Okuti, Ejibua et al, Just wondering, what happened to the family day review meeting?
Ezaga On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Okuti Boroa <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, > > > > There might have been a small mishap since the main organiser was not well, > I was hardly part of the team though morale boosting very much. > > > > Richard > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Christine Munduru > *Sent:* 19 January 2011 10:43 > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile > *Subject:* {Disarmed} Re: [WestNileNet] Commrades, when shall we deliver > our promises > > > > Dear Okuti, you have surprised me of the family day. When Sam got accident > I thought the activity did not take place because we had also contributed > but we never got any communication and we took it for granted that because > Sam who was taking lead in organizing it had got a problem, probably it was > postponed. So how did it go?. It looks abit strange though. > > > > Christine > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Okuti Boroa <[email protected]> wrote: > > President WNF & Leadership Team, > > > > I believe members want to pay the fees actually, we just have to do > thorough mobilization and also make them see the benefit of being in this > association, everything needs promotion, selling and acceptance including us > as human beings that’s why when someone says all men are the same we burst > in temper because we are being equated to each other! > > > > I am personally willing to be of use to the association to take it to > another level and I do know we are many who want to do this, you should have > come to the family day last year and seen how passionate everyone was about > the potential we have – everyone is waiting for you to call upon them to > take up tasks and move forward with you! We have enjoyed so far knowledge > sharing through the science cafe, we have been entertained at West Nile > night and we have enjoyed family day all we need is to up the game! > > > > That said I would like us to review the leadership structure, it could be > something like this or better; > > > > I believe it is time for you to work with a team otherwise going the whole > mile alone may be very difficult, remember there i s a lot of voluntarism > involved. My suggestion is that you actually create a technique for > compensating each of the members of your team including you, initially may > be a small token – transport, communication and “what have you” – I will > later show how and where this money will come from. > > > > We could have the following; > > > > President > > > > Overall coordination of the activities of the WNF as well as being the > legal, public relations and financial representative of the association. > > > > Vice-President Partnership Development > > > > This person will be in charge of the overall budget, fundraising as well as > communication with potential development partners for purposes of financing > projects but also using external technical skills where necessary. > > > > Vice-President External Relations > > > > This person will help you in the communication aspects, online, media and > more importantly will be key in physical communications with the community > and provide a bridge between the membership and the entire West Nile > community. The person will also be useful in creating a positive image of > the foundation and working closely with the partnership development person > to sell and promote the association to other communities. > > > > Vice-President Membership Development > > > > This person will assist in mobilization, recruitment, maintenance and > retention of members as well as keeping a clean record of members for the > entire association. Members may be categorized as follows; > > > > Student member 20,000/= > > Ordinary member 50,000/= > > Senior member 100,000/= > > Mentor 500,000/= > > Corporate 1,000,000/= > > > > This person will have to work out benefits for the various categories > > > > Vice-President Projects > > > > This person will assist you review project ideas, panel beat them work > together with the team and approve for implementation, will also be the head > of project coordinators/managers and will carry out periodic monitoring and > evaluation; > > > > Projects will include those in; > > > > 1. Governance > > 2. Health > > 3. Agriculture > > 4. Education > > 5. Women, Youth & Community Development > > 6. Knowledge sharing > > 7. Social, Networking & Entertainment > > 8. Entrepreneurship and small business > > > > Among others, in this way it become easier for you to move forward, the > figures above of course are suggestions, lastly with a basic plan like this > it becomes easier to motivate members to pay up and participate in their > areas of interest. In the budget you will have a provision for secretariat & > other expenses. > > > > Regards > > > > Richard > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Caleb Alaka > *Sent:* 18 January 2011 21:03 > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile > *Subject:* Re: [WestNileNet] Commrades, when shall we deliver our promises > > > > John, > > There could have been no better time to redirect our energies than what you > have opined. When we suggested members to pay membership fees in order for > us to start a secretariat, members looked the other way. Perhaps all this is > because people have clang to one topic which in my view was educative. i.e > why Asian Students are intelligent. But I think, it is not yet too late. > > --- On *Tue, 1/18/11, JohnAJackson <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Commrades, when shall we deliver our promises > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 2:51 PM > > Hello Brothers and sisters, > > Knowldege is Power. He/she who has knowledege can change the way he/she > wants to live. > > > > We have come from all walks of life, PhD's, Master Degrees, BA, BC's, > Diploma's, etc. The talent we have is enromous. How can we effectively > harness and use this talent? There is so much we can deliver to > our communities and solve so many problems. This can only be done if we > become effective teams. > > > > Constructive criticism empowers people, open their eyes to see where they > did not. Destructive criticism demotivates people. People withdraw into > their safe havens. Excessive criticism paralyses the people who have the > positive energy to lead and get things done. As professionals, I would ask > those who like this style of writing to tame their language, soothe it, Look > before you Lip. Think twice when you construct your words. Read between the > lines before commending. > > > > Big businesses and organizations like Red Cross and Rotary are run by > people like us. They have skills we all have. Only a handful have united to > come together, forgot their differences for a common vision and purpose. > > > > I want to ask everyone to reflect on this simple questions > > a) What does it take effective teams to win a game? > > b) What realistic things can we deliver to our people as sons and daughters > from West Nile? > > c) Shall we ever deliver anything if we are so critical, disunited and > always bikering? > > d) When shall we ever deliver what we promise to deliver? > > > > I rest my case. > > Amen > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "mc" claiming to > be* *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "mc" claiming > to be* *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "mc" > claiming to be* [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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