Former centre president, Uncle Raj Samaroo, first conceived of the idea to have a web site for the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto - York. One Sunday evening after the centre's devotional singing session in November of 1998, he asked two youth boys to meet with him in private. These two youth boys had no idea what Uncle Raj wanted to see them about. The first question Uncle Raj put to them was: 'What do you think about our centre having a web site?' These two youth boys looked at each other and said to Uncle Raj that it would be a nice idea. Then Uncle Raj asked us: 'Do you think it is feasible for our centre to have a web site?' The two youth boys looked at each other again and looked to Uncle Raj and shrugged their shoulders. To which Uncle asked them to investigate the idea. They accepted the challenge not knowing the adventures they were about to endure.

For one reason or the other, these two youth boys could not begin until March 1999. Which turned out to be a good thing, because Swami revealed the hidden technical and administrative talents of two more youth boys. The four of them began the investigation process that Uncle Raj had asked them to start almost six months earlier.

These four youth boys began to talk and meet on a regular basis. They developed a few principles and some understandings about what they wanted to see come out of the centre's web site, who the audience would be, and what this defined audience would supposedly like to see from the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto - York's official web site. After establishing all of this, the four youth boys met with the centre executives to re-present the idea of having a centre web site to them. After a brief meeting it was decided that these four youth boys could go ahead and begin construction of the centre's web site.

With the help of a few other youths, the four youth boys spent a few months creating the first version of the centre's web site. They did so in stages, so that they would not be to overwhelmed in the initial construction stages of the centre's web site. They then presented the web site to the centre as a whole, several times to get it's feedback. After all, this site was to represent the centre.

Prior to Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Birthday celebrations in November of 1999, the team wanted to officially launch the web site, as they felt it was ready. But due to one technicality or the other, this did not happen. The web site was launched on the Internet, but was not announced outside the centre. Again, shortly after this occurrence, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, added to the team another member, who to date has been instrumental in many technical enhancements to the centre's web site.

At the present time, the centre's web site reflects every aspect of the centre, and is a resource that can be used by all people, as it is primarily presented in the English, and is constructed with people with different physical challenges in mind.

One of the benefits of setting up a web site is that, it can facilitate the process of distributing pieces of centre material and information. As the number of centre members and youths is rapidly growing at the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto - York, it has become increasingly difficult to contact each and every individual to keep them well informed about upcoming events. By setting up a web site, the amount of time spent trying to contact people is reduced, because the information is conveniently available at any time, for any interested person to access.

It is the sincere hope and prayer of the web site team that Sri Sathya Sai Baba allows us to serve Him through this web site, and that this web site will exist for as long as the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto - York does.

AUM SRI SAI RAM!

Uncle Raj Samaroo Dec. 24th, 1950 - Dec. 11th, 2000