If you can join one organization and push that organization's leadership to work with other organizations in a friendly manner, it would be the way to go. Make your voice known within that organization at every opportunity. Because you are a member, they are forced to listen to you. Better still, become a leader in the organization and work for cooperation among all organizations and also final unification.
You can join several organizations and do all the above in each organization. Just because you are a member, you don't have to tow the line. You can criticize decisions you don't like privately and publicly. Public criticism of office bearers is a fundamental tool of democracry and keeps office bearers in line. It's not worth it to join one organization, whichever one it is, and say nothing though. Jugal > While I agree with your idea in the general sense - but don't we come > back to the same problem: ie too many affiliations. Now, I think there > are very good leadership qualities/people in all the existing > organizations. Some people I know, of course, have joined all the > relevant ones - I guess to keep everyone happy, and to get a sense of > "belonging ". > > My question again is: What is the overall benefit of joining one > organization as opposed to another. > I am sure there are answers out there - I don't seem to have one though. > > > The overall problem I would venture is that with a number of > organizations, wouldn't we be wasting our resources in chasing similar > pursuits. At the moment, each organization knowingly or unknowingly may > be upstaging another in these goals. > > If the concept of a single organization is utopian - then I guess, the > choice to the consumer may be to join one that one can closely identify. > Thats the only choice left I guess. > > Ram Sarangapani > > >>From: J Kalita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [Assam] From Sentinel - AANA silver jubilee / UNITY IN >> DIVERSITY >>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:14:30 -0600 (MDT) >> >>This is a call to those who profess non-participation >>and non-confrontation. >> >>I don't agree with the idea of non-solution by non-participation. >> Participate and throw out those who don't want to work together if that >> is your goal. >> >>Leadership? You can be the leader! >> >>Jugal >> >> > >> > Hello Chandan da: >> > >> > I too agree and have always been advocating for this for a long >> time. In >> > fact, one of the reasons, for simple folks like us not aligned with >> any >> > one of the organizations is that we have far too many affiliations >> floating around. >> > >> > You do state good some reasons, but I kind of like what I think >> Jugal was referring to: ie: These organizations have done a lot of >> good things in the past - and now its time for them to go. >> > >> > In the past, whenever I have broached this with some of our leaders >> - the response has always been - "we are getting there - all this >> takes time" etc, etc. However, I suspect that this is the same sort >> of tripe that we have been dished out for the last so many years. >> > >> > I would hazard a suggestion: We have only one organization, and have >> a number of wings to this, each dealing with Charity, Annual >> > Conventions/Conferences, Publicity, etc, etc. I am sure someone has >> already suggested something like this. >> > >> > This has an added value in making sure that many more people could >> contribute to the unity (and strengthening). I am sure you already >> see the flaws here - feel free to point them out. >> > >> > regards, >> > Ram Sarangapani >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Assam mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam >> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
