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NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting Thank You Note

NOA executive committee would like to thank each and every one of you for making NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting a unique and successful one... Dear friends, families, and NOA supporters,

Jwojalapa! Namaste!

On behalf of the Newah Organization of America (NOA), the executive committee would like to extend sincere thanks to all the volunteers and attendees who came to support NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting on Sunday May 24, 2009, at Potomac Community Center in Potomac, MD. The committee would also like to extend sincere thanks to all of the individuals and organizations for their unconditional support and contributions to make NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting a grand success. Your support is greatly appreciated.

The committee extends countless thanks to individuals and organizations, as follows:

Venue
 Mr. Jayambu Ranjit for the venue reservation.

NOA past presidents/advisors and advisors
NOA Past President and advisor, Mr. Beda Pradhan; NOA Past President and advisor, Mr. Tribhuvan Tuladhar; and advisors to President, Dr. Maheshor Baidya, Mr. Prabin D. Shrestha, Dr. Prajwol Joshi,  Dina Bangdel Ph.D. and Sugandha Tuladhar Ph.D. for their priceless suggestions to make NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting successful.

Set up and clean up
Mr. Ganesh Kayestha, Mr. Balaram Joshi, Mr. Season Shrestha, Mr. Jayambu Ranjit, Mr. Tribhuvan Tuladhar, Mr. Shreejan Tamrakar, Mr. Ishwor Rajbhandari, Mr. Eros Tuladhar, Sugandha Tuladhar, Ph.D., Roshan Shrestha Ph.D., Mr. Kiran Shrestha, Mr. Prajwol Karmacharya, Mr. Rakesh Tuladhar, Mr. Bhupendra Shrestha, Mr. Upendra Shrestha, Mr. Dinesh Gurung, Mr. Biswomber Pradhan, Mr. Manoj Shrestha, Mr. Pawan Shrestha, Mr. Rajesh Shrestha, Mr. Prabodh Shrestha, Mr. Subhash Tuladhar,  Mr. Krishna Prajapati, Mr. Jayeswor Shrestha, Mr. Prabin Shrestha, Mr. Puskar Prajapati and Rabi Chitrakar for preparing and restoring the stage and floor.



Registration
Mr. Jayambu Ranjit, Mrs. Saloni Joshi, Mrs. Laxmi Ranjit, Ms. Puja Shrestha, Ms. Shristi Shrestha, Mrs. Neetu Shrestha, Mrs. Ishwari Tuladhar, and Ms. Eva Rajbhandari for working tirelessly at the registration desk.
Mr. Sanjeep Pradhan for designing the NOA badges.
Miss Puja Shrestha for editing, printing, cutting, and making all required NOA badges.
Mr. Manoj Shrestha for preparing raffle tickets, dinner tickets, and labels for chairs.

Samaya Bajee
Mr. Ganesh Kayestha, Mr. Ishwar Rajbhandari, Mrs. Pramila Shrestha, Mrs. Rohini Shrestha, Mr. Ajaya Pradhan, Mrs. Aarati Pradhan, Mrs. Bijayashree Shrestha and all the staff members from the Clay Oven Restaurant in Frederick, Maryland for preparing and serving Samaya Bajee to attendees.

“Newah—the Symbols of Nepalese Culture” workshop
Mr. Ishwor Rajbhandari, Mr. Bikranta Man Shrestha, Mr. Bishal Man Shrestha, Sushan Manandhar, Mr. Bikram Shrestha, Mr. Shree Raj Joshi, Mr. Brajesh Maharjan, Ms. Muna P. Shrestha, Ms. Mahalaxmi Shrestha, and Ms.Arati Shrestha for assisting all the participating children.
Ruby Shrestha, Rosie Shrestha, Syona Tuladhar, Salina Shrestha, Lasata Tuladhar, Roz Shrestha, Monique Rajbhandari, Ronit Tuladhar, Jwoyal Ranjit, Shlesha Shrestha, Sakchhi Tuladhar, Shrutina Shrestha, Jasmine Shrestha,Vardan Tuladhar, Aashna Pradhan for building a beautiful temple.

Twadewa preparation
Mrs. Saloni Joshi for preparation of Twadewa and puja.

