From: Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From the time the Goa Govt. set up a bureaucracy and organized the Goan NRI
meetings, about 3 years ago, it has been a flop. A great deal of money is
spent, and a lot of promises made with no follow through.
The bureaucrats in attendance probably outnumber the NRI Goans 10 to 1.
Last year, they barely got 30 Goan NRIs including yours truly. Yet they
carry on with this charade. Waste of public money.
We need to go back to a privately organized NRI meet, with the government
providing perhaps the space for the meet. The first NRI meets organized by
NRIs for NRIs were more meaningful.
Bureaucrats with their lofty ideas, expensive handouts to participants,
entertainment etc. just doesnt cut it, in my mind. Anybody else has any
views about this ?
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Well said Vivian !!
My only addendum to your advice : Do not even go to the Govt for "Meeting
Space".
If NRGoans really want to meet meaningfully, they should be able to fund it
entirely.
Besides, there are always creative ways to organise with hotels - so that
the cost of food would somehow take care of the meeting space. (I know that
we are able to do that here)
good wishes
jc
For additional reading : Chandrakant Keni Navhind Times - Panorama, November
24, 2002
http://www.colaco.net/1/KeniBunkPort.htm
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