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Registration is currently on for this camp. Fees are starting at $275 per family of two adults and two children, and $30 for every additional person. Take a look at the pictures from previous camps to get an idea of the different activities of the camp.

Reservations are required for the camping trip. Camping trip is the best opportunity for members to discuss plans for RANA for the coming year as well as to get acquainted with other member. Kids just love the time spent together with other kids as well as the camp fire besides the riverside activities in this serene location.

Registration now at the Sulekha payment site!

Itinerary details:

• Friday Sept 7
  • 7 PM - Arrive at Yosemite Housekeeping Camp
  • 8 PM - Pot luck dinner
  • 9:30 PM - Bonfire and badaam doodh
  • 10:30 PM - Antakshari, dumb charades, and other games
• Saturday Sept 8
  • 7 AM- Yoga
  • 8 AM - Tea and breakfast
  • 10 AM - Hiking
  • 1 PM - Lunch
  • 3 PM - Sitoliya and other games
  • 4 PM - Tea
  • 7 PM - Dinner
  • 9 PM- Bonfire, cultural program
  • 11 PM - Antakshari and other games
• Sunday Sept 9
  • 8 AM - Tea and breakfast
  • 10 AM - Introductions
  • 12 PM - Packed lunch

Frequently Asked Questions:

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Q: Do we need to reach by own transportation because most of the people belong to Bay Area? Do peopl carpool?A: RANA does not provide transportation, but carpools often work out. Many families pool together transportation as it is also fun for their families. RANA will provide details of other participants so you can work out carpool arragements.

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Q: I guess cost does cover rent + food only. What else is covered with this cost because cabin cost $76 per night? I guess rest of money will go for bonfire kind of stuff.A: From past experience, food and other provisions cost $100 for a family. RANA will provide all the meals on Saturday and Sunday until lunch. Plus we organize the bonfires and have a great badam doodh recipe to serve on Friday and Saturday nights. See details of the approximate camp itinerary.

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Q: Is there a choice of cabit and tent?A: There are only cabins, still, you could bring your own tent if you favor that. See details at: http://www.yosemitefun.com/housekeeping_camp.htm

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Naren Bakshi is the guest speaker this month at RANA’s Entrepreneur Forum. Naren ji, is a successful business executive, angel investor to start ups, serves on the boards of several Bay Area companies. Naren ji’s career has spanned companies as diverse as Ameritrust Bank, TRW, and Versata.

Naren Bakshi is a founder of Versata and served as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors until 1998. Currently, he serves on several Boards including Versata, Xpede, and Hume Center. He is or has been senior advisor to the CEO and Board for Xoriant, Magnifi, and 123Signup. Naren ji is a founding charter member of TiE and the current President of India Community Center, Milpitas.

We look forward to meeting most of the emerging RANA entrepreneur community at this meeting. To guarantee yourself a seat for the next month’s forum, be sure to register/RSVP online at our Web site. This also gives us an idea of the number of attendees to expect.

A review of June meeting:

Bipin Shah presented 10 success factors for professionals and entrepreneur. His list emphasized a value-based belief system including credibility, honesty, integrity, fairness, equality, and dedication. He also described career planning as an exercise in building a house that consists not of multiple formal living rooms, but includes a basement, a garage, and a kitchen. That is to say, broaden your perspective so that you understand different aspects of a business, even if that comes at short term costs such as lost raises and increased learning requirements.