JAINA An Umbrella Organization of Jains Associations in North America September 2013 Report to > > JAINA Director 1

JAINA Organization – To serve you! 150K 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 1 Full-Time Office Manager JAINA Committees (31) JAINA Committees (31) YJP 100’s of VOLUNTEERS

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

Meet JAINA Executive Team 4 President, Prem Jain, Jain Center of Northern California, CA First VP, Ashok Domadia, Jain Center of Northern California, CA Treasurer, Gunvant Shah, Jain Center of New Jersey, Essex Falls, NJ Secretary, Yogendra Jain, Jain Center of Greater Boston, MA Past President, Dr. Sushil Jain, Jain Center of Metro Washington VP Canada, Raj Patil, Jain Center of Toronto, Canada VP West, Dr. Jayesh Shah, Jain Center of Southern California, CA VP Southeast, Rajendra Mehta, Jain Center of Central Florida, FL VP Southwest, Piyush Mehta, Jain Society of Greater Phoenix, AZ VP Midwest, Hemant T. Shah, Jain Society of Metro Chicago, IL VP Northeast, Rajeev Pandya, Jain Center of America, NY VP Mideast, Haresh K. Shah, Jain Sangh of Cherry Hill, NJ

How JAINA Supports YOUR Center (news, resources, events, fresh content) JAINA and YJA Convention (3500 Attendees in Detroit Convention) Pathshala Books Charity, Jiv Daya, Representation in Washington, Mentorship, Media, TV, and much much more… Facebook / Twitter JAINA Calendar Jain Digest and eBLAST Professional volunteers opportunities for OUR members (visit JAINA Projects) Share mail list Live Internet feed for OUR event on JAINA YouTube Channel Create FREE web site for OUR center (if you don’t have one) 5

6 Main Objective for Next 2 years Transform from a Volunteer Based Organization to a Professional + Volunteer Organization 1.Expand JAINA Office 2.Work closely with all Jain Centers, combine their best practices and propagate with others 3.Make JAINA a household name in NA and globally 4.Raise funds for JAINA

JAINA Jain Society  JAINA BOD/EC/Project and Committees lead meeting: - At Siddhachalam, NJ, October 11-13, 2013  JAINA AHIMSA Day launch: Award by Claremont-Lincoln University: - “Gurudev Sri Chitrabhanu” at White House on Oct 2, 2013  2015 JAINA Convention Bids: - All Jain Centers are invited to participate, submission deadline-Oct 15  Proposed VRG Chair: - $1.5 million grant from India’s Ministry of Culture

8 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)

9 YOU SHOULD REGISTER (to get FREE JAINA Calendar and JAIN Digest) 12,000 Registered members

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11 Jai Jinendra Thank You Please continue Your Support for JAINA