I CONCUR FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!! --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Daniel Opolo <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Daniel Opolo <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A MUST READ! Re: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 11:30 AM My fellow Cojosa, I believe these discussions here are part of the Aims & Objectives of our adopted constitution, especially No.4 below. We have saddled the Exco's to draw up a plan that we can all collectively pursue and I believe we should give them the opportunity to direct our progression. If they say we should repaint the whole school next year, sobeit! if they want us to replace all the boilers in the dinning hall to ensure better hygiene fine, but pls channel your ideas thru your state chapters. At least let this fuel burning in you compel u to start attending meetings wherever u are. I think we should learn to respect constituted authority and give them our full support. The other day someone frm 95set was directed so openly to the '95set website where a lot of interesting gist was going on' and we have repeatedly said this shouldnt be the case. If we are operating under one umbrella, then let us be one; these breakout sessions are doing their part in making the whole Alumni ineffective. I am not saying diff sets or cliques of friends shouldnt get their groove on or go about their biz jst how they pls, but at least let us knw u exist or participate in those forums, so that when its time for action, we knw where to go and look. Every year the known alumnis like St Gregs, St Finbarrs, KC, CMS Boys etc call one general assembly of oldboys and small to mighty turn up for the whole day where they delibrate and agree the year's program. from there, the state or sector officials begin to enforce and them they end up with a gala night! It is in this regard that I am here challenging all state officials to call the first general assembly of all Ex Commandoes next year and the venue for this one should be in Jos, right in the school, preferably after the students leave the compound. We may not all be in attendance, but the impact of such a meeting will go a long way to helping us collectively chart a course forward and in the right direction. Let us not sit down here playing with PC's and BB's and iPads and imagine for one second that we can solve all of Command's problems in one day - even the century old Alumni's dont even get that adventurous, but little-by-little, one day at a time, with everyone playing their part we can, and we will. But come o, this matter of overgrown bush and tall grass is the one that's baffling me. In my days as few as we were, we managed to level every strand of grass on that compound! So my question is what do the students there do now? And if their field is overtaken by grass, then where do they exercise? I mean really? I'm just thinking aloud!!! ARTICLE 3 THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES THE ASSOCIATION 1. To inculcate the necessary feeling of unity amongst old students of our school in friendship, fellowship and mutual understanding. 2. To help members morally, financially and finding solutions to other problems that may face the members as the case may be. a. Notwithstanding the provision in (2) above the association shall determine whether to grant such help. 3. To salvage, sustain, uphold, promote and protect the image of our school by improving encouraging and maintaining as far as possible standards in the academic, social cultural and moral activities of the school. 4. To carry out Economic ventures which shall be profitable to the association and school. 5. To co-operate with the educational agencies in Nigeria and the Authorities in formulating ideas and policies, which might affect the general welfare of the students. 6. To promote philanthropic activities with a view to helping the less fortunate ones in the society. 7. To provide a forum for Commandos to share memories of Old School days. 8. To promote a healthy relationship between the student-staff-commandos 9. To maintain our school motto: DISCIPLINE AND KNOWLEDGE. Cheers Daniel. From: Bola Ayoola <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 4:01:30 PM Subject: A MUST READ! Re: [Jos Commandos] The State of Command Jos Hi everyone, I really appreciate everyone's view in this matter, but I'll rather say that we should not bring in the Nigerian mindset into this issue, seeing a problem, talking about it but never doing anything but just talk. This's the school that has added to all of us in some ways, now I think the same school needs us now. Let's look past what some poeple have not done or do and let's do something for our command Jos (atleast whatever we can do). So this's my view,let us have some people who can get down there to acertian the damages,we do th costing of what we can possibly do, then we levy ourselves and take action. I bet as we take a move other support will begin go roll in.And point of correction this has nothing to do with children of the who's and who's that has passed through our dear school, but our coperate combined force. Mudasiru Ayoola 92set Sent from my iPhone
