That would be great, Long Tony! Anything you could work out on this front would be most helpful. Thank you! FN
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 17:25, A.A. Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Fred and Tina > > Perhaps fellow Saligaokars can arrange a time to kills several birds at > one stone by meeting with her at a venue to be determined ? > > Otherwise am happy to liaise directly with Tina ? > > Cheers > > A Anthony (Long Tony ) Fernandes > > E11 London > > > > [image: --] > > A.ANTHONY(Tony) FERNANDES > [image: http://] > > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 10:41, Frederick Noronha < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/CAMCR53KZ3x1u37RD1vH-g2gN1E2QViidLDqwDOoxui5A9V5aZA%40mail.gmail.com.
