JAINA BOD Meeting Aug. 29, 2013 Jai Jinendra 1

Agenda 1.Prayer - 2 min 2.Presidents remarks - Prem - 5 min 3.Introduction of each person attending - brief announcement - BOD - 30 sec. Each 4.Reports - Updates: 4A. Secretary report - Yogendra - 5 min 4B. JAINA Finance summary - Gunvant - 5 min 4C: Status on Detroit Convention, Fund Raise, JAINA Office – Prem - 3 min 4D. YJA and YJP plans for next two years - YJA & YJP Reps - 3 min each 4E. JAINA 2014 Convention plans and progress - Ashok - 3 min 4F. JAINA Office / projects progress report - Quick update on each - Parth – 5 min 5.Review of Tools available to JAINA BOD to do be more effective - Parth/ Prem - 5 min 6.Guidance and Feedback from BOD (All BoD Members) – 15 min. 6A. Recommendations from JAINA BOD - BoD Members - (All) 6B. How can JAINA EC and Office help (Jain centers and you?) 7.Announcements (10 min) 7A. Siddhachalam BOD and Team meeting – Yogendra 7B. Oct 1st Legislative Conf on Capitol Hill - awards by Clairemont Lincoln University/ JAINA/AJC/NAACP( celebrate Ahinsa day as well as present Ahimsa Award to Gurudev Chitrabhanu by Clairmont Lincoln University) - Sushil 7C. Oct 2nd -- White House - Ahimsa Celebration - Sushil 7D. Student Loan program – Appx. $150K pledges received – in process of developing guidelines - Prem 2

3 JAINA’s Vision: Preserve and Share Jain Dharma and Way of Life

4 Main Objective for Next 2 years Transform from a Volunteer Based Organization to a Professional + Volunteer Organization

5 We achieve by: 1.Work closely with all Jain Centers, combine their best practices and propagate with to others 2.Make JAINA a household name in NA and globally 3.Continue our effort last year to raise funds for JAINA Projects, Committees & for running JAINA office 4.Establish JAINA Office as the central place to: Provide EC / BOD Support Build community outreach campaigns Build a central volunteer base (JAINA Volunteer Corps), Manage JAINA Internship Program, Support Project / Committee leaders

6 Continue our effort last year to raise funds for JAINA Projects, Committees & for running JAINA office Here is how we will achieve this objective: Planned first ever Fundraising Drive, leading up to, during, and after the 2013 JAINA Convention, garnering $196,000k in pledges. Donations are still coming in. Continuing to support existing and new projects which align with JAINA’s vision and mission. JAINA Office supporting outreach campaigns for projects.

Secretary Report – Yogendra Jain Transition: Joint meeting with past EC and current EC Transition underway Meetings every 2 weeks (Monday evenings) Notes on-line and soon accessible to all BOD Update information on BOD members, Chairs.. Support Projects JAINA Office Parth Savla – Office Manager 7

Federation of Jain Associations in North America An Organization that will be most impactful in you and your family’s life JAINA office Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, NY (718) Annual dues for Member Associations shall be as follows: with membership of 50 or less families: $ (US) with membership of 51 to 300 families: $ (US) with membership of more than 300 families:$ (US) Directors nominated by Member Associations with membership of 50 or less families shall nominate 1 director with membership of 51 to 300 families shall nominate 2 directors with membership of more than 300 families shall nominate 3 directors 8 What is JAINA?

JAINA Structure K Jains; 67 Centers JAINA Directors (1, 2, or 3 per center 108 Directors total) JAINA Directors (1, 2, or 3 per center 108 Directors total) JAINA Centers JAIN Centers (67) JAIN Centers (67) VP (NE, ME, MW, SE, SW, W, Canada) VP (NE, ME, MW, SE, SW, W, Canada) Past President Past President YJA Treasure Secretary First VP President Part-Time Support Part-Time Support NA Jains (150K) IT/Finance To Be Hired IT/Finance To Be Hired JAINA Committees (31) JAINA Committees (31) YJP

Please Complete This 1. Visit and be sure you are a member AND sign up for Group of JAINA Director (Join this Group) – once you sign in, then in "My Profile you will see your this Group) and be sure you are a member AND sign up for Group of JAINA Director (Join this Group) – once you sign in, then in "My Profile you will see your this Group) 2. Visit and confirm your information is correct. If it is not, please send to and confirm your information is correct. If it is not, please send to 3. Read JAINA constitution (see a copy on ) ) 4. Browse through the new updated and share your feedbackhttp:// and share your feedback 5. Start brainstorming on a Project: 50 hour duration project that will benefit all of the Jains in North America that you can lead. 10

11 Work closely with all Jain Centers, combine their best practices and propagate with to others Greater frequency in BOD Calls BOD Meeting in Siddhachalam, Oct 11 – 13 Creation of BOD Group in JAINA.org to share and collaborate.

