AS WE TALK ABOUT VOTING,THE CHANCE TO VOTE.GAMBIAN ABROAD NEEDS TO VOTE IN
THE NEXT ELECTION,THEREFORE THERE IS THE NEED FOR US TO REGISTER WITH THE
GAMBIAN MISSIONS SO THAT THE VOTING CAN EASILY COORDINATED.



>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: Re: G.R.O Response To United Gambian Organizations of Atlanta
>         (UGOA)
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:49:46 -0000
>
>George,
>
>Thanks to you and your organization for setting this straight. A friend of
>mine in Atlanta told me exactly what you said here. It's a shame that y'all
>are still messed up in this Leadership/Identity crisis. I can't honestly
>say
>that I'm surprised at all. I've said this before and I say it again: Unless
>people set aside their egos, and personal interests for our greater good,
>we'll NEVER get anywhere as a group. I totally endorse your call for Equal
>Representation in the Executive Committee, or Governing Body of any
>umbrella
>group you come up with. Only then will everyone feel their voices are being
>heard. But the fact that you have people resisting such progressive move
>speak volumes about the type of people we have among us vying for
>"leadership." It's foolhardy to keep re-cycling the same faces, and trying
>to sell them as "new leadership." And the tragedy of it all is that people
>who can't run their own lives, are often the ones who would "voluntarily"
>annoint themselves as leaders of the Gambian Community! I believe this
>idiotic egoism has got to do with something in our water -for lack of any
>other explanation.
>
>This is my humble advice to you: Look at every man or woman who's vying for
>leadership in the Community, and ask yourself what such a person has been
>up
>to all the time he/she has been here. And if the answer to that isn't
>encouraging -I don't care if the person is 80 years old, look for some
>other
>candidate. (Some of these so-called "Kotos," and "Aunties" who have been
>here for 20+ years are the most degenerative characters you'll ever come
>across.) You know the type I'm talking about. So, work for an amicable
>compromise, NOT an amicable sellout. We'll never get anywhere when we
>continue to acquiese to foolish (sometimes elderly) members of our
>community
>just to appear agreeable. We don't need silly rancour between, or among our
>organizations. But neither do we need to tolerate the con games that many
>use our organizations as cover to perpetrate. It's not just in Atlanta -for
>the record.
>
>Good luck with the negotiation.
>
>Saul.
>
>
>FROM ATLANTA:
>
>Please allow us to enlighten you about the FACTS regarding the ongoing
>negotiations to bring all existing organizations in Atlanta together just
>so that there would not be surprises if indeed anyone plans to visit us
>during the July Fourth weekend.
>
>FACT:  Yes, Mr. Saihou Njie is working diligently to bring all sides
>together  and we commend him for his effort as one of the elders of the
>community,  but we must also inform you that the meeting held on Saturday
>May 5th was never attended by more than 14 people including Saihou Njie,
>Sainey Faye , Ablie Njie (Alburi), Aunty Kuntumi and Mr. Omar Khan and
>
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