Roland, Thank you for your queries. I shall answer each of your queries as below:
----- Original Message ----- From: Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:29 PM Subject: [Goanet] Membership Of Goa Suraj > Floriano, > Is it allowed for disapora Goans especially those who are foriegn > nationals to become members of the Goa Suraj and contribute to the fee > for party membership? GSRP: No. BTW: Pls note the name of the party is Su-Raj and not Suraj. The former means 'Good Governance' where Su means Good in Sanscrit Language and Raj means governance in any language. The later means the 'Sun' in the Hindi Language. > What about foreign nationals who are also Indian citizens. Is it > necessary to prove that you are an Indian PIO or citizen before you > can contribute and/or pay membership dues? GSRP: Not certain. Will check-out > If there are no such restrictions, there may be many Goans in the > disapora who are willing to canvass memberships for you and become > members of the party. At Rs 300 annually or less than CAD 10 a pop, it > won't hurt our pockets and it might do your party much good. GSRP: Correction: Membership (Life or Ordinay) is a one-time affair. > Roland. GSRP likes to make a note here. Large membership helps the concerned party morally and ideologically. There is nothing like it if the party has a million members. But winning or losing elections has no bearing on the membership, though it will help the party financially somewhat. Steadfastly supporting the party's ideology (it's raison d'etre) by vast number of people, not necessarily members of the party is more important than a large membership. This party welcomes life members. But it does not go out of the way looking for them. We believe that those who want to belong to the party will come to it on their own and by so doing will remain with it for lifetime. To us that is more sensible and important than a million members who do not have their heart in the party and its programmes. Financial help i.e financing our projects, on the other hand is always welcome with due thanks.