Saturday, 13 July 2013

MIDCON 2013


Program:  MIDCON 2013
Date : 23June 2013
Place :  Kuvempu Auditorium, GKVK Campus, Bangalore
Host: JCI Bangalore Horizon

Life offers many challenges and there only two categories of people, one is leaders and the other are followers.

Leaders do it under any condition,
Followers wait for others to do it;

Leaders initiate and keep on going,
Followers wait and keep on asking what's next;

Leaders work for team purpose,
Followers work for them;
-from a Leader

 It is all started few days before we left for LOTS.   During LOTS, we can give our bids for programs we would like to host. This was discussed among our CGB members and we all wanted to do something big to gain the experience., so we planned to bid for MIDCON! 
 
This was received with surprise by our Zone team.  It is natural to be surprised that chapter inaugurated in Aug 2012 with 30 members is bidding for a one day Zone level event!.  May be the seriousness with which we conducted the activities, participation in various zone and national events so far and also the legacy of the parent chapter (JCI Bangalore Garden City) would have impressed our Zone officers and  finally  somewhere in May  we  got the  confirmation the we have been selected to host MIDCON.

Lots of planning went in.   First and foremost is the venue.  It should be easily accessible, prominent, spacious to seat large crowd and sufficient parking space was our requirements.  Some of the suitable marriage halls were beyond the budget.  We approached few school and colleges; somehow it did not work out.  Finally we were greatful to get the  GKVK for this occasion 



The next most important task is the registrations preparations.  We could meet some of the Presidents and Chapter members during AOS/ABS.  Our Zone officers encouraged other chapter’s delegates to avail the early bird registration.  The very first encouragement came from JCI Bangalore Garden city who confirmed 100 registrations on the spot.  They were also very prompt in sending us the registration fees.
 
This was followed by lots of MIDCON promotions by chapter CGB and Zone officers.    During Speech Craft, we were given privilege to promote it.  During APCC, the very first banner with the confirmation of venue was released.   Our President and Vice Presidents interacted on phone to all chapter Presidents about registrations and chapter banner sponsorships.   It was promoted during Karnataka cultural festival also.   Our Zone officers personally visited various chapters and encouraged them to participate in MIDCON. 

In parallel, we were getting busy with various preparations like stage arrangements, banners, invitations and identifying Guest of Honor, identifying and procuring Gift KITS to be given to the participants.  With involvement of various chapter members, committee members these things went well.

The most challenging part was estimating the number of participants to plan for catering.  Since most of the participants will be travelling from far, we have to ensure Breakfast is made ready in time.  Also the number of people having lunch will be high compared to breakfast.   It was really tough challenge to manage and more or less it was taken care.  

The day of MIDCON saw most of the host chapter members arriving early, getting the stage, registration counters and food counters ready. 

The program was chaired by  Jc Madhosh  Pooviah,  ZVP.
 
The program was inaugurated by Jc Deviprasad,  ZP
 
Dr K  Narayana Gowda, Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences  was the Guest of Honor. 
 
 
Jc Sadananda  Navada  EVP,  was the Chief Guest
 
 
 

After the inauguration,  there was a  cultural program by Dreams  Dance Academy. 

This was followed by Keynote address by Jc Sen Ramesh Batavia, PNP

The participants enjoyed their lunch in the serene open space of GKVK campus
 
Afternoon session had many cultural programs from various chapters and Awards and Recognitions to chapters for excellent JCRT, JJC and JC programs were given away for Zone officers.
Our Chapter JCI Bangalore Horizon  received the recognitions for  Training,  G&D,  Program, Business,  JCRT and JJC from respective  Zone  Directors, and JCRT, JJC  chairpersons.




 We also  received the first runner up award for training from Jc Nagesh, ZD, Training. 
We were very delighted to received the Best LOM award from Jc Kiran Ponnappa, ZVP 

 The program concluded with vote of thanks followed by High Tea.

We would  like to convey our  sincere thanks to  all  our chapter members for their smart work, volunteers of Chamundi Guild, all the JCI members of Zone 14 who came from near and far to show your participation,  ZGB  officers  for their guidance and support,  GKVK  management for their support throughout day and earlier, JCI national leaders Jc Ramanathan L and Jc Sen Ramesh Batavia for their motivation.    With all your support it was a success for the JCI movement.
 
We also would like to appreciate and acknowledge various sponsors whose help provided us the necessary financial and moral support

Non JCs
M/S Sindoor Beauty Parlour, Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore
M.S  Kruti Botique,   Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore
M/S Krishna Caterers,  Peenya, Bangalore
M/S Hotel Akshara Regency,  Mathikere, Bangalore
Mr. Chiranjeev, Dreams Dance Academy, Bangalore
Mr. Suresha Kuppan, Chaitanya Yoga, Bangalore
Mrs. Anuradha,  BASIX – Centre for Human Excellence, Bangalore


Jaycees
Jc Manjunath, JCI Bangalore Horizon, Photography
Jc Premakumari, JCI Bangalore Horizon
Jc Harish,  JCI Devanahalli
Jc Sridhar Reddy,  JCI Bangalore South
Jc Mohan Rajanna, JCI Gonibedu Hoysala
Jc Robin Subbiah , JCI Ponnampet Golden
Jc Nagesh, JCI Srinkeri
Jc Sridhar,  JCI Bangalore Silicon City, High Tea and Snacks
 

Some lighter moments…..

Jc Pawan literally carrying the  weight of the  MIDCON responsibilities on his shoulder. 

Host chapter members busy  packing the gift KITS during lunch break

 

Friday, 12 July 2013

Hosting of ZGB at Bangalore

Program:  Zone Governing Body(ZGB) meet
Date :  22June 2013
Place : Hotel Citrine, Bangalore
Host: JCI Bangalore Horizon


 "When you aim high, you achieve lot more than what you had thought"  

Since we aimed and got the privilege to host MIDCON, we were also given the privilege of hosting the ZGB meeting the previous day.

The  ZGB meeting was held at  Hotel Citrine and our Chapter President Jc C J Jeyachander and secretary Jc Madhumathi were there to welcome our ZGB team members and to provide the support though out the day.
 
The ZGB meeting was chaired by Jc Deviprasad, ZP and various matters of importance were discussed.

Jc L Ramanathan, National Treasurer and Jc Sen Ramesh Batavia graced the conclusion ceremony in the evening