FIRST THIS:- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernado Colaco" Subject: Re: Worldwide Forum of Non Resident Goans http://www.globalgoenkar.com/index.htm
Now that an association is in place, please do not fight and get into the ego madness which is common among us(Goans). Regards BC --- "Goa's Pride Goa-World.Com" wrote: Worldwide Forum of Non Resident Goans http://www.globalgoenkar.com/index.htm News Flash Inaugration of the Forum on 16th March, 2006 at 10am. Venue : "Leonaras Restaurant", Verna, Goa. AND BEFORE ANYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SAY JACK ROBBINGS NOW THIS:- ----- Original Message ----- From: Manuel Studio Subject: Press Release for goa500.com Manuel Caldeira (First appointed representative of NRIs & NRGs at the NRI Convention at Kala Academy, Panjim on 4-1-2006.) End COMMENTS: The above two posts on the heel of each other gives credence to what is said about Goa and Goans. "If two Goans get together there must be three organizations" No sooner one organization came up with its inaugural schedule, pronto comes another one beating its own Reng-te-Teng. Now the problem here is "who to believe" This becomes a diffifult task for us at goasuraj which has been beating its own Reng-te-Teng for almost nigh six years and wanted to believe that there would be some sanity amongst Goans especially after the bone crushing communal riots in Savordem/Curchorem. We are no strangers to either the newly elected President of the NRI Forum Mr. Jamie Rebello nor Mr. Manuel Caldeira the officially appointed NRI representative. Mr. Jamie Rebello happens to be our party's 'Life Member" since past many years. On the other side, Mr. Manuel Caldeira happens to be a recent Moidekar, having established his handicraft venture dealing with ceramics. We have, to a certain extent, through our founding president Mr. Floriano Lobo, who is also a Moidekar, with the Party's Head Office located at Moira, helped Mr. Caldeira overcome the harassments meted out to him by his vile neighbours as well as by Government authorities while setting up his enterprise, when we realised that he was the appointee of the NRIs to represent them with the the Government NRI-Cell appointed at the last NRI convention at the Kala Academy, Panjim in January. We are in a precarious position to place ourselves between these two persons, or seemingly two parallel organizations dealing with the same entity, 'THE NRIs". But we as a party with its raison d'etre being "Goan Unity" cannot play spoil-sports with both sides and damage what is good for Goa and Goans. Therefore, we must take our unequivocal stand. And the stand we take is to denounce what Mr. Jamie Rebello is doing with all his friend circle and uphold and recognize Mr. Manuel Caldeira as the NRIs sole appointed Representative to liaise with the Government appointed NRI-CELL. It is unprecedented that an organization such as ours will denounce its own life member. But we cannot and will not play with fire which is starting to consume the NRI Goans who are poised to make a beginning after three long years of venting their frustrations on the Goa Government's apathy towards the NRIs and NRGs. We have witnessed the venting of such frustrations during the three NRI conventions. It is time to start with clear objectives and not just the song and dance that Goans are known to associate with come sun, come rain. This is serious business and the FORUM set out by Mr. Jaime Rebello has no place other than to back Manual Caldeira in his efforts to make a clean beginning. There is always a proper time for the NRIs to think away from Manuel Caldeira once his term until the next NRI convention is over. If the FORUM set-up by Mr. Jamie Rebello by appointing himself as its President does not call off the inaugural function at Leonora's come 16th. March, 2006, it will be tantamount of hoisting a BIG BLACK FLAG to announce to the world that Goans cannot ever UNITE and work as ONE. Goasuraj will work whole-heartedly with the Goan NRIs only through their officially appointed representative Mr. Manuel Caldeira until such time that the NRIs decide to appoint their new representative. goasuraj Check-out the Road Map for Goa at www.goasu-raj.org
