The core group meeting was attended by Hon Justice KN Kurup, Rev Dr. Abraham Mulamootil, Dr MN Sateesh, Er Anil Joseph, Mr Sabu George, Mr Arun Mathew and Dr KM George.
1)During the year 2017 some 10 meetings and seminars were conducted with a total participants of 900 people attending the same. Since 1998, the number of participants who attended our various sessions are 7500 plus.
2) All speakers were very eminent people from their own areas of expertise like Air Marshall Dr Madoosudan, Dr Viswambaran, Swami Yoganda, Arch bishop Dr Thomas Koorilos, Rev Dr Abraham Mulamootil, Prof Mathews of LSE—Dubai campus, Prof Dr Abraham Ittyachan, HG Dr. Thomas Athanasius, HG Metropolitan Joseph Gregorios, Mr. AT Pathrose, Mr Eldo Abraham Hon MLA of Kerala legislative assembly and Hon Justice Dr KN Kurup to mention a few.
3) As our forum is becoming very popular and useful to the community around, it was decided to beef up its resources and logistics by resorting to innovative ideas and methods..
4) It was decided to invite top professionals like Dr. Vallyathan, DrGeorgy K Ninan, Dr Jose Periyapuram, Dr PE Abraham of the integrated medicine to address our rural audience for our outreach service to the society.
5) Hon Justice Kurup was requested being our patron to invite Dr Vallyathan and Dr Georgy K Ninan; Er Anil Joseph would request Dr Periyapuram and Dr Abraham to extend our invitation.
6) Hon Justice Kurup was requested to introduce the theme of each seminar.
7) Rev Dr Abraham Mulamootil would co-chair our seminars along with Metropolitan Dr. Thomas Athanasius.
8)As we do operate on a very meagre budget, it was explained that travel allowances may not be paid to any of the speakers ,unless we get someone to sponsor it.
9) Dr MN Sateesh would explore the possibility of inviting an eminent speaker on the theme of wellness.
10) Er Anil would incorporate the necessary changes in our proposed letter head and business cards with the correct name of the forum as Sustainable Development Forum (SDF) and for the core professionals like president, Director (Logistics, Resources & Lectures ) and patron. We need to take critical inputs from Rev Dr..Mulamootil.
11) Dr MN Sateesh and Dr Usha Sateesh would find out sponsors for future seminars as each seminar cost us around Rs20,000 with some honorarium being paid to keynote speakers.
12) It was requested that Dr Sateesh may help us with a podium with light and sound system suitably synchronised taking advantage of his engineering skills and expertise.
13) Our newly purchased chairs must find someone to pick up its bill of Rs 21,000.( Requested Rev Professor Mathew Thomas from USA).
14) All are collectively impressed up on to look around to harness Corporate Social responsibility-( CSR ) funds to help us perform better without begging for each seminar some sponsors.
Special Requests:
15) We do urgently require a 5 feet tall mike stand—PAS stand -to place the loudspeaker.
16) One LED projector is very badly required as suggested by our policy Advisor -Rev Dr Mulamootil.( Rev Dr Is about to make some provisions to get one for our SDF).
17) we need very much a head table measuring 10 feet length and 4 feet width.
18) Our digital e- advertising programmes including blog would be managed by Mr Arun Mathew under the close supervision of Rev Dr Mulamootil.
19) Rev Dr. Mulamootil would oversee the video processing of future SDF programmes.
20) Prof Dr MA Ittyachan is requested to be our theme advisor .DR George to follow up.
The meeting was adjourned at 6 15 pm with a vote thanks by Dr MN Sateesh.
Dr. KM George
President of SDF
5th June 2017.