The internet is not a great place to address family matters, except of course the family is the public. I would ask all in GPU-USA family to settle their organizational matters off line. Malanding Jaiteh Baba Galleh Jallow wrote: > > Earlier this week, Mathew Jallow sent out an email to me, a couple of > other members of the GPU-USA executive, and to the editors of the > online Gambian media houses - freedom, the echo, senegambianews, > allgambian and gainako. Among other things, Mathew wrote that: > > *"After many discussions with a variety of journalists both active and > inactive, the time has come for us to put heads together and recreate > the Gambia Press Union (USA) into a more representative and active > organ for the development of the Gambia media. I therefore call on the > current executive to respond this calling in the interest of unity and > progress of our media."* > > In subsequent emails to the same addressees, Mathew proposed that the > current executive should step down in order to make room for a > restructuring of the GPU-USA. He pointed out that some editors of the > Gambian online media and other Gambian journalists he had spoken to > are not happy about the constitution of the past and current > executives. During the last executive elections, only about seven > people responded to the call to vote, even though there are at least > 15-20 names on the GPU-USA mailing list. Calls by the GPU-USA > executive, both past and present, for Gambian journalists in the USA > to actively participate in the union's activities have been > unsuccessful and we have had to work with the very few active members > to keep the body alive. > > It is against the background of this scenario that I have decided to > step down as Secretary General of the GPU-USA in order to allow the > process of restructuring Mathew suggests, and that has received the > support of some of the editors of the Gambian online media, to go > smoothly ahead. In that regard, I wish to inform the Gambian online > community that I have voluntarily resigned from my position as GPU-USA > secretary general with immediate effect. I am hoping that Mathew > Jallow and those who initiated this dialogue on restructuring the > GPU-USA will continue to guide our efforts in this important > direction. Below is a copy of the resignation letter I sent to editors > of all online Gambian media, to the GPU-USA mailing list, and to > Mathew himself. I am sending this to the Gambia Post and the Gambia-L > to make sure that the online Gambian community knows exactly what is > going on with the GPU-USA. > > *Dear All, > > Upon careful reflection and in order to help move this union forward, > I am happy to announce that I am stepping down from my position as > Secretary General of GPU-USA with immediate effect. While it has been > tough to have folks participate, it has been my pleasure to serve in > this capacity and to work with those of you who have been active. I > hope and pray that the current dialogue goes smoothly forward and that > our union emerges from it all stronger and better organized. > > I hope too, that those who have initiated this process of > restructuring will continue to coordinate our efforts in that > direction. Thank you all and God bless you all. > > Sincerely, > Baba Galleh Jallow > * > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. > Check it out! > <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx%20>いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > Gambia-L Web interface at: > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact > the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい