--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Filomena Giese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We have been subjected to various posts on the Goan
> Convention in Toronto which are long on words and criticism
> and short on action!
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Dear Filomena,
While I agree with the gist of your post, I think it is important to ask
questions from the point of learning. The convention is very young, and each
experience from it must be a learning experience. In my view, Kevin, Francis,
Bosco and other members of the team, are now a great source of information for
the next organizers of the convention. We still don't know definitively where
this will be. If it is London, I would recommend the next President spend hours
with Kevin and other committee members, either in person or on the phone.
But we don't have to be defensive about every question raised. Questions are
fair game in an event of this magnitude. One thing that failed the convention,
was the lack of coverage it got. We barely knew what was going on in Toronto,
save for a few photographs that streamed our way. There should have been a
full-time press person dedicated to coverage. Eugene's post was the first long,
detailed post and unfortunately it set the tone for what followed. I have
learnt a lot about the convention since then, and I understand now how much
hard work has gone into it and the outcomes that have emerged from it. Issues
of press coverage, attendance, objectives, venue, programmes, Faleiro's role in
it, are things we can all learn more about from Kevin and his team and hopefuly
work on for the next convention.
Again congratulations to the organizers of the convention. The sheer hard work
that went into it, deserves an award.
selma
