Pranaam,

We are happy to announce that the registration for HOLI 2017 has begun and you can register by visiting the link:
http://www.rana-nj.org/event/holi-milan-samaroh-2017/

RAJPUT ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA

(RANA – NJ CHAPTER)

Cordially invites you on the auspicious occasion of

“HOLI MILAN SAMAROH 2017”

ON APRIL 1st 2017, Saturday 6pm to 11pm

Venue: Guru Palace

2215 US-1, North Brunswick NJ 08902

Celebrate Holi with your Rajput Biradari:
Holi Milan Samroah 2017!
The new NJ Chapter Committee has organized a program with wonderful entertainment and an awesome Menu. More information and registration is available at http://www.rana-nj.org/event/holi-milan-samaroh-2017/
There is a wonderful fundraising initiative and we request you to advertise in the RANA NJ Chapter Calendar. For more information, please contact:

Anupriya and she can be reached at [email protected]
or
Naivedya and he can be reached at [email protected]

Looking forward to seeing you at the Holi Milan Samroah!
Regards,
Rajiv Singh (Manu)

Namaste,

Today at 12:30 PM or so there will be a live INTERACTIVE simulcast of the RANA NEC General Body meeting. Please go to:

If you can not attend live, you can view the meeting at a later time at the above address. A special thanks to new NJ EC Member Navedya Sengar for setting this up and input from Gaurav Jadav. Kudos to new NJ EC Cultural Secretary Minaxi Singh for setting up the Menu.

Regards,
Rajiv Singh (Manu)

Namaste!

A belated Happy New Year!

Tomorrow, January 15th is the RANA National Executive Committee General Body Committee meeting that will be held at Noon at the following Location:

Guru palace restaurant

2215 US Hwy 1 South

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

This is a wonderful opportunity for us to meet prior to Holi which will be the NJ Chapter’s first event of the year at the beginning of April. An elaborate lunch will be served including delectable delights such as Mutton. The price of this event is …….FREE! Free is a very good price.

Many members of the new NJ EC will be present. We hope to see you at noon!

Regards,
Rajiv Singh (Manu)

Namaste!
As the tenure of the 2015-2016 NJ EC tenure nears its end, the annual general body was held. As required by the constitution, NJ EC will appoint an auditor of the financial statements. We are discussing this with Prakashsinh Chavda and Mahavir ji.

Many members were present including members of the incoming 2017-2018 NJ Executive Committee.

The following annual report was provided by the NJ EC to the attendees:

It has been a delightful privilege to serve you the past 2 years. As we look forward to a smooth transition for the next committee, please note the following by your NJ EC:

Although subject to audit, From a financial perspective we started our tenure in 2015 with a balance of $10,153.71 and ended with a balance of $15,800.73.

The following is a report of activities during our tenure:

Hosted a very well attended Picnic event with Masala Dosa.

Supported The Dharma Conference and had a booth there.

Hosted a wonderful Camping event.

To celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth, Organized a youth volunteer initiative that prepared 400 meals for the benefit of the Trenton Soup Kitchen.

Sent Post Cards to over 1,000 Rajputs encouraging them to join RANA and or be more active in RANA.

Hosted the Diwali event at Arsha Vidya Gurukulum. RANA members contributed $1,500 in donations.

Created a Chapter website.

Created a Chapter facebook site.

Contributed to 3 charities.

Re Created an Electronic version of the RANA membership directory.

Added 3 new families to membership.

Hosted The New Year Dhamaka. Very successful and entertaining. Highest non convention gross revenue generating event in the History of RANA.

Added 3 junior and youth members to executive committee as members at large.

Members of NJ EC were active in neighboring Chapter events such as Picnics of NY and DC Chapter.

Positively supported NEC and attended meetings as requested.

2016

Hosted an Outdoor Picnic gathering for Holi.

Initiated the RANA Youth Ambassador program by sending 3 RANA Youths to Jaipur India.

Hosted the annual picnic.

Hosted the annual Camping event.

To celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth, Organized a youth volunteer initiative that prepared 400 meals for the benefit of the Trenton Soup Kitchen.

Actively participated in the 10th Biennial Convention.

The following 4 Chapter Members have been installed as the 2017-2018 NJ Executive Committee and will take office January 1, 2017:

President Dlipsinh Rathod

Vice President Raj Shekhar Singh

Secretary Jay Gohil

Treasurer Sanjay Singh

On behalf of RANA NJ Chapter, we sincerely appreciate the service of the above individuals to RANA. Lets all make sure the transition is seamless and we support them in all their initiatives.

Thank you so much for your support and participation.

Respectfully,
The RANA NJ EC

Namaste,

In accordance with the adopted election policy of our NJ Chapter Executive Committee, nominations for the 4 positions of the NJ Chapter executive committee are now closed. We have received multiple nominations in accordance with the adopted election policy for the following:
President: Dilipsinh Rathod

Vice President: Raj Shekhar Singh

Treasurer: Sanjay Singh

Secretary: Jay Gohil

I have also received positive encouragement of support from senior members of our chapter for the above candidates. All of the above candidates are unopposed and have accepted their nominations.

In addition to the above, Naivedya Sengar is interested in being on the committee. He will attend the General Body Meeting on Sunday. He is a fine young man and has a beautiful family. There are many more volunteers needed. Please let us know if you are interested in serving the RANA chapter.

Congratulations to all! We sincerely appreciate your dedication and service to the NJ Chapter of RANA.

