Dear all, Sometimes a name alone may not be the issue, I like the WNDA We could go a head with such a name and build a strong brand around it and move on to the actual dreams of the community.
I would like to add that on-line discussions are generally more difficult to control and therefore a team of moderators should be appointed to guide discussions from time to time. Otherwise results may elude the very serious and good intentioned discussions on this forum. Lastly there is what we simply refer to as information overload created my very detailed communication on a forum with very many members creating an almost work like situation having to read all the mails (Some days up to 20 or more mails). My suggestions therefore would be for members to become fairly brief in their presentations and issues important enough to warrant action can be delegated to a task force to work on off the list and present periodic reports. Regards Richard On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:40 -0700, JOHNSON OMBIGA wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > It seems the discussion on the name we want to call ourselves as an > NGO has just started. If this is the majority feeling, why not go on > and exhaust all the avenues we had left out and continue the debate, > > In my personal opinion, West Nilers have always collaborated well on > group formulation. If the majority are not at ease with: " West Nile > Forum for Sustainable Development", let us discuss that point > specifically and suggest names that are easy to remember. It is not > going to take us weeks as we did earlier. > > I agree that in addition to the names suggested by Vasco, add: "West > Nile Development Agency (WNDA)" with offices in every district. The > headquarters being at Arua where the idea originated in the first > place. > > Modesto Ombiga > > > --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Vasco Oguzua <ogu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: Vasco Oguzua <ogu...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: The Proposed Name > To: westnilenet@kym.net > Received: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 3:57 PM > > > Thank you Robert, for your thoughtful observation and > suggestions. I would concur with you and the comments you have > made. The suggestions you have made are also in my view very > thoughtful and logical. > As for Sam, I think Robert is not late with the name > suggestions, because as Robert clearly stated, we are trying > to have a name for something which we have not clearly > defined. So we have not exhausted the discussion yet and > Robert is just in time with his suggestions and infact has > given us another view of the discussion. Infact there has > never been a serious discussion on those issue for us to > already go to vote names. Let us not run before we can walk. > Having observed what is happening on the forum for a few > months, I have observed that there is a tendency for making > rush decisions without carefully and seriously evaluating all > of the available options and suggestions. > First what are we trying to form is not clearly defined. > Secondly, the idea of deciding a name in my view should be > something the brothers and sisters on the ground should have a > serious discussion about in a proper meeting in Arua or in > Kampala. I am sure if the Ombaci OB's , Mvara OB's , Koboko > OBs or Moyo OB's and Makerere Students can meet, I think the > people on the ground can organize to have such a meeting in > which these kinds of issues can be discussed thoroughly > because they constitute a large number of the membership on > the forum > I have also observed that the participation of people in the > forum is not as good as it was in March or February, which > makes me think there is some issue somewhere which is making > people withdraw. I would like to think that those of us who > are in the diaspora can only contribute in terms of suggestion > and sharing of ideas while serious decision making on things > like this should be left to the people at home on the ground. > > So I think the suggestions Robert has made are the correct > line of thinking which needs to be considered very seriously. > We need to be systematic and through rather than being > reactive without giving a careful thought into the kind of > things we are trying to do. > The names like are simple for the ordinary people to relate to > rather than the verbose intellectual names which have been > suggested. > > "Nile Development Initiative(NDI)" > "Nile Community Development (NCD)" > "Centre for Community Empowerment(CCE)" > "Nile Community Empowerment Initiative (NCEI)" > > I had specifically suggested West Nile Development Commission > because the main purpose of the organization would have been > to plan and implement development issues and/or address > development problems in West Nile, and Commissions necessarily > do not need to be formed by governments alone. Commissions can > be formed by interest groups for the purposes of addressing > issues or problems the interest groups identify. > > I think Robert's suggestions need to be given the attention it > deserves because it makes better sense and i think it is so > far the best suggestion on the forum for this particular > issue at hand. > If the intent of the discussions we are having on the forum is > to act as a catalyst for the development of West Nile, then > "Nile Development Initiative" would be a nifty name for an > NGO. > > Thanks and well done Robert for your contribution and putting > light into this discussion. > > Vasco Oguzua > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one > place. > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). 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