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Candidate Profile:Chandrasekar Shanmugavadivelu

   Phone: +1 267 342 3397Email: aclchandru@gmail.comTAGDV Membership Tenure: 6+ yearsVolunteer positions held at TAGDV: President - TAGDVCurrent Employer: Annam Indian CuisineJob Title: Business Ownerஅஞ்சாமை ஈகை அறிவூக்கம் இந்நான்கும் எஞ்சாமை வே ந்தற் கியல்பு. (382)Meaning: Courage, generosity, knowledge/wisdom, motivation/zeal are the four essential elements of a successful leaderVanakkam.Following the above words of our great ancestor Thiruvalluvar and with the support of all the wonderful members, I herewith place my candidacy to the EC Board for TTAGDV. Requesting your attention, as I summarize why I am your right candidate with some of the key highlights below:A proud Tamil by birth, in my current role as the President of TTAGDV, I have always believed in establishing an Honest and Transparent platform for the next generation of Tamil Immigrants in this Great Country of United States for America.Having been raised as a law abiding citizen, I have continuously thrived to establish a collaborative environment of equal opportunities for everyone. This includes:My instrumental role in conducting the First Ever Election for TTAGDV in 2019 – upto being a solitary voice in 2023 = where the election is to conduct for specific positions resulting voters electing Right Person for the Right Role, and Online Voting resulting in improving the Voter Coverage across all locations of TTAGDV members.Brought to light the truth of TTAGDV not having a consolidated / historical student data – which was required per TTAGDV law.Notified the board of fraudulent and unethical deeds of individuals who deleted all the email communication TTAGDV inbox while holding office – without even a single artifact of the 54 year old TTAGDV.Exposed the illegal process set by the previous office bearers in which certain members were asked to sign the NDA in NPO 501 c3.I have empowered and created utmost autonomy with various areas of EC including: Membership, Food & Cultural Coordination roles.I have ensured that required Bylaw amendments were successfully done on time.My future vision:While I continue following my core principles of Courage and Collaboration, I envision the following as my futuristic focus items as part of being the EC board member:Ensure TTAGDV as a establishing a transparent, accountable and equal opportunity provider platform with the long term goal of uplifting the legacy of TTAGDVGuarantee smooth transition without any inhibitions or ulterior motives, and uphold the accountability across EC members.Ensure that a system is setup to protect required DATA and Records Under legal entity which is TTAGDV for reference / records purpose.As 501 C3, establish a streamlined process to recognize the timeless hours of the incredible volunteers – who are the catalysts of success for every single milestone of events of TTAGDV.Work diligently and ensure the Executive Committee follows common practice abiding the bylaw , law of the land and Tamil Value systems.Establish a process for the 54 year old TTAGDV Organization to have its own office space / property by following required process and to get away from current PO BOX.Provide avenues to bring more Tamilians together not only in TTAGDV but beyond to [...]

By |2023-10-29T20:09:52-04:00October 29th, 2023|election-2023|0 Comments
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Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Positions

Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Positions Greetings from the TAGDV Election Committee, 2023. This election committee has been operational since Sep, 2023. We request your full support, understanding and cooperation in conducting a fair, representative and comprehensive election between November 1 - 4, 2023   The following are the dates/deadlines for the election.    EVENT DEADLINE Last day to verify membership Information Oct 25, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EST Last day to file nominations  Oct 25, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EST Last day for withdrawal of nominations Oct 29, 2023 @ 10:00 am EST Announcement of the Final list of Candidates  Oct 30, 2023 @ 10:30 am EST Live Debate Oct 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST Election Date(s) November 1 - 4, 2023 Please visit the Elections FAQs section for more details. The following are the Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Position:ADMINISTRATIVE BODYNUMBER OF POSITIONSINITIAL CANDIDATE LISTTERM (Years)President1Bharathi Ponnappan2Vice-President1Saravanan KrishnanVasanthi Karthikeyan2Secretary1Vani Lalmohan2Treasurer1Ravichandran RajuShakthiprian Shanmugam Ramakrishnan2EC - Member at Large5Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan Gunasekaran Karthik Sundaram Periyasamy Kanagaraj Senthilkumar Subramanian Sundar Govindarajan Thamilinian S K Vasudevan Varadharajan2Board of Trustees4Baskar Chinnusamy Chandrasekar Shanmugavadivelu Siva Prasath Suresh K Paramasivam Vijay Selvaraj4Tamil School Board3No Nominations Received2

By |2023-10-28T14:34:32-04:00October 28th, 2023|event, General|0 Comments
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Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Position

Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Positions Greetings from the TAGDV Election Committee, 2023. This election committee has been operational since Sep, 2023. We request your full support, understanding and cooperation in conducting a fair, representative and comprehensive election between November 1 - 4, 2023   Please visit the Elections FAQs section posted in TAGDV Website for more details. ELECTION FAQS The following are the dates/deadlines for the election. EVENT DEADLINE Last day to verify membership Information Oct 25, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EST Last day to file nominations Oct 25, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EST Last day for withdrawal of nominations Oct 29, 2023 @ 10:00 am EST Announcement of the Final list of Candidates Oct 30, 2023 @ 10:30 am EST Live Debate Oct 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST Election Date(s) November 1 - 4, 2023   The following are the Candidates for the TAGDV Administrative Body Position: ADMINISTRATIVE BODY POSITION NUMBER OF POSITIONS INITIAL CANDIDATE LIST TERM (Years) President 1 Bharathi Ponnappan 2 Vice-President 1 Saravanan Krishnan   Vasanthi Karthikeyan 2 Secretary 1 Vani Lalmohan 2 Treasurer 1 Ravichandran Raju   Shakthiprian Shanmugam Ramakrishnan 2 EC - Member at Large 5 Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan Gunasekaran   Karthik Sundaram   Periyasamy Kanagaraj   Senthilkumar Subramanian   Sundar Govindarajan   Thamilinian S K   Vasudevan Varadharajan   2 Board of Trustees 4 Baskar Chinnusamy   Chandrasekar Shanmugavadivelu   Siva Prasath   Suresh K Paramasivam   Vijay Selvaraj   4 Tamil School Board 3 No Nominations Received 2 Best Regards, TAGDV Election Committee - 2023

By |2023-10-28T01:39:55-04:00October 28th, 2023|event, General|0 Comments
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Announcement of TAGDV Elections 2023

Announcement of TAGDV Elections 2023Greetings from the TAGDV Election Committee, 2023. This election committee has been operational since Sep, 2023. We request your full support, understanding and cooperation in conducting a fair, representative and comprehensive election between November 1 - 4, 2023The TAGDV members are requested to validate their membership information and register any missing information. Click here to fill in your details.The following are the dates/deadlines for the election.EVENTDEADLINELast day to verify membership InformationOct 25, 2023Last day to file nominations Oct 25, 2023Last day for withdrawal of nominationsOct 29, 2023Announcement of the Final list of Candidates Oct 31, 2023Election Date(s)November 1 - 4, 2023A RECEIPT TIME OF MIDNIGHT (EST) IS IMPOSED ON ALL DEADLINES.The following are the positions open for election:ADMINISTRATIVE BODY POSITIONNUMBER OF POSITIONSTERM (Years)President12Vice-President12Secretary12Treasurer12EC - Member at Large52Board of Trustees44Tamil School Board32To encourage more participation in TAGDV Administration, The 2023 TAGDV Election committee recommends the following suggestionsTAGDV should provide a platform to record the volunteer hours in a systematic manner.The TAGDV election contestants can seek endorsements from past TAGDV officers, EC Members & Board of Trustees and publish in their Profile with their consent.We are appreciative of your volunteer efforts and it is only through your active participation, will we be able to continue building a strong, active and successful association.The following are the qualifications of contestants mandated by the TAGDV bylaws:1. Board of Trustees:a. MUST be a TAGDV life Memberb. MUST have served on the TAGDV Executive Committeec. In the extraordinary circumstance of unavailable members to satisfy the above, any life member during the past 5 years is eligible for nomination (5.1.2 of Bylaw)2. TAGDV President / Vice-President / Secretary / Treasurer / Member at Large:a. MUST be a TAGDV member as of August 1, 2023b. A member of the Association shall not contest for more than one position on the Executive Committee or the Board in a given year. (6.4 of the ByLaw).3. Tamil School Board:a. MUST be a TAGDV member as of Aug 1, 2023b. SHALL have served TAGDVClick here for the Nomination formClick here for CANDIDATE CODE OF CONDUCTAll communications regarding the elections must be addressed to theelection committee at electioncommittee2023@tagdv.org The Election Committee reserves the right to respond to election-related queries at a time it deems appropriate.