Opening session and NOA General Meeting thanks
Mrs. Babita Shrestha for hosting as master of ceremonies.
His Excellency Chief Guest Mr. Kali Prasad Pokhrel for his continued support to NOA, lighting of Twarebha, and speaking to the audience.
NOA President Mr. Rajesh Shrestha for his welcome speech.
NOA General Secretary Mr. Season Shrestha for presenting the NOA activity report.
NOA Past Presidents/advisors Mr. Beda Pradhan and Mr. Tribhuvan Tuladhar for speaking to the audience.
NPPA Vice President Mr. Laxman Pradhan, ANS President Mrs. Bishnu Thapa, ANWA President Mrs. Madhavi Karki, and BANA President Mrs. Rabina Thapa for speaking to the audience.
NOA Vice President Mr. Ganesh Kayestha for his closing statements and acknowledgments.

“Preserving Culture and Its Challenge” forum
Dr. Maheshor Baidya, Mr. Prabin D. Shrestha, Dr. Prajwol Joshi,  Dina Bangdel Ph.D. and Sugandha Tuladhar Ph.D. for their time, suggestions and support to select the theme,” Preserving Culture and Its Challenge” for the NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and general meeting.
Dr. Maheshor Baidya for his valuable presentation on breast cancer.
Dr. Prajwol Joshi for his valuable presentation on travel health.
Mrs. Dina Bangdel Ph.D., for her presentation on Newah art and architecture.
Mr. Sushil Tamrakar for his presentation on Newah culture and language.
Mr. Roshan Shrestha, Ph.D., for his keynote about preserving culture and its challenges.
Mr. Subhash Tuladhar for an excellent moderation the forum.

Life Members:

NOA Past Presidents/advisors Mr. Beda Pradhan and Mr. Tribhuvan Tuladhar for presenting certificates to all 49 Life Members.
NOA President Mr. Rajesh Shrestha for his coordination with all the EC Members to bring in new NOA Life Members.
Mr. Rakesh Tuladhar for preparing the life member certificates.
Miss Shlesha Shrestha for reading letters from NOA sponsored children from Jagatsundar Bwonekuthi school to the audience.

Cultural Program
Mrs. Babita Shrestha and Ms. Eva Rajbhandari for hosting the cultural program.
Mrs. Babita Shrestha and Mr. Shreejan Tamrakar for coordinating the cultural program.
Mrs. Sunita Shrestha, Mr. Prajwol Karmacharya, Mr. Pawan Shrestha, Mr. Sugandha Tuladhar Ph.D., Mrs. Pramila  Rajbhandari, Mrs. Rohini Shrestha, Mr. Roshan Shrestha Ph.D., and Mr. Puskar Prajapati for assisting in cultural program.
NOALC Guruma/Life Member Mrs. Sunita Shrestha for her very dedicated service to train NOALC students in both dance and song.
Mr. Prajwol Karmacharya for his tireless effort to train NOALC students to sing a song and assisting Ms. Ruby Shrestha on violin(Rajamati).
Gurumas Mrs. Rashmi Tuladhar, Mrs. Pramila Rajbhandari, Mrs. Rohini Shrestrha, Mrs. Anju Tuladhar, Mrs. Anita Tuladhar, Mrs. Iswari Tuladhar, Mrs. Shrijana Tuladhar, and Mrs. Rekha Shrestha for their tireless efforts with NOALC.
NOALC Chairman  MR. Ishwar Rajbhandari and all the parents involved to support and teach their children Newah language, culture, and heritage.
All the NOALC students for their excellent performances: Aashna Pradhan , Ruby Shrestha, Rosie Shrestha, Syona Tuladhar, Salina Shrestha, Lasata Tuladhar, Roz Shrestha, Monique Rajbhandari, Ronit Tuladhar, Jwoyal Ranjit, Shlesha Shrestha, Sakchhi Tuladhar, Shrutina Shrestha, and Vardan Tuladhar
All the singers for excellent performances: Mr. Sanjeep Pradhan, Mrs. Sarishma Amatya, Mr. Saroj Dutta, Mr. Shreejan Tamrakar, Mr. Prajwol Karmacharya, and Mr. Bishomver Pradhan.
All the dancers for excellent performances: Mr. Bishnu Raj Shrestha, Mrs. Rekha Tiwari, Ms. Manaswi Koirala, Ms. Swikriti Dahal, Mr. Nadim Maharjan, Ms. Sweta Baidya, Ms. Rajshree Shrestha and Ms. Shika Thapa. Also, Mrs. Anupama Prasai for the choreography of dance performed by Ms. Manaswi Koirala and  Ms. Swikriti Dahal.

