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regards, onyekwelu --- Daniel Opolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I believe in a greater CSSJ as much as you all do, > but if we keep going at this project like this we > wont get far. I am sorry but i speak with what > experience i have had here over the last couple of > years. > first came the need to start up local associations > here, laudable and well intended as they were, none > of them till date has clear cut /set out charters. > next thing we started hearing was factions and > divisons within a group of not more than 30 people > Then Adams setup the mail list - big hit!!! but > that was just what it was, a list (at best we > managed to build a register from it), but then it > went dead, > then someone threw up the idea of the website and > bang, before it even started, sub sites of different > sets had started, chaos!! > someone volunteered to build a computer centre for > benefit of the students and school and asked that a > project manager be nominated to coordinate that > project, till date, there is no update on that (i > stand to be corrected otherwise). > this also is not the first time offshore alumni > are attempting to organise themselves as well, there > have been several past attempts - all went quiet > at best, old time companions have gotten each > others contacts from here and run off happily ever > after > > my point is that too many projects start and go > dead almost immediately or at best half way thru. > all these have to stop. we are not getting any > younger and by all indices/matrix or whatever other > measuring u choose, we really havent gotten off to > any start. > > the bed rock of any association is finance/funding > - without which, nothing really gets done. so for > starts, we should try and get everyone interested in > these "projects" to commit finances. based on these, > we can get lawyers in-house to draft a type of trust > fund for us. members can then nominate to be donors, > or grantors or however else these trusts funding > operates. we can then set a timeline (say one or two > years) to build up these finances depending on how > finances come; everyone can put something - N1000 or > $1000 as u can carry. > > at the end of these two years, we can use the > monies gathered to buy land at asokoro, lekki, or > even ranch in texas!! the land can be leased for the > next 10years after which we can use the lease mony > to build a "school house" or clubhouse or guesthouse > for welfare/immediate accomodation for oldschool > mates. > > the money can also be set aside to pay for school > fees of students in final year who made the best > overall results from form 1 to 4 (or the jss - sss > as it is now). better still, it can serve as > university scholarship for the best male and female > graduating students as well as the best overall > sports man or woman. > > the money can be set aside to cater for > children/family of a deceased tecaher or labratory, > or re-equip the library or re-roof the assembly hall > building or repair the toilets (i understand a whole > CSSJ now uses shalanga!!) etc etc. > > there's so so much we can achieve, all of this i > have just poured out of my head without even reading > thru talk more when we sit and organize properly. > CSSJ was good to me and i believe allofus!!! let's > pull resoures and strengths together and achieve!!! > like yomi said, there are more than enough > professionals here, we just need to set out a > direction and start. > > i have made my own contributions in form of > setting up trusts, what is ur own contribution? > > Lets do this!!! > > > Ikenna Mbanefo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yomi, > good to hear of this effort you are making i hope it > works out quite well so we can have an interactive > community one more time a lot of us are out there > and > i believe that in this era of ict we should not be > too > far apart whether we are in naija or outside. well i > dey naija and i am a pharmacist working with > willbros > nig. ltd as a consultant pharmacist. its going to be > great if your dream is achieved please do keep us > posted and have a great day. > my phone numbers are > 234 80 230-246-18 mobile > 234 84 771-441 home > > onyekwelu mbanefo > class of 89 > flying horse house > > --- olusanyafamily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dont know why??? But since no one seems to be > doing > > it, I have taken > > it upon myself to organize a meeting/ Reunion of > all > > Ex-commandos in > > the US!! It has been difficult to make the "Niger" > > meetings to say > > the least and I think a strong organization in the > > US would help > > complement our brothers/sisters at home. I am > > ashamed to say that > > other schools have annual reunions here, why cant > > we?. It is amazing > > to know how many professional Ex-commandos are > > around the world-- > > Command was really great. The organization, that I > > propose should be > > one that serves as an informational portal for > such > > needs as > > professional advice (i.e. study in the US), > business > > contacts e.t.c. > > It should not serve solely for fun, "who died > > yesterday", looking for > > John smith e.t.c. > > > > I am compiling a list of all Ex-commandos in the > US > > and UK to include > > email/ tel so that we can organize a better > overseas > > connection. I > > need to get a tally on how many we have > > (Geographical location, Year > > of graduation) so that I can put together the most > > financially > > conducive and logical way to start meetings, > arrange > > a reunion of > > some sorts and support the Niger groups. > > > > Please send email with the following info to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you know people that may > not > > have access to > > this group please forward their info (with their > > permission of > > course!!) Name/ address/ tel/ profession (?school > or > > what you are > > doing now) / yr of graduation > > > > If there isn't a positive response, I will > terminate > > the idea. I know > > more of the '88 class but i need your help. > > > > UPDATE: I have found the following > > - Ajibola Idowu (Atlanta) > > - Hillary Ufearo (washington DC) > > - Onon Arhudiese (new Jersey) > > - Nelson Ikem (Maryland) > > > > Need to find the following > > - Yewande Adeitan > > - Bukky Oyafemi > > - Deji bombata > > e.t.c. ....e.t.c. > > > > Yomi Olusanya MD > > "Luxurious"/ Octopus house / '88 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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