Workplan

The following is a list of goals to be accomplished over the next two years, i.e., by June 2002. They are listed not in order of importance per se, but in the rough chronological order, with the most pressing tasks listed first.

• Pursue tax-exempt status
• Assemble Advisory Committee (See attached)
• Begin process of surveying primary, secondary and college level educational materials. Tasks to be undertaken:
  1)  Determine what texts are commonly used;
  2)  Survey texts/Identify Problematic Passages;
  3)  Identify omissions concerning Indic contributions to world civilizations;
  4) Develop working relationship with publishers
  5)  Begin process of undertaking public opinion research.  Hire a nationally recognized polling organization to investigate how various segments of the American population view Indic traditions and to explore how they developed such views.  Segments to be polled include:
       1) Teachers
       2) College Students,
       3) Adults of different demographic segments and different religious affiliation
       4) Media Professionals/Journalists,
       5) Employers/Business Leaders
• Develop Website
• Assemble Committee of Community Leaders
• Develop Position Papers concerning Issues in Indic Education.  Topics to be covered:
  1) Contributions of Indic Traditions to World Civilization, especially those commonly unacknowledged
  2) Stereotypes and misrepresentations
• Media Outreach. Develop a media press kit downloadable from website, with updates for relevant current events