Thanks Fred for your points. I think the main problem is * Reluctance to open up club to wider sections of Saligao And secondly The failure of our generation passing the values to the younger faction and the newcomers to Saligão. Unfortunately most of us are abroad, which also means that there shoould be a lot of oportuinity for the newcommers.
I would like to say that I was initially not readily welcome but I broke the barriers and did benefit and continuing benefiting a lot from my experince at the Saligão Institute. It plays a big role in the forming of our culture and identity. And a place for the teenagers to shed their energy in good ways. The SI is always a good investment. But it is upto the present generation and who is in and arround Saligão to push it. It can still be done and should be done! If you resolve the 1st point, the rest is not so difficult. Melhores Cumprimentos, Leão Fernandes. ================================== CLC - Companhia Logística de Combustíveis, S.A. Área de Sistemas de Informação Tel. +351 263 470 700 Fax: +351 263 470 790 email: [email protected] visite-nos em www.clc.pt =============================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frederick [FN] Noronha * ???????? ???????? Sent: domingo, 23 de Agosto de 2009 22:51 To: [email protected] Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Cantare Albert, I'm not sure what we can blame for the decline of the Saligao Institute, from the once lively institution we knew in the 1970s and even 1980s. While the issues you raise are relevant, I don't think this is the whole story. There are, in my mind, other factors responsible too. For instance: * Lack of active volunteers to run its committees. * Reluctance to open up club to wider sections of Saligao * Growing affluence in the village; who needs clubs? * Out-migration from Saligao in the 1990s, compared to in-migration of Africanders etc in the 1970s. * Decline of sport culture. * Demise of the SI library. * Clashes and fights sometimes at dances. * New centres of power in village, leading to shifting out of the Foxes Nite, etc... from SI. * Less community sports in the village, and more in-doors or TV-based entertainment. * Inflation, and remaining stuck at Rs 200 or Rs 700 "life membership" fee rates. * Changing demography of the village, specially age-wise. While we like to criticise, we must also praise the team of women who have been behind the Frank Simoes memorial children's library at the Saligao Institute. Also, if life membership fees cost Rs 700 or so (maybe less, under 12 Euros) how much do we expect out of it in these days of inflation! FN 2009/8/23 Albert Desouza <[email protected]>: > Saligao institute once upon a time was a place for enjoyment. Every > evening we visited the institute to play carrom ,badminton or table > tenis. The old fogis did not like the youngsters playing these games > and instead of moving out their tables somewhere where they would not > get disturbed they would drive out the youngsters out from the club > premises. > This was actually not a wise thing so much so that the youngsters > stopped coming to the institute and sometime back when I visited the > place I found only the caretaker lady washing and cleaning the floor. > I am not aware of any activity taking place in the institute as we are > all kept in the dark. > I am a life member but I do not even get a circular to attend any > meetings. I doubt whether the managing committee will even know that I > exist as a member. > Albert de Souza -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
