I greet you all good people of West Nile, this is my first contribution on the
net not that i am dis-interested but have been
closely internalising issues/exchange of ideas but the latest from the chairman
has stirred me into activity. A couple of observations
may restore hope and help counsel my brother Caleb and others who may harbour
the same sentiments;
Firstly, an idea is born of an individual and just like bush fire, it slowly
spreads to all.West Nile foundation is a brilliant idea but
has the idea permeated the target audience to warrant the response the chairman
and others want tosee at this stage? the answer to this seems evident in most
of
the contributions on the net. Allow me say this, that most of the enthusiasts
of
the WNF are the brothers with whom we share the same passion, every sunday for
close to 5 yrs now,coming together and play soccer to keep fit. Don't get me
wrong here am not denigrating that
as a springboard to the birth of the idea, rather to express the need for more
work to be done in bringing others to appriciate the need for
fraternity. My thinking is that,Caleb wants the roof done when the foundation
is
still shaky this may not serve as well in future. Let the team at the helm of
WNF at the moment trot to all the "sectarian" associations and touch base with
the exec's and hammer out the need for WNF and concommitant activities. I also
suggest that WNF deliberately targets the so called "golden generation" as
these
are more receptive to new ideas and let us enumerate the ideas of WNF very
clearly. I am also a keen believer in the principle of 20-80 i.e that the
20% who believe and are committed to the idea can push on while the 80% still
make up thier mind to join the party across Karuma bridge, that is human nature
any way.
Caleb and co take heart, if Museveni of 1980 had not gone ahead with the 27, he
would never have been what he is now-keep the faith, fight for what you believe
and keep calm lest you join the rest whose brilliant ideas did not see the
light
of day because they gave up too soon.
Actually you are doing well take for instance, the west nile nite its
criticisms
not withstanding; the science cafe; the interface with our political leaders;
and of course not forgetting this medium of interaction-westnilenet-pat
yourselves on the back. Rome was not built in a day the saying goes.
This is part one, wait for part two soon. I stand to be corrected.
Bidong Ben
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From: diana ondoga <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, 6 April, 2011 17:36:39
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Conspirancy of silence
Hi,
West Nile Foundation is a wonderful idea and in response to the trailing
mail,I
would like to suggest something.
There are many of us who are members of the WestNileNet but do not know the
A(basically the genesis) of the West Nile Foundation because we did not all
join
the WestNilenet at the same time and everyday new people are joining and there
is no reference about the organization.
I think it would be nice for a while to differentiate the two in such a way
that the idea of the West Nile Foundation should be sold to members of the
WestNilenet and possibly a registration form be designed and availed, where
interested members can fill this out and forward it the WNF team which can
decide criteria for qualification. It would be better to have members willingly
join the WNF in my opinion and where necessary vetted..(I stand to be corrected
if in fact being a member of the WestNileNet automatically makes you a member
of
WNF)
A select team from the WNF either democratically or in a way that the
foundation
decides can be developed to lead the Foundation and then members of the
WestNilenet can be updated where need be on matters arising from the foundation
be and any new members who are interested will be required to fill out a form.
We are several individuals with different interests and its better to work with
only those people who embrace the idea of WNF willingly without necessarily
co-opting everyone so that energy is invested on fertile ground for the idea
(Parable of the Sower Luke 8:4-8.)
regards,
Diana
"our lives are as a result of our decisions and thoughts and only our own
decisions and thoughts can change every situation we are in for better or for
worse."
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From: Ejibua Sam <[email protected]>
To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 1:04:35 PM
Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Conspirancy of silence
Hello Caleb,
As much as some of the issues you have raised are true in as far as our
community is concerned, there are some behind the scenes activities that have
contributed to the complacent attitude people have expressed through their
silence and lack of interest. From the word go, there was request for a meeting
to resolve the leadership issues of West Nile Foundation, this never came to
pass, members requested to be fed with copies of the memarts of association,
this too went to the winds, there have been a number of cries to streamline the
West Nile theme night - this has not gone well in some sections (now the Acholi
night has picked steam better). I remember when the issue of the account came
up, you mailed a resolution that was not backed by any record of attendance and
a couple of other issues. I think, for people to take WNF seriously, the
leadership needs to be seen as such.
