Maila, thanks your support and we missed you. There is ample time to participate in this conference and we hope you can join us next year. Yes, the weekend was a success and Baba, Dr. Nkuzi, and Mr. Idris, gave wonderful presentations. I hope the greater Gambian community in the US and elsewhere can attend in the future. The conference is growing bigger every year and we will continue to build on our successes. Contineous improvement is our goal. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: CHICAGO CONFERENCE >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:23:30 EDT > >My absence at the 2003 Chicago conference is regretful but inevitable >because >of prior engagements. I have received a few phone calls and emails from >scholars who thought I would be in Chicago with something new to share - I >regret >the disappointment. >However I thank the organizers for the invitation [via private email] and >for >putting together what I heard was a phenomenal program. Keep up the good >work! >Highest regards, > >Maila Touray > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~