Registration Treat

Srichand Arora kept his promise of a phapda-jalebi treat to celebrate the Club’s registration (ref post of November 12). Dhokla and tea were add-ons. In a way the Club chairman had jumped the gun because the Registration Certificate can only be issued next week.

Jagmohan Papneja briefs members on the 'road map' ahead

Feasting on phapda-jalebi, courtesy Srichand Arora

But then, for Arora, this has been no less than a personal victory and he was keen to share his happiness at the very earliest.
As Club secretary, Jagmohan Papneja briefed members on the road map ahead. Reading from a prepared text, he explained the implications of the registration, where we stand today, how we can take the Club ahead from here, the points to ponder upon and what the future holds for us. He said that there were several options open now for monetizing Big Laaf as a profitable brand, which may possibly be discussed in the general body meeting that he would like to convene on November 29, 2014. He would also like to give us a treat on that day like the one Arora hosted today.
On the question of a Club-sponsored party, opinion was divided on whether it should be lunch in a nearby restaurant or if it could clubbed with a picnic at Chhota Kashmir in Aarey Milk Colony. The date however, was fixed for December 6, 2014. As treasurer, Monthi Serrao declared that she cannot spare more than Rs5,000 from the Club kitty and it is up to us what we do with it. Accordingly, the picnic idea seems to be more feasible and should we perchance overshoot the budget, we shall have to make ends meet through individual contributions.
On a lighter note, Bijoy Gupta confessed that he still cannot figure out what all the hullaballoo was about. Only today did he discover that it was not Shekhawat, but Arora who happens to be chairman of the Club. And all this while he had been angling for Shekhawat’s post, even offering to bribe him Rs100,000. When Papneja informed that the “actual chairman’s post” would cost him double, Gupta was crestfallen. For the first time he appeared to give up all hope to ever head Big Laaf in his lifetime.
Jagmohan Papneja:
All members celebrated the registration of BIG LAAF and applauded the role of Arora-ji who made this possible. This will inject new enthusiasm and keep us motivated for our future endeavors.