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The Search: A Message To U.K. Residents
Jonne Robinson
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[Jonne has continued to search for TEAers in the UK using leads that I have provided. Her belief is that now is the time for the UK contingent to get more organized. I could not agree with her more. Here is her appeal. -ed] A message to TEAAers in the UK and environs (i.e. anyone outside the US who wants to join in): Over the last few months I have been in touch with a number of TEAAers in the U.K., and the enthusiasm with which my contact has been greeted has led me to feel that there is a great deal of interest. This also leads me to appeal to anyone who knows of others who were also in TEA or TEEA to get in touch with me with their details (having first obtained their permission, of course) so that they too can be part of this organisation. Those of you whom I have contacted can assure them that this was not a prelude to a visit from a double glazing salesman (or, if it was, it was purely coincidental, honest)! Because of differences in record keeping between the U.S. and the U.K., it seems that contact will need to be made on a person to person level, so if you know anyone who was a TEAer, introduce them so that they can participate. Also, if you have any ideas about other ways to find U.K. members of TEA/TEEA, please get in touch. Which leads to my second point: Now that we have a larger number of people on our books, I wonder if there would be any sentiment for setting up a subgroup of TEAA in the U.K. What form would you like it to take (meeting, assisting education in East Africa, any other ideas)? Would you like to help with getting something going? I can be contacted via my email address or by post. Details of both are below. If you received this through the post and are on the internet, both Ed Schmidt and I would appreciate it if you would let us know what your email address is - it's a quicker and cheaper means of communication. Finally, have a look at the TEAA website. It will keep you up to date with what the organisation is doing and perhaps provide you some ideas for what a British group might like to undertake. The website address is: http://cs.gmu.edu/~henryh/TEAA/ or you can google Teachers for East Africa Alumni. Once on the website you can access sections particularly relevant to the U.K. by clicking "Member News" (upper left) and U.K. Colleagues (lower left). I look forward to hearing from you. 19 Welbury Way, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 6PE United Kingdom jonne@nyumba.freeserve.co.uk Tel: 01670 713939 |