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[Yamandu Ploskonka]

If Brezhnev and Nixon and Mao were able to publish joint statements, we 
can too.
Let's not give up.

OK, there must be a couple points we agree on, like, to start, World Peace.

I couldn't have imagined something very solid at this stage - at this 
point what I would see is a sort of a General Notes On An Agreement to 
Start Conversations to Eventually Sit Down And See What We Can Agree On.

Now, if the motivation is really not there, then I guess we're pretty 
much all wasting our time.  What kind of leadership role models do we 
have among people who supposedly want kids in Developing Countries not 
to repeat the failed leadership models of their elders? 
If a handful of Anglo-Saxon Senior Executive s with more education than 
I can shake a stick at don't care to devote a few minutes to this, then 
what kind of hope do we have for those same gentlemen to lead a movement 
that will help solve issues in Haiti, Afghanistan, etc???

Yama

Michael Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 08:17:44PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
>   
>> Look for a joint statement sometime next week...
>>     
>
> Folks,
>
> I'm sad to report that, after a week of trying, I wasn't able to make
> much progress on getting a joint statement written and published. It
> seems that the people who have the authority to speak lack motivation,
> that the people with the motivation to speak lack authority, and that
> several bystanders believe the statement would be meaningless even if
> written and published. In conclusion, unless and until this situation
> changes, the prognosis does not look good to me. Back to carrying on
> anyway...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
> P.S. - I guess Ivan was right to question me. :)
>
> P.P.S. - Even though I'm unsatisfied with how this has worked out so
> far, I do want to thank both Ed and Chuck for the gracious reception
> they gave my request to involve OLPC in drafting a statement.
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