Pamela,

I will try to join you for your Dadamac etherpad chat today, Thursday,
http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/October-First-Thursday
at 14.00 GMT 15.00 Nigerian and London time,  17.00 East Africa Time, New
York 10.00, Chicago 9.00 for approximately one hour

We all worked so wonderfully on the Pyramid of Peace
http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to avert genocide in Kenya in 2008.  I'm now
surprised to be dedicating myself to something similar here in Chicago.

Today I went to Occupy Chicago for the fifth time.  When I first went, I
was impressed that people there are truly caring that our system is flawed
overall, and not so concerned about particular issues.  However, I noticed
that most people weren't getting included in a way that would make the
most of them.  The online groups made that all the more clear, especially
because they generally don't have public archives.  I brought this up with
some of the most active organizers and I realized that they were swamped.
They encouraged me to be as bold as I can be in organizing volunteers.

I'm therefore setting up http://www.occupyme.net  I appreciate any help
we might provide in creating and staffing a responsive online space for
supporting volunteers, much as we did with Pyramid of Peace.  I'm
starting tomorrow by setting up PmWiki.  I'm focusing on Occupy Chicago
but certainly we can support sites across the US and the world.

Thank you!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas, ms@..., (773) 306-3807

----------------------------

I'm taking initiative to help people get more involved in Occupy Chicago.

The more leadership we show, the more opportunity we open up for others to
be leaders, as well.

I spoke with Todd, with Sarah Wittford and with Mark Banks, and they all
agreed that any such initiative we show is much appreciated.

I've started to set up http://www.occupyme.net  I invite help especially
from anybody who would like to help online as website builders, online
networkers and onsite liaisons.  I'll be setting up a wiki.

Lots of people are coming with great ideas.  I want to help us embrace and
support them.  Some examples include:
* Zax and Serena brought up the Chicago Marathon
http://groups.google.com/group/occupychicago/browse_thread/thread/15f1157185349b\
d8
* Tieg and others are setting up a library
http://groups.google.com/group/OccupyChicagoEdu/browse_thread/thread/9c6f2151978\
a3450

It's important that the committee group correspondence be publicly
visible.  This can be done without revealing people's emails.  Public
archives allow people to link to our efforts and help others find them.
They create a culture of inclusion and quick integration of all our best
efforts.

I include below a letter of Sarah's that we take initiative!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
http://www.occupyme.net
(773) 306-3807
ms@...

-----------------------------------------------

I think we need to be careful about Bureaucracy.  In the past two days
since this google group has started I've read a lot about what people want
to do and people afraid to step forward and do it.  So I have a proposal.
If you want to make flyers and go in a neighborhood- do it.  If you want
to go stand on an el and talk to the entire el full of people about the
movement, do it.

In my humble opinion, the only things that should go to general committee
are things that affect everyone, like spending the Occupy Chicago funds
for flyers or buying printers or having other organizations join in
solidarity with ours.

I also think we do need to work out some sort of worksheet of who we have
organized, but honestly, who cares.  If ten different people call the same
group ten different times, then maybe they will realize we are serious and
join us.

Let's not get caught in bureaucracy and get some direct action going out
here.  That's what I've been doing since Day 1.  So don't get caught up in
the details or in the committees.  Just go out there and outreach with
people, talk to people, flyer areas.  In my opinion, you do not need
permission to do any of these things and if we, as a group decide that we
need permission to do this, then it will make our mission one thousand
times harder.

That is just my opinion.

Sincerely,

Sarah

P.S.-  Remember we are a not a political group, we can not allow this to
be used for any political agendas and we need to be careful about other
organizations coming into our movement and trying to distort our message.

----------------



Reminder: You are invited to October 6th First Thursday

I'm happy to say that William Wambura has already been to the link for
October First Thursday to say that he hopes to be with us.

On 29 September 2011 21:31, Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean@...> wrote:

     October 6th - You are invited to First Thursday - even if you have
never joined us there before.