By |2023-10-10T21:04:24-04:00October 10th, 2023|event, General|0 Comments
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Announcement from Sangamam Editorial Team

Announcement from Sangamam Editorial Team வணக்கம்!! தமிழ் மொழியின் மீதான ஆர்வத்தை ஊக்குவிக்கவும் உறுப்பினர்களின் திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்தவும் நம் தமிழ்ச்சங்கத்தில் இருந்து சங்கமம் இதழ் வெளியிடப்படுகிறது. கீழ்கண்ட தலைப்புகளில் இருந்து தமிழில் கட்டுரை, நூல் பரிந்துரை, தொடர்கள், கவிதை, சிறுகதை, இலக்கியத்தில் நகைச்சுவை, நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல்கள் மற்றும் ஓவியம் ஆகிய படைப்புகளை அனுப்பலாம். பெற்றோர்கள் தங்கள் குழந்தைகளையும் ஊக்கப்படுத்தி குழந்தைகள் தாங்களே உருவாக்கும் படைப்புகளை மட்டுமே அனுப்புமாறு கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறோம். படைப்புகளுக்கான விதிகள் : 1. படைப்புகள் அனைத்து வயதினருக்கும் ஏற்றவாறு இருக்க வேண்டும். 2. சுதந்திர பேச்சுரிமையை மதிக்கும் அதே வேளையில், உங்கள் படைப்புகள் யார் மனதையும் புண்படுத்தும் வகையில் இருக்க கூடாது. 3. படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும் உங்கள் சொந்த படைப்பாக இருக்க வேண்டும். 4. படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும் மூன்று பக்கத்துக்கு மிகாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். 5. படைப்புகள், கருத்துகள் மற்றும் கேள்விகள் sangamam@tagdv.org என்ற மின்னஞ்சலுக்கு அனுப்பலாம். 6. படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும் ஜூன் (June) 30, 2023 தேதிக்குள் அனுப்ப வேண்டுகிறோம். படைப்புகள் பிரசுரிக்கபடுவது சங்கமம் ஆசிரியக் குழுவின் முடிவுக்கு உட்பட்டது. உங்கள் ஆதரவையும் படைப்புகளையும் ஆசிரியக் குழு ஆர்வமுடன் எதிர்பார்த்து காத்திருக்கிறோம். Greetings TAGDV members! Sangamam Magazine is published by our Tamil Sangam to promote interest in Tamil language and showcase the talents of the members. We will be accepting contributions such as Essay, Book recommendation, poetry, short story, comedy in literature, folk songs and drawings in Tamil can be sent from the below suggested topics. We also ask parents to encourage their children to send only works that the children create themselves. Please e-mail your contributions to our editorial committee at the following e-mail address: sangamam@tagdv.org Contributions are subjected to following rules:  1. Content should be appropriate for all age groups. 2. While respecting the right to free speech, content should not offend anyone. 3. Submissions should be your original content. 4. Submissons may not exceed three pages. 5. Submissions,comments and questions can be sent to email id: sangamam@tagdv.org. 6. Submissions should reach by June 30, 2023. Publication of articles is subject to the decision of the Sangamam editorial committee.We eagerly await your support and contributions. Suggested Topics / பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்ட தலைப்புகள்  1. சிறு கதைகள் 2. சங்க இலக்கியம் பாடல்கள் மற்றும் கட்டுரைகள் 3. நவீன இலக்கியம் 4. அறிவியல் தமிழ் 5. கவிதைகள் 6. சிறுவர் பக்கம் 6.1. சிறுவர் இலக்கியம் 6.2. சிறுவர் கதைகள் 6.3. சிறுவர் ஓவியம் 7. தமிழர் பாரம்பரியம் 7.1 பாரம்பரிய விடுகதைகள் 7.2 நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல் 8. புலனம் (whatsapp), வலை தளம் (website) / கீச்சகம் (twitter) படித்ததில் பிடித்தது 9. வார்த்தை விளையாட்டு (குறுக்கு எழுத்து) 10. சமையல் குறிப்புக்கள் 11. கேள்விகள் / பதில்கள்

By |2023-05-23T21:34:02-04:00May 23rd, 2023|event, General|0 Comments
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MOM – Dec 10 2022 – TAGDV GB Update meeting

Date & Time Dec 10 2022 10 AM. Attendees EC Members 6 Board Members 2 General Body 4   This meeting did not meet the quorum for a full general body meeting. This is a GB update meeting. TAGDV Secretary provided an update on the events so far. Pongal Virtual Event Thirukkural Event TVA Exams Tamil New Year event Book Fair Pattimandram Vidumurai Kondattam Event TAGDV Treasurer report Financial report till date. The new membership validity criteria along with the proposed membership fee changes were discussed. Membership coordinator update provided the update on Members data collection from the TAGDV schools. Elaborated on the reluctance and delay by certain school(s) in providing the member information. Board Chairman update on Bylaw amendment GB members expressed initial feedback on bylaw amendments feedbacks on school data collection feedback on position based election GB members were updated on the democratic policy of the current EC in filling the open positions in TAGDV by opening up to the GB and inviting volunteers instead of EC filling it themselves. The GB members raised some concerns and complaints against the President and the EC for the rushed manner in which the GB meeting  was held in April '22. The GB members raised complaints on the President. The President requested the concern member to reply to his email.

