to those that receive this forwarding :--------- the Can-Orient membership , that is an inclusive membership associaton, as their name reveals : ... the Canadian Oriental Christian Association ( the CanOrient Assoc. ) that includes all that subscribe to inclusiveness regardless of which part of the sub-continent that one originates from , regardless of the region be it Assam. Nepal, Pakistan, Bengal, India, Maldives,Mangalore, Tamil Nadu, Kolkatta, Lakshawadeep islands ) has met an immovable cultural barrier that the goans who value their identity shaped by 450 years of Portuguese cultural influence that do not want to be included in....................to the extent that the material ( economic ) benefits are not so important as their distinct identity. The Mangaloreans may lump their identities with the rest of the state of Karnataka......but the goans when it came to a questions of being a back water milked by the State of Maharshtra with the assent of the first CM....(i choose to forget his name.)....chose to be an identity by itself as a State , albeit the smallest State inthe Union of India....i salute this decision, divisive as it may sound.....to me culture is more important than the " christian " in the association . Please reply to refute my opinions............... from all quarters. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca [goans_tanzanite] To: goa...@goanet.org Cc: goans_tanzan...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 1:08 PM Subject: [Bulk] [goans_tanzanite] Proposed Merger Talks with GOA Discontinued
Folks, Received this today. Mervyn ------------------------------ We wish to inform the membership that the Canorient has terminated talks on the proposed merger with the Goan Overseas Association (GOA). GOA could not meet one of Canorient's two bottom line conditions that the name of the merged organization could not be The Goan Overseas Association and we were prepared for the new name to contain elements of both our current names. The GOA team was unable to meet our demand although we had indicated this from the very beginning, even before their Special General Meeting. The GOA team appeared more willing to negotiate our other non-negotiable condition that membership eligibility should be broadened from Goans only to the membership eligibility of the Canorient. The Canorient Team felt that a merger with the GOA on terms acceptable to both organizations was in the best interest of both organizations. Now that the merger is off, we hope that all members will come forward to support the sustainability of the club. Our active participation is necessary with a view to growing the organization - keeping it alive and vibrant. Together we can do much to grow the Canorient to be the force in the future that it has always been. Please ensure your email filters allow mail from "toronto.canori...@gmail.com" in order to receive emails from us. Check out new website...http://canorienttoronto.com/ __._,_.___ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply via web post . Reply to sender . Reply to group . Start a New Topic . Messages in this topic (1) Goans of Tanzania Post Message: goans_tanzan...@yahoogroups.com To Subscribe: goans_tanzanite-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: goans_tanzanite-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goans_tanzanite Visit Your Group . Privacy . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . __,_._,___