     Time - main session is a bit later than it used to be -  14.00 GMT
15.00 Nigerian and London time,  17.00 East Africa Time, New York
10.00 for approximately one hour (the main session s the time I plan
to be here and will help people to get to know each other and agree
topics for discussion.)
     For your local time see The World Clock – Time Zone Converter
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

     Joining in - All you need to do is click on the link for First
Thursday October 2011
http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/October-First-Thursday - no need
for any logging in. The link is open from now on, so you can go and
get familiar with the space beforehand. Full instructions are there.

     What happens? If you visit  First Thursday September 2011
http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/September-First-Thursday you can
see what happened last time.

     By the way - I am still experimenting with etherpads, so I do want to
know about any problems that people have. If you do have any
difficulty joining First Thursday please send me an email at
pamela.mclean@... so we can explore the problem together
later.

     I look forward to meeting up with you on October 6th.

     Pamela

Dear Fred,

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say how happy we are to hear this news, and how proud of you we are!! This is an amazing achievement, and I know that we would be very interested to hear more about your research, which is a timely and important topic.

Our thoughts and spirits will be with you today, and love and blessings are also being sent your way. Huge congrats and cheers!!!

Your Friend and Fan, Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: kayiwa fred
Sent: Oct 29, 2011 11:03 AM
To: dadamac-collaborators-connect@..., learningfromeachother , Pamela McLean
Cc: onereachinganother@yahoogroups.com, holistichelping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [learningfromeachother] Re: my Graduation

Dear Friends I ahve been so scarce here but i have been so busy with my final sester at University doing my disatation about Effects Of Slums on the Upbringing of Childre. Am happy to Inform you that am done with my Bachelors in social work at Bugema University and i will be graduating tomorrow 30th october then after i promise to be more active to our networks here thanks for all your support and prayers Greetings from Uganda Fred Kayiwa --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean@...> wrote: From: Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean@...> Subject: You are invited to October 6th First Thursday To: dadamac-collaborators-connect@..., "learningfromeachother" <learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 1:31 PM October 6th - You are invited to First Thursday - even if you have never joined us there before. Time - main session is a bit later than it used to be -  14.00 GMT 15.00 Nigerian and London time,  17.00 East Africa Time, New York 10.00 for approximately one hour (the main session s the time I plan to be here and will help people to get to know each other and agree topics for discussion.) For your local time see The World Clock – Time Zone Converter        http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Joining in - All you need to do is click on the link for First Thursday October 2011    http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/October-First-Thursday - no need for any logging in. The link is open from now on, so you can go and get familiar with the space beforehand. Full instructions are there. What happens? If you visit  First Thursday September 2011    http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/September-First-Thursday you can see what happened last time. By the way - I am still experimenting with etherpads, so I do want to know about any problems that people have. If you do have any difficulty joining First Thursday please send me an email at pamela.mclean@... so we can explore the problem together later. I look forward to meeting up with you on October 6th. Pamela

Greetings from Chicago!

From 1998 to 2010, I organized "Minciu sodas" http://www.ms.lt as my
business for serving independent thinkers around the world.  My hope was
to make a living from Lithuania.  I've lived my life as an independent
thinker and I hoped to serve others, likewise.

As you know, I failed to make Minciu Sodas work as a viable business.  I
also failed to pay back my loans.  I had about $130,000 in debt, mostly
from credit cards, but also a business loan from a friend's father.  Three
months ago, I declared bankruptcy, and recently, my bankruptcy was
discharged.  I don't have to pay back those loans, but in the future, it
will be hard for me to borrow money, should I need to.  I hope I don't!

I'm grateful that I was able to dedicate myself to establish Minciu Sodas
as a venue for the widest variety of independent thinkers.  Looking back,
I'm glad that I can start anew.  My goal now is to foster a culture of
learning, growing, living forever, here and now.  I've gained very
relevant ideas from our work at Minciu Sodas.  In particular, I value our
"12 questions", such as: What is your deepest value in life, which
includes all of your other values? and What is a question that you don't
know the answer to, but wish to answer?  I appreciate the variety of our
answers: http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?Values  I think they help us
speak heart-to-heart and thus live a culture where we are one.

