How Can We Organize an All-India HR Meet to Include Everyone Interested?

Hi Guys,

Everyone knows that there are CHR meets happening locally, organized by a small group of HR fraternities. Though some of us have gained good experience in organizing such events locally, it is sad to know that it is helping only a few people who are based where the event is organized.

Many HR fraternities from other locations are also showing interest in participating in such events, but unfortunately, they are not able to join because such events are not happening in their location. To help people from other locations and to have a grand gala event for Cite HR members in one place to meet and share thoughts and experiences, why don't we organize an ALL INDIA CITE HR MEET if everyone from all over India supports and shows interest?

Your suggestions and feedback please.

Regards,
Umesh S

Hi Sumi,

I am waiting for such an event again. I love to participate in the event. I am ready to be a volunteer. Keep me posted.

Preet

Hi All,

It is really a good suggestion. All Mumbai guys, why don't we join this event and make it happen.

Sumi, I am ready to join this event.

Shruthi

Hi,

I think Delhi guys are so enthusiastic in every event they organize. But so far, no response from any of them. What happened, guys? Cheer up. Let us do it.

Umesh.S.

Hi all,

Please view the topic of Cite HR - Pan India Meets in events and announcements. It is the same thing Sumi is starting. Sumi, it is a really great idea. Let's join hands together; we are all from one site. Please share whenever you have such meets. Inform me at msanjukta@sify.com.

I have already collected 95 member responses, and Bombay and Bangalore have already conducted meets. Delhi is planning to hold meets on 27/10/2007. Pune is also planning to have meets very soon, as well as Ahmedabad.

For more details, please contact me at 9811544291 and send an email to msanjukta@sify.com. In the subject line, write "cite hr (your topic)."

Warm wishes,

Sanjukta

Hi Suryahanuma,
Anyone who is interested can join. We are planning to have it during January 2008.
Hi Samjukta,
I didn't see the post you have mentioned. Whereas from your message I understand that you are coordinating and intimating the people about the Cite HR meet which is happening locally. Is it correct?
Actually my idea is like all the Cite HR members from all over India meeting at a common place. If everyone cooperates and take up some responsibility we can do it.
Regards,
Umesh.S

Definitely, I too wish for the same. Let's do it together. For updates, you can go to the Events and Announcements section and check - Cite HR Pan India Meets.

Thanks and Regards,
Sanjukta

Hi Sanjukta,

Sorry I misspelled your name in my earlier post. Thanks for your update. However, for me, the participants come as the second priority. Because even though people say they will be attending the meeting, when the event happens, everyone will have their own reasons for not attending it. First, let us plan for organizing the event such as the date, venue or location, key speakers, budget, etc. Then we can approach the participants more easily.

Interested participants, please message us about your participation. Based on that, we can plan the event.

Your suggestions, please.

Umesh S.

Hi Umesh,

When are you planning to have a preliminary meeting to discuss this event? Kindly let me know. I will join there.

Raagu

Hi Tikam,

Can you take the lead to coordinate in Pune and other Maharashtra regions? If anyone else is interested in coordinating the participants in their respective regions, it will help us in arranging the event. As my suggestion is to have the event tentatively during the second week of January 2008, we welcome all of your suggestions in this regard so that we can discuss and finalize the date and location of the event.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Nice idea. Count me in for the meeting in 2008 if it is going to take place after March. I think all those who are forming small groups through local meetings will be more useful to us as we will be able to distribute the work region-wise.

All those who have attended such meetings will be familiar with each other, and they will enhance participation. Please ask for feedback from their meetings so that we can understand how to approach people in different localities.

Regards,

Hi All,

So far, there have been no takers as coordinators region-wise. Is anyone interested in taking up the assignment?

Regards,
Umesh.S

Hi,

My suggestion is that we need to volunteer to represent each region. For that, we need to know among our site HR network, let's find out where all the members are from. I mean to say, let everybody post their current location. Based on that, I shall take the responsibility to create a database which contains the following details:

- Name
- Age
- Sex
- Location
- Email ID
- Contact number
- Membership status

We shall fix a deadline to receive the registration forms. I will create a separate topic to collect the registration forms and update them periodically.

Hi Hari,

Thanks for taking up responsibility. As you are from Chennai, you can take up the Tamil Nadu region. Please keep me updated about the members' list. Also, suggest the probable date and location as recommended by the Tamil Nadu team members.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Friend,

I want to participate in this meeting. Could you please confirm the location for our gathering?

