The internet is not a great place to address family matters, except of 
course the family is the public. I would ask all in GPU-USA family to 
settle their organizational matters off line.

Malanding Jaiteh



Baba Galleh Jallow wrote:
>  
> Earlier this week, Mathew Jallow sent out an email to me, a couple of 
> other members of the GPU-USA executive, and to the editors of the 
> online Gambian media houses - freedom, the echo, senegambianews, 
> allgambian and gainako. Among other things, Mathew wrote that:
>  
> *"After many discussions with a variety of journalists both active and 
> inactive, the time has come for us to put heads together and recreate 
> the Gambia Press Union (USA) into a more representative and active 
> organ for the development of the Gambia media. I therefore call on the 
> current executive to respond this calling in the interest of unity and 
> progress of our media."*
>  
> In subsequent emails to the same addressees, Mathew proposed that the 
> current executive should step down in order to make room for a 
> restructuring of the GPU-USA. He pointed out that some editors of the 
> Gambian online media and other Gambian journalists he had spoken to 
> are not happy about the constitution of the past and current 
> executives. During the last executive elections, only about seven 
> people responded to the call to vote, even though there are at least 
> 15-20 names on the GPU-USA mailing list. Calls by the GPU-USA 
> executive, both past and present, for Gambian journalists in the USA 
> to actively participate in the union's activities have been 
> unsuccessful and we have had to work with the very few active members 
> to keep the body alive.
>  
> It is against the background of this scenario that I have decided to 
> step down as Secretary General of the GPU-USA in order to allow the 
> process of restructuring Mathew suggests, and that has received the 
> support of some of the editors of the Gambian online media, to go 
> smoothly ahead. In that regard, I wish to inform the Gambian online 
> community that I have voluntarily resigned from my position as GPU-USA 
> secretary general with immediate effect. I am hoping that Mathew 
> Jallow and those who initiated this dialogue on restructuring the 
> GPU-USA will continue to guide our efforts in this important 
> direction. Below is a copy of the resignation letter I sent to editors 
> of all online Gambian media, to the GPU-USA mailing list, and to 
> Mathew himself. I am sending this to the Gambia Post and the Gambia-L 
> to make sure that the online Gambian community knows exactly what is 
> going on with the GPU-USA.
>  
> *Dear All,
>  
> Upon careful reflection and in order to help move this union forward, 
> I am happy to announce that I am stepping down from my position as 
> Secretary General of GPU-USA with immediate effect. While it has been 
> tough to have folks participate, it has been my pleasure to serve in 
> this capacity and to work with those of you who have been active. I 
> hope and pray that the current dialogue goes smoothly forward and that 
> our union emerges from it all stronger and better organized. 
>  
> I hope too, that those who have initiated this process of 
> restructuring will continue to coordinate our efforts in that 
> direction. Thank you all and God bless you all.
>  
> Sincerely,
> Baba Galleh Jallow 
> *
>
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