Soffie,

Thank you for your patience and i'm glad to know that you intend to attend
the up coming meeting.

As far as i know,the meeting is not an "AFPRC" meeting but a Gambian
meeting. The impromptu meeting , and the subsequent one that i  ,from where
the idea of an umbrellaorganization rejuvenated ,there was no mention or
indication of the meeting being an "AFPRC" one. I heard no
mention of the meeting seeking to demonstrate Yayah's support presence
in the D.C area.

I am one of the few individuals that followed up after the initial meeting
and imfact ,I took the minutes of the meeting and as intended ,
to invite all Gambians to the meeting to try establishing the umbrella
organization again.

When considering the venue for the meeting ,bearing in mind cost and
availability ,the embassy conference room was suggested ,after all it is a
Gambian property , but the consensus was to find some other location where
all will be more comfortable.

This organization is intended to be non-political, as alluded to in the
invitation letter, and i will urge all Gambians to come and put the
organization together.It is most urgent for all Gambians to separate
and distinguish the individual interest and the collective interest and that
is what this organization will seek to address.

Ya Soffie,I will pause for now whilst awaiting you next questions in
anticipation.

Thanks

Beran (Pa)




>From: Soffie Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Invitation
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:59:23 -0500
>
>Hello Pa,
>
>Good day.  I had to go to the archives to read your message and have since
>then been made privy to more information regarding this meeting.  I hope to
>be there on Sunday, God willing.
>
>Is it true that this is an AFPRC meeting that was to take place at the
>embassy (as with all of the others)and the organizers were advised to do it
>someplace else or they won't get the audience?  Is this meeting organized
>by
>AFPRC supporters in the hopes of showing to Yaya his support base in DC as
>was done by the New York and Atlanta groups after receiving the now
>infamous
>$20,000 dollars from Yaya?  This will be an umbrella group, according to
>your e-mail - which/who among the many Gambian organizations in DC or
>around
>the US was contacted or is this an "exploratory" meeting?
>
>I have other questions but will hold off 'til later.
>
>Regards,
>Ya Soffie
>
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