Regards,
JHRD

Dear all,

Great idea. Count me in. Just some ideas. For these kinds of meets, there are lots of things to be considered.

A) There has to be registration, where they have to pay something; otherwise, such meets don't work.

B) The location is very crucial.

C) There has to be a program associated with the meet (e.g., for instance, an event like ISABS). It has to be a program-based event.

D) It has to be thoroughly thought about.

E) If there is no takeaway from this meet, it may not work.

These are just my thoughts. These are "food for thought," which we can ponder. Let's mull over it and invite ideas for the same. Let me know how I can contribute.

Thanks,

Raaj

Hi Amith,

Thank you for your interest. In fact, we organized a meet in Bangalore during August, and it was a great success. You can view the details and photos in the CHR Meet Bangalore Photos topic. Cite HR members from Bangalore, Hosur, and Vellore participated in the event. Even people from Hyderabad also showed interest in joining the Bangalore meet at that time. They are still in touch with me for the next event. Following its success, I proposed this all-India meet as many of them had requested it.

No problem for the lower number of people from Mysore. You can join us and inform your HR connections about this event.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Raj,

I fully agree with your views. Before that, we need to finalize the region-wise coordinators to take the lead in that particular region. I also welcome suggestions from the people for the location. My suggestions are Pune, Goa, or Hyderabad. We need to consider cost-effectiveness as well.

Your views, please.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Dear Umesh and all,

I am very happy to know about your proposal. Here, I tried to organize an HR meet (inspired by you), but I received a very poor response. Nevertheless, I am still trying my level best. I don't want to miss the opportunity to attend the All India HR Meet. Please provide me with the necessary information.

Regards,
Sowjanya

Hi Umesh,

It's a great idea. I missed the meeting that was organized on September 07 in Bangalore. But now, I don't want to miss the meeting. Please count me in. I will definitely be available for this meeting. Please keep me posted regarding the venue, date, and timing for Bangalore. I will be waiting for the same.

Email: ats_28575@rediffmail.com

Regards,
Amit Shah
Email: ats_28575@rediffmail.com
(M) 9901175870.

Hi Umesh,

This is great. Let's make this a grand success. I am in Mumbai, so please let me know if I can share some responsibilities.

Regards,
Anurag Kumar
9820567782

Hi Anuraag,

We need to have a region-wise coordinator to lead a team. Can you take up the responsibility? I also asked Raaj to take up the same responsibility. If you both could take the lead on this, it will be helpful.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Sowjanya,

Don't get disheartened. It is not an easy job. Even I faced the same problem when I organized an event in Bangalore. Finally, I got in touch with four to five members as volunteers, discussed, made decisions, and then informed the members about the event. This approach resulted in a very good response from people for participation.

You can also try the same. You and one or two others who are interested can join together, make decisions, and inform the members about the event. You will receive a positive response.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Dear All,

Let's have 4 regions here: East, West, South, and North. I can take care of the Western Region, along with anyone who would want to join hands and support. Sanjukta can handle the North, and you can handle the South. What is left is the East. Any takers from the East?

Now, with Sanjukta's database of interested people, we will have to invite registration. It's a long, detailed planning, Hari and Umesh. You can get in touch with me at 09967942211.

Thanks,
Raaj

Hi Raaj,

Mr. Anuraag is interested. You can get in touch with him, and his number is 09820567782.

Regards,
Umesh S.

From the South, I can assist Sumi. Let me go home and see how many are interested, and I will upload the database. Next, let's discuss what events we are going to plan. The house is open for thoughts... >>

Hi Meha,

I am also interested in the same. I would love to volunteer for this event. I have been eagerly waiting for such kinds of events. I can reach out to all my HR friends in Delhi.

Regards,
Meha :)

Hi Hari,

Thank you for your support. Let us work on the southern region with others who are interested in volunteering, like Ramakanta and Amith. Meanwhile, I suggest that you find at least one more person to gather details from Tamil Nadu. However, I will also coordinate with you as I know people in TN as well.

For your information, I am not Sumi; my name is Umesh. Sumi is just a login name and a short form of Umesh.

Thanks & Regards,
Umesh S.

