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Conference Quick Links AKKA WKC 2008 Home AKKA WKC 2008 Committees Programs & Events Schedule Conference Committees 1 Finance 2 Fund Mobilization 3 Food & Beverages 4 Business Forum 5 Light & Sound 6 Convention Infrastructure 7 Souvenir 8 Program 9 Hospitality 10 Decoration 11 Registration 12 Vendor Booths 13 Reception 14 MC Pool 15 Music 16 Drama 17 Dance 18 Fashion Show 19 Comedy/Talent/Special 20 Literary 21 Meravanige 22 AKKA Idol 23 Spiritual & Philosophy 24 CME 25 KK Coordination 26 Women's Forum 27 Singles Meet 28 Karnataka History 29 Volunteer Pool 30 Website 31 Charitable Fund 32 Advisory Council 33 Publicity 34 Youth 35 Awards 36 Karnataka Coordinators AKKA WKC-2008 Conference Committees Last Updated: May 1, 2008 For not listed e-mail and phone numbers, please send an e-mail with your phone number to wkc2008@akkaonline.org or contact the respective Committee Chair AKKA World Kannada Conference - 2008 Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Conveners Vasanthi Gowda vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923(H) 630 915-6070(C) Assures to conduct the conference along the lines of AKKA objectives and AKK-VKK MOU Meet convention committees on a regular basis and provide directions and resources Work with the AKKA President to resolve any issues or conflicts before, during and after the conference Communicate with the AKKA Executive Committee (EC) and Board of Directors (BOD) on a regular basis with the progress of the convention activities. Submit final audited accounts to AKKA BOD and VKK GB. Mokshagundam Jayaram mjayaram@gmail.com 630 690-6162(H) 630 640-2671(C) Shivamurthy Keelara keelara@gmail.com 847 658-8967(H) 847 571-6063(C) Secretary Vijaya Bhat pediaam@aol.com 630 986-5427 Jt. Secretary Renu Nagaraj hemavathi@aol.com 630 455-1972 Treasurer Kajekar Ramachandra kripamaya@mail.com 847 438-3550 Jt. Treasurer Shrishail Virupannavar shri_virup@yahoo.com 630 527-1271 Go to top 1. Finance Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Samanth Laxman Lsamanth@yahoo.com 630 355-2429 Liaison with Fund raising committee to appraise of the projected budget Gap Preparation and publishing of Financial Statements to Conference Committee and AKKA President. Management reports to include Actual, projected Fixed and projected flexible range Periodically prepare Cash flow statements that include future cash flows by chronological buckets. Include Flexible range statements to match with Financial statements Communicate with the individual Committee chairs the drill –down portions of the income statement and cash flows when it is critical. Provide Budget Consulting services to various Committee chairs as needed. Including review of Budget submissions of all Committees prior to presentation to Conference Committee Provide Risk Identification and Mitigation services to Conveners and AKKA President (see the separate committee at Baltimore Develop Flexible Budgets for “major” expenditure and Income categories, Identify red flag deadline markers for implementing expansion or contraction of individual Major expense items. Provide the services equivalent of Internal Audit for the benefit of Conference Committee. (benefits the coordination of the work of external auditors) Provide expert specialist services to Registration Committee and Hospitality committee to convert their activities to proper accounting transactions. Ascertain that agreement clauses in Hotel contracts were executed and settled fairly and equitably. Co-Chair Surendra Phadnis rsphadnis@msn.com Member(Ex Officio) Kajekar Ramachandra kripamaya@mail.com 847 438-3550 Member(Ex Officio) Shrishail Virupannavar shri_virup@yahoo.com 630 527-1271 Member Deepak Bangalore 847 344-6002 Member Shreenidhi Bharadwaj 630 842-5502 Member Harish Hiremath 301 524-5101 Member Narayana Kamath 847 549-9648 Member Bhima Rao 815 230-2901 Member Jay Telagi 815 341-6440 Go to top 2. Fund Mobilization Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Devangi Sreekanth dmsreekanthmd@gmail.com 708 481-1775 Discuss with Conveners and Finance Committee Budgeted Resource requirements. Develop a plan of action for fund mobilization. Categorize donation levels and what each donor is entitled to. Send Appeal mailers thru publicity committee to prospective donors. Contact prospective donors by mail, telephone and personal contacts. Arrange for raffle of major items such as Cass, jewelry, etc. and conduct the raffle. Coordinate with