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LIPILEKHA BANGLA ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT
2005-2006
Sunday, Jun 25, 2006
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Welcome from LBA Organizers
President
Suranjan Ray
General Secretary
Aniruddha Chakravarty
Treasurer
Subhrajit Bhattacharya (moved)
Aniruddha Chakravarty (acting)
Cultural Secretary
Apratim Purakayastha
Committee Members
Chitta Saha, Gautam Kar, Koushik Das, Kaushik Mitra (moved), Jyoti Nath and Muna Basu
Newspaper Advisor
Muna Basu
Bangla School Coordinator
Indrani Basu
Web Committee
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Kuhu Ray, Siddhartha Basu, Koushik Das, Kanja Saha
www.lipilekhaweb.org
Summary
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Filed the application and the Bylaws of Lipilekha – on the way to tax exempt
status
First group of Board of Directors: Nirmal Pal, Satyen Mukherjee, Pradip Bose,
Gautam Kar, Sunil Mukhopadhaya, Subrata Das and Siddhartha Basu
Launched www.Lipilekhaweb.org – more dynamic
Membership from 48 to 44 as of today (5 dropped out, 1 new addition)
Student population declining – 16 this year; few new additions next year
Held key programs smoothly – Saraswati Puja, Picnic, and Bijoya.
Introduced kids menu during our programs.
Increased youth participation – functions, priest for puja and youth page on
website
Developed long term agreements with the churches favorably
Raising Charitable Contribution for Somsar (Target $5,400)
Lipilekha – How are we doing?
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We had a slight loss this year (- $392.40)
– Total Income $11,458
– Total Expenses $11,850.40
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Opening Balance (in Bank): June 30, 2005: $5,562.10
Closing Balance (in Bank): June 20, 2006: $5,364.94
– We collected $630 in early drive in June 2006 towards
membership for the next year (2006-07)
– We have generously contributed to the St Bartholomews Church
for Patio reconstruction ($500) from our funds (in addition,
members have contributed over $1,000 privately)
– We paid an installment of $625 in June 2006 for Church Rental for
the next year 2006-07
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Financial – YTD Income
Income
2005-2006
2004-05
Current Year Membership
1,310.00
1,560.00
School
1,240.00
1,280.00
780.00
979.00
Contribution (Income)
Two Year Income Comparison
2,500.00
2,000.00
511.00
Picnic
1,445.00
1,205.00
Bijoya
2,095.00
1,415.00
Saraswati P
1,935.00
2,290.00
Rabindra J
1,755.00
1,740.00
Raffle
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Next Year Membership
168.00
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1,500.00
2005-2006
1,000.00
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Newspaper Contribution
500.00
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168.00
1,730.00
TOTAL GROSS
11,458.00
13,178.00
TOTAL NET
12,558.00
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353.63
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Web Charges
148.78
140.00
Teachers Recognition
100.00
256.25
Current Year Hall Rental
625.00
500.00
2,000.00
Picnic
1,145.92
1,276.70
1,500.00
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2,046.30
2,012.09
1,000.00
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Saraswati Puja
2,030.78
1,744.60
Rabindra Jayanti
2,227.61
1,740.21
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1,447.38
1,330.84
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625.00
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Contribution (Expense)
500.00
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TOTAL GROSS
11,850.40
10,831.13
TOTAL NET
11,850.40
10,206.13
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Financial Summary – YTD
How are we doing now?
– We collected additional $630 towards 2006-07 membership - Total
$1,310 + $630 = $1,940 Vs. Last year, $1,730 + $1,560 = $3,290
– School Income now at $1,240 and Expenses $1,447 (Shortfall $207)
– We collected $780 in contributions & $168 in raffle – Total $948
 Last year, the contribution and raffle was $979 and $168
– Income/Expense Details in major programs:
 Picnic: Expenses $1,145.92, Income: $1,445 (Gain $299)
 Bijoya: Expenses $2,046.30, Income: $2,095 (Gain $48.70)
 Saraswati P: Expenses $2,030.78, Income: $1,935 (Loss -$95.78)
 Rabindra J: Expenses $2,227.61, Income: $1,755 (Loss -$472.61)
 Church Rental for the whole year $1,250 is not accounted in
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Areas of improvement
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Need to increase school enrollment
Need to increase members (carry out drives
in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and
Connecticut)
More fundraising by:
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Donations from individuals
Donations from businesses (e.g. IBM)
Raise more advertisements
Thanks from the Committee
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Contributors/donors($)
Youth volunteers
- Aditya Neil Basu, Robert Gupta, Anirban Ray, Sunanda Nath, Enakshi
Dasgupta, Jhumur Banik, Tara Basu.
Teachers
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Coordinators
- Indrani Basu (Bangla school), Vandana Mukherjee (sports), Indrani Dhar
(youth art), Muna Basu (Patshalar Khobor newspaper), Kuhu Ray, Siddhartha
Basu, Koushik Das and Kanja Saha (web sub-committee)
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Advisors
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Anindita Chatterjee, Urmi Purakayastha, Neepa Das, Indrani Basu, and Sujata
Kar
Siddhartha Basu, Subrata Das and others