Mrs. Sony Shrestha (Nepal) for supplying the Newah costumes to NOALC students.

Sound system
Mr. Dinesh Gurung, DJ “D” for providing an excellent sound engineering.

Video
Tri Star Media Pvt. Ltd: Mr. Sanjaya Shrestha and crew Mr. Ravi Shrestha, Mr. Sajan K. Uprety, Mr. Keyshar Bhattarai and Mr. Suraj Lal Shrestha for the documentary of  Jagatsundar Bwonekuthi School.
NOA Sponsorship Program:
Principal Mrs. Maya Manandhar, Teachers Mrs. Sunita  Manandhar and Mrs. Puspa Manandhar from Jagatsundar Bwonekuthi School for coordinating to  sponsor two children by NOA.

Arts
Mr. Season Shrestha for his “Nepal Mandala Exhibition.”
Mr. Bikranta Man Shrestha for his contemporary arts exhibition.

Dinner
Mr. Ajaya Pradhan, Mrs. Aarati Pradhan, and all of the Clay Oven staff members for serving delicious dinner.

Raffle Sponsorship
Mr. Manoj Shrestha, Travel House Nepal for one domestic round trip air ticket in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, and Canada.
Mr. Arendara Shrestha , Shrestha Beverage, Inc. Baltimore. for the iPod.
Mr. Balaram Joshi for the DVD player and Roaster.

Members
All the life members and general members for their ongoing support. The majority of their generous support will be used to promote Newah language, culture and heritage.

NOA Annual Laskus Newsletter
Mr. Daya Shakya: Chief Editor; Mr. Tribhuvan Tuladhar: Editor; and TRT Design Studio Inc.(Graphics), for all the hard work to publish the annual Laskus Newsletter of NOA.
Also all the NOA supporters who put their generous ad on NOA ‘s  8th Annual Newsletter “Laskus”.

Website (www.newah.org)
Mr. Ashish Juwa for updating the website and uploading pictures.
Mr. Sampurna Prajapati for the development and continued service of NOA website.
Mr.Manoj Shrestha for taking pictures for the entire event.

Media
Mr. Ram Kharel and the entire Sagarmatha TV team for convention announcements and the coverage of the entire program.
Mr. Nagendra Poudel and Mr. Mukti Duwadi for the publicity of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on Radio Dovaan and live interview with NOA President on Sunday, May 24, 2009.



Online publicity and coverage
Mr. Sunu Pratap KC for the public announcement and the coverage, including publishing pictures of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.nepalhorizons.com.
Mr. Sarad Singh and Mr. Bikrtant M. Shrestha for the public announcement and coverage, including publishing pictures of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.neprocks.com.
Mr. Subhash Tuladhar for promptly updating NOA 8th Annual Convention information on facebook.
Mr. Subhash Prajapati for the publicity of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.jwajalapa.com
Mr. San Pradhan for the publicity of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.sajha.com.
Mr. Basu Shrestha for the public .announcement and the coverage of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.khasskhass.com
Mr.Girish Pokhrel for the public announcement and the coverage of NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on  www.nepalipost.com.
Mr. Shashwat Parajuli for the publicity and the coverage of annual NOA’s 8th Annual Convention on www.pressnepal.
Mr. Shreejan Tamrakar for creating and uploading the ads, flyers, and video on youtube.

Newspaper publicity and coverage
NESOCA, Sandhya Times, and Vishwaparikrama for publicity.


Finally, the NOA executive committee would like to thank each and every one of you for making NOA’s 8th Annual Convention and General Meeting a unique and successful one. We hope to see your continued support at our upcoming NOA events.
Thank you and Subhaya!


Sincerely,
The NOA Executive Committee
 

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