2011/6/2 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا < [email protected]>
> This is regarding the Goan Association (UK) being awarded a grant of > £38,300/- by The Heritage Lottery Fund, to support a study, as it has been > put, of the British-Goan community which arrived predominantly from East > Africa by mid-twentieth century. > > In my view, the only relevant debate worth looking at, at this preliminary > stage, is whether (i) grants help promote volunteerism or hinder it? (ii) > and is it possible to build a more scalable project -- with a bigger impact > -- without having to depend on the availability of grants? > > It may be wholly Utopian on my part, but I would like to believe that > volunteering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteering] can and does > still > work. > RESPONSE: Dear Fred, I too read the volunteering bit as proscribed by your wiki link. That being the case I felt it necessary to question where the money would be spent. This was perceived as 'thou shalt not question' and unfortunately got 'shirty' I join you in wishing success, ultimately the proof will be in the pudding. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
