West Nile Foundation Dinner Excellent idea, Most NGO's organize annual dinner mostly for fundraising, they auction soueveniers, crafts, etc
Folks on the executive, this could be a great thing on the annual activity list. Another thing I had mentioned earlier is West Nile Music Carnival or Festival. We could organize our talented musicians to show case their talent once in a year, let's say at Barifa, or other open ground or park. This event would be an open day party that brings a lot of crowd in town for entertainment. the event could be rotated to other urban centers like Moyo, Adjumani, Nebbi, Koboko, etc The idea of music carnival started in Brazil, it has spread to Carribean known as Carribana, North America. In North America, this is usually summer event celebrated for a week or just a weekend. This event would benefit everyone, restaurant owners, hotelers, food ventors, border border folks, taxi operators, hawkers, etc. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Re: Stand up for it or fall for it. (oguzu lee) > 2. Dress, Symbol & Memorabilia (Okuti Boroa) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:14:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: oguzu lee <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Stand up for it or fall for it. > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Change Agents, > Reading from various posts, two schools of thought have emerged in trying > to > explain lack of development in West Nile. One group thinks we are lagging > behind > for being in what they call opposition while other thinks supporting an > alternative government to an inefficient regime is the path of development. > These two theorists have convincingly advanced their points to extend it > has > almost become hard for an average brain to construct the correct line. > Nonetheless, there is the third school of thought which looks at > development in > the face of opposition vs partnership with government to gain better > understanding. This school of thought has found out that while a few > pro-government areas have developed, some opposition strongholds have also > developed thus making it difficult to establish the co-relation between > voting > patterns and development. > > > For instance Busoga which in 1996 voted President Museveni with over 95%, > 65% > in 2001 and 47% in 2006 is still languishing in abject poverty and > ignorance > with jiggers as the only clearly visible development yet Busoga has many > ministers. On the contrary, Kasese which voted opposition has > well-tarmacked > road, operational hydro power plants and connections to National Grid. > Acholi > region has only one NRM MP but the region boasts of unimaginable number of > developments... vocational institutions, university, flourishing private > hospitals, reliable power, etc. Why and why not? The same school of thought > has > also established that while Busoga still overwhelmingly votes NRM and West > Nile > rejects it in the face of her inadequacies, both regions have remained > poor and > underdeveloped save for the Jinja power plant that predates current regime. > Why? > > > To the scholars, pegging service delivery to expression desperation by way > of > silence or praising inefficient govts is to be an architect of a modern > form of > slavery. None of our leaders should be seen to be such an architect because > responsible government all over have obligations towards their citizens > irrespective of how they vote. The scholars however advised watering of the > thorns for the sake for the roses. > > Personal views > There is just not any iota of fact in the arguments of previous schools of > thought as the analogy of third scholar clearly depicts. I only see > conflict of > interest and irresponsibility as key doom factors to develpment of West > Nile. Of > late, our region has become habitat to two sects of people......those, > well-insulated and unaware an ordinary man's struggles and those who see > and > suffer the brunt edge of regime failures. Because these two sects eat, > sleep and > think differently, their vision and dreams have been divergent too. > Whereas one > sees change as key to a better tomorrow, the other prays for maintenance of > the > statusquo for the gratification of today. With such conflict of interests > well > dissolved in our society, solutions of our own are far from reach if not > unlikely. Why? because when two brothers fight, only foreigners can inherit > their remains. In this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZqW_xh_eA), > we'll > see how conflict of interest made some societies neglect addressing > problems > that later led laid foundations for the eventual collapse. > > > With Afi's clarifications beyond imaginations and ambiguities surrounding > electricity, with 2010/11 budget again ignoring upgrade of power > transmission > lines and layout of fibre optic backbone, and with associated cost of these > developments beyond our hollow pocket sizes, what is our next course of > action? > Demonstrate against it or fall it? As far as I'm concerned, if you fail to > stand > up for something, you'll fall for it. The remaining choice is yours but the > cross is ours! > > Denis Lee Oguzu > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20101020/a12870fa/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:38:41 +0300 > From: "Okuti Boroa" <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Dress, Symbol & Memorabilia > To: "'A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear all, > > > > This is a small update, I have had a few discussions with Arapapa Models > and > especially Santa and will soon update you on a detailed proposal. During > the > discussion we noted; > > > > 1. Several tribes with different cultural representations > > 2. We also noted that the idea would have to be implemented in a > business approach > > > > Otherwise we think that with a theme that can be varied slightly from tribe > to tribe we can achieve a likeable design for men & women, we discussed > possibilities of using an outline of the West Nile region (The Map) with > the > Nile as part of the design, many traditional items etc... any how I am > getting excited and will update as soon as there is a plan. > > > > When I was walking out of there - another idea occurred to me, that we > could > have a West Nile Foundation - Dinner to bring people together annually, I > thought this was brilliant and patted myself! Now if this is interesting to > you this is the plan. > > > > I (my firm) organises the Kampala based dinner towards the end of the year > probably early December before people head off to Pakwach, Paidha, Arua, > Yumbe, Koboko, Moyo! We dine get to know each other, may be even present > reports and agendas for the new year? > > > > Why would I want the firm to do this - simple use a business approach make > cards, members buy, hotel is booked, programme made and various > coordination's done we have a nice event with some income/proceeds going to > WNF after covering some costs? > > > > Let me hear your views, if this is successful it becomes an annual event? > > > > Regards > > > > Richard > > > > -- > > "Website & e-Solutions, Networks, Marketing Communications" > > > > Blog: <http://asili4u.wordpress.com/> http://asili4u.wordpress.com > > Tel +256 312 294857/1 and Mobile +256 772 725252 (Uganda) > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20101020/95d89b7e/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 26, Issue 100 > ******************************************** >
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