Mymysore forum get-together

Date: Mar 27, 2006

Mymysore forum get-together

Date: Mar 27, 2006

Virtual-Reality!

The get-together is one heck of a great idea .

Digital is fictitious and unreal and yet the market rewards this quite well. In nature as we know nothing is digital, everything is a continuous function. There are always shades of gray. Let us keep away from quantum effects, it is another subject of great love for me. Incidentally, we do have 'quasi' state. How se would we explain mircales?

The 'mysore foum' or my digital podium with its e-room was made available to me rather by accident. Quite frankly I have forgotten how I chanced in on it.

Now this podium is likely to get a ‘face’ to it! The virtual turns REAL! How unreal!!

Dear GVK, you want us to come out of our hiding and really see face-to-face. I see the light. Well, the timing precludes me form getting there. Hence I will offer my image to this meeting. I must confess my first impression (hunch) of this bunch is a good one.

Hence via separate e-mail I will offer my snapshot (digital image) to be included in the meeting session (Real). Adobe photo shop would enable one to create a gallery! And by way of intro, I will forward my bio. Perhaps I will get myself a blog and truly speak with earnestness on what I believe life is all about. It is extremely precious! But dear GVK please do not post my bio. Though pieces exist through google search, I will remain in the background. I am still a learner of sorts.

Respectfully I submit this to the gang of ‘do gooders’ my willingness to assist on host of things in absentia.

Srinivas

Date: Mar 27, 2006

A get-together of Mymysore forum is an excellent idea. What Mysore needs is greater involvement of informed and concerned people and this forum is another platform.

Since I will be out of town, I will not be able to participate in the meeting in person, but I will be there in spirit.

I wish the meeting a great success.

Bhamy V Shenoy,
Convener of Mysore Grahakara/Galata/Grahacahar/ Parishat

Date: Mar 27, 2006

It's a great idea!

Thanks for letting me know, I will be there.

Soundar

Soundar Rajan N.S.
Project Pygmalion
www.ilid.org

Phone: 0821-2414726

Date: Mar 27, 2006

How I wish I could be there.

Being in Bangalore is one limitation. Being on travel to Udupi on training work is another. I wish the meeting all success and am sure something concrete will come out of it. It is really kind of Mr Nagkumar to host the meeting.

It would certainly have been a pleasure to put faces to the names. I hope I will get future opportunities.

Madhukar -VU2MUD

Date: Mar 27, 2006

very good idea. will be a meeting ground of people who have a good feeling & love for Mysore .

Date: Mar 29, 2006

dear GVK
Thanks for all infomation and Invitation.
I am on already committed two programmes on that day,I express my inability to attend the meet and I wish the meet will be a successful begining in t interest
of developement of Mysore
Thanks to M.B.Nagakumar for his kind gesture.
Bye
T.V.R.

Date: Apr 1, 2006

Hello Friends,

Great I will be there as of now.

shanks

Date: Apr 5, 2006

I hope more forum participants and other concerned mysoreans accept the kind invitation of Mr. Nagakumar and attend the get-together. Due to my being away in Delhi and unable to make it back in time, I will not be there although I wish I was, the first time that we are meeting. It will be good for people to meet, associate faces with names and be able to talk about mutually interesting subjects, to help improve Mysore. All the best for the get-together.

Date: Apr 6, 2006

Our friend Mr Vijendra Rao hs post on the 'Heritage walk' item a message, which, I reckon, is more up this street. For the benefit of ongoing interaction I copy/paste what Mr Rao has posted elsewhere, and also Capt. Anup Murthy's response:

There seems some ambiguity over the number of mymysore folks who would be making it to the meeting. Just had a word with Mr. Nagakumar, and it would make things easy for him if the exact number of participants is known latest by tomorrow evening. That apart, if I may preempt any sense of disappointment on account of poor turnout, numbers should scarcely matter. It is the quality of deliberations that matters. To that extent, even five participants is a good number. In order to achieve optimum results out of the limited time available, I have the following to suggest.

a) Have a definite agenda, it will help.

b) Ideal number of subjects for discussion would be two and only two. If it is one, nothing like it.

c) It is most appropriate that an agenda be set well ahead of the meeting; preferably on the mymysore forum itself.

d) Identify a moderator for the discussion straightaway. It will avoid wastage of collective time.