Oh, I am sorry. It's a general tendency to address people by their ID. I am really sorry if I hurt you, Mr. Umesh. I hope at least some would have sent the registration form. I have to go home and check because I don't have access in my office. Based on the response, we shall proceed further. If we are able to save the database, then we can communicate all further information to them regarding our future meetings. Thanks for your support.

Hi Hari,

It's okay. It did not hurt anyway. Just for your information, I mentioned it. You can address me as Umesh. Keep in touch with me. If you are free in the evening after 7.30, give me a call. I have sent my number to you through a private message.

For others, the number is a temporary one that I have given to Hari, hence I am not giving it here. Once I get the new connection, I will update you all by posting here.

Regards, Umesh S.

Hi,

As of now, I have received interest from three people in sending the information. They are as follows:

1. Shakila Borase
2. Rachna Sinha
3. Gayathri Murali

Thank you for the swift response from them. I will also update the names on a daily basis once I update them in the Excel sheet so that people can keep track of the count. I also assure the confidentiality of their contact information.

I hope more people will send their details and make this meeting a grand success.

Those who are from outside India also can send the registration form. We shall keep you posted with the meeting dates. In case you are in India at that particular time, you can very well join us. I like your spirit. Keep it up.

Hi Sumi,

I am waiting for such an event again. I love to participate in the event. I am ready to be a volunteer. Keep me posted.

Someone, please prepare the agenda of the meeting. Form a committee with representatives from all regions. Decide on the location first based on the inputs received from participants. Decide the duration of the meeting - 1 day, 2 days, 1 week, etc. Calculate the minimum, maximum, and appropriate number of participants. Estimate the cost of conducting the meeting at various locations and decide appropriately on the location. Calculate the accommodation arrangements for candidates outside the city. We have cities from Kashmir to Kanyakumari; decide on a city that is well-connected and reasonably accessible from all aspects. I hope this plan keeps you working with a strategy, and you can assess the proper status of the meeting.

Hi Umesh,

Good to hear this. Please count me in for the volunteer team. I would be happy if it happens in Bangalore as well. The Bangalorean - CHR group will look forward to it.

Regards,
Bhaskar

Hi Bhaskar & Mukez,

It is really nice to see your interest in joining the meeting. Please fill in your details in the prescribed format, which has been uploaded by Mr. Hari in this post, and send it to him. This will help us keep track of the participants.

Regards,

Umesh S.

Hi Umesh,

When are you going to organize the kickoff meeting in Bangalore for this All India Meet? Please let me know so that I can join you guys.

Raagu

Hello, people. FYI, I am posting the link to the registration form. Mr. Umesh, yesterday no one sent the form. Meanwhile, shall we discuss the possible location and date.

Hi Hari,

It is okay. Later, people will join us once we finalize the event. As you suggested, it is better to finalize the date and location first.

My suggestion for the date is January 19 or 26, Saturday. The location should be a central location, i.e., somewhere in the Central Part of India, so that it will be easy for everyone to travel.

Raaj, Tikam, Anuraag, Sanjukta, and others who have taken the lead, please put in your suggestions as well so that we can finalize the date and location.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Sumi,

Can I have your contact details? When are you planning to schedule this meeting? Let me know.

Preet

I would say the 19th is better because the 26th is Republic Day. So, it's better to be on the safer side. We have to look into a Sunday and also need to draft the duration of the meet. If we prefer some hill station, that will be much cooler and provide a nice environment. It also serves as relaxation for those who are traveling after their long, busy working hours. Their minds will be free. If possible, they can bring their family as well. Anyways, it's my suggestion.

Before that, let us have a deadline for registration. Based on that, we can study the majority people's locations. A few places I suggest will be Coorg, Munnar, or any cool hill station from northern Karnataka or Madhya Pradesh. Any more place suggestions, please welcome. Let's make this event infotainment.

Hi Hari,

It is nice to see your suggestions. Coorg is a nice place where we can have this meeting. But January is a holiday season, so we need to book the hotels at the earliest. People may enjoy the new type of accommodation, that is "Home Stay," where people can share the accommodation with the Coorgi community people and experience their culture with privacy.

Munnar is in the extreme south, making it difficult for people from the northern part of India. I feel the location should be more central, maybe in the central part of India. In my opinion, an ideal location would be Goa and its surroundings.

Let us wait for suggestions from other parts of India like North, East, and West.