From 1st principles, how many times has the executive of WNF sat and shared the
minutes of these meetings with members. Otherwise, I would like to agree with
Aggrey and call on you to tone down and recollect yourself and confortably pass
the button over so that others may give it a shot. I am sure, we can benefit
alot from your stewardship in many other areas other than at the helm of the
foundation. Jonam Development Foundation (ordinarily a sub-set of West Nile
Foundation) is doing great in Jonam, what are we still waiting for with all the
brains we always talk about. CALL A MEETING AND TABLE THESE ISSUES AND MOVE
FORWARD...
Over to you counsel...
Sam
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:42 AM, aggrey adrale <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Caleb,
>
>Calm down and tone down!
>
>The issues you have expressed on the various opinions and sentiments of
>'members' of the West Nile Foundation/Forum can still be resolved in one way
>or
>the other. True to the sense we are averse to big gatherings beyond our
>micro-social barriers. How I wish we could turn up to calls for meetings like
>we
>turn up for meat-eatings.
>
>Anyhow these and other sentiments are the complexities of a diverse society.
>
>My Brother Caleb, kindly do not throw in the towel...it may be the worst thing
>to do. I think there are still people out there, including you and me, who can
>take one more stride. Perhaps we need a third person to fulfill God's quorum
>of
>three...and He will be in the midst.
>
>Just make the third-last call for an open meeting to re-present, discuss and
>adopt the documentary instruments and prospective projects of the proposed
>West
>Nile Foundation. Circulate that call on the net and let 'members' confirm
>their
>attendance on line. Even if 10 persons gather, let's find room to formally
>adopt
>these instruments by physically appending our signatures to them and we move
>on.
>
>Over to you my Brother...
>
>Aggrey Adrale
>
>--- On Wed, 6/4/11, alaka caleb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: alaka caleb <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [WestNileNet] Conspirancy of silence
>> To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Wednesday, 6 April, 2011, 9:18
>> Dear members,
>>
>> Some time last year, we tried to build a consensus on
>> payment of
>> subscription fees of 50,000/= Uganda Shillings for West
>> Nile
>> Foundation. This idea was vehemently opposed by several
>> members. Some
>> even pretended that they had never seen the strategic plan,
>> the
>> memorandum and articles of association of WNF. Other
>> members suggested
>> that we should go slow on issues of money. As a result
>> to-date we have
>> no secretariat to co-ordinate our activities. We can't
>> implement or
>> move any thing. Members what do we do?. Should we all
>> abandon this
>> idea of having an umbrella organization. We have resisted
>> all good
>> ideas, from West Nile night, the Investment Club, and even
>> the Science
>> Cafe which records miserable attendances. We are
>> comfortable and we
>> actively involve our selves in smaller or sectarian
>> organizations,
>> when it comes to the bigger picture we sit back and savor
>> the idea of
>> our leaders failing. We have forgotten that Kigs uses money
>> to host
>> the West Nile net. He and Gordon Obitre-Gama had to import
>> a server
>> from USA to host the net. We have taken advantage of their
>> magnanimity
>> and abused it. What if they one time get fed up. By now we
>> should have
>> had our own website. I think the idea of a West Nile
>> Foundation and
>> the West Nile Net or forum should be discarded. Some of us
>> were useful
>> to our community without these organizations, We can
>> still be useful
>> without them. Lets agree to dissolve the Forum and the
>> Foundation.
>> Lets concentrate on our Local Counties, Districts, Old
>> boys/girls
>> organizations in our old schools were we are more
>> comfortable, tribes
>> and probably religion. Without payment of subscription
>> fees, we have
>> no right to belong to and hold an organization and its
>> leadership
>> accountable. Lets wind up the WNF and if our treasurer has
>> contributions by some members let him arrange to refund
>> them. We
>> resisted the idea of a Ministry for West Nile affairs and
>> now other
>> regions have Ministries. West Nile doesn't deserve us. We
>> lied to
>> ourselves that we are of the Golden generation. But at this
>> rate we
>> are worse than our ' Kasamvu' (Sugar cane cutter)
>> relatives. For they
>> were not as enlightened as we are.
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