e) Arrive on time for the meeting. Spend not more 30 seconds on introduction. Avoid asides. Stay completely focussed as, time available, in effect, will be not more than 90 minutes. Rest will go getting excited (at meeting those whom one had only read), touching bases, exchanging pleasantries, eating, thanksgiving, etc.

f) Going prepared will help, too. If there are, say, ten participants and each one takes ten minutes to make his submission, it needs 100 minutes - which is ten more than 90, the possible number of minutes available. It is therefore ideal that only a single item be on the agenda and it be discussed threadbare.

g) Time can be saved by avoiding repetition of ideas. It generally happens during such proceedings - be it in parliament in civic corporation - that five speakers speak about the same issue without having contributed anything original. It is a kind of compulsive jabbering, resulting from a deepseated urge to say something for the heck of it. At the same time, let no single individual dominate the proceedings. Let there be equitable participation.

It is unreasonable to harbour any suspicion that the enlightened members of mymysore would do anything but act in a way as to take their ideas for Mysore forward with earnestness. I am firm in my belief that we will all return home with immense satisfaction that our maiden meeting was a success.

Looking forward to spending those quality 90 minutes,

Vijendra Rao

Capt.Anup Murthy's response: Sitting in Delhi, I can only wish the 8th meet well. All your points, Vijendra, are good and I am sure there will be five or more at the meet. Firstly, I think the group should just get to know each other and then discuss about how future forum meetings can be held such as where next, who hosts next, points to be discussed next, moderator at that meeting and so on.

This meeting may not have the agenda that you have suggested, it is only a first meeting that can be used to plan subsequent meetings. Hope this suggestion is OK and all come there with an open mind and no real agenda (personal ones!).

Date: Apr 6, 2006

Thanks Captain and GVK.

I am sorry for posting my message wrong.

Vijendra

Date: Apr 6, 2006

I am inclined to agree with Capt. Murthy. April 8 should be a familiarisation meet. Besides, it is our attempt to bring MyMysore forum 'down to earth', so to speak, from cyberspace. It is an occason to celebrate, with some social networkng, cocktail chatter and a nice meal. Such atmosphere would even be conducive to some meaningful talk in edgeways. Speaking for myself, I prefer such free-wheeling mode for subsequent meets as well. A set agenda, stop-watch regulated remarks,and someone at the head of the table with a gavel, are more the settings for a seminar hall, rather than a club-house lawn.

This is not to suggest that we shouldn't have agenda-ed meetings. Could have it, may be on a bright Sunday morning, at a place like the Institution of Engineers, once in thee to six months. When we do, I can see Mr Vijendra Rao as a natural choice for the man to hold the gavel.

Date: Apr 6, 2006

Thanks for the proposed elevation, GVK, but I am better off anonymous in my cyber space.

Vijendra Rao

Date: Apr 8, 2006

It would be nice, for the benefit of those of us who are not in Mysore and could not attend the mymysore forum meet, if one or all the participants put up their experiences meeting fellow forum members. Maybe this can be posted in a new topic.

Thanks.

Date: Apr 8, 2006

TWO names - Mr. Nagakumar and Dr. Javed Nayeem - both familiar to the mymysore community, have faces that I have been familiar with for a while now. There was one more face, that of Mr. Jayakumar, a name still to enter mymysore.com. (Friend Jayakumar is an ad executive with The Times of India, Mysore). Then, there was one more name not familiar to the community - Mr. Hemanth - a mechanical engineer-turned self-claimed criminal engineer, ushering in the boom in construction activity the city has been lately witness to.

These fourm, besides yours truly, were the five that made it to the community's maiden party last evening. Putting faces to names, the ostensible purpose of the Maurya meeting, was thus not achieved. Well, let us hope that that collective wish would be realised at the next bimonthly meeting to host which Dr. Nayeem has already come forward. Till then, let us revel in the suspense and continue to stick imaginary faces to those who are familiar to us only by name.

Nagakumar had been away in Bangalore and joined us a little later, along with Jayakumar. However, he was prompt to call me up and inform me about his likely delay. I agreed to hold the fort. Not one to take chances, Nagakumar had made contingency plans by calling up Hemanth, his good friend, too, to be available to receive guests in his absence. Hemanth and I, as a two-member reception committee, had a pretty simple job of receiving only one guest in Dr. Nayeem.

With Dr. Nayeem around, one does not look far to enliven the proceedings, but he had to leave in a hurry after playing a cameo innings at the table. Hemanth and I made the most of his stay by seeking free consultation for our respective ailments. The handy doctor calmed our anxiety when he quipped that he had not brought his receipt book along. Soon showed up the host, not at all showing signs of exhaustion after an entire day of journeying.

