Gist of Cuddalore Resource Centre Meeting Minutes - 16/02/2006

venue: Hotel KTR

Parivelan

Dr. Nalini Keshavraj, Manager, TNTRC, welcomed the participants of the meeting and gave a brief introduction about TNTRC and the role played by it vis-à-vis Cuddalore Resource Centre (CRC) formation. She highlighted some of the imperatives of having a resource centre at district level.

Dr. K.M.Parivelan, IMCO, TNTRC, gave brief recap of previous meetings. The inputs of various INGOs/ NGOs regarding the resource centre formation were shared: a) the over all consensus for forming resource centre, b) scope of the centre, and c) broad objectives.

The representatives of various INGOs/ NGOs gave suggestions to broaden the scope of CRC.
It was agreed that some more interested members could be included in the adhoc Core Group (already 12 NGO members+ DRO+ TNTRC).

The additional members include:
1. CREED
2. BLESS
3. TLAC
4. MNTN
5. EKTA
All the participants suggested that, the Core Group size could be pruned assessing the commitment and regularity among members.

Consensus Reached:

1. MoU for Cuddalore Resource Centre: The MoU modalities was explained in detail. In which after through deliberations among participating INGOs/ NGOs, four of them volunteered to be part of it:
EKTA- Ms. Bimala
SASY- Mr. Rameshnathan
IGSSS- Mr.Joseph/ Mr.Antony Prabakar
PMSSS- Mr.Alosiyus

2. Financial Responsibility: Among them, EKTA has volunteered to take care of the funds transfer and accounts handling.

3. Proposal Sending: All the four mentioned above have agreed to jointly prepare and send the proposal to TNTRC vis-à-vis forming CRC.