Somehow the response to the meet was lukewarm from friends. As time passed by the expected number of participants started falling alarmingly. Our hope to have some 30 odd members to join was dahed by mid-September. Others on whom we had full confidence of attending like Bibhuti Mohapatra, Bibhuti Pradhan, Bidhu Mohanty, Krishna Pattanaik, Pratap Mohanta, Hemanta Kumar Kar, Santosh Behera, Badri Biswal, Bijoy Mohanty, Golak Behera, Madhuri Purohit, Susama Sahoo, Partha Jena, Pradipta Das, Ajoy Mishra and Bipin Mohanty backed out for personal reasons some from the outset and some at the last moment. It had its effects on amature organisers like us but with encouragement from some friends from different places we gathered courage to somehow hold to the dates and have som face-saving get-together on 12th and 13th November 2005 at Rourkela. Not many people turned up, but somehow the number crossed twenty. A list of participants with their phone numbers follows this publication.
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