Thank you to more than 1,000 participants who contributed thoughtful
letters over the years.  Today, as I look back, I want to thank also Janet
Feldman ("Holistic Helping"), Pamela McLean ("Learning From Each Other"),
Franz Nahrada ("Global Villages") and Zenonas and Audrone Anusauskas
("Veikti Vis Placiau") for embracing my efforts, hosting Minciu Sodas
activity and actively fostering a shared culture.  I also thank all of us,
many hundreds, for being there for each other during our Pyramid of Peace
to avert genocide in Kenya in 2008 http://www.pyramidofpeace.net  That was
marvelous.

Please forgive me for the many times I may have hurt you over the years.
Thank you for the slack you've shown me.  Likewise, please know that I
feel blessed by each and every one of us who participated.  We all
contributed genuinely of ourselves.

My very large debts were forgiven.  Likewise, I forgive any and all of our
debts to Minciu Sodas.  In particular, I forgive:
* Tomas Cepaitis, who failed to deliver $170 to my bank account in
Lithuania, as I requested.
* Peter Ongele, who did not repay me a loan of $100 that he requested for
his schooling.
* Tom Ochuka, who did not repay me a loan of $75 for the water cart he
proposed.
* Samwel Kongere, who misappropriated $570 of money that I had wired for
him to hold for me.
We failed each other.  Such failures ended my interest in having money
relationships with the above individuals.  This is unfortunate because
they all had made notable contributions to Minciu Sodas, and our ability
to work with money is important for us to function in our world.  I hope
that our feelings for each other can start fresh.  Looking back, I think
that making loans to people or having them hold money for me did not work
well in Minciu Sodas.  Whereas paid work and donations made for dozens of
successful projects.

I'm glad to look at life with new eyes.  I'm glad for God's providence as
we came together, as we brought Minciu Sodas to life, as we touched and
moved each other, as we continue further in our various ways.  I'm glad
that I could go bankrupt so unambiguously.

My best wishes for our best efforts in all we do!

Thank you,

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
(773) 306-3807
http://www.selflearners.net

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From: eddie avila
Sent: Dec 1, 2011 12:58 AM
To: risingvoices@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Rising Voices] Tweeting World AIDS Day 2011

Hi all,

We're promoting a small Tweeting initiative in commemoration of World AIDS Day 2011 (December 1) over at Rising Voices.

http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2011/11/30/blogging-positively-tweeting-world-aids-day-2011/

Please participate by tweeting how World AIDS Day is being observed in your country, what are some of the ongoing challenges with HIV/AIDS in your country, or how you think citizen media can help to raise awareness and education about this disease.

Please use the hashtags #BlogPos (blogging positively - the name of our working group) and #WAD2011. 

We'd love your contribution to help provide a look at World AIDS Day around the world.

Thanks,

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Dear all,
i have changed my focus and now looking on sustainability and livehood due to
inflation, climatic change, hike of prices of needed cosumable goods. Nearly
everyone has access ICT device by now and has made me to change my focus.
Children need education and food. The old people as Well,  too much cases of
deaths, i have therefore changed my initial focus.
Samwel.

Hello

Greetings

It would be great to hear your initial focus so that we may learn from
each and explore synergies which I believe is very critical.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards
Philip Otieno
Kenya Young Greens

On 3/2/12, Samwel Kongere <jambita1@...> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> i have changed my focus and now looking on sustainability and livehood due
> to inflation, climatic change, hike of prices of needed cosumable goods.
> Nearly everyone has access ICT device by now and has made me to change my
> focus.
> Children need education and food. The old people as Well,  too much cases of
> deaths, i have therefore changed my initial focus.
> Samwel.
>
>


--
Philip Otieno

*Go to http: //kenyayounggreens.org.blogspot.com to follow posts on Durban
climate change talks*

<http:%20//kenyayounggreens.org.blogspot.com>

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply, willing is not enough, we must
do"~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

hello all
i would like to request more info about sister city of kericho

Oh dear friends, family and loved ones of Elunud,

This is so shocking and sad, akin to losing our beloved Maria Agnese last year at this time. I know we all join in expressing our deepest sorrow and condolences to the family, and to mourning the loss of a great peace leader for our struggling planet.

Thanks so much for your stirring words, Andrius...if you ever doubt the impact of Minciu Sodas and of yourself personally, hopefully this tribute from her daughter, Sarah, will put those feelings to rest.