Regarding the date, the reason I suggested after the 19th or 26th is that from the 14th onwards, the holidays begin, and many people may plan their vacations, making them unavailable on the 19th. However, for the 26th, even though it is a holiday, having just one day off and returning to work on Monday could be ideal as it allows for a day of rest on Sunday.

This is my opinion. I am open to others' views and suggestions. Let us decide on the date and location after considering everyone's input.

All volunteers and HR professionals, please share your views and suggestions.

Regards,

Umesh S.

Hi All,

As Raj Bhatia mentioned in one of his posts here, the event should contain some knowledge sharing. It should not be just a get-together. I am planning this as a workshop or seminar-based event for HR people, which comes with a cost. One of the suggested topics by me is "Traditional Vs Modern Recruitment Methods."

All of you, please contribute to selecting a topic that is the need of the hour. In my opinion, attrition and retention have been discussed and handled in many seminars and workshops. So, I suggest leaving this topic and recommend any other burning topics.

Waiting for your replies. Raj, Sanjukta, and others, what happened? No replies from you all.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Congrats on the initiative! It's great to see this post. I was waiting for this initiative to come from our members. I request Mr. Siddhartha Roy to take this further and help us run this program successfully.

Finally, a request: please count me in. Looking forward to contributing my bit to the site that has given me so much and taken me ahead in my career.

Regards,

(Cite Contribution)

From my part of contribution, I can give a presentation on stress management through yoga, imparting awareness about yoga for modern living. The presentation will cover the majority of day-to-day activities related to yoga, also emphasizing the need for physical and mental exercise.

Let me know your thoughts...

Today's entries are as follows:

- Murugesan
- B.K. Raul

Thank you for sending your details. Kindly encourage others to do the same. Let's set the last date of submission for the registration form as November 30th so that we can finalize the numbers and begin planning at least a month in advance. This is just a suggestion. I welcome all your comments.

Hi All,

It is nice to know that people are showing interest in joining this grand event. As Hari mentioned, kindly send in your registration details before November 30. It will help us in planning the event.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Sumi,

I am waiting for such an event again. I love to participate in the event. I am ready to be a volunteer. Keep me posted. I am from Hyderabad.

Hi Narendra,

It is nice to know you are interested in joining this event and have opted to be a volunteer. Can you take up the responsibility of collecting the data of the participants from the AP region? The registration format is available in a link from the post of Mr. Hari.

Kindly confirm.

Regards, Umesh S.

Hi Umesh,

As far as the topics for the discussion, my suggestion is "HR On Board". If you see, in general, the CEOs of the companies are from Financial or Operational Background. However, so far very few have reached that level from the HR field. Even in the Board of Directors in a company, the participation of HR people is very less.

Anyhow, let us wait and see others' suggestions. Do you have any thoughts about the Key Speakers?

Regards,
Preet

This is a great opportunity for HR professionals to come together. I would be more than glad to be a part of this event. Please count me in. I would gladly volunteer for any coordination help that may be required.

For topics of discussion, we could consider:
- Tech-savvy HR professionals.
- HR strategies and impacts beyond the HR function.
- HR as a business partner in the changing global arena.

Thanks,
Kamaljit Kaur
Email: kamalzz@hotmail.com
Phone: 09975597050

Hi Kamal,

It is nice to see your post. At last, someone is interested and has started contributing to the event. In fact, the topics suggested by you are really commendable. Especially, the third topic, "HR as a Business Partner," is a wonderful topic that needs to be discussed.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi all,

This weekend's report is on participants interested:

- Hari Krishnan from Chennai
- Shakila Borase from Mumbai
- Rachna Sinha from Hyderabad
- Gayathri Murali from Anand, Gujarat
- Sridharan K from Chennai
- K. Deepthi from Secunderabad
- Gaurav Goel from New Delhi
- Murugesan from Hyderabad
- B.K. Raul from New Delhi
- Kamaljit Kaur from Pune

Mr. Umesh, I request you also to fill up the registration form and send it so that I can add your name to the database. Additionally, I request those who have already sent their forms to encourage other interested members to do the same to facilitate the program.

Thanks and regards,
Hari

To ensure the success of this event and maximize attendance, we can have representatives from various areas including the North, South, East, and West. These representatives can gather and organize ideas for the meet from different members.

