boNGO 2010 Autumn Update
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david leflar
Nov 22, 2010, 2:24:05 PM11/22/10
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Greeting friends, family, and supporters of boNGO Worldwide!
I hope this letter finds you all healthy and well, and I apologize if this email is duplicated to more than one of your email addresses. I've tried to send it out to primary emails only, though with nearly 500 contacts on this list I'm sure I have made some mistakes. Please don't hesitate to reply with emailing instructions, or if you'd like to be unsubscribed from this list (we only send out half a dozen or so newsletters per year), or with any feedback you'd like to share!
Attached please find an update from my colleagues in Malawi, filled with Good News and Interesting Information about the progress of our grassroots projects in the Warm Heart of Africa.
And included here is a boNGO update from my year thus far back in my native United States:
I have been researching graduate institutes to determine which program best suits my experience and my forward ambition, and I am thrilled to have found it at the University of California at Davis. The program is a Master's in Science in Community Development (click here for the website) and is grassroots oriented around the application of sustainable development being practiced in and around the Davis community. I intend to incorporate the Human Development and Native American Studies Departments into my coursework with the ultimate aim of working with local communities to adapt and adopt boNGO's approach to grassroots sustainability here in the United States.
And on that note, I have been busy assembling a board of directors for boNGO USA, as well as preparing the paperwork for boNGO's incorporation as a legal entity in California and as a 501(c)3 non-profit at the federal level. I am researching to get the aid of a lawyer in this process, or alternatively a non-profit incubator as we are in our incipient stages of formation in the U.S., and if anyone out there has any advice or contact leads it is greatly appreciated.
Another update will be forthcoming in the new year as this process is pursued. I wish you all the happiest of days and hope that we have the chance to find each other's company before too long!
All my best,
David
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David Eli Leflar
U.S. Operations Director
boNGO Worldwide
based on Need-driven Grassroots Ownership
www.bongoworldwide.org
david...@gmail.com
mal...@bongoworldwide.org
mobile: 224.634.0727
I hope this letter finds you all healthy and well, and I apologize if this email is duplicated to more than one of your email addresses. I've tried to send it out to primary emails only, though with nearly 500 contacts on this list I'm sure I have made some mistakes. Please don't hesitate to reply with emailing instructions, or if you'd like to be unsubscribed from this list (we only send out half a dozen or so newsletters per year), or with any feedback you'd like to share!
Attached please find an update from my colleagues in Malawi, filled with Good News and Interesting Information about the progress of our grassroots projects in the Warm Heart of Africa.
And included here is a boNGO update from my year thus far back in my native United States:
I have been researching graduate institutes to determine which program best suits my experience and my forward ambition, and I am thrilled to have found it at the University of California at Davis. The program is a Master's in Science in Community Development (click here for the website) and is grassroots oriented around the application of sustainable development being practiced in and around the Davis community. I intend to incorporate the Human Development and Native American Studies Departments into my coursework with the ultimate aim of working with local communities to adapt and adopt boNGO's approach to grassroots sustainability here in the United States.
And on that note, I have been busy assembling a board of directors for boNGO USA, as well as preparing the paperwork for boNGO's incorporation as a legal entity in California and as a 501(c)3 non-profit at the federal level. I am researching to get the aid of a lawyer in this process, or alternatively a non-profit incubator as we are in our incipient stages of formation in the U.S., and if anyone out there has any advice or contact leads it is greatly appreciated.
Another update will be forthcoming in the new year as this process is pursued. I wish you all the happiest of days and hope that we have the chance to find each other's company before too long!
All my best,
David
--
David Eli Leflar
U.S. Operations Director
boNGO Worldwide
based on Need-driven Grassroots Ownership
www.bongoworldwide.org
david...@gmail.com
mal...@bongoworldwide.org
mobile: 224.634.0727
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