With great sadness and lovingkindness, but also great joy at having such a marvelous spirit among us for a time, whose legacy will live forever!  Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rogers
Sent: Mar 9, 2012 1:28 PM
To: "fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com"
Subject: [fightingpeacefully] Eluned Hurn passed away

It is with great sadness I announce to you that the founder of this group, Eluned Hurn, passed away on a visit to Sri Lanka in January. She was cremated in Sri Lanka and a memorial service held at her home village in Wales.

The following words appear at the end of the eulogy by her daughter Sarah, a fitting tribute:

I will end with a quote from Andrius Kulikauskas of a peace group she supported called ‘fighting peacefully’. These words from a stranger to me which appropriately enough I found on the internet sum up what she meant to people and the impact that she had.

Eluned, Thank you for your leadership and your deepest value of
"fighting peacefully" which you have pursued all of your life. I was
so delighted to learn your deepest value, I thought, Now we will have an
army! and a Warrior Queen! And your heart has given us a chamber to
nurture our love for our enemy. As I understand you, we have many
reasons to fight, but we must do it peacefully.

Pamela, Ken, Dan, I appreciate and share your concern about preparing for
the upcoming elections in Kenya.  Andrius Kulikauskas, ms@...

> Ken and Dan (I have copied your emails below - and my original one)
>
> Your responses go to my heart.
>
> When is the election? How much time do we have?
>
> We know the enemy - it is political division on tribal lines. (plus the
> continual underlying enemies - poverty, unemployment and ignorance).
>
> We know our weapons from last time - they are trust and communication
> across tribal divisions, plus many extra ingredients of personal courage,
> resourcefulness, and other attributes.
>
> We know from last time that we need allies and resources.
>
> Forewarned is forearmed. We should not waste whatever time is left to us.
>
> How can we best prepare our weapons? Where do we find our allies and
> resources?
>
> Pam
>
>
>
> On 23 June 2012 15:57, <nafsiafricaacro@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Dear Pam,
>>
>> I read your posting and gets a deep gut feeling and fear of the nearing
>> General election in Kenya.
>> As the late Honourable Saitoti said " if we let Kenya succumb into the
>> blood shed like it happened in the 2007 post election violence, we will
>> be
>> a shame to the whole world and will be a constant blame by the future
>> generations".
>> His words and such articles shared by you, should echo a reminder to us
>> that we lost most of our fellow brothers and sisters (killed by their
>> own)
>> and we survived the skirmishes.
>> Giving a chance to another one would be opening a death hole to our own
>> selves.
>> I may be a victim of the next one, my life would be claimed in the next
>> one!
>>
>> It is our deep prayer that peace prevail in Kenya.
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>> Ken Owino
>> Nafsi Africa Acrobats
>> www.nafsiafrica.webs.com
>>
>> Sent from IPhone
>>
>>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dan Otedo <dotedo@...>
> Date: 18 June 2012 09:32
> Subject: Re: [learningfromeachother] Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming
> battle - Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director, RAS
> To: "learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com" <
> learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com>
>
> Very very true.
> Its always nice to have someone from outside Kenya helping us to reflect
> what could very possibly happen.
> I DREAD  the election year.
>
> Dan OTEDO
> *Kenya ICT Trust Fund**.* P.O box 8475-00100 Nairobi.
> Tel: +254203745911 .Mobile:+254720366094
> Email: dotedo@...
> http:/com/profile/DanAndrewOtedo
> /twbcanada.ning.<http://twbcanada.ning.com/profile/DanAndrewOtedo>
>
>
>>
>> Den 17/06/2012 kl. 16.49 skrev Pamela McLean <pam54321@...>
>>
>>
>> I'm sharing this article on Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming
>>
battle<http://www.royalafricansociety.org/component/content/article/1015.html>wi\
th
>> a heavy heart
>>
>> I have copied parts of the article below which struck a particular
>> chord,
>> reminding me of all that happened in 2007/2008:
>>
>>    - the straight-from-the-heart response of the Minciu Sodas community
>>    when we discovered that our friends in Kenya were in trouble
>>    - the amazing courage, fortitude, creativity and determination of the
>>    Kenyans, in Minciu Sodas and the wider Pyramid of Peace network,
>> during the
>>    post election violence.
>>
>> Pyramid of Peace activists played an unacknowledged role in reducing the