Thanks,
Kamaljit Kaur
Email: kamalzz@hotmail.com
Phone: 09975597050

Hi Hari,

I have received your form asking for details. I will send it to you. By seeing the list you have mentioned, it is noticed that the responses are very poor from our HR fraternities.

Hi All,

Comparing to all city meet, which is being organized locally in Bangalore, Chennai, and Delhi, people are really enthusiastic and keep organizing the event quite often. Especially the Chennai guys, they keep organizing the events almost every month, though the numbers of participants are less. Bangalore people organize the event once in a quarter or half-yearly, but they are making it big as the event sees at least 30-40 people. As far as Delhi is concerned, the posts about the meet used to run in pages, and finally, the participants will range from 16-20 people. In other cities, as I observed, the thread will be on, but no events take place. There are exceptions like Pune. The above-mentioned points are based on my observation in Cite HR; however, it may not be actual facts.

I thought of giving up organizing this All India Meet as there is poor or no response from HR people. It is surprising to see such a poor response from our own HR people for HR meets. What happened to all? Come on, cheer up. All India HR meet should happen.

Regards,

Umesh.S.

Hi Umesh,

Calling off the event is not a great option :( What we see are only initial teething troubles! I am a part of the planning for the Pune HR meet. We too initially saw very few responses from the fraternity, though the responses started increasing gradually.

What could be done is to contact the members who actively organize the events locally. Such members usually have the contact details of a good number of members from their respective areas. You could have these people encourage more candidates to participate (the local organizers can send out a message to their local HR folks about the India meet!) and the responses could be better.

Thanks,
Kamaljit Kaur
kamalzz@hotmail.com

Dear Kamal,

It is nice to receive such boosting mail from you. Generally if you see, any event is required a proper planning, then only it will be a successful one. If the participants are not responding properly, then we can't plan it properly, finally end up in a small event like an informal gathering.

If you see any other professionals like Doctors, Engineers etc, if any events are happening related to their field, they show massive response. It will happen automatically. No needs for any follow up etc. But if you take HR in the same situation, it is totally on reverse side up. Much Talks, Less Action.

Probably this may be one of the factors contributing for not considering the HR as an important factor of an organizational growth. May be this may be one of the reason for a HR person not able to reach the top position or reaching a level in the Board of an organization.

Actually this kind of poor response will make us upset. What we get a feeling is instead of organizing such kind of bad event, it is better not to organize it. That's what I mentioned that, if the same kind of poor responses continues, then I will give up. But, I welcome others who take initiative in organizing such events.

As I said in my earlier post, there are people from few cities (Like Bangalore, Chennai, & Delhi) who are really planning and organizing the event very successfully.

Regards,

Umesh.S.

I understand, but isn't the HR meet an effort to make the HR community a more professional gathering?

The doctors, engineers, etc., all have meetings because they know they will be sharing upcoming knowledge in their fields. So, if we have a similar plan for HR professionals, I see no reason why they will not be interested.

Cheers!
Kamaljit Kaur

Hi,

I feel that we need to prepare an agenda for this big event so that it will serve as an awareness program. There are many members who are really interested but hardly find time to respond to our requests. For those who have viewed and are interested in participating, please take a few minutes and send in your details. This will surely increase the number. Another thing, since people are not sure about the location, they might hesitate to come. I feel that if a zonal-wise informal meeting is conducted and during that meeting, we discuss this big event, we have pretty good chances of making it a success. Let's visualize the event and start preparing the agenda. Comments are welcome.

Thanks and regards,
Hari

Hi Hari & Kamal,

Normally, I never think in a negative way. I always hope for the best. However, this time, on this event, as I mentioned in my earlier post, the responses are flowing similarly to the Delhi case, but no one is sending their details to Hari, which has made me a little upset. Anyway, it is not a significant issue. Hari, as you suggested, let's plan for the day and venue as it is essential for people to make decisions.

I kindly request Raaj Bhatia and others to take the initiative in their respective regions to coordinate the event with input from other interested HR participants. This can include suggesting the location, date, topics for discussion, and recommended Key Speakers, either those you endorse or ones easily accessible for this event.

I am eagerly waiting for replies from all.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Umesh,

Thanks for the great idea and initiative.

When I was in the CITEHR meeting in Bangalore at Bajaj Alliance, the response was very less. This time, let's really make it a big success. I am ready to volunteer.