If you have not confirmed your attendance for the General Body Meeting this Sunday at 11 AM, please do so as soon as possible so that we have a confirmed head count for food and table settings. All of the new committee members will be in attendance. They will be taking office officially on January 1 2017. I will be handing over website passwords and many other important items to the incoming committee.

Regards,
Rajiv Singh (Manu)
NJ Chapter President

Namaste!

Yesterday we had a delightful lunch meeting of the NJ Chapter Executive Committee at a restaurant in central Jersey. The committee members present were:

Rajiv Singh, (Manu) President
Chetan Puwar, Vice President
Mukesh Parmar, Fundraising Chair
Jay Gohil, Membership Secretary
Raj Shekhar Singh, Cultural Secretary

We also had guests from our Chapter attend the meeting:
Dilipsinh Rathore
and his wife Meenabaji
Virendrasinh Rathore
Surendrasinh Rathore
Mukesh Mahida
Vibha Singh (Rajiv’s wife) stopped by near the end of the meeting.

We had excellent Tandoori Chicken and Mutton. The committee had a detailed discussion of the transition process from the current committee to the next NJ Chapter Executive Committee including checking accounts, websites, login ids/passwords and many other details. Its been a wonderful 2 years of chapter activity and one of the best conventions in the History of RANA. The outgoing committee members that were present have made a commitment to support the next committee as much as possible so our chapter will grow in a positive manner and have more amazing events and activities in the future.

Before we discussion the Election process, we want to make it clear that no one is interested in having an ACTUAL election. Currently there is only one nomination for each position and there are several positions on the executive committee that are still open. There is also room to create more positions if needed. So we are actively looking for nominations and volunteers to be on the Chapter Executive committee.

Attached is the applicable portion of the RANA Constitution as it relates to the Chapter election process. It is our interpretation of the RANA constitution that each chapter can define their own methodology for Chapter elections. As such, the current NJ Chapter Executive Committee has unanimously adopted the following policy:

1. There will be an election for President, Vice President, General Secretary and Treasurer. This is required every 2 years by the RANA constitution.
2. All other positions on the committee will be set forth by the elected NJ Executive Committee mentioned above.
3. If there is no opposition ie a candidate is unopposed, there will be no ballots issued and the candidate will be installed in the officer position he/she was nominated for.
4. Each candidate must be 18 years or older. This is a requirement of the constitution.
5. To make it easy, all nominations and motions to support a candidate can be done by email to [email protected] or fax to 6094665704. The NEC prescribed format for the nomination letter is attached. Please note, our chapter is only requiring one person to nominate a candidate. Again, we want to make it as simple as possible.
6. A candidate can accept nomination by email or fax.
7. The deadline for Nomination is Noon on Friday, December 16th and deadline for withdrawal will be Noon December 17th.
8. Elections will be held on December 18th at 11 AM at the office of Montgomery Mortgage, 2230 Route 206, Belle Mead, NJ 08502
9. After elections are complete and officers determined, the chapter bank accounts and all associated chapter records will be given to the new Committee members.
10. Any questions of this process can be directed to our membership secretary Jay Gohil, 201-888-7403.
11. New officers will take their positions on January 1, 2017.

All are invited to the General Body Meeting on Sunday, December 18th at 11 AM. This is a FREE Event. Please do let us know if you will be attending so that we can order food accordingly.

Regards,
Rajiv Singh (Manu)
NJ Chapter President

Namaste,

I apologize for not getting the Convention report to you. I hope to do so soon. In the meantime I would like to announce that we will be having our General Body Meeting on Sunday, December 18th from 11 AM to 1 PM. The meeting will be located at:

Montgomery Mortgage
2230 Route 206
Belle Mead, NJ 08502

During the meeting we will be presenting annual reports, nominating and electing a new committee. As of now, we have the following nominees:

President: Dilipsinh Rathore – His family has participated in RANA for many years. Most recently his elder brother, Dolatsinh was Chairman of the Convention and his brother in law, Chetan Puwar is outgoing Chapter VP.

Vice President: Raj Shekhar Singh – Very dedicated servant leader. Outgoing cultural secretary, member convention committee and he has knowledge of all the present chapter systems put in place the past 2 years.

Treasurer: Sanjay Singh – Joined our chapter within the past year or so. Highly qualified, always smiling and has a wonderful family.

Dynamic Jay Gohil (Best Convention Sapha/Pakardi) has agreed to stay on in any capacity required by the incoming committee. I am hoping our current NJ EC member Mukesh Bhai will stay on in some capacity of the new committee.

We are seeking volunteers for the committee. Please let us know if you are interested in being on the committee.

We hope you will join us. Please do let us know if you will be attending so that we can order food accordingly. THIS IS A FREE EVENT.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions 732-648-1754.

Regards,
Rajiv Singh
NJ Chapter President

Namaste,

The below message was sent by Sudhir Rana of the DC Chapter. He requested that I forward it to the members of the NJ/PA Chapter.

Hi All,

Please forward following email in your chapter, including Youth, and use this opportunity for the following:

a) Engage Youth in the conversation

b) Identify professional to support the topics provided by Youth

And, let me know who would like to work with me on this project to integrate Youth with RANA community. It would require minimum about 4 hours per week of commitment.

Thanks,

Sudhir Rana
RANA DC Chapter

Namaste,

It has been a pleasure serving the New Jersey Chapter of RANA. Our 2 year term is coming to an end. We will be having our general body meeting soon. We are looking for volunteers to join the new NJ Chapter Executive Committee. Please let us know if you are interested or if you know someone that would be interested in doing so.

Regards,

NJ Chapter Executive Committee