LEUVA CONNECTION Leuva Patidar Samaj of USA 716 Sweet Water Circle, Old Hickory, TN 37138 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Phone# 615-656-3313, Fax# 615-526-6024 Board of Directors President Jai Shri Krishna! Kirti Patidar (904) 571 9241 1st Vice President It is an honor and great privilege to have been elected as your current new President for the LPS of USA. Samir Patel (832) 567 8484 As your president, I would like our members to understand that my style of leadership is as a Visionary 2nd Vice President Leader with a mix of transformational leadership. Sunil Patel (615) 479 0581 Secretary Visionary leaders are the builders of a new dawn, working with imagination, insight, and boldness. Harshad Patel (562) 716 6615 They present a challenge that calls forth the best in people and brings them together around a shared Joint Secretary sense of purpose. They work with the power of intentionality and alignment with a higher purpose. Their Shailesh Patel (918) 361 5955 eyes are on the horizon, not just on the near at hand. They are social innovators and change agents, seeing Treasurer Deepak Patel (912) 655 8842 the big picture and thinking strategically. Joint Treasurer There is a profound interconnectedness between the leader and the whole, and true visionary leaders Mahendra Patel (956) 572 6101 serve for the good of the whole. Publication Editorial Officer Manish Desai (713) 410 5109 As a visionary leader, I recognize that there is some truth on both sides of most polarized issues in Publication Distributor our society today. I will search for solutions that transcend the usual adversarial approaches and address Jayesh Lallu (870) 250 1718 Publication Revenue the causal level of problems. I will try to find a higher synthesis of the best on both sides of an issue and Jimmy Patel (704) 224 3625 address the systemic root causes of problems to create real breakthroughs with deeper, more relevant Youth Officer West transformational issues, such as how to better work as a team and overcome political and community Hitesh Patel (580) 618 6500 boundaries to productively benefit our membership. Youth East Dipesh Patel (941) 456 2888 As your leader, I know it requires courage, risk taking, and a tolerance for the messy and ambiguous Ex Officio nature of change. It’s not a matter of political inclination, as leaders are found on both sides of the aisle. Hasu D Patel (281) 236 6200 Member Relations Officer A change in leadership not only requires outside-the-box thinking, but a basic redefinition of the Satish Hari (901) 210 8222 nature and purpose of the box. My vision of change this year entails my promise to do everything pos- Dipak Patel (352) 266 2011 sible, by spending long days and nights, to further the reach of our community and to deliver the needs Gaam Ambassador Relations Dipak Patel (323) 868 8199 of the membership. Ashok Patel (318) 402 8609 As your LPS President, I want to harness all the great values and beliefs of our organization and to move IT Officer - Database it to the next level by exemplary performance from myself and my board. In order to take the organization Kiran Patel (512) 587 4000 IT Officer - Website to the next level, I would like to share some of the goals put forth for this year: Suresh Patel (904) 501 7739 • Completion of the LPS Directory. Vendor Relations Officer Milan Jariwala (817) 300 3535 • Launch of a state-of-the-art LPS Website with a magnitude of functionalities. Rajan Patel (214) 493 8144 • Mentor Program for our Youth. Womens Officer: East Lina Patel (513) 257 6700 • Implementation of a solid Governance Model to run our organization properly and professionally. Women Office: West Nancy Patel (404) 886 9179 • Accountability and transparency including the Election Process & minutes posted on the website. Send editorial submissions to [email protected] • More recognition of our Members and Lifetime members at conventions and regionals. • Increase in the usage of Social Media such as Facebook to reach our membership through instant updates, LEUVA community roundups, obituaries, news, weddings, etc…. All are great ideas and all ideas that we agree upon, but we need to take out the obstacles to make CONNECTION these things happen. As the president I will transmit energy to my board giving them a new sense of hope Visit us at and confidence in achieving the vision I have set forth. I promise you, I along with my board, will try my w w w . leuvapatidarsamaj.com hardest to remove these obstacles and make this samaj work for you. Leuva Connection is published by Garavi Gujarat Publications (USA) Inc on behalf of However, we also need to take personal responsibility. We can’t just delegate change in leadership the Leuva Patidar Samaj of USA. to our elected representatives. We all have the opportunity to be