Transcript Bimal Da Aug 30, 2006

We had a conference call with Bimal Da/KJSA on Aug. 30th 2006. Attendees: Soumyadeb Mitra (UIUC), Sam Murthy, Bimal Da, Ketan Mehta and Feroz Khan. The aims of the call were: 1. to carefully explain the contract especially the termination clauses. 2. to understand some finer points of the teacher's income sources and the tuition collection 3. to get details on delivery of photos 4. to understand KJSA's bank account and FCRA situation. The responses are in the table below. Question 1. Each student pays Rs5. How much of tuition collection presently is for expenses and how much for salaries? 2. It used to be Rs 500 for teacher to administer microcredit when there was 1 teacher per school. Now there are 2 teachers per school. Do they both get Rs 500/mth for doing microcredit, or how does it work? 3. what will happen to tuition collection if we fund salaries?

Response Almost all goes to school expenses and travel expenses. Very little for teacher salaries 2 teachers in each school split Rs500 microcredit pay and get a little from plantation work and other sources. JSA still plans to collect the tuition. Students are not always regular with payments.

Funds will be used for annual function or some other education expenses. [email protected] -- I found this 4. progress on email address. Have you tried does not work! [email protected] -making the account? maybe works, unsure still They have existing FCRA enabled account, they 5. progress on bank account. Have you received will use it exclusively for Asha purposes. This has money from foreign sources before? From whom? Rs 502 balance. 6. Do you have the FCRA certificate/documentation? Send that back with 10 page document from govt, bimal da will send us. forms/signed contracts. 15 or so photos - new and old. meal and students 7. what is happening with photos? Have you taken photos. Bimal da will send to a contact we them yet? designate and the contact will email to us the scans. 8. contract discussion: go through clauses do not go into detail of 5b, simply tell Bimal Da the details points are there Termination of contract: Bimal da has no objections to contract as explained. go through carefully Ask for Bimal Da's senior to put his name on the contract also. Bimal da motivation questions As to why he is doing this work?

Bimal da likes interaction and experience of the whole process. Interaction with people like us, small ministers and people from various fields. his father had donated the land. and likes the

advancement of education for village * Is he being benefited by this work?

Rs1,000 given to board members from various sources other than schools.

* How many hours in a week does he spend on many hours per day this school? * How does he feel about the work he does? likes it very much * How long has he been associated with the Jana 20 years Sevashram?