In 2025, as we embark on the 21st year in Uttoron’ s journey, we are inheriting a streamlined operational platform – thanks to all past Executive Committees and our dear members! It is now on us to evolve Uttoron and take it forward for continued success in its 3rd decade. A few key considerations here are:

• Seattle area (and PNW in general) has grown from 1 Indian Bengali association until 2015, to over 7 in 2024. This is great news for Bengalis at large in the greater Seattle area, since it offers multiple options to the diaspora and fosters a thriving sense of community.
• Uttoron’ s membership base has a broad spread across demographic (young adults, adults and seniors) and interest groups – this is our core strength, but it also brings its own challenges in how we can continue to maintain Uttoron’ s appeal as a social engagement platform across this spread-out demographic and varied interest groups.
• Due to our traditional “Event” oriented approach, there is some ground to cover on being intentional/explicit about cross demographic engagement across our initiaives.

Expand and enhance Uttoron’ s appeal and value proposition making it THE choicest platform for Bengali community at large.

Uttoron Goals and Objectives 2025

• Build more tailored experiences for various demographics and interest groups in Uttoron.
• Be intentional with each initiative on how we are catering to Kids / Adults / Seniors / Diverse Interest groups 
• Organically expand volunteer participation integral to day-to-day EC operations – if members have a say, they will engage more.

• Create avenues and remove barrier to social entry within Uttoron for new members to feel at home in a short period of time.
• Enhance our media presence and offerings to make Uttoron an attractive platform both for new members and sponsors.
• Engage with community leaders and establish a template for recurring sponsorship 

• Define clear objectives and accountability for each EC member with well defined role and responsibility assignment. 
• Create opportunities for newer EC members to take E2E ownership of various Uttoron initiatives to build both breadth and depth in driving Uttoron initiatives with confidence.