Registration, Hospitality, Souvenir and Reception groups to make sure all donors receive the promised recognition, accommodation, etc. Regional coordinators are responsible for fund raising activities in their respective regions Co-Chair Shekar Sastry shekri@hotmail.com 615 377-8888 Co-Chair Jayanthi Mittur jayanthi_mittur@yahoo.com 630 497-8872 Member Amarnath Gowda amarnath@gowda.com 248 682-4872 Member Kudur Murali kudurmurali@yahoo.com 248-855-0043 Member Raghu Nayak   Member Dr. H.N. Vishwamithra sviswam573@aol.com 956 618-2636 Go to top 3. Food & Beverages Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Lakshmi Narayan dlnarayanamd@yahoo.com 708 798-5449 Prior to Conference: Develop food budget Select menu for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Get quotes from at least 2 different chefs for the selected menu Select chefs Arranging pre-conference sample taste with the actual preparation of the menu selected Coordinate with the Hotel Kitchen staff to meet chef’s requirements Identify and follow of any regulatory compliance requirements with the hotel and the state government. During Conference: Recruit volunteers for help during food serving Escort tables in an orderly fashion to the buffet area Make sure all food items are available during serving Co-Chair Shiva Shankar sshankar@sbcglobal.net 630 416-9432 Co-Chair Veda Agadi dr.veda.agadi@gmail.com 630 794-0746 Co-Chair Girish Ramamurthy gramamurthy@hotmail.com 630 336-3371 Advisor Vijayeendra Rao rviji@hotmail.com Member Raji Bapu   Member Ganesh   Member Nataraj Hoskote   Member Lakshmi Keshavamurthy   Member Lakshmi Krishna   Member Sridevi Krishnakumar   Member Uma Prabhakar   Member C. G. Rammohan   Member Sridevi Rangaraj   Member Malathi Shivini   Member Parmesh Shivini   Member Danashree Suresh   Volunteer Narayanamma Venkatesaih   Go to top 4. Business Forum Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Forum Director Soumitri Swamy sswamy@lisletech.com 630 681-8912 Develop a theme for the business forum Publish a directory of “Who’s who“ of all Kannadigas in business arena with their brief profile for the business publication Solicit ads for the business publication Arrange full-day business Forum on Friday Facilitate for business interaction between businesses in USA and India to meet the decision makers. Forum Director Mohan Gowda gowda_mohan@hotmail.com 630 718-1599 Member Dayashanker Adapa daya@ikonss.com 248 471-6861 Member Laxman Agadi lakshmanagadi@yahoo.com 630 794-0746 Member B.J. Arun bj.arun@californiadigital.com 510 440-8585/510 289-2786 Member Ravi Dankanikote dankanir@hotmail.com 703 855-6232 Member Amaranath Gowda amarnath@gowda.com 248 682-4872 Member Prabhudev Gowda (India advisor) prabhudevg@gmail.com Member Govind Lakshman glakshman@aol.com 630 655-3811 Member Raghu Naik 630 986-1240 Member Suresh Ramachandra rama_suresh2003@yahoo.com 301 762-4394/240 381-1480 Member Ramesh Rao rameshrao@aol.com 630 983-1859 Member Sriram Udupa ram.udupa@gmail.com 847 530-0435(cell) Go to top 5. Light & Sound Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair A.V. Satish masundaru@netzero.net 847 229-8017 Coordinate with the Program committee and the MC committee to identify the A/V & Lighting equipments required Develop budget for the A/V and Lighting equipments Coordinate with the A/V vendor to procure the needed equipments Set up A/V & Lighting equipments Arrange still & video photography Go to top 6. Convention Infrastructure Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Mohan Rao kannadiga07@gmail.com 630 852-6708(Home) 630 930-9119(Mobile) Coordinate with the Program committee in developing requirements for the stage size Design & Display AKKA WKC 2008 Banners through the facility Work with the Venue vendors to set up the stage Coordinate with A/V and lighting committee to set up the stage ambience Co-Chair T.A. Sridhar drsathya@comcast.net 708 478-5194(Home) 708 574-4287(Mobile) Member Purushottam Achar   Member Anantha Krishna anantha.tech@gmail.com 240 784-0003 Member Harish Rao harishmrao@yahoo.com 847 358-0527 Go to top 7. Souvenir Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Managing Editors Kulle Gowda hkgowda@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Develop budget for printing and shipping Souvenir Develop a theme for the Souvenir publication Design cover graphics for the Souvenir Solicit articles, poems, etc for the Souvenir Coordinate with the Fund Mobilization Committee in seeking ads Identify Printer & shipping issues to print them on-time Work with the Program Committee in developing the “Program Book” Arrange a photo session for committees group pictures to be printed in Souvenir Coordinate with out of state committee members to obtain their pictures to be included in the Souvenir Ravi Topgi ravitopgi@hotmail.com 847 359-7184 Editorial Kulle Gowda hkgowda@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Ravi Topgi ravitopgi@hotmail.com 847 359-7184 Dinesh Kadamuddi dineshkadamuddi@sbcglobal.net 630 851-7190 M.S.N. Swamy nswamy60107@yahoo.com 630 289-4292 Rama Chandra 847 458-7058 Advertisements Vasanthi Gowda (IL) vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Mokshagundam Jayaram (IL) mjayaram@gmail.com 630 690-6161 Shivamurthy Keelara (IL) keelara@gmail.com 847 658-8967 Ben Kantharaj (NJ) bkantha@gmail.com 732 398-0177 Sreeranjini Raja (FL) sreeranjini.raja@yahoo.com 561 746-5436 Shekar Sastry (TN) shekri@hotmail.com 615 377-8888 Ravi Shankar (CA) ravishankar_b@yahoo.com 650 996-7180 Go to top 8. Program Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Program Director Usha Kolpe usha.kolpe@gmail.com 630 737-0883 Develop Program registration form, rules, guidelines, and deadlines for submitting programs Contact AKKA Charter Member Kootas soliciting programs. Select well-balanced programs for the conference representing kids, adults, dance, drama, music, etc. Set program duration, schedule, and sequence for each program Create final program schedule chart to be printed in the "Program Book” Inform program participants about their performance day & time slot Get requirements of the selected programs for any special resources required such as lighting, background scene, music, etc. Obtain needed materials (CDs, Cassette Tapes, DVD’s, etc) from the program participants - Edit, Compile & Burn CDs Coordinate with MC committee for introduction, announcements, and any special resources required for the programs Develop Audio/video requirements for the programs Coordinate with Audio/Video Committee in meeting A/V (microphones, background lighting, etc.) requirements Select background music during procession, lunch, dinner, breaks, etc. Manage time during program execution Prepare a list of all the participants and work with Recognition & Awards committee in procuring the awards & certificates for the program participants Program must include a AKKA EC/BOD/Trustees/General Body meetings in parallel session halls and at least 30 minutes for AKKA in the main auditorium. Select DJ and music for dance - Compile & Burn CDs Program Director Tribhuvana Murthy tanmayi_99@yahoo.com 630 851-7190 Member Ravindra Attavane   Member Sudha Bhoopalam   Member Anitha Dasappa   Member Anil Deshpande   Member Asha Gurudatt   Member Kiran Kemmannu   Member Anitha Kiran   Member Jayashree Kumar   Member Srivani Kope   Member Basavaraju Nanjundappa   Member Aparna Pai   Member Deepak Patil   Member Anitha Rajendra   Member Nagabhushan Rao   Member Shankar Rao   Go to top 9. Hospitality Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Ravi Harsoor r.harsoor@comcast.net 312 666-9550 Setting up Information / first aid kits at the venue and provide information on closest hospital and ER facilities. Provide information on road/freeway constructions, provide alternative route to the venue In case of natural disaster, work with Registration Committee to handle communications aspects Provide assistance in checking into the rooms, parking information, etc. Provide information about sight seeing places and nearby attractions. If necessary, arrange transportation services from the Airports to the Hotels and venue . Must do it for high level Dignitaries Accommodation and transportation arrangements for the dignitaries and guests - may have to reserve rooms or suites for the dignitaries under AKKA name. Work with Registration Committee to generate a list of Sponsors (free room for Gold & Platinum sponsors) Allocate rooms (reserved under AKKA) for sponsors. Make a flyer (to be distributed at the time of check-in) with relevant & critical information the guests need to have to make their visit comfortable. Co-Chair Channu Kambalyal channuk@yahoo.com 847 546-2381 Member Deepak Ariga aparnapai@hotmail.com 708 323-5478 Member Satish Chandra schandra@roosevelt.edu 630 497-9240 Member Anand Denis anand.denis@gmail.com 847 427-0282 Member Anil Deshpande anilrd@yahoo.com 847 303-5651 Member Kempe Gowda kempe.gowda@yahoo.com 503 470-0857 Member Sanjeev Joshi srisanj4@gmail.com 