Mobilizing volunteers for MSCC

We don't need to wait till we have a duly elected residents association in place for initiating community-building activities. The current strength of residents is 75 families, which is about 10 percent of the 750 plus apartments in Mantri Synergy. It may well be May 2012 - at the start of school holidays - before we see full occupancy at Mantri Synergy.
Community-building efforts - tree-planting, running the club-house library, mentoring students, Children's movie shows, Weekend DVD film shows - can be initiated, if we mobilize a group of resident volunteers - Mantri Synergy Community-building Corps (MSCC).
To start with, we need data-base, which has contact details of residents willing to volunteer,their expertise and skill sets,the number of hours,weekly; and preferred time of the day (say, Wednesday evening, Sat.afternoon, Sun.morning) they can spare for community activities.
PropCare, which maintains records of residents, can help in collecting volunteering details.This can be an interim arrangement till such time we create a proper Mantri Synergy residents website with a residents directory.In this context, residents at their Oct.23 meeting could consider a proposal we received from ApnaComplex dot com.

A mail from Apna Complex

Dear Mr Krishnan,
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This is the operative part of a mail I got from Priya Raghavan of ApnaComplex website.She has listed the following among their customers:
- Aparna Sarovar, Hyd (1200+ units)
- Purva Panorama, Blr (710 units)
- Sobha Azalea and Althea, Blr (202 units)
- Mirchandani Palms, Pune (300 units)
- Kapil Malhar Towers, Pune
- Shivsadhana Apartments, Mumbai
- Suyaj Towers, Mumbai,
- IDC Aparments, Delhi
- Abad Aquarius, Aluva, Kochi - do check out http://www.abadaquarius.com
- Dream Meadows, Blr (240 units)
- Citilights Liberty, Blr - do check out http://libertyowners.org/
- SJR Spencer, Blr (133 units)
- Appaswamy Orchards, Chennai (364 units)
- ITTINA Abby, Blr (200 units)
- Fortune Towers, Hyd (380+ units) - do check out http://fortunetowers.net
- Aparna Towers, Hyd (284 units)