra Pandey supported the idea. We all had a delicious lunch. Thanks to Mrs. Sunita Upadhyay, Mrs. Purniuma, Upadhyay, Manju Sngha, Mrs. Punam Singh, Mrs. Kamla Upadhyaya, Mrs. Kusuma Kotini, Mrs. Pushpa Tripathi for the food.

Meeting resumed after lunch. Mr. Upendra Pandey, Vice-President of VA-BSNA, proposed to conduct the election. Dr. Upadhyay asked for nomination, one by one for the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Social Chairman and a Youth Coordinator. Dr. Ram Tripathi proposed and Dr. Shandilya and Mr. Prakash Upadhyaya seconded, Dr. Janeshwar Upadhyay for President and Dr. Upadhyay was elected with a unanimous vote as the President, Dr. Tripathi proposed and several members called for Dr. Upadhyay to be elected as President for Life of VA-BSNA. Dr. Upadhyay declined with Thanks for being a Life long President. Dr. Hari Sharma proposed and Mr. Suman Singha seconded, Mr. Upendra Pandey to be re-elected as Vice President. Dr. Pandey declined and he proposed Dr. Shandilya for VP. Dr. Shandilya was elected Unanimously as Vice President. Mrs. Manju Singha as secretary, Dr. Hari Sharma as Treasurer were re-elected with unanimous vote. Mrs. Nita Shandilya, although was not present in the meeting but was properly proposed, seconded and unanimously elected as the Social Chairman. Mr. Sudhanshu Singha proposed and Mr. Satawart Upadhyay seconded and Miss Jyotsna Upadhyay was unanimously elected as the youth Co-Coordinator.

Dr. Upadhyay called for the nomination of VA-BSNA Youth Group President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Social Chairman. Mr. Paavan Kotini as President, Mr. Sudhanshu Singha as Vice-President, Mr. Satawart Upadhyay as Secretary, Juhi Sharma as Teasurer, Mr. Subhendu Singha as Social Chairman were elected unanimously. Dr. Upadhyay appointed Pritesh Singh as Vice Social Chairman of the Youth Group to help in the social and cultural activities.

Mr. And Mrs. Kotini expressed the desire to host next VA-BSNA meeting at their home. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 PM

Dr. Janeshwar Upadhyay, President, VA-BSNA

(804) 524-0589

February 20, 2010

An invitation from 2010 Convention Director (Dated: February 1, 2010)

If you have tried to make new members or asked members to come for meetings or to the Annual Conventions, you must have faced the same question as I have, what BSNA is for and what can it do for me or for anyone else. I have written the answer, as I see it. If you like the answer, please send it to your members and others to become members and come to our Convention in July.

BSNA is a non-profit, non-political, educational, religious and cultural organization. BSNA's purpose is to promote Vedic, traditional, Hindu cultural values among its members and society at large, especially among children, and create a family bond among the like minded people. 

It tries to accomplish its goal through organizing social and religious get-together and discussion; encouraging children to form their own groups and discuss their socio-religious problems; by arranging marriageable match for youth; by performing religious rites and ceremonies,  by helping poor children for their education; by helping disaster affected people where-ever they may be, and by organizing and conducting Annual Conventions for forming socio-religious bonds among members and promoting BSNA's religious, cultural and social goals.

Any one who believes in God, Vedas, Hindu literature, peace, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance and service to the society according to his natural liking and he considers himself a Brahman by his nature and karma, regardless of caste, creed or national origin then he is illegible to be a member.

Dr. J. Upadhyay, President, VA-BSNA and
Board of Trustees (BOT) Member of BSNA
Phone: (804) 524-0589, E Mail: drjupadhyay@yahoo.com