847 668-5631 Member Koratagere Suresh ks_suresha@yahoo.com 630 375-0293 Member Sanjay Karpoor sanjaykarpoor@yahoo.com 224 578-0499 Member Sriram Kaushik bhar_kaushik@hotmail.com 847 217-7005 Member Ganesh Nayak nayakan@gmail.com 630 414-8203 Member Murugesh Patil mspatil@yahoo.com 309 258 4070 Member Sreenivas Rachapalli 630 452-8498 Member Avadhoot Saraf avadhootsaraf@gmail.com 312 714-8813 Member Madan Shebani Madanshebani@aol.com 815 404-3473 Go to top 10. Decoration Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Sridevi Rangaraj sridevi@rangaraj.com 708 748-4180 Develop a theme for Decoration. Decorate the main hall, Parallel session halls, Reception area, dining hall, etc. in consultation with the Stage and Infrastructure committee. Decorate the Main Stage Assist Convention center personnel for Advertising the Conference on their Advertisement display Boards. Assist Karnataka History committee in their presentation of the display. Co-Chair Sheela Jayaram   Member Abhimanyu Moolamala   Member Chandrika Tilawalli   Member Jayashree Suresh   Member Laksmi Narayan   Member Lalitha Chandrashekar   Member Malini Lakshman   Member Revathi Rao   Member Roopa Phadnis   Member Sheela Swamy   Member Shyamala Bhagawan   Member Vani Rao   Member Vijaya Kothavale   Member T.A. Sridhar   Go to top 11. Registration Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Narendra Lingegowda narendral@yahoo.com 847 226-5910(Cell) Prior to Conference: Coordinate with Conference Committee to establish registration fees for adult, children, late registration fee, cancellation fee, etc. Develop registration form including option to subscribe AKKA membership, CME enrollment Coordinate with Website committee to set up online registration Mail formal invitation to the registrants Send e-mail reminder to all the registrants before the conference with helpful information. Maintain database of the registrants by mail, fax, and online. Coordinate with Publicity Committee in sending formal and e-mail invitation to the registrants Develop FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) pertaining to registrations, cancellations, etc. to be published on the web Prepare Name Badges for the Registrants, Volunteers and Committee members Prepare registration Packages containing Name badge, Souvenir, goodies, etc. Develop a theme for the Registration committee members (common dress – same color saree, kurtha, etc.) Mail all conference materials including registration forms, program forms, etc. On the day of the Conference: Coordinate with Stage & Décor Committee to decorate the Registration Booths Check in the Registrants and distribute the registration Packages Direct them to Hospitality area for further information. After the Conference: Send thank you e-mail to all the registrants after the conference. Provide Conference Committee the final tally of number of Registrants and amounts collected. Coordinator/Co-Chair Sowmini Ramesh 630 483-7172 Coordinator/Co-Chair Leela Singh leela.singh@gmail.com Member Bhaanumathi Basavaraj bhanu_basavaraj@hotmail.com 630 762-9733 Member Satish Chandra schandra@roosevelt.edu 630 497-9240 Member Jyothi Donty   Member Rani Haval ranihaval@gmail.com 937 829-0273 Member Jayanth Lakavalli jayanth_lak@yahoo.com Member Archana M.   Member Ratna Patil   Member Sushma Ramakrishna urpalshu@yahoo.com Member Preethi Ravindra preethiravindra@yahoo.com Member Meenakshi Virupannavar   Member Avinash Vishwanath Avinash.vishwanath@gmail.com 973 964-6150 Member-Onsite Brunda Kamath brundakamath@hotmail.com 847 549-9648 Member-Onsite Geetha Patil patilgeetha@yahoo.com 940 594-5645 Member-Onsite Karthik Ramprasad   Member-Onsite Shilpa Ramprasad shilparamprasad@yahoo.com 847 549-6538 Member-Onsite Hema Sullia sullia_hemalatha@yahoo.com 847 219-6591 Member-Onsite Rama Thimmapaya ramadevi@ameritech.net 847 735-0518 Volunteer Narayanamma Venkatesaiah 847 352-8166 Volunteer Vishalakshi Swamy 630 289-4292 Volunteer Madhava Rao, FL mrao74@worldnet.att.net 352 728-8674(H) 630 484-0841(C) Go to top 12. Vendor Booths Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shankar Hegde raohegde@comcast.net 630 904-1980 Book as many vendors/exhibitors both from USA and India and handle travel arrangements for those coming from India. Work out booth rental prices Work with Infrastructure committee to design the booth layout Coordinate with hospitality committee for the vendors' travel/boarding/lodging in US. Coordinate with food and registration committee