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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