>> impact of the violence, and in peace building and conflict resolution.
>>
>> The article states  "In 2008 the main wars were in Western Province
>> (Luoland) where (Kikuyu) police shot down Luo protesters, around Eldoret
>> where Kikuyu immigrants were burned out of their homes and murdered by
>> Kalenjin, and in Nairobi where battles took place in the poor slum areas
>> between different ethnic groups."
>>
>> Dear Pyramid of Peace Friends in Kenya - I remember how you were so
>> active
>> in those locations. I remember the heart-rending details that you were
>> sending the rest of us in Minciu Sodas about what was happening - and
>> how
>> you refused to be divided by tribal loyalties. I remember too how the
>> relationships that you had between each other reached across tribal
>> boundaries. When there were attempts to push you into tribal divisions
>> you
>> stood firm. Your deep trust relationships enabled you to plan together
>> and
>> then go to your own tribal elders and persuade them to influence the
>> warring youths. On top of that you were working with displaced people,
>> you
>> were helping individuals, you were responding to whatever needed a
>> response
>> given the limitation of financial support that those of us outside Kenya
>> could send you.
>>
>> Together we were making use of mobile phones, phone credits, the
>> Internet,
>> and established relationships of trust in wonderful, innovative and
>> effective ways that maximiesd the potential of ICT (Information and
>> Communication Technologies). We were a community collaborating acting
>> with
>> one heart and mind and doing what we could in our own locations in so
>> many
>> different countries across Africa, Europe, and America (if I have
>> forgotten
>> other locations, please forgive me - and remind me)
>>
>> What lessons did we learn my Minciu Sodas friends, and how can we draw
>> on
>> them  - to help prevent the horrors that his article suggests could lie
>> ahead?
>>
>> Even more importantly, how can we share those lessons? How can we use
>> the
>> practical experiences that we had of information sharing, practical on
>> the
>> ground responses, and  true collaboration achieving results in
>> conditions
>> of terrible violence, horror and need? Who are the  people who need to
>> learn the lessons that we learned - and how do we tell them?
>>
>> I feel we can't just wait and let it happen again - but we are not in
>> positions of power or influence - "we are no-one" -  what do we do?
>>
>> *Richard Dowden - Director, RAS (Royal African Society) wrote:*
>>
>> "Appealing to and buying tribal loyalty became the name of the game.
>> Kenya is probably now the most tribally divided nation in Africa. No
>> wonder
>> the 2007 election exploded into such  violence....
>>
>> ... the Kenyan election is wide open. Victory will go to the person who
>> builds an alliance of tribal leaders. One thing is certain: Luo and
>> Kikuyu
>> will be on opposite sides. Raila Odinga, the Luo leader, will run and
>> elements among the Kikuyu will do anything to stop him becoming
>> president.
>> For a while I thought that in 2008 Kenyans had reached the edge of the
>> cliff and looked down. They wavered and pulled back. The militants were
>> called off by their paymasters. Kofi Annan was on hand to help. Kenyans
>> had
>> seen a future that looked like hell and chose a fudged alliance of
>> enemies
>> instead.
>>
>> That alliance is now falling apart. The new constitution has recreated a
>> Kenya of 47 counties, whose elected governments will be funded by the
>> state
>> to spend as they wish.  It is, however, likely that a local politician
>> from
>> the dominant ethnic group in each county will be playing the ethnic card
>> to
>> garner support.
>>
>> .... If politicians play the ethnic card in the next election, this
>> winner-takes-all war could be fought in most of the new counties between
>> any or all of Kenya’s 40-odd ethnic groups."  Link to full article on
>> Kenya:
>> Saitoti's death and the coming battle
>>  <http://www.royalafricansociety.org/component/content/article/1015.html>
>>
>> *More about Pyramid of Peace: *
>>
>> An introduction via Phone for Peace
>> <http://phone4peace.blogspot.co.uk/>
>>
>> A video of Pyramid of Peace
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vGTiRlR5Ak>Acrobats involved in Nairobi
>> - with pleas for peace by two of the acrobats'
>> leaders at the end , Kennedy Owino (a Luo) and James (a Kikuyu)
>>
>> The Pyramid of Peace Archive <http://www.pyramidofpeace.net/> -  full
>> archive of emails, chatroom meetings, forwarded text messages, reports
>> of
>> phone conversations and so on as the post election turmoil erupted and
>> friends were caught up in it and struggled to help resolve the situation
>>
>> More about Minciu Sodas <http://www.dadamac.net/network/minciu-sodas>
>>
>>
>>
>