I felt guilty of talking a bit too much, an affliction of many years (not the same affliction for which I consulted Dr. Nayeem; not that he would easily cure it). I don't know how Hemanth, a tee-totaller, solved his problem, but the other two had beer to bring down the pain I relentlessly inflicted upon them. The fact that they drank moderately gives me some comfort that the pain was perhaps tolerable. For short-eats, we had panner, salad, raja-special, pakoras, baby-corn, and jokes from Nagakumar and Hemanth.

The evening bore out for me, the advocate in Nagakumar who narrated how he stepped in as his own Premier Studio advocate at a particular point in the case of the fire that broke out in during the shooting of The Sword of Tipu Sultan. The judge duly acknowledged his skills at self-defence.

Going by the effervescence with which Hemanth spoke on a range of subjects - within whatever time I conceded - he should be a welcome member to the community. He has all the trappings of a quintessential Mysorean. One must thank Nagakumar for bringing him in.

Many thanks to those who made it to the party and to those who did not for valid and invalid reasons. I don't want to disclose the time that we dispersed, lest it deter those who want to make it on the second Saturday of June.

A BIG thanks to Nagakumar for setting the ball in motion. May his spirit turn infectious. Dr. Nayeem is already infected.

Date: Apr 9, 2006

The evening bore out for me, the advocate in Nagakumar who narrated how he stepped in as his own Premier Studio advocate at a particular point in the case of the fire that broke out in during the shooting of The Sword of Tipu Sultan. The judge duly acknowledged his skills at self-defence.

This paragraph in the above post may be read as:

The evening bore out for me, the lawyer in Nagakumar. He narrated how he stepped in as his own advocate at a particular point in the case of the fire that broke out at Premier Studio during the shooting of The Sword of Tipu Sultan. The judge duly acknowledged his skills at self-defence.

Date: Apr 9, 2006

Thanks, Mr Vijendra Rao, for a scintillating update. Being a media man helps, to paint a picture livelier than reality. Five isn't a discouraging figure; in fact, it is just the kind of number one would find just about right, for charter members of the mymysore forum.

Must thank Mr Nagakumar. His back-up plan move is noteworthy; reflects his commitment to the forum. That Dr Nayeem came forward to host the June meet goes to show he is indefatiguble; he has a stout heart; and we haven't lost out on making a go of what has so far been a 'cyber coffee house'.

Date: Apr 9, 2006

Thanks GVK. I would be much obliged if you could incorporate the corrected paragraph in the original post. It makes reading easy.

I would be happy to see all reverential prefixes being done away with on this forum - as part of our endeavour to evolve a style sheet for mymysore.com. Personally, I would like to be called Vijendra or Rao or even Viji - no mister, please, definitely not by someone who is elderly like you. I am sure as a veteran journalist you would appreciate the need for doing away with formalities.

The meeting was conspicuous for the absence of Capt. Anup and you, but for whom we wouldn't have had it in the first place. Thank you both.

Date: Apr 9, 2006

Thanks Mr. Vijendra, for that nice update on the meeting. I am still in Delhi and returning to my beloved Mysore for two day and then to Singapore for four days and then to USA for the next two weeks. I'd have really loved to have been a part of the process. Thanks for mentioning my name as a propogator for the group, it is actually the credit of people like you, Mr. Nagakumar and Dr. Nayeem. I second Mr. GVK's usage of the term "indefatigable" when describing Dr. Nayeem. Heartening to know that some new persons have joined the group.

What happened to the other stalwarts who live in Mysore and who said on this forum that they would attend? Where are you guys?

Date: Apr 10, 2006

Dear Friends,

Thanks Viji for the minutes of the meet. I feel sorry for not having made it to the meet.

Nagakumar is always a great host so is his friends Hemanth. I am sure the 'spirit' will continue

shanks

ps: there is a new blog that has started called 'churmuri' exclusively on Mysore just like us. I wonder who they are and request them to join us. I am also scared as I see a certain comments, posting and opinions posted in the name of shankar prasad. I am not 'him'.

shanks

Date: Apr 10, 2006

I am rather disappointed, Shanks, that your post elsewhere on schoolchildren has not elicited as much response as it deserves. I am looking for a writeup I wrote some years ago for Deccan Herald. Just a couple of days, and I will retrieve it and post it.