By |2023-05-23T21:37:09-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Information on TAGDV Bylaws Amendment and Voting

Message from the TAGDV Board and EC: TAGDV Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee will put the proposed bylaw amendments to vote during the Tamil New Year event on April 29th, 2023. The draft of the bylaw amendment was circulated to GB through a TAGDV email on 03/24/2023. Click here to view the updated draft of bylaws. Please note that the changes are marked in red.  The proposed bylaws will be considered approved and amended as soon as we receive 2/3 approval from the attending members. The General body may send their feedback/questions on the proposed bylaws to bylaws@tagdv.org until 4/23/2023. A Virtual review session for the feedbacks received on the bylaw draft has been scheduled on 04/25/2023 at 8PM to 9 PM ET. Please join for clarifications using the following meeting info. There will not be any discussion during the event on April 29th. Members who would like to come in ONLY to vote for the bylaws are not required to purchase event entry tickets but are required to come between 12 PM to 1 PM ET and will be allowed only at the voting area.  TAGDV Board-EC invites you to join for this meeting. Topic: TAGDV Proposed Bylaws clarification meeting Time: Apr 25, 2023 08:00 PM to 09:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85246835878?pwd=U1VPR3JGeHRGWFlzcUhIUFFSVGlrdz09 Meeting ID: 852 4683 5878 Passcode: 687335 One tap mobile +13092053325,,85246835878#,,,,*687335# US +13126266799,,85246835878#,,,,*687335# US (Chicago)

By |2023-04-20T10:34:55-04:00April 20th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Tamil New Year 2023 – Event Information

தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு விழா 2023 - Reserve your tickets now! When: April 29 2023, Saturday 10 AM onwards Where: East High School, 450 Ellis Lane, West Chester, PA 19380 Ticket sales are open and available to book in Regular, Vallal & Sponsor tier options. Click here to reserve your tickets at Sulekha.com. The last day to purchase your tickets will be April 27 2023 Thursday. Grand Live Evening Concert!! A grand fusion of carnatic, film and light music featuring Veenai Maestro Kalaimaamani Thiru. Rajhesh Vaidhya and his amazing band of musicians. Program features:   Super Dancer Competitions will be conducted in the morning session. Are you ready for the extravaganza??!! Vendor booths featuring clothing, jewellery, jasmine flowers, tamil books and food. Delicious Lunch Included ​Award Distribution & Announcements ஓவியப் போட்டி, பானை ஓவியப் போட்டி(small pots only), மாறுவேடப் போட்டி, ஜோடிப் பொருத்தம் ,திருக்குறள் மற்றும் தமிழ்த் தேனீ போட்டிகளுக்கான பரிசுகள் மற்றும் விருதுகள் வழங்கப்படும் - Awards ceremony for Drawing, Pot painting, Fancy dress, Thirukkural & Tamil Bee competitions.   நடனப் போட்டிகளுகான விருதுகள் அறிவிப்பு - Announcement of Dance competition results   TAGDV Youth Volunteers for 2022-2023 will be presented with certificates on stage. The registration desk will be open at 9:30 AM. Please be ready to present the booking reference number/QR Code of the tickets purchased to be verified as you come in. This will immensely help the registration desk volunteers to avoid delays during the check-in process. There are a few TAGDV Calendars remaining that can be picked up on a First-Come-First-Serve basis at the front desk. Sponsorship opportunities  We also encourage and invite sponsors and vendors for this event. You can find the pricing details on the Sulekha event page Please contact event.sponsors@tagdv.org  for more information. TAGDV Needs Volunteers! The TAGDV Executive Committee is inviting more participation from our members to actively volunteer and participate in the upcoming Tamil New Year event under various event organizing committees. Please fill the volunteer interest form  to get started!

By |2023-04-20T10:32:14-04:00April 13th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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TAGDV Tamil New Year 2023

தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு விழா 2023      TAMIL NEW YEAR When: April 29 2023, Saturday 10 AM onwards Where: East High School, 450 Ellis Lane, West Chester, PA 19380 Ticket sales are open and available to book in Regular, Vallal & Sponsor tier options. Click here to reserve your tickets at Sulekha.com. The last day to purchase your tickets will be April 27 2023 Thursday.

By |2023-04-21T09:57:36-04:00April 13th, 2023|event, General|0 Comments
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