Mr. Camara,

Thank you for your insight.  Your idea would have been more feasible if the
time constraint we face didn't exist. I was just trying a shortcut to abtain
as many names as possible within a short time frame. I know in the past,
List managers used to post a list of all subscribers of G_L. If list
managers can post this master list on the L, that would work for us. Members
who do not wish to be associated with this petition will be eliminated from
the list before we present it(petition) to the people back home. I see your
points but time constraints is what is dictating our technique.

Regards,
MJohnson


>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Rough Petition Draft
>Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:42:28 +0200
>
>On 10 Sep 2001, at 13:48, Malamin Johnson wrote:
>
> >
> > List managers, can you provide us with all the names and country of
> > residence of all current G_L members?
>
>Malamin,
>You are asking for the impossible by requesting List Managers to "provide
>you
>with names and country of resident of all current G-L members". How do you
>expect us to know that when it is not a requirement for people to inform us
>where they are residing and with so many subscribers at the moment using
>false
>names now a days? It used to be a norm that new subscribers introduce them
>selves as soon as they are subscribed to the list before summer 1999 but
>its a
>different story now.
>
>Even though I would like you to append my name as one of the signatories of
>the petition, it would be more fair that your team appoints someone or a
>group of
>people to be responsible for the collection of signatures for the Petition.
>I
>am sure there are many with the expertise here who have done such in the
>past.
>List Managers cannot provide you with the list of Gambia-L subscribers. The
>only
>thing I can tell you is that members are spread over all the continents.
>Gambia-L is just a Cyber Bantaba (Pencha bi) and it would be distortion of
>fact to assume that every subscriber can be a signatory of any e-mail
>document here.
>
>regards,
>Momodou Camara
>
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