for the vendors' passes Co-Chair Anil Adkoli adkoli@yahoo.com 630 836-1266 Co-Chair K. B. Prasad prasadkb@gmail.com 630 904-8679 Advisor Sanjay Rao sanjaysr@gmail.com 703 793-9072 703 869-1461 Member Sudhir Adkoli sradkoli@yahoo.com 630 307-0059 Member Mahesh Boopalam mbhoopalam@comcast.net 630 655-3283 Member Gopal Hegde 813 920-5450 Member Ashok Kollur mytroy03@yahoo.com 630 346 9176 Member Tammaji Kulkarni 630 323-6695 Member Jagannath K. Nayak jknayak@aol.com 708 345-5535 Member Bala Palamadi 630 305-8683 Go to top 13. Reception Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Jayanthi Mittur jayanthi_mittur@yahoo.com 630 497-8872 Make arrangements at the entrance of the Conference to greet all visitors. Provide them directions for the Conference areas by way of print outs, TV Monitor display, Audio system, signs, etc. Prepare a list of VIPs and see that they are received and taken to the right places at the Conference hall. Keep track of changes in the programs and venues and update attendees so that upto the minute details are provided. Assist handicapped visitors to reach their destination comfortably. Provide wheel chairs as necessary. Co-Chair Lakshmi Krishna Lakshmi.krishna@zurichna.com 630 893-9626 Members Aparna Adkoli   Anitha Agarwal   Anitha Arun   Geetha Bhat   Kalpana Gowda   Kempe Gowda   Prema Gowda   Asha Gurudath   Mala Hegde   Anitha Kiran   Jaya Kumar   Pramila Mukand   Meena Muni   Renu Nagaraj   Shubha Narendra   Kalyani Prasad   Parimala Prasad   Uma Prasannamurthy   Kalpana Rajanna   Asha Rao   Dani Shankar   Poornima Shetty   Satya Sridhar   Madhu Sulladmath, TX   Rama Thimmapaya   Volunteers(Adults) Madhu Anand   Nanda Chandra   Malini Lakshmana   Asha Mittur   Shiva Prabhu   Veena Prabhu   Shari Raghuram   Manjula Rammohan   Rammohan   Asha Satish   Malathi Shivni   Vijaya SubbaRao   Malathi UdayKumar   Volunteers(Youth) Shika Bhat   Megana Gowda   Sahadev Gowda   Satya Hegde   Krishna Hegde   Amar Krishna   Ashwini Krishnakumar   Ajay Lakshmana   Archana Lakshmana   Bhavya Mittur   Vaishak Mittur   Pallavi Mukand   Ashwin Muni   Naveen Muni   Suchi Nagaraj   Amitha Prasad   Arun Prasad   Rajani Sridhar   Sheela Shankar   Anitha Shankar   Anusha Sulladmath   Naveen Vence   Go to top 14. MC Pool Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Ramesh Rangasham rramesh@prodigy.net 630 483-7172 Coordinate with the Program committee and A/V committee to arrange required microphones (wired & wireless) Coordinate with the Program Committee in developing the script for announcement for each program Develop MCs schedule with equal participation of MCs. Coordinate with the program committee in managing the time during program execution. Develop standard dialogues for program transitions. All MC scripts must be typed to avoid impromptu speeches by the MCs. Co-Chair Lakshman Mittur lmittur@gmail.com Member Anupama Mangalavedhe   Go to top 15. Music Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shari Raghuram shariraghu@yahoo.com 847 955-1709 Schedule the number of programs in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of music groups Select music teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Classical music, Sugama Sangeetha and film music to be included in the programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the music groups ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Assist Conveners and Program Committee in selecting artists from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Co-Chair Saraswathi Ranganathan   Co-Chair Dr. Nagabhushan Rao drnagrao@yahoo.com 630 892-3681 Member Mukund Akkoor   Member Chetan Gorladku   Member Asha Rao   Member Megha Sarathi   Member Nagamani Vidyasagar   Go to top 16. Drama Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Srinivasa Rao shreeni@sbcglobal.net 630-837-1730 Schedule the number of dramas in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of drama and skit troupes. Select drama teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Assist Conveners and Program committee in selecting drama troupes from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the drama and skit troupes ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Co-Chair Rama Rao ramakb@hotmail.com Co-Chair Mysore Shivaram chamundi@sbcglobal.net Member Dinesh Kadamuddi dineshkadamuddi@sbcglobal.net 630 851-7190 Member Sridevi Mattu   Member Lakshman Mittur lmittur@gmail.com Member Sheela Shankar   Member Thriveni Shreenivasa Rao   Go to top 17. Dance