12 Work closely with all Jain Centers, combine their best practices and propagate with to others (cont’d)

13 4B. JAINA Finance summary - Gunvant - 5 min 4C: Status on Detroit Convention - Prem - 3 min 4E. JAINA 2015 Convention plans and progress - Ashok - 3 min 4F. JAINA Office / projects progress report - Parth – 3 min

14 JAINA Office is ready for support: 1.Provide EC / BOD Support 2.Build community support and outreach campaigns 3.Manage JAINA Internship Program 4.Support Project / Committee leaders 5.Build a central volunteer base (JAINA Volunteer Corps)

15 JAINA Office (cont.) Accomplishments (in 6 mos): 1.Provide EC / BOD Support Supporting as needed administrative tasks Bi-weekly Infrastructure Support calls (1 st & 3 rd Thurs) 2.Build community support and outreach campaigns Nearly doubled membership from 6,000k – 11,800k Sending regular community newsletters to create awareness (read by 3,500k - 6,000k weekly) Managing jaina.org website with periodic updates (creation of 30+ new site pages) Regularly reconciling contact form requests and approving new members. Managing JAINA hotline and mail Social Media: Facebook page with 481 likes, regular posts being read by avg of 630 people (as per Facebook analytics) connected with 6 Jain / Jainism groups Twitter Account with 100 followers: YouTube Channel with Live Feed capability:

16 JAINA Office (cont.) Accomplishments (in 6 mos.): 3.Manage JAINA Internship Program Themes: Leadership Training, Professional Skill Building, Personal Practice Launched and successfully completed first JAINA Student Internship Program with 3 interns (remote internship) Outreach to 4 local colleges to extend internship opportunity beyond the Jain Community For 2013 JAINA Convention: Produced 5 brochures, 2 videos, 15 Poster Boards Fundraising: Created Call Center for 1.5 weeks to follow up with pledges

17 JAINA Projects Progress Accomplishments (in 6 mos): 4.Support Project / Committee leaders Supporting 17 projects / project leaders Featuring projects in newsletters + social media Bi-Weekly Project Leaders Call (2 nd and 4 th Thurs) In past 2 weeks provide 7 new volunteers for project leaders For full list of projects go to: 5.Build a central volunteer base (JAINA Volunteer Corps) In Progress – need your support?

Tools to Support YOUR Center (news, resources, events, fresh content) Active on Facebook / Twitter Professional volunteers opportunities for your members (visit JAINA Projects) Mail list to expand YOUR member base (12,000 registered members) eBlast twice a month with YOUR local news Jain Digest with YOUR news and articles Live Internet feed for YOUR event on JAINA YouTube Channel Create FREE web site for YOUR center (if you don’t have one) Many others tools – to be discussed in future meetings… 18

Guidance and Feedback from BOD (All BoD Members) – 15 min. Recommendations from JAINA BOD - BoD Members – How can JAINA EC and Office help (Jain centers and you?) 19

Announcements 7A. Siddhachalam BOD and Team meeting – Yogendra 7B. Oct 1st Legislative Conf on Capitol Hill - awards by Clairemont Lincoln University/ JAINA/AJC/NAACP (celebrate Ahimsa day as well as present Ahimsa; Award to Gurudev Chitrabhanu by Clairmont Lincoln University) – Sushil 7C. Oct 2nd -- White House - Ahimsa Celebration – Sushil 7D. Student Loan program – Appx. $150K pledges received – in process of developing guidelines - Prem 20

21 JAINA - Days Creation of JAINA Days – National days of observance 1.Forgiveness Day (Sept 21 st,2013) 2.Non-violence Day (Oct 2 nd 2013) 3.Jive Daya Day (November 28 th,2013)

Coming Soon… eBlast with focus on Paryushan Slide presentation for YOU to present at your main Paryushan Function See you at Siddhachalam! 22