Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Hi Vivian, I support your very sensible ideas. Unfortunately, I'm not in Goa to join you personally, but you have a good idea that should be developed. There is strength in numbers. Filomena --- Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and > January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy > canteen). See you there! > ------------------------------ > > As an NRI who has come to Goa from the USA to > retire, > I appreciated Aires's candid description of the > situation in Goa. While I do not agree with > everything Aires has written, most of what he has > said > is true. Experience is a great educator. Despite > its faults I still love Goa, and I am glad I chose > to > retire in Goa. > > The NRI Facilitation Center is top-heavy with > bureaucrats, without a single NRI representative > that > I know of, who could provide an NRI-perspective in > its > deliberations and planning. What is the role of the > NRI Facilitation Center other than to facilitate an > annual convention of NRIs with fancy brochures and > flowery speeches ? In typical bureaucratic fashion, > it > takes a number of meetings, with committees and > sub-committees and foreign jaunts, to plan what in > the > past was very successfully organized without > governmental expenditure by a handful of volunteers. > > To make the transition easier for NRIs who choose to > come to Goa to settle in retirement or otherwise, I > strongly suggest that we form an association of NRIs > who have already settled in Goa. This would be a > voluntary self-help group, to assist each other in > tackling day to day issues in dealing with the > bureaucracy, in resolving property matters, dealing > with Indian custom service, discussing Tax issues, > and > assisting each other with mundane tasks such as > getting a local driving license, or purchasing a > motor > vehicle. This group would not be in competition with > the official NRI Facilitation center, but rather, > will > inter-act with the center to seek resolution of our > concerns. As a group we would have more clout than a > > lone voice. > > Any takers ? > > V.A. D'Souza > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), > and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at > http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
