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  • Volk
    Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 894

    who still uses a library? Everything is digital now, a libary in my view is a waste of money.

    A website with a digitized archive accessible world wide is a much better idea
    Makedonija vo Srce

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    • indigen
      Senior Member
      • May 2009
      • 1558

      Originally posted by Prolet View Post
      He mentioned that one of the plans that he's got is for our people to build a Macedonian Library in Australia. Its a fantastic initiative no doubt about it.
      I don't know about this guy but "sonchogled" characters (those that turn towards whoever is in power in RoM, like the sunflower turns towards the direction of the sun, a term I picked up from reading an article by the late Panko Stamkoski) will always appear from time to time and get a boost from the RoM establishment (previously they would have rotated towards the Yugoslav Konsuli), be they ambasadori, konsuli or vladici, and their local network of collaborators. Generally they will be shallow personalities and will always lack patriotic ideology and political integrity. (Bez)UMdovci.org is full of such characters and they also kowtow to USA imperialist agendas to boot.

      There has been a library in Sydney for decades.
      Macedonian Library
      5 Belmore St.
      Arncliffe NSW 2205


      But the problem that one will be confronted with will be what books to present. I am sure much of the books dealing with history and originating from RoM authors will be offensive to most right thinking Macedonian patriots and there will be very little that is worthwhile in obtaining.
      Last edited by indigen; 05-26-2010, 05:44 AM.

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      • osiris
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 1969

        the kid andrew is a very impresive young man and having met him i was quite taken by his intelligence and commitment. guys we have had student groups teachers groups and at one point a container full of books for the establishment of a library the books ended up rotting, i dont know what has happened to the teachers and old university students club. lets hop from now on we can maintain and grow our organisation of university educated people. we are the only community who seem to have lost a whole generation of our educated ones. thats not good enough and thats what one of my aims is for mto that we motivate them all to return and contribute to our community
        Last edited by osiris; 05-26-2010, 05:56 AM.

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        • indigen
          Senior Member
          • May 2009
          • 1558

          SOM, thanks for adjusting my vote.

          For the those that have not declared their card and voted, I have the following tid bits of info to sway your opinion:

          Meto Koloski: "UMD’s membership wants Macedonia to pull out of negotiations, end the Interim Accord, and not discuss Macedonia’s name and identity. UMD has taken this approach and this is the official policy of the organization."
          A. Mitreski ("Chairman of the Board"): "...Furthermore...when we asked our membership body if we should withdraw from the negotiations, the majority of respondents said that we should not.

          Who do we believe is telling the truth here and who is blatantly lying? It is obvious one of them is LYING!

          If I had to pick the one who is spinning lies, I would go for MitreSKI!

          This following quote from a Mitreski post should be taken into consideration with the large sum of money (US $150K) donated by a Turkish organisation, i.e. a non-Macedonian source.

          A. Mitreski: "...So there you have it. People that donate and support UMD get to influence the direction of UMD...."

          I guess the Turkish TLC (who may only be the bagmen for some other agency!?), according to UMD Chairman (of the Board) would have the most say!
          Last edited by indigen; 05-28-2010, 12:40 AM.

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          • julie
            Senior Member
            • May 2009
            • 3869

            Meto, why dont you tell Mitreski to shut up? So that the UMD can have credibility and gain greater membership?

            Surely you can see the frustration of everyone in the diaspora. Are we all not here for the one common Macedonian Cause. Or are we going to sell our mothers and grandmothers for a buck.

            Why should Mitreski be able to say that shit? Pay us and we will do what you say?
            These respondents who believe in the negotiations and to sell our identity, Meto, surely you can see that is not the wish of the diaspora!

            abre koga ke se razbudite tseli? Imeto licthno Makedonsko ne si go menuvam. Jas nekoy so billiardi dolari da mi dade i da mi rechi, poveke nema Makedonia, nema imeto da si go drzhime poveke, jas ke mu recham da si gi piknate parite vo gezo. Aman, razbudi se , nashiot narod e nay zaspan , so pari ke se prodavat nivnata krv. za stramota. Makedonia da ne postoe, .

            May God save Macedonia. Vechna da bide.
            Last edited by julie; 05-26-2010, 06:20 AM.
            "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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            • julie
              Senior Member
              • May 2009
              • 3869

              Andrew sounds like someone that will do us proud. Our future is in our youth
              "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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              • Mikail
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2008
                • 1338

                Originally posted by UMDiaspora.org View Post
                Vangelovski - excellent research! We are going to look into this closely and see if we will be considered for any U.S. government funding for specific democracy-building projects.
                The building of what? What have you undertaken with money you've raised to date. Who does UMD support other than UMD?
                From the village of P’pezhani, Tashko Popov, Dimitar Popov-Skenderov and Todor Trpenov were beaten and sentenced to 12 years prison. Pavle Mevchev and Atanas Popov from Vrbeni and Boreshnica joined them in early 1927, they were soon after transferred to Kozhani and executed. As they were leaving Lerin they were heard to shout "With our death, Macedonia will not be lost. Our blood will run, but other Macedonians will rise from it"

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                • Vangelovski
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 8531

                  Its quite telling that Meto jumped at the opportunity to gain State Department funding, yet failed to notice this 'piece of research' on transparancy:

                  Originally posted by Vangelovski View Post
                  Here's some advice from the Institute of Charted Accountants in Australia:

                  Although not-for-profit (NFP) organisations come in many shapes and sizes, they must all communicate with the people who give money or time to them, as well as those who buy goods or services from them. Annual and financial reports represent a prime opportunity to do this. As well as demonstrating transparency, a good report will underline achievements and show where an organisation has made a difference.

                  http://www.charteredaccountants.com....t_guidance.pdf
                  If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

                  The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations...This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution. John Adams

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                  • Rogi
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 2343

                    Given that Panko Stamkovski, bog da go prosti, has been brought up in this thread, I think that he and his newspaper, "Makedonija" should be given a dedicated thread here on this forum.

                    The man was a legend who advocated a free, independent and united Macedonia when most others were afraid or couldn't imagine a life without or beyond Yugoslavia.

                    Indigen, perhaps you could begin the thread?

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                    • UMDiaspora.org
                      Member
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 525

                      About Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias:

                      For comments, questions, concerns, please contact us at:

                      United Macedonian Diaspora
                      http://www.umdiaspora.org

                      1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20004, United States
                      Phone: (202) 756-2244, Fax: (202) 756-7323, E-mail: [email protected]

                      PO Box 2153, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia
                      Phone: 0438 385 466, E-mail: [email protected]

                      3555 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M1K 1L6, Canada
                      Phone: 416-209-0448, E-mail: [email protected]

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                      • Bratot
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 2855

                        Of course NOT!
                        The purpose of the media is not to make you to think that the name must be changed, but to get you into debate - what name would suit us! - Bratot

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                        • julie
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2009
                          • 3869

                          That would be awesome to hear him speak, UMD seeing you are handing out awards and medals, this is someone that is more than worthy of being honoured
                          "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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                          • Mastika
                            Member
                            • Feb 2010
                            • 503

                            There is no one representative of the Macedonian diaspora, I am not a member of the UMD so I cannot say that they are "my" representative, even though they claim to act on the behalf of more people then their membership. UMD represents a position which is hopefully representative of its members, after all that is the point of any group. Once representatives are elected from the diaspora, the diaspora will have even more representatives. The more the better!
                            Last edited by Mastika; 05-27-2010, 08:14 AM.

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                            • Piperka
                              Junior Member
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 33

                              I'm not a member, therefore they are not my representative.

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                              • UMDiaspora.org
                                Member
                                • Oct 2009
                                • 525

                                Macedonian Human Rights in Southeast Europe

                                On June 5, 2010 at 11:00 a.m., UMD will honor four distinguished individuals for their work in advancing the human rights of Macedonians in Southeast Europe. Below are their biographies. Hope you can join us in paying tribute to them!

                                Liana Dumitrescu

                                Liana Dumitrescu was born and raised in Romania. Her ancestors arrived in Romania from Macedonia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Liana is a lawyer by trade having earned her law degree from the University of Bucharest in 1996. She has attended both the Romanian National Institute of Administration and the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, taking courses related to development and project management and international relations and European integration respectively. She is currently working on her doctorate degree from the University of Bucharest in history.

                                From 1996 to 1997, Dumitrescu had her private legal practice. She moved on to work as a legal adviser in the Romanian Parliament to the Chamber of Deputies (one of Romanian Parliament's highest bodies) till 2004. Then from 2004 to 2006, she worked as the Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of National Minorities. Since 2004, she has been a member of Parliament elected as the representative of the Macedonian community of Romania, and has been elected for two consecutive terms as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. Since 2008, Liana has been a lecturer at the University Mihai Viteazu's Law School in Commercial and Roman Law.

                                Dumitrescu's involvement in the Macedonian community in Romania has been extensive. In 2000, she helped found the Macedonian Association of Romania, of which she serves as its Vice President since 2004, and helped initiate the state processes for the state to recognize the Macedonian community as an official minority of Romania, which was successful. Romania is currently the only European Union and NATO member, which recognizes an official Macedonian minority. In 2002, Liana succeeded in placing Macedonian on the official Romanian census, and in 2008, succeeded in getting state funds for the education of the Macedonian language in primary schools throughout Romania. She has the co-author of the book History of the Macedonian Minority in Romania and is the current director of the monthly newsletter Macedoneanul.

                                Hristo Ivanovski

                                Hristo Ivanovski is a Macedonian journalist with extensive experience, particularly with regard to the international arena. After earning his degree in Journalism from the University "St. Kiril and Metodij" in Skopje, Ivanovski began working for Nova Makedonija, which was at the time the largest newspaper in Macedonia. He also lived in Australia where he worked with ethnic Macedonian newspapers in Melbourne. By 1998, Ivanovski had become the editor of Dnevnik. He also served as a monitor for general elections in Slovakia for the International Republican Institute, participated in the International Visitors Program for print journalism in the United States, was a Fulbright scholar at Duke University, lectured at Harvard University, and is a member of the Board of Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. In addition to these accomplishments, Ivanovski is a published poet whose poems have been translated into English, German, and Romanian. His poetry was included in Einstein Complex anthology and the World Healing anthology dedicated to the terror attacks of 2001 in the United States.

                                Ivanovski has traveled extensively, reporting from Taiwan, Japan, United States, and many countries in Europe. He has also reported from big events such as Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Summit in Istanbul, NATO Summit in Prague. Moreover, he is very familiar with the structure of the Council of Europe, PACE, and European Court of Human Rights. During his trips to Strasbourg, Ivanovski has interviewed the General Secretary of the Council of Europe H.E. Terry Davis, Thorborn Jagland, and the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mr. Jean Paul Costa.

                                Ivanovski's specialty is human rights issues, specifically the situation of the Macedonian minorities and the Macedonian Diaspora. Currently, he is the diplomatic editor of the newspaper Dnevnik, a political analyst, and political commentator.

                                Edmond Temelko, Mayor of Liqenas (Pustec), Albania

                                Edmond Temelko has been a long-time activist for the rights of the Macedonian minority in Albania. In 2000, he became the chairman of the Association for Protection of the Rights of the Macedonian Minority in Albania "Prespa." From 2003-2007, he was a member of the Council of the town of Liqenas (Pustec in Macedonian), and in 2007, became Mayor of the town and currently holds this position. Since 2009, he has been the President of the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration, a political party in Albania advocating for greater engagement by the Macedonian minority in Albania's institutions.

                                In March 2009, the Commission for Minority Issues of the Foreign Ministry of Albania announced the results of its study about the national minorities in the country. According to the study, there are 4,148 Macedonians (0.14% of the total population) living in the country. Temelko criticized the report and said that "this number once again proves that the Albanian Government denies the existence of the Macedonian minority." He stated that the population of Liqenas, which is mainly populated by ethnic Macedonians, is close to 5,300 and that the Macedonian minority in Albania is close to 150,000.

                                Temelko earned his BA in Veterinary from the University of Tirana, Albania. He is fluent in both Albanian and Macedonian.

                                Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias

                                Archimandrite Nikodim Tsarknias is a monk of the Orthodox Christian faith. He is a citizen of the Republic of Greece and is a member of the ethnic Macedonian national minority in that country. He was an ordained member of the Orthodox Church in Greece (the only legal Orthodox Church in Greece) from 1973 until 1991. Archimandrite Tsarknias served as a personal secretary to the Florina/Lerin diocese's bishop, Augustine. Archimandrite Tsarknias opposed bishop Augustin's attempt to eradicate