Dear all, As a concerned citizen of Goa and after having acknowledged the seriousness of this move by perhaps some vested interests to have our Goa University upgraded to the status of 'Central University', especially when this move comes without entertaining the say in the matter from concerned Goan public preferably through promoting public discussions to arrive at the advantages as well as the disadvantage of this move, I have taken the liberty to book the Menezes Braganza (Main) Hall for JULY 28, 2008 (MONDAY) from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. in the name of the 'CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE' to debate this issue thoroughly and completely and then to pass a RESOLUTION in 'favour' or 'against' this move. [Democratic enough??? ........ especially when the Goan public is accused of objecting to each and every move towards development??]
The booking of the hall will be confirmed only on Monday, 21st. July, 2008 since the procedure requires a letter to be issued to the Member Secretary for the use of the hall. The Charges will be ( as confirmed) Rs. 1500/- without the public address system. The public address system has also been provisionally booked for the day subject to confirmation of the availability of the hall. Charges for the same are Rs. 1500/- for half day. ( Could be less if the proprietor feels that this is in the interest of Goa and Goans.... as told to me) Since this is going to be the 'CITIZEN'S (of Goa) INITIATIVE, the charges (including a desirable cup of tea) will be sought to be offset through public contributions ( dropping of a spare change/coins in the box) to give the impetus to the slogan that I prefer to go by " SMALL/LITTLE MONEY FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKES BETTER SENSE THAN A LOT OF MONEY FROM ONE PERSON" This method of financing public endeavours cannot fail since a person is motivated - committed and becomes involved once he/she has contributed something towards the cause, with much positive results than otherwise. Academics and concerned citizens are requested to prepare themselves on the above topic to express themselves briefly and effectively so that every single person gets a chance to say how he/she is posted on the subject matter and to decide what course the RESOLUTION will take. [If pro or against] Note 1: This initiative is NOT repeat NOT promoted by Goa Su-Raj Party nor the Goa Environment Action Group to which yours sincerely belongs to. Note 2: This is further to the posts by Dr. U G Barad and Srinivas Kamat reposted on the various I-net forums. floriano for CI