transformational leaders in our families Designed & Printed in the United King- and communities. As transformational parents, it can be as simple as changing the status quo from the dom by Garavi Gujarat Press, a division home as an unregulated place of leisure, to a learning environment. This would involve periods of turning of the Asian Media & Marketing Group off the TV, eliminating texting, and actually talking to our kids and, if age-appropriate, reading to them. It would involve the self-discipline to walk our talk and function as role models. Garavi Gujarat Publications (USA) Inc. In times of stability and prosperity, families and communities need a balance of transactional and 2020 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, Atlanta transformational leadership. For better or worse, we don’t live in those times and if we are to thrive and GA 30071-3710 grow, transformational leadership is the currency of the realm. We need to personally embrace it and Tel: ++ 1 770 263 7728 insist our elected representatives display it. Fax: ++1 770 263 8617 email: [email protected] As your president, I am willing to take the initiative and stand for something I believe in passionately, www.amg.biz which is the betterment for our samaj. I am not afraid of the criticism. Many of us avoid the responsibility www.gg2.net of leadership primarily because we are too sensitive to criticism. But when we know who we truly are and we live from an inner core of values, criticism can be filtered to take in only what is true and helpful © Garavi Gujarat Publications (USA) Inc. 2012 to our growth. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without written per- I humbly thank all of you for allowing me to make this vital change for our association and hope you mission of the copyright owners. Although every join me in this journey with your support. Please do not hesitate to contact me any time. effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, the publishers cannot accept re- sponsibility for any errors or omissions. It should Respects, be noted that any opinions and recommendations expressed in this magazine are the views of the Kirit Patidar (Gaam-Afva) writers themselves and not necessarily those of the Leuva Patidar Samaj or Garavi Gujarat Publica- Jacksonville, FL tions (USA) Inc. President LPS of USA 2012-13 October 2012 3 LEUVA Executive Board of Directors LEUVA CONNECTION President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary Joint Secretary Kirit Patidar (Afva) Samir T. Patel (Dhaman) Sunil Patel (Kharvasa) Harshad Patel (Saroli) Shailesh Patel (Isroli) Treasurer Joint Treasurer Editorial Officer Publications Distribution Publications Revenue Deepak Patel (Kantali) Mahendra Patel (Ruva) Manish Desai (Digas) Jayesh Lallu (Ambheti) Jay ‘Jimmy’ Patel (Nogama) Youth Office West Youth East Ex Officio Member Relations Member Relations Hitesh Patel (Bajipura) Dipesh Patel (Pardi/Pata) Hasu D. Patel (Bajipura) Satish Hari (Pata Pardi) Dipak Patel (Kharvasa) Gaam Ambassador Gaam Ambassador IT Office - Database IT Officer - Website Vendor Relations Dipak Patel (Mota) Ashok Patel (Khoj) Kiran Patel (Kuched) Suresh Patel (Puna) Milan Jariwala (Surat) Vendor Relations Women Officer East Womens West & Jt Editor Rajan ‘Ronnie’ Patel (Valsad) Lina Patel (Chikhli) Nayana ‘Nancy’ Patel (Soyani) 4 October 2012 LEUVA LEUVA Letter from Publisher’s Desk CONNECTION Letter from the desk of the Publications Team Manish Desai Nayana ‘Nancy’ Patel Jay ‘Jimmy’ Patel Jayesh ‘Lallu’ Patel (Editor) (Womens West/Jt. Editor) (Publication-Revenue) (Publication-Distribution) Jai Shri Krishna and a warm welcome to our perous and financially healthy. complaints and concerns for not receiving Leuva Connection! the LC magazine. We are working diligently As a member of this association, we on taking care of this issue and we will try As summer vacations have ended and learn from each other, share ideas, and try our best to resolve this matter soon. We ap- the new school year has begun, we can re- to stay open-minded to new ways of doing preciate your patience. member that feeling all too well: the antici- business. We don’t always have hours to ex- pation of a new year ahead, checking our ercise every day. Our houses aren’t perfect. Furthermore, please let us know which class schedule, loading up on supplies, and We stay informed and eat as healthy as we issue you may have missed, so we can look maybe even getting new clothes, especially can, but we are also realistic and flexible. into the reason why and in the meanwhile, in those years when our mother used to say We try to be great examples to our kids, but you can retrieve any missed LC Magazines we’d grown a foot taller. :-) we sometimes forget to appreciate every off our Website in PDF format for you to moment.