SKYSCRAPERCITY TO BE IN NEWS

[cofee]

Dear members,

I am very proud that we want to be more than armchair critics.

Like many of us I am also overseas.

We need a main contact person (representative like chairman/secretary) and a contact phone number and email.

We should form a formal association or a social club with formal members.

I am happy to pay an annual membership fee for the good work.

I shall do my best in fund raising activity for a formal association to the betterment of Chennai.

I am sure there will be many members who share my view.

[ramvaradan]

Originally Posted by srinivasan1@hotmail.

All tv stations should have a short message on various topics like civic responsibilties,hygiene,cleanliness etcetera during their mai news.
srinivasan1@hotmail.

There used to be a topic or a class called 'Socially Useful Productive Work'.. where I studied. But it was far from what it implied.

We need to involve primary, middle and high-school students in civic duties... much like being drafted for the national interest. And, assign them grades on their performances. Grades that pass or fail them, not just an optional/nice-to-have citations.

Grassroots is the name of game! Forget the current generation, they/we are beyond redemption

[satchitananda]

Originally Posted by tn2usa

Hi Folks,
Congrats for all and appreciations for all involved in this .

Just thinking of providing constructive ideas through this forum , now i have more hope that it will reach the concerned authorities.


In USA we have almost all government holidays on weekends , eg memorial day , thanks giving etc , they have planned it so that it falls on a weekend.

Because of this we always get continuous 3 or 4 days holidays and we can always plan for a long tour , this results in domestic tourism and economy gets boosted.

Why cant the same be implemented in India like the Republic day , Independence day , Mahatma Gandhi's birthday etc ?

This could be done with 0 rupees cost , but can result in crores of worth of tax money to government and thousands of jobs in tourism in india.

Thanks,
tn2usa

While the intentions are commendable. To the best of my knowledge they do not move July 4th. Changing Republic Day and Independance day is an obscene idea. Try to get that implemented in US and see how much patriotic they feel.

I am sure people will feel the same if you try to make Diwali or Pongal to suit your holidays as they are calculated based on astronomical info.

I will agree though that the number of official holidays can be regulated.

Secondly things that work in US need not be transplanted elsewhere and cannot be as well. (Recently I read how ridiculously folks are aping Halloween in India).

Holidays like Thanksgiving or Labor Day cannot be compared with Diwali/Pongal or for that matter even New Year's Day. Can anyone move New Year's Day holiday to suit their profit or travel ?

I do not see the comparison between India and US as far as travel is concerned.

While I whole heartedly support your intentions, I do not want to support any idea of changing National Holidays like Independance day. Instead, if you tell that these holidays should be more than symbolic, in most cases today, I would agree.

Keep thinking more creative ideas. Thats the only way we can make it more productive.

[kannan infratech]

The meet on saturday was a damp squib.

Only 2 attended. One phoned.

Hail SSC Chennai.

[idontspam]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

The meet on saturday was a damp squib.

Only 2 attended. One phoned.

Hail SSC Chennai.

Sad really

[tn2usa]

We have many solutions for corruption but most of them are long term and more costly to implement

Short term fix.

Now since webcamera's have become so cheap and all the offices have internet, why cant webcamera's be installed in every government office ? Police station ?

1) We hear so many news likes rape's or sexual assaults or general assaults in police station this could be avoided.

2) No way one person can bribe or take bribe infront of camera , even if it is done elsewhere the movement gets recorded and becomes suspicious.

Believe this could be done in less than 100 crore ( less than providing 1/2 of free tvs )

This is fool proof solution.

[Kewl Batty]

Wat abt power cuts!?!? never mind! :silly:

[tn2usa]

For my safety and to save some money , i am happy to go again after the power comes back

[sshivakumar]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

The meet on saturday was a damp squib.

Only 2 attended. One phoned.

Hail SSC Chennai.

Kannan sir, really it feels very bad to hear about this. I wish I was in Chennai, definitely I would have made to the meeting.

Anyhow lets not lose hope, may I request you to call for another meeting with some advance notice? I am sure our friends are still eager to meet.

[satchitananda]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

The meet on saturday was a damp squib.

Only 2 attended. One phoned.

Hail SSC Chennai.

All I can say is I am appalled.

Kannan - a suggestion. When you put a date.. also have a public viewable document on the list of confirmed attendees who can add their own names. Yes and No is clear. If they say Maybe note it as No till they show up.

Based on the #s you have confirmed, you could either have plan A location or Plan B or postpone or cancel accordingly.

Since the list is viewable by all and if someone commits, they are more bound to honor.

[Indian Sun]

We can probably make our facebook page more active and post event notifications there.

[nsantha2]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

The meet on saturday was a damp squib.

Only 2 attended. One phoned.

Hail SSC Chennai.

Mr. Kannan, while I understand your frustration at such low turnout, I'm not all that surprised. Physical meetings/gatherings of members of web forums seem very hard to coordinate.
I've seen this on another forum that I was a part of a year or so ago.

My suggestion on what (might) work:
1. Fix a very specific location and time/date and don't change it.
2. Have a guest list that people sign and provide their name, phone number & email
3. A few days before the event, send out an email confirming time, location and attendance.
4. Call attendees on the day before the event and on the day of the event.

Again, I stress that this speculation on my part. The problem is that people are a bit flaky about attending meetings like this - I know I've said 'Yes, I'll definitely be there,' to something like this in the past, only to back out at the last minute.

I'm really sorry that this didn't work out, but hopefully in the future...

[darkprinz]

Originally Posted by nsantha2

Mr. Kannan, while I understand your frustration at such low turnout, I'm not all that surprised. Physical meetings/gatherings of members of web forums seem very hard to coordinate.
I've seen this on another forum that I was a part of a year or so ago.

My suggestion on what (might) work:
1. Fix a very specific location and time/date and don't change it.
2. Have a guest list that people sign and provide their name, phone number & email
3. A few days before the event, send out an email confirming time, location and attendance.
4. Call attendees on the day before the event and on the day of the event.

Again, I stress that this speculation on my part. The problem is that people are a bit flaky about attending meetings like this - I know I've said 'Yes, I'll definitely be there,' to something like this in the past, only to back out at the last minute.

I'm really sorry that this didn't work out, but hopefully in the future...

Kannan sir ,

Feeling Sorry about the last meeting ... Let us have the above procedure from next time .. we will help u in coordination of above mentioned points ...

And i wil attend if am in chennai

[tn2usa]

Super Power India , Idea 3

UID of india is preparing india for the future. Few additions to it can make it even powerful.

India has lot of corrupt politicians , this is because of our costly election process where every candidate has to spend in lakhs and crores
to get and win a seat. He inturn gets the money back through corruption.

To make the election process less costly.

UID can collect email ids on voluntary basis and will be shared with the candidates with email addresses belong to each constituency and the candidates
can email people directly.

For e.g while collecting info for UID , it can also have couple of additional pages for the below.

Voluntary checklist 1 ( No money generating -> but useful for government purposes)

I wish to receive election campaigns as emails.
I wish to receive government policy changes as emails.

Voluntary checklist 2 ( Money generating -> retailers will be happy to get the email ids and give a price for that , the same money can be shared to the UID owners)

I wish to receive email updates on retail offers.

a) reliance b) tata c) xyz

I wish to receive email updates on cellphone offers.

a)airtel b) vodafone c)bsnl etc

[kannan infratech]

Guys!

Please let me know after checking from reliable sources whether the UID card being issued in India has any embedded chip / RFID / tracing signal emitter.

[TShyam]

Originally Posted by vaish

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A separate thread was created to post this. I am copy pasting this here so that this information is not lost if mods delete the original thread. Please contribute.

I feel the name of the thread can be changed to "SSC Chennai - Citizen initiatives and related news". Anything worthwhile done by any of our members can be posted here. It necessarily need not be in the news. I think that would be better.

[Marathaman]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

Guys!

Please let me know after checking from reliable sources whether the UID card being issued in India has any embedded chip / RFID / tracing signal emitter.

UID is only a number with biometric information that will be stored in a database. The 'card' is symbolic. Even if you lose your 'card' it won't matter.

[Madurai gilli]

Dear Kannan Infratech sir,
I am very glad to have you as my friend in SSC..A wonderful job you've done and I am much happy and excited on seeing article abt our SSC forum and your photos in THE HINDU.
I can feel how difficult is the work you'd actually done..Bcs I still remember your advice and ideas when I tried to organise a Meet & form an organisation for SSC-Madurai.. Our first meet went just as a get-together as many friends found no leave on the day..I wonder why people who spend much time in posting news here are not supporting any cause if we make a platform for it..I will be happy if you help us in making the same revolution in Madurai medias..I am trying for the same bt will be happy if we get the help from senior-friends like you.

[kannan infratech]

Originally Posted by Madurai gilli

Dear Kannan Infratech sir,
I am very glad to have you as my friend in SSC..A wonderful job you've done and I am much happy and excited on seeing article abt our SSC forum and your photos in THE HINDU.
I can feel how difficult is the work you'd actually done..Bcs I still remember your advice and ideas when I tried to organise a Meet & form an organisation for SSC-Madurai.. Our first meet went just as a get-together as many friends found no leave on the day..I wonder why people who spend much time in posting news here are not supporting any cause if we make a platform for it..I will be happy if you help us in making the same revolution in Madurai medias..I am trying for the same bt will be happy if we get the help from senior-friends like you.

As a tribe, most of us are very good in commenting / analysing / suggesting. Only those guys with passion for social work can really get down on the street and work.

We can not blame anybody for this as we have been brought up like that in this society. Actually, most of do not know what to do even though we wish to do some thing.

Easiest thing to do is to do some thing for your neighbourhood first (like Exnora). We will be more committed as we are also stakeholders here.

If you are able to assemble a group of passionate people, then you may expand for bigger areas say a locality like Anna Nagar / KK Nagar / Chokkikulam.

Wrt to Industrial development / Policy decisions, it is better to join CII / FICCI or similar and work along with the stalwarts. CII has an Infrastructure Wing. The TN Chapter is headed by MARG GRK Reddy.

Publicity will follow soon.

[Madurai gilli]

After conducting the meet and seeing the response, I ve decided not to waste time on this and join some established bodies like CII to continue our work..

I am happy that you too suggest the same here..

Already a couple of my friends joined CII and I will follow them as a third person shortly.. I agree that we cant blame anybody. Bcs everyone has their own problems to solve first..