 

> Dear Andrius,
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.  Are you still connected to Ken Owino
> or Richard Freeman?  I came across their plan for a sneakernet in Kenya
> and I was looking to pick their brains about their successes and
> challenges.  I'm working on a similar communications method for folk
> musicians to transfer large volumes of data between each other with higher
> bandwidth than their incomes generally allow.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Miller

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your interest in Ken and Ricardo's sneakernet work which my
online laboratory, Minciu Sodas, facilitated. In 2010, I ended my lab and
my own efforts. I will share your letter with the Mendenyo, Holistic
Helping and Nafri yahoo groups where they were active:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nafsiafrikasaana/

Kennedy Nielsen Owino now lives in Denmark with his wife Angelina. His
Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/kennedy.n.owino?ref=ts

Best wishes in your project!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
(773) 306-3807
http://www.selflearners.net

WE welcome you and your organisation to help finanace or advice us .We have
prime land to develop donated to the Project.We welcome your ideas
or call Founder and Executive Director Mr Charles O.Aboge on +254-0735-195-156
or kisumuchild@...

Dear all,

 

We are writing the present mail to friends of Agnese (Maria) from outside Italy. On the 25^th of April many friends living in Italy met in Santa Marinella for a commemoration day during which her ashes were spread in the sea.

 

First we met in the church together with Don Matteo and could express thoughts and prayers. Then Kenneth and Giuseppe (Agnese’s brother) went on a fisherman boat in the sea to spread her ashes while the other friends were on the seaside singing a song written by her colleagues from INRAN. We then had a farewell to Agnese through shouting. The four NAFSI acrobats who were with us (Samuel, Patrick, Kenneth and Steve) could then illustrate to us their project with children in Nairobi and then perform on a little square of Santa Marinella.

It took quite some time to put together the video and photos taken by different people and we had technical problems. That's why more than a month has already passed. However we hope that by watching this video you will at least in part manage to feel what we could feel during this great day in which we could give her last respect and especially express our love and our gratitude for all the gifts we received from her.

To watch the video: 

http://youtu.be/Kl_Vd1xvNbE

 

Please send this mail to anyone who is not in the mailing list but would like to receive it.

Peace

Catherine, Giovina and Roberto

 

> Dear Andrius,
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.  Are you still connected to Ken Owino
> or Richard Freeman?  I came across their plan for a sneakernet in Kenya
> and I was looking to pick their brains about their successes and
> challenges.  I'm working on a similar communications method for folk
> musicians to transfer large volumes of data between each other with higher
> bandwidth than their incomes generally allow.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Miller

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your interest in Ken and Ricardo's sneakernet work which my
online laboratory, Minciu Sodas, facilitated.  In 2010, I ended my lab and
my own efforts.  I will share your letter with the Mendenyo, Holistic
Helping and Nafri yahoo groups where they were active:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nafsiafrikasaana/

Kennedy Nielsen Owino now lives in Denmark with his wife Angelina.  His
Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/kennedy.n.owino?ref=ts

Best wishes in your project!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
ms@...
(773) 306-3807
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Pamela McLean,

Thank you for your intiative
http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace
that we prepare and make sure that the March 2013 presidential elections
in Kenya are peaceful, without the violence that shocked us in 2008.

I expect that 2013 will be peaceful.  Many Kenyans care about peace and
many have experience in peaceful intervention from 2008.

Pamela, I appreciate all the more your concern that we prepare now for
peace.  We should not be complacent.  I imagine others are preparing for
violence.

Pamela, I appreciate your leadership and I wish to encourage you.  In
2008, I showed all the leadership I was able.  I took and gave all the
authority I could.

Pamela, you value what we achieved together with the Pyramid of Peace.
I'm glad that you're considering what we might take from that.

