Digital Document

Meeting Minutes of Board of Directors of India Club, Vancouver, held on February 21st, 1971. It covers the approval of voting rights for both spouses in family memberships, the setting of club dues for 1971-72, and the nomination of board members for the upcoming year. The board addressed a deficit from a recent dinner event and planned upcoming activities, including a talk on the "Religious Heritage of India", a seminar on "Understanding Esst Indian Cultures" at the Sikh Temple and Holi celebrations for members.

Letter from Marjorie V. Smith, Director of Programs in Aging at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Continuing Education, to Dr. G.S. Gill regarding the program, 'Understanding East Indian Cultures", dated, October 8th, 1970. The letter provides him with proposed thoughts for how the program can be conducted and a potential sponsorship from the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of British Columbia in cooperation with the Khalsa Diwan Society. The letter has annotations marked by Gurdev Singh Gill [?].

Meeting Minutes on the Series, "Understanding East Indian Cultures", held on July 16th, 1970. Along with mentioning the names of attendees, it highlights the background and main discussion points of the meeting. It ends with the details of the planned schedule and next meeting. The document has various marked annotations along with a list of three names who attended the meeting on October 19th, 1970 (Mr. Messenger, Joslin Bohanec, and Marjorie Smith).

Handwritten meeting overview dated, 19th October, 1970, highlighting key issues discussed and proposed solutions. It concludes with an action plan for the next two meetings and includes a list of South Asian Indian teachers.

Letter from Marjorie V. Smith, Director of Programs in Human Relations at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Continuing Education, to Mr. Rampuri, Mr. Kohaley, Mr. Neel, Mr. Gyan Nath and Dr. G.S. Gill, dated 4th December, 1970, inviting them to be resource persons for the series, "Understanding East Indian (Sikh) Culture", as a follow-up on their exchange with Mr. Mohinder Gill. The series is sponsored by the University of British Columbia's Centre for Continuing Education in cooperation with the Khalsa Diwan Society. Along with providing the details and agenda of the sessions in this series, she asked them to phone her on 7th December to discuss further details, should they be interested.

Meeting Notes on "Education of East Indian Children" held on November 17th, 1970. Along with listing the names of the presenters, it provides details on the suggestions made, what is being done and what can be done. Attached is a typewritten note on next meeting's time, date and venue.

Letter from Marjorie V. Smith, Director of Programs in Human Relations at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Continuing Education to Mr. Mohinder Gill, with Meeting Reminders for two meetings in January along with their their purpose.

Handwritten note from Marjorie V. Smith to Mr. Mohinder S. Gill asking if the meeting time at 8 p.m. January 4th, suggested by Mr. Rampuri works for him.

Letter from Marjorie V. Smith to Mr. Mohinder Gill Enclosing Mr. Gyan Nath's Proposal on the education of South Asian children of Indian Origin titled, "A Planned Approach to Meet the Needs of Children with Non-English Background", to be presented at their meeting on January 12th. The letter also inquires on Mr. Gill's interest in assuming the position of Chairman for that meeting.

Meeting Postponement Notice from 12th January, 1971 to 19th January, 1971, on "Education of East Indian Children" due to snow. Notice posted by Marjorie V. Smith, Director of Programs in Human Relations at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Continuing Education. On the back of the notice page are written notes on required tasks and registrants' statistics.