Suggestion de la part de Bassirou Sarr
Baidy,
I hope all is well. We just had a little gathering here in New York during which we discussed the possibility of supporting the various initiatives of the national committee. I have copied some alumni who did not attend the dinner, but I am sure they will be equally enthusiastic about the topics we touched upon. We have all benefit from the wonderful opportunity of attending a United World College through the gifts of donors who supported our scholarships. We think that future generations of Senegalese students will enjoy the same opportunities if we contributed to these funds.
Although quite a few of us are still students, I think we can all make modest contributions on annual or semi-annual basis. To start with, I suggest that we all make pledges and set up a collection mechanism within the U.S. before transferring the collected amounts to the treasurer of the national committee.
But going forward, a lot of the UWC graduates will most likely get their college degrees in the United States, so it would be great to discuss ways we can have a lasting structure to keep track of the alumni in the U.S. and ensure their continued support to the National Committee.
On another note, some of us have suggested that we put together a database of students who have completed their degrees in the U.S. and make it available to those currently at the UWC. The idea is to help them navigate through the college application process and provide advice in case they are considering colleges that some of us have attended.
I wanted to run these ideas by you and possibly get everyone's input on ways we can organize this effort.
Best regards,
Bassirou
PS: Oumou will be getting the emails of other alumni that I do not know. She will pass this message to them.
I hope all is well. We just had a little gathering here in New York during which we discussed the possibility of supporting the various initiatives of the national committee. I have copied some alumni who did not attend the dinner, but I am sure they will be equally enthusiastic about the topics we touched upon. We have all benefit from the wonderful opportunity of attending a United World College through the gifts of donors who supported our scholarships. We think that future generations of Senegalese students will enjoy the same opportunities if we contributed to these funds.
Although quite a few of us are still students, I think we can all make modest contributions on annual or semi-annual basis. To start with, I suggest that we all make pledges and set up a collection mechanism within the U.S. before transferring the collected amounts to the treasurer of the national committee.
But going forward, a lot of the UWC graduates will most likely get their college degrees in the United States, so it would be great to discuss ways we can have a lasting structure to keep track of the alumni in the U.S. and ensure their continued support to the National Committee.
On another note, some of us have suggested that we put together a database of students who have completed their degrees in the U.S. and make it available to those currently at the UWC. The idea is to help them navigate through the college application process and provide advice in case they are considering colleges that some of us have attended.
I wanted to run these ideas by you and possibly get everyone's input on ways we can organize this effort.
Best regards,
Bassirou
PS: Oumou will be getting the emails of other alumni that I do not know. She will pass this message to them.
Commentaires
le 12-08-2010 à 09:58:35
Dear Aïda,
Thanks for your mail. I can only support this initiative about US Alumni. So what I suggest is that you and Bassirou Sarr (and any other ex-student) you go forward on this, and should you need any information from our end, we shall provide for.
It is decisive to get all of our US and Canada senegalese alumni on an updated database so that we can leverage on their contribution , financial or of any other nature.
Please keep us posted on any future evolution on the work you are going to start with Bassirou.
Kind regards.
le 12-08-2010 à 09:50:42
Dear Farba,
First of all I would like to thank you for the informative e-mail and mostly for the continuing effort you are making for the ongoing of this great program.
After reading your e-mail, I thought that I would forward you the message Bassirou Sarr sent, via facebook to Baidy Dieng few weeks ago. The main objective of that message was to suggest collecting funds from the US and create a database of the alumni currently residing in the US. We gathered that night with: Oumou K. Leye, Papa Faye, Soule Sow, Bassirou Sarr, Gnagna Lam, Fatimata Dia, and discussed the ideas in Bassirou's message (copied below).
Going forward with that, Bassirou and I would like to volunteer putting together a database of these alumni and passing it you in order to update the list that Macoura created in 2004. Also, it seems that quite a few people are missing from your mailing list, and I'd like to suggest and help create a list serve via google groups.
Thank you for considering these ideas and I hope to hear from you soon,
Best regards,
Aïda