In response to your initiative, I apply my authority as Commander-in-Chief
of the Pyramid of Peace, as follows:
* Upon your consideration and acceptance, I appoint you
Commander-of-Operations through July, August, September 2012, or as I
decree otherwise, that you might boldly lead all who wish for a Pyramid of
Peace, as we had in 2008.
* Please choose a title (such as Convener, etc.) as you like best.
* I look to you to engage Kenyans and all who care, what may we do for
peace in Kenya in 2013? to reach out and include peacemakers of all
tribes, to analyze the potential for violence, to consider promising
solutions, to discuss what structures for coordination are most relevant
for 2013, to appreciate which individuals and what organizations we can
turn to for leadership.
* Please keep us informed if you see any need, any role in 2013 for a
command structure to support independent peacemakers, as I led in 2008.
* In general, do we need new groups, organizations or institutions? and
should they be related in any way to the Pyramid of Peace of 2008?
* Please consult especially with Janet Feldman as to how we can help
Kenyans, especially in reaching out across divisions.
* Please consult with Denis Kimambo, Kennedy Owino, Rachel Wambui Kungu
and Lawrence Achami, our Commanders, as to what Pyramid of Peace and other
groups might achieve for peace in Kenya in 2013.  I will consult with them
likewise.
* Please work publicly, as you do.
* I have redone our website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to point to a
wiki http://www.pyramidofpeace.net/wiki/ for linking to relevant pages,
which may be at your website http://www.dadamac.net or as you think best.
Please know we can develop the website http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to
include a chat room and other functionality you think we'll need.

In this way, I offer you my authority that you might draw on it as much as
you like, if at all.  In that you do, please know that I judge you
competent, and I expect that you absorb and project that, as you serve, so
that others might likewise.  Embolden us!

I am very busy this July, August and September, and so I personally
appreciate your initiative.  I will have some free time in October,
November and December. I may be completely free in the first half of 2013.
  Thank you for valuing my participation!

Pamela, I think it's especially valuable at this time that you are based
in the UK, outside of Kenya.  We're showing that ethnic violence is not a
local concern, but a global concern.  You know and love people of many
tribes throughout Africa, and are not partial.  That's a great help!

Pamela, thank you!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Commander-in-Chief
Pyramid of Peace
http://www.pyramidofpeace.net


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> Regarding Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death and the coming battle -
> Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director,
>
RAS<http://dadamac.posterous.com/responses-to-kenya-saitotis-death-and-the-com>a\
nd
> the email below I have set up an initiative on
> dadamac.net called Another Pyramid of Peace
> <http://www.dadamac.net/initiative/another-pyramid-peace>
>
> This is not something that I have the competence to lead in any way. I am
> just providing a focal point where people might come together, in
> preparation.
>
> @Andrius - I'm aware I have not included a reference to the Pyramid of
> Peace Archive. Please would you send me the link.
>
> Pameal
>
>
> On 26 June 2012 08:01, Kenneth Chelimo <kennethchelimo@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Ken Owino,
>>
>> I appreciate your  efforts in peace building among the youth in slum
>> areas. The documentary you have attached is  indeed a good example of
>> how
>> Kenyans from different communities should co-exist and live together in
>> harmony. More of these activities by the acrobats should go to rural
>> areas
>> where we witnessed tribal tension during the 2007/2008 post-election
>> violence. Cheers Ken for your great work.
>>
>> Ken Chelimo
>>
>>    *From:* "ms@..." <ms@...>
>> *To:* learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com;
>> minciu_sodas_EN@yahoogroups.com; fightingpeacefully@yahoogroups.com
>> *Cc:* nafsiafrikasaana@yahoogroups.com; holistichelping@yahoogroups.com;
>> livingbytruth@yahoogroups.com
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:59 AM
>> *Subject:* [holistichelping] Re: Responses to Kenya: Saitoti's death and
>> the coming battle - Chilling analysis by Richard Dowden - Director, RAS
>>
>> Pamela, Ken, Dan, I appreciate and share your concern about preparing
>> for
>> the upcoming elections in Kenya. Andrius Kulikauskas,
>> mailto:ms%40ms.lt<ms%40ms.lt>
>>
>>
>>
>