MANDLA!!!! GA WETHU!!! CADRES IN ARMS FOR THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASISE GREATELY ON THE DEBATE OF WHERE OUR COUNTRY IS HEADING TO, IN TERMS OF SOCIAL & ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MASSES AT LARGE. WE CAN NOT DENY THE FACT THAT WE AS POLITICIANS OR POLITICALLY MINDED PEOPLE WE ARE FAILING THE PEOPLE AT GRASS ROOT LEVEL. TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE CHILD LIVING IN A SHACK WITH GRANDPARENTS SUPPORTING HER/HIM. WHERE DOES DEMOCRACY COME TO EFFECTIVENESS IN THIS SITUATION WHEN WE ARE BUSY FIGHTING AMONGST EACH OTHER FOR POSITIONS AND HIERACHIES!!!!! SOUTH AFRICANS WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLAMBER CUZ THIS WORLD IS NOT FOR THE WEAK, MANIPULATIVE AND EGOLISTIC CABALS OF THIS WORLD CUZ PRESIDENT BARACK PROVED. ALL THAT SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS IS THAT THE RULING PARTY ANC HAS TO MAKE ITS DECISIONS ALONE WITHOUT THE ADVISE AND ASSITANCE OF THE ALLIANCE. PEOPLE THINK ANC IS THE TRI-ALLIANCE OF WHICH IT IS THE OPPOSITE CUZ WE FORMULATED THE TRADE UNIONS TO FIGHT THE REGIME OF APARTHEID WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA PRE 1994. TO THE DISSENTS ALL I CAN SAY IS, "YOU WERE COWARDS TO SPEAK AND REPRESENT WHAT IS THE TRUTH CUZ YOU KNEW THE TRUTH!!!!" ALIATA CONTINUA!!!!!!!! ________________________________ From: [email protected] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Biggars [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2008 11:50 AM To: Mapempeni, Thembani (Mr) (s20634402); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Fw: Proposed program for order and structure
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Mark Biggars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:48:11 AM Subject: Re: Proposed program for order and structure Dear CRG; Community reps both the executive & non executives. Please, every time I come to a meeting in Meadowlands, there seems to be a problem with safety as there are no “Security Personel” employed directly or sub-contracted to ensure the safety of persons and property. A proposal was made by a community representative of our community that CRG-SA be requested to first hold a workshop on “Meeting Procedure” for all ACER members. This was not taken seriously by the ACER Executive and is part of “Business of ACER” which had to be voted on. We come from different backgrounds and some of us have not had the same education or exposure as others. If this does not happen then we will have to ask the DME to intervene on this matter. If we ACER Members are truly on the committee not for personal gain, but to represent the interest of our communities, namely the poorest of the poor, then our meetings should also have areas where members of the public and the media may listen to proceedings as does Parliament which is the highest Elected Community Representatives of South Africa. At one meeting in Meadowlands a remark was address to me that we are all ANC members and know what to do, well not all of us has been on an ANC Executive so I look to the ANC Branch Manual for direction and this is what it states: 1. The Executive is the branch/community management and it is here that all the administrative reports, financial reports, and assessments of programmes should take place. End all Executive meetings by planning the next branch/community meeting and discussing agenda items, speakers and what reports will be presented; 2. The Constitution spells out the role, powers and responsibilities of executive members. Executive members should take their responsibilities seriously and should be called to account if they fail to fulfill their ask, they are elected at the bi-annual general meeting by the branch/community; 3. The Executive has to work as a collective. There should be frank and open discussion and collective decision-making about all major issues. Leaders are elected because members/communities trust them to lead the way. A leader in the army will need different qualities from a leader of a community organisation; 4. Executive members should not: get involved in factions and conflicts; make false promises or tell lies; take support for granted; discourage any member/community who wants to work on something; 5. The chair’s role in the meeting is not just to organize the order of speakers. The chair must try and facilitate good, democratic decision making and a clear process, by example saying that there are now 2 positions on the floor and outlining them and reminding people that they have to reach a decision. Do not cut people short simply because you disagree with what they are saying, let them have there say. Never humiliate or undermined someone in public; 6. As a branch/community chair you have to behave like a very good soccer coach not like a bad boss or military commander. It is your job to get the whole branch/community team to play together to develop their individual talent; 7. The Secretary is responsible for taking/disseminating minutes, for communicating with the branch/community and convening meetings and making sure that everyone is judicially informed of the date, time and venue and the issues on the agenda. The Secretary has to ensure that task are done and assist people failing to do their work. Warm regards, Mark. ________________________________ From: thabo rangwaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:45:55 AM Subject: Proposed program for order and structure Dear Community Reps Following a mandate that myself and Godfrey were given by the DME to facilitate ACER's organisational structure, attached are suggestions for us to consider. Best Regards Thabo Rangwaga Affected Community Elected Representative NOTICE: Please note that this eMail, and the contents thereof, is subject to the standard NMMU eMail disclaimer which may be found at: <http://www.nmmu.ac.za/disclaimer/email.htm>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 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