I would like to publicly lobby all those who are attending this year's ALD from outside the metro DC area to make plans to be in DC on Friday afternoon. I'd like to lay special emphasis on folks coming from NewYork, North Carolina and Atlanta as they constitute the majority of attendees.The only opportunity we have for staging a fundraiser for Lawyer Darboe and the UDP is the Friday evening reception scheduled to take place from 6.30-11.00pm. The venue for the reception has been carefully selected to enable folks to drive straight to the event. It lies right off the 495 beltway at the Newhampshire Avenue exit(northbound) in Silver Spring. It is the Unitarian Presbytarian Church Hall right after you make the exit. Folks requiring further directions can call 410-320-6771. Mr Darboe is eager to meet all of us to discuss his agenda and together forge the way ahead. Please stretch your plans a little to accomodate this important get together. It might mean departing earlier than planned but I would humbly implore you to give it a try. The auditorium is spacious and the ambiance conducive for the kind of thoughtful exchange we all agree we must have in our quest to chart a better future. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. Please talk to your friends and neighbors intending to make the trip to similarly try to be in DC by Friday afternoon. We would need as many people as possible to make the event successful. Thanks Karamba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------