Miles we walked together at SIAO : Jan to Dec 2008

Dear All,

Wish you a very happy and prosperous new year 2009.

The greetings are belated...well they are timely considering the standard deviation of party hangovers and leaves !!!

No matter what your resoultion is I can guess one for sure. That is to regularly update yourself with SAMVAAD and drop in comments. As inevitable part of my reflex action I am introspecting an interesting journey from January to December on SIAO Airlines.

The flight which took off from SIAO on Jan 2008 witnessed a journey of innovation, excitement, learning and growth. The first quarter saw two pilots Nishta and Govind joining other airlines leaving behind master Pilot Shrinivas and ground administrator Kalpana.

It was quarter 2 and the cock pit was infused with young blood (read asst. pilots) on our flight. Now with 1 + 3 (Rajesh, Ketan, Shweta) pilots we desperately needed a manager...and here comes Sabitra. With this master pilot took sigh of relief and suddenly we can hear the speedometer breaking down. What made that speedo meter scream you may like to read by next blog of Jan.

As the flight took off again, we were served with a salad of new projects, models, events garnished with fresh mint ideas in the packet of inflight entertainment. The magazine on resource mobilization and collaboration was not at all complimentary. Oh! it was not Kingfisher afterall! Later realized that was the idea. And I tell you the welcome drink has some high power ingredients...which stimulated all the passengers to think out of the box...no no no none tried peeping out of window...Come on! Did I said, the samosas from Astha Restaurant was the driving force for Bala to join in our flight.

The breeze of freshness came with the new mission and vision statements followed by inclusion of disability at broader level with focus on blindness elimiation and rehabilitation programmes.

Quarter 3 and 4 saw a launch of 15 new projects, 4 new partners and 10 potential organizations being assessed for partnership. Through out the journey whenever the fuel prices soared sky high, flight did halted to take in TMG fuel (Training, Motivation and Guidance) from SIAO base station (Regional Office).

Thanks would fall inadequate to convey SIAO's regard to its partners, consultants, guides and mentors in making my...our flight so joyful.

Finally the 2008 journey came to an end or its just the beginning of another one...2009.

Till then ciao! And dont miss your resolution this year.


Regards,
M o d e r a t o r