Hi Sureshkumar,

Would you be the moderator for that group "itprofcanada" and would be placing the rules to allow somebody to join or not join.?

As of now, it's a free group, I mean anybody can join in without requiring any permissions, that may not be the best way to go forward as members may start getting spam, non-sense mails and this group may have the same fate as did "cadit" which has many members but nobody seems to share any useful information there.

So before starting any group, put in place some rules and take the responsibility of managing that group...

my $0.2

Hi Floydopedia,

Here is a list of people providing the temporary
accomodation:

http://www.canadiantransitions.org./home
http://www.sunnynewcomer.com/
http://www.darryhouse.net/dh/index.htm
http://www.torontorooms4u.com/
http://ubpayingguest.com/
http://www.alldayshouse.com/rates.html
http://www.safehomestay.com/

So you can visit their websites and decide on your own..My friend has stayed at canadiantransitions and had a good experience

We had been trying to form an association of Indian
IT professionals in Canada and have succeeded in tying
up with Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce under the name
iCATS.
You are invited to attend the meeting on Monday 14th
April at 6.00 pm in downtown Toronto at
Sigma Systems Group
55 York Street, Suite 1100
Toronto (Next to Royal York Hotel on York Street -
across from Union Station)

Volunteers who cannot attend personally can dial-in to
following teleconference number:
Telephone #: 1-866-500-6738
Participant Code: 454984

The speakers for the first event (scheduled for 7th
May) are:

Andy Jasuja, Chairman and CEO, Sigma Systems

Padmanabhan Venkataraman Rao, President –InfosysCanada

This is going to be a big platform for networking for
IT professionals and I would request you all to
participate from the beginning. And take up lead role
since you have supported the idea for last one year.

Further details are as under :-

A group of IT business professionals of Indo-Canadian
origin are launching a new committee within
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce organization to build,
enhance and facilitate IT trade & business between
India and Canada for IT professionals to assist them
in their career and business growth.

Indo-Canadian Association of Technology and Software
(ICATS) group – a new committee in ICCC is poised to
provide necessary IT networking forum for making
stronger connections within IT business community in
Canada and India .

This group will provide guidance and opportunities to
Investors, Entrepreneurs and Professionals in
marketing IT products & services thereby encouraging
career growth opportunities; new Ventures and business
between India and Canada .

We are looking for volunteers who can commit to 15 to
20 hours per month to this committee in various roles
such as event planning and co-ordination, research
work and marketing to IT professionals, investors and
IT companies to contribute to the success of this new
committee.

The date of ICATS launch event is 07th May 2008
between 6:00pm to 8:30pm. More details of the event
including event flyer will follow in near future.

We hope you or someone you know will be able to accept
our invitation to volunteer for this community cause,
and to join us in this effort. If you accept this
volunteer opportunity, please e-mail me with the area
you will be interested in latest by 03rd April 2008.
I’ll personally follow-up with you once you have
expressed your interest in your e-mail. I look forward
to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Rajiv Bhatnagar, M.Eng., PMP, CISA, CISM
ICATS Committee
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

Sunil Jagasia
President
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Rakesh Srivastava
Raj Joshi

Our first volunteer meeting is scheduled with the
following details:
Date: 14th April 2008 (Monday)
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Attendees: Open to Indo-Canadians who wish to
volunteer for iCATS objectives (Please forward this
e-mail to other IT professionals who wish to volunteer
for iCATS objectives and attend this meeting)

Agenda for the meeting:
1. Introductions - Volunteers and iCATS Organizers
2. Overview of iCATS objectives, goals, vision,
mission and delivery model
3. Feedback comments on iCATS
4. Volunteer opportunities and assignment
5. Next meeting plans and deliverables

Volunteer(s) who can attend personally, please come to
the following location in downtown Toronto:
Sigma Systems Group
55 York Street, Suite 1100
Toronto (Next to Royal York Hotel on York Street -
across from Union Station)

Volunteers who cannot attend personally can dial-in to
following teleconference number:
Telephone #: 1-866-500-6738
Participant Code: 454984

Thanks to the following people:
1. Andy Jasuja - our first guest speaker; advisory
board member of ICCC; an established Indo-Canadian IT
leader who currently owns and operates a software
development corporation in Canada and India, has
agreed to provide his board room for the first ICATS
volunteer meeting.
2. Raj Joshi from Microsoft Canada who has provided
the teleconference number for dialing-in to remotely
attend this meeting.
3. Sunil Jagasia for his support within ICCC.
http://www.iccc-canada.com/

We look forward to having your support and active
participation for a successful launch of this group.

With regards


Rakesh Srivastava
905-867-1462

Hi Rajiv ,
Needless to mention that it is indeed a great effort.
You had mentioned that the deadline is 03 April 2008 but you have posted this on 13 april 08 . Is it just a typo error ?? Pls clarify ...
Ashwani

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hello All

I am interested to be a part of this group and any upcoming event.

Please keep me posted if you guys plan any.

Thanks

Ajit

Friends,

I am going to move permanently to Vancouver from USA in the beginning of next month.I am interested to join the group.Please keep me in the loop about the upcoming events going forward.

I am Unix (Sun Solaris) Enterprise Systems Administrator in SAN environment.

Thanks.

MS.

Hi All,

I am also interested in joining.

Cyberian