Dear all: If you are a Saligaokar in London, and would like to know more about the Saligao Institute, its activities, or even become a member, please get in touch with the SI Treasurer Tina (Assumtina) Cordeiro via email [email protected] or WhatsApp ++91 98501 44178
Tina is in London for the next three weeks, and would be happy to meet up with anyone interested, to discuss ideas, suggestions and request as far as activities of the 90-year-old Saligao Institute go. As you know we are attempting a revival of activities, and have already started on some plans. A lot more are in the pipeline, but we need your feedback, involvement, ideas and suggestions to take all this forward. We are also open to productive and practical-to-implement suggestions. Above all, we do need more members, wherever you might be in the globe. Distance is hardly felt very much these days! A membership to the SI might not bring you direct returns -- specially if you live beyond two kilometres away from the 'club', and are unable to frequent it often. In any case, many of our activities are open to members and their guests. At the same time, as far as the institute goes, the SI cannot spend monies received as life memberships (present a reasonable Rs 5k) and has to keep it in safely away in fixed deposits, for future, long-term and capital outlays. So, why at all become a life member, you might ask? On the one hand, it's a small way of paying back to an institution which had such an important role in shaping so many of our youth. It helps us keep in touch with you too. We have a stronger critical mass of people with a stake in keeping the institution going. At another level, it can be a vital link to say that your Saligao identity still holds meaning in your life. You know your act of taking up a membership could (rpt, *could*, depending on how successful we all are in implementing our plans) contribute towards a positive village revival. Migration need not be the end of a generations-old connect. As far as we are concerned, we would also be enthused by your response, and surely feel a greater responsibility to take SI ahead, knowing fully well that our village is with us, regardless of the distance in this cyber age when it's sometimes easier to connect with someone in Wimbledon than in Pequeno Morod! While on this point, we are also grateful to another of our member, Clarice Vaz, who recently help build links with Saligaokars in Canada during her trip, for personal reasons, there..... Do get in touch, via Tina, via WhatsApp, or email. Thanks and regards. For the 2019-2021 Committee, FN/general secretary. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/saligao-net/CAMCR53%2BmsKyiZL_4%3Dh%2BXGmTH%2Bsqeq7K7cj%3DHQRE9z0WSWYoWmg%40mail.gmail.com.
