January 11 meeting

==Students attending the meeting==

==Beginning of the meeting==

===Bodhayan takes the stage===

===Kshitij takes the stage===

After it was decided to use the blackboard to document points agreed upon, Kshitij decided to take over from Bodhayan. He began by writing:

'''Aim 1: Education of children (aged 5-15) in (and around) Siruseri'''

Since Bodhayan had already asked Rajeshwari to obtain an introduction to a nearby school just outside SIPCOT, it was decided that the school was one possible means of achieving Aim 1. After some debate, it was decided that there was a natural dichotomy:

* Students attending shool

* Students not attending school

==The thick of the meeting==

===Help to the most needy?===

===The hope for bad schools===

Bodhayan pointed out that if the school was bad, Spark was in business. Otherwise, we might have to hunt for more lucrative pastures.

===What to teach===

===Whether to maintain Spark's identity===

''Nameless, faceless people selflessly serving society''

Arnab raised a question of whether Spark should align itself with some missions or organizations, such as Ramakrishna Mission (simply as an example). This yet again raised the question of whether Spark should allow ''dilution'' of its identity.

===The question of when===

===Visits to planetaria===

===Do it in the city===

==Final homeworks==

Vipul decided that the homeworks for which people had volunteered should be explicitly stated. So he got up and began with Anirbit's suggestion.

===Anirbit's homework===

===Nivedita's homework===

Nivedita later realized that she was not really willing/able to collect data on sloppy schools, though she did proffer the useful fact that there is a corporation school that appears sloppy somewhere in the vicinity of Alarmelmangapuram at Mylapore.

Ramprasad has now taken up the sloppy schools project. He plans to collect information on names and addresses of sloppy schools as well as information that could help us approach the schools.

===Bodhayan's homework===

Bodhayan agreed to follow up with Rajeshwari on collecting information and obtaining contacts for the local school.

===Vipul's homework===

Vipul agreed to document contents of the meeting on the Spark wiki. This page is the result.