Friends, please let us choose a neutral venue where all the members can come and participate actively. Please make a quick decision so that everyone can mark their calendar and pre-plan without any problems. Please keep me updated on this.

Regards, Kalyan
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Hi All,

As far as the location is concerned, Goa or Hyderabad is the ideal location for this event. These two locations are conveniently connected with all modes of transport. In my opinion, Hyderabad is the perfect location as the cost of travel, accommodation, etc., will be cheaper compared to Goa.

Your suggestions and comments please, so that we can finalize one of the above locations.

Regards,
Umesh.S.

Hi Kamal,

If everyone says it is okay for Bangalore, then we can organize in Bangalore itself. It is easy to organize here in Bangalore.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi all,

Let's fix two locations:
1. Hyderabad
2. Bangalore

I am going to create a poll. Let's see how this helps us. Please follow the link to give your input. [Note: The link has been removed]

Thank you.

Hi Hari,

Good job done. You have created an opinion poll for selecting the location for the All India Meet. Let us see what people's verdict.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi All,

Regarding the location, the polling is currently in progress. Hyderabad and Bangalore are both equally popular choices for the All India Cite HR Meet. Please vote for your preferred location. If you have any other suggestions, please reply here with your option.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi all,

Update as on the first week of November. Encouraging...

Let's make this vibe more positive:

Hari Krishnan - Chennai
Shakila Borase - Mumbai
Rachna Sinha - Hyderabad
Gayathri Murali - Anand, Gujarat
Sridharan K - Chennai
K. Deepthi - Secunderabad
Gaurav Goel - New Delhi
Murugesan - Hyderabad
B.K. Raul - New Delhi
Kamaljit Kaur - Pune
Amarnath N - Bangalore
Krishnaraj P R - Chennai
Geetika Bansal - New Delhi
Kasina Ravi Kumar - Hyderabad
M. Peer Mohamed Sardhar - Bangalore
Mamta Shekhawat - Jaipur
Rajesh Kumar - New Delhi

Thanks,
Hari

Hi All,

Sorry I was not able to check this post from the past week as I was not available at the station. However, the same slow mood and lack of interest are still apparent from our HR colleagues. I believe it would be more beneficial to hold local HR meetings where we can have a good number of participants, rather than organizing such a large event and potentially wasting time.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Hi Hari,

It is true. It is better if we can organize it as a Bangalore & Chennai meet with the members from these locations, or else it can be a Karnataka & Tamil Nadu Meet. This way, the members from these states who are willing to participate can join, and we welcome them all.

Hi guys, at least we from the south will organize and manage it. Please send in your comments and suggestions.

Regards,
Umesh S.

Dear Friends,

You could have conducted an ALL INDIA MEET as well, but as I mentioned before, there was no proper planning, so there was no enthusiasm from employees. You should have released the agenda of the MEET beforehand.

I don't intend to hurt anybody with this, but I just want to mention that everything should be properly planned and executed. The CITE HR ALL INDIA MEET is not an issue.

Dear Vijay,

Its a pleasure writing to you on forthcoming event of HR Sangamam on 9th December(Sunday). It's been quite a while since HR Sangamam conducted its last event.

I sincerely thank you for patronizing HR Sangamam in the past one year or so. The next meeting is scheduled on the 9th of Dec '07

between 10.30 a. m and 12.30 p.m.

Mr. G D Sharma, Vice President – Human Resources, L&T has kindly consented to address us on “Personal branding”. Further details may be found below.

It is my privilege to invite you for the forthcoming meet. Kindly confirm your participation by sending a reply to this mail.

If any of your HR contacts are accompanying us, please let us know, we would be glad to welcome them into the HR Sangamam family.

Venue: Andhra Chamber of Commerce, (Opp to Veterinary Hostpital in Anna Salai,Adj. to TNT Express, Nr. Saidapet Bus stop) New No:23,

Third Cross Street, West CIT Nagar, Nandanam, Chennai-600 035.

Participation fee: Rs.100 (Rupees one hundred only). Payment as usual may be made at the venue.

You are requested to report by 10.15 a. m to ensure timely start and finish of the programme.

Looking forward to meet you on Sunday!

Warm regards,

Vijayakumar.R

9840812395

Team HR Sangamam

Hi!

I am interested in sponsoring the HR meet. Kindly let me know whom to contact and how I can take this forward.

Regards, Tridip
Mob: +91 9953166900

Hey Sumi,

It's great to know that there is an all-India HR meet to be held soon. I am from Calcutta. Is there any way that I can attend this meet? There are no plans for a Calcutta one, I guess. I am quite interested. Do reply.

JAYA

I am from Delhi, and yes, things are happening at the Delhi level. I personally think that such meetings at a bigger level should evolve slowly after we make a success of meetings at different places, focus on the requirements, organize, and come out strong, rather than do it for making a statement and then not being able to sustain it.

More views are welcome.

Regards, Navinder

Hi Guys,

It is really sad to know that this thread has been dropped long back, and people are responding to it now. As I know, people are just posting their messages here saying that they will attend and are ready to volunteer, etc. When called for a meeting of volunteers, everyone will have a reason to avoid it. This proves that Mr. K. Ravi and Mr. Sanjeev Himachali's statements are correct.

Anyhow, if you are really interested and the support comes in, I can discuss with Mr. Umesh, who initiated this thread earlier and subsequently dropped it due to poor response.

Preet

Hi Umesh,

We are all eagerly waiting for such a great gathering. I think HR professionals should also be centrally organized. Such events will be the primary step.

Why don't we organize this event in Bangalore? I am ready to be a volunteer.

Keep me informed.

Vasanth

I would love to be a part of it. If everybody is interested, a few of us can come together and take the responsibility of arranging it too.

Regards, Manasi

Preet,

Sorry, I too dropped in today. I was not aware of it. As I have recently joined as HR, I didn't know about this. It's not even one month since I joined. I am not giving excuses, but I really do want to participate. However, the thing is I am from Kolkata. :(

Hi Sohini Basu,

I am not blaming you. It is a general tendency of our HR fraternities. But there are people who are really interested like you, and they have come from another station and participated in our Bangalore meet.

I spoke to Mr. Umesh, who initiated this thread. He was also interested. At that point in time, the response was very poor; hence, he canceled it. After that, we held the program for the people in Bangalore in December.

If everyone supports with real interest, yes, we can do it.

Preet

Hi Umesh,

It's a great idea to execute on an all-India basis. The preferred location would be Mumbai as it is centrally located and well connected. If you don't mind, may I have your contact details, please? I would like to understand how you plan to organize this all-India event and see if I can assist in any way.

Warm regards,
Rupa

Hello Umesh,

I would like to participate too and would be happy to be a volunteer. Please keep me posted. Can we have a poll for the selection of the location? We will select the location by the majority of votes. What do you say?

Regards,
Karuna Gupta

Hi All,

It was initiated by me a few months back. During that time, the response was poor, hence I dropped the plan of having an All India Meet. Now, people have started taking interest in this All India Meet.

I am extremely sorry, but due to other commitments and a tight work schedule, I can't take the lead for this meet. If anyone is ready to take the lead and organize it, you are most welcome. Whatever possible support and guidance from my side is always available.

Regards,

Umesh S.

Hi,

We know, but is it possible to arrange another one whenever you are free from all your work. We (all the new users who are taking interest now) will help you but as we are not that aware of it, so can't take the full charge. Please let us know. We are eagerly waiting. And I must thank you for your active participation in helping the newcomers in the site. We all are getting help from the posts and replies of you and many other seniors like Amit, etc. Sorry to those whose names I missed. In all, I must thank all of you. Thanks a lot and keep helping us like this.

Hi Umesh,

We know, but is it possible to arrange another one whenever you are free from all your work. We (all the new users who are taking interest now) will help you, but as we are not that aware of it, we can't take the full charge. Please let us know. We are eagerly waiting. I must thank you for your active participation in helping the newcomers in the site. We all are getting help from the posts and replies of you and many other seniors like Amit. Apologies to those whose names I missed. All in all, I must thank all of you. Thanks a lot and keep us helping like this.

Thanks and regards,
Sohini

Dear All,

This is a great idea.

I am working as Manager HR in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and we are organizing a meeting for all HR members in Gujarat. We extend an open invitation to all the members who read this message here or pass it on to others in HR.

You can view photos from our first meeting in the Gujarat section. Following the success of our initial meeting, we are hosting our Gujarat HR Meet-II on 28th September 2008 in Ahmedabad.

We would like to organize a National Meet with your support. We already have local support from very senior members.

What do you say... Friends?

Regards,

Shaival Tiwari
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