NetSAP discounts for 2 awesome events: ForSE 2008: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs & Indian Ocean Rock-Fusion Concert

NetSAP Members can avail of discounts for two popular events this weekend - ForSE 2008: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs & Indian Ocean Rock-Fusion Concert. More details are below.

NetSAP Boston partners with several organizations in the New England region to give its members a wide choice of events (apart from the regular NetSAP Boston events) and more value for their membership. Our partners are listed on our alliances page and their events are posted on our forum. If you are not a NetSAP Boston member yet, take advantage of the 2009 Membership promotion and sign up now!

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ForSE 2008: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs

ForSE 2008 brings together social innovators, business professionals, investors, donors, academics, and students to share technology, business ideas and management learnings and to foster discussion and action on new social venture concepts.

Date: Friday October 10, 2008
Time: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Place: Graduate School of Management, Boston University, 595 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Ma 02215
Price: General Admission $75, TiE members/NetSAP Members/BU affiliates $35, Students $20
Register: http://www.bu.edu/forse

Select TiE as your affiliation (from the drop-down box) when you register for this event. NetSAP Membership will be verified.

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Indian Ocean Rock-Fusion Concert Live @ MIT; NetSAP Special Offer

"Indian Ocean does with Indian music what I always wanted to do with Chinese music." - Yo-Yo Ma.
Association for India's Development (Boston/MIT chapters) invites you to experience the best of Indian rock-fusion music and to make a difference by supporting a great cause. Indian Ocean is currently one of the most popular fusion bands in the world. With an electrifying stage presence that matches their phenomenal talent, the group blends Indian rock, folk, and classical music and various other styles, truly creating music without boundaries. All proceeds to towards supporting sustainable development projects in India.

$5 off per ticket for NetSAP members. Enter discount code: NETSAP on the online tickets page to receive discounted tickets. You can get additional 'early bird' discount if you buy on/before October 1st. Discounts are limited to online purchase.

When: Sunday, October 5th, 6:00-9:00PM (doors open at 5:30PM)
Where: MIT Kresge Auditorium. 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Event Details & Registration: http://www.aidevent.org/MIT

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New and Upgraded NetSAP Boston Forums - Reach out to the community!

We recently upgraded the forums on the NetSAP Boston website. The forum is a great way to interact with other people in the community, learn about non-netsap events, new job opportunities and more.


Discounted Events: Many events posted on the forum by our alliance partners offer discounted and special pricing for NetSAP Members. So take advantage of these offers.

Job Opportunities: Our sponsors and members post new job openings on the forum. It is a very effective way to hire people from a network that you know of and where you can get easy references.

Activity Partners: Mingle with other people in the community around your favorite activities. More networking outside of NetSAP events

Housing & Rentals: Looking for roommates or a home for yourself. Where else to find someone from the community other than this forum.

Classifieds: Post Ads about anything that you want to sell, buy or barter.

RSS Feeds: Dont have time to visit the forum every day? Subscribe to the RSS feeds and get the latest posts right into your browser or your favorite RSS reader.

All forum posts are sent out in our weekly newsletter and also appear on our home page www.netsapboston.org (center right box). So the visibility is very high.

Try it out at www.netsapboston.org/forums

Nominations now Open for NetSAP 2009 Executive Board!

NetSAP Boston Annual Elections

The Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston (NetSAP-Boston) invites dynamic, creative and motivated members to take up leadership positions in the 2009 Executive Board. If you are interested in becoming part of the NetSAP Board, please send in your nomination for a position that suits your interests and talents from the list below. Elections will be held on Saturday, November 15th, 2008. Other Chair positions on the Board will be nominated soon after.

Deadline for sending nominations is Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Volunteering on the NetSAP-Boston Board allows you to enhance your resume, expand your professional network in the Greater-Boston area and be recognized in the community for your contributions. Read our blog article "Five Great Reasons to Volunteer for NetSAP-Boston".
If you cannot commit much time but still want to get actively involved with NetSAP-Boston, join our volunteer group. Email Sheila Rajan, Secretary at sheila.rajan@netsapboston.org

To declare your candidacy, submit one-page letter of intent to Tushneem Dharmagadda, President, NetSAP-Boston & Elections Officer at tushneem.dharmagadda@netsapboston.org by Sunday, November 2nd, 2008.

The letter of intent should address the following and should be limited to less than 500 words.

• Your professional background
• A brief history of your past extra-curricular activities and achievements.
• Why should you be chosen for the position?
  • Your motivation to join or continue on the NetSAP-Boston Executive Board
  • Ideas and Vision that you will bring to NetSAP-Boston and how they can
    contribute to the growth of the organization

Please note that all Executive Board members are required to attend monthly Board meetings. Executive Board members should also be willing to take an active and helpful role in all the activities and events that NetSAP-Boston has to offer.

Position Responsibilities & Duties Avg. Time Commitment The following positions on the 2008 Executive Board are contested President Provide leadership, vision and guidance to the team in all areas.Manage the overall flow of activities and events; 8-10 hours / week Vice President Responsible for creating alliance partner relationships, external communications and building the NetSAP-Boston brand. Coordinate all teams (social, professional, community, cultural, membership and sponsorship). Work hand-in-glove with the President in all these activities 6-8 hours / week Treasurer Oversee and manage finance for NetSAP-Boston, including generating periodical reports. Maintains all financial records. Work hand-in-glove with Sponsorship Chair in building the financial status of NetSAP-Boston 4-6 hours / week Secretary Responsible for, managing internal communications, board meetings and newsletter. Keep an on-going record of all activities and events. Help President and Vice-President coordinate all teams. 4-6 hours / week National Liaison Coordinate communication between NetIP-NA and NetSAP-Boston. Attend all meetings and conference calls and represent NetSAP-Boston in the National organization. Work with respective Chairs and develop initiatives at NetSAP-Boston with National significance. This includes membership incentives and sponsorship opportunities 2-4 hours / week The following positions on the 2008 Executive Board are Nominated by the President & Board of Directors (Vice President, Treasurer, & Secretary) Website Director Multiple Openings Maintain, update and develop the NetSAP Boston website; Assist with all web-related NetSAP activities including forums. Requires knowledge of basic HTML and JavaScript. Knowledge of PHP scripting language preferred. 3-5 hours / week Membership / Marketing Chair Multiple Openings Take a proactive role in constantly increasing membership base by devising new strategies; Manage all marketing-related activities for the organization and Alliance partner relationships. 3-5 hours / week Sponsorship Chair Multiple Openings Responsible for securing sponsors for NetSAP-Boston. This key position involves building relationships and securing sponsorships from corporations and other potential local organizations to achieve annual sponsorship goals to support NetSAP-Boston 3-5 hours / week Social / Networking Events Chairs Multiple Openings Develop and manage all social & networking events; Organize all monthly social events; Organize an additional 4 to 6 networking events per year. 3-5 hours / week Professional Development Chairs Multiple Openings Develop and manage all professional development events which include panel discussions, speaker series, and mentoring events; Organize 6 to 8 professional events per year. 3-5 hours / week Cultural/Theatrics Chair Multiple Openings Develop and manage all cultural/theatrics events which include Gala events, celebration of festivals, Chai chats and plays; Organize 3 to 4 cultural events per year. 3-5 hours / week Community Service Events Chair Multiple Openings Develop and manage all community service initiatives which include volunteering events, fund-raising initiatives and social entrepreneurship panels; Organize 3 to 4 community events per year. 3-5 hours / week NetSAP Forum Moderators Multiple Openings Moderate and maintiain User-Forum on the NetSAP website. 3-5 hours / week
	Please Submit your nominations by Sunday, November 2nd to tushneem.dharmagadda@netsapboston.org
Thank you and we look forward to your declaration of candidacy. If you have questions on any of these positions or need to discuss more, email Tushneem Dharmagadda, President, at tushneem.dharmagadda@netsapboston.org Sincerely, The 2008 Executive Board Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston (NetSAP-Boston)

Its a Hattrick! NetSAP Boston wins the Best Large Chapter Award 3rd time in a row!

Dear Member & Patrons,

Thanks to your unconditional support for the organization, the tons of new initiatives, and exciting events in our Chapter, we were able to win the NetIP's Best Large Chapter Award for 2008. This is the third consecutive year that NetSAP-Boston has won this award.

Considering that we had to compete with 22 other NetIP chapters in the US & Canada to win this award it is no ordinary feat. This obviously could not have possible without the extra-ordinary efforts of the many NetSAP board members and volunteers who worked very hard this year. Kudos to each of them for making this happen.

We are also excited to announce that the 17th Annual NetIP National Conference in 2008 that was hosted by NetSAP-Boston was an overwhelming success. More details are on the conference blog

As always we are looking for motivated volunteers to help us out. Read more about benefits of volunteering and feel free to contact us for more information.

Also read NetSAP-Boston does it Again - Wins NetIP's Best Large Chapter Award for 2007

2009 Membership Promotion and Renewals! Take advantage now!

Dear NetSAP Boston Members & Patrons,

NetSAP Boston's membership promotion for 2009 has begun and ends on January 31st 2009. A typical member in 2008 received over $500* of benefits for a fee of just $50.

There are numerous benefits and advantages of becoming a member.

NetSAP Boston Membership also gives you:

• Access to member-only events, preference and discounts at all NetIP events
  
  
• Discounted access to events of 20+ NetSAP Boston Alliance Partners
  Recent Discounted Partner Events:
  NetSAP discounts for 2 awesome events: ForSE 2008: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs & Indian Ocean Rock-Fusion Concert
  NetSAP Discounted Events: "One Night in India" - Gala with Fashion Show at Taj Boston & Pandit Jasraj Concert at MIT
  
  
• Discounts at Museums, Professional coaching organizations and other vendors
  
  
• $5 referral bonus for each new member that you refer to NetSAP Boston

For a comprehensive list visit www.netsapboston.org/join

As a token of our appreciation, we are offering discounted rates for renewing the 2008 membership. An email with a link for discounted purchase will be sent out soon. If you are a 2008 member and have not received this email please contact Sanjay Tamhane, Membership Chair at membership@netsapboston.org ASAP.

If you sign up for membership now, the following promotional rates will apply:
New Members
Individual Membership: $45
Couple Membership: $75
Students: $30

Existing 2008 Members ('08 members renewing for '09)
Individual Membership: $30
Couple Membership: $55
An email with the Online Renewal Link will be sent out to 2008 members soon. We also encourage renewal at our events.

Our referral program still continues. If you are a current member and refer a new member to NetSAP Boston, you will immediately get $5 in referral benefit.
[when you ask your friends to sign up for membership online on our website www.netsapboston.org/join ask them to provide your name in the "Referred By" box and we will send you a referral check for the total number of new members referred by you at the end of every month.]

We hope that you will take advantage of this exciting offer. In addition to supporting a non-profit organization and it's programs, you will also become part of one of the most influential South-Asian communities in New England.

Sincerely,
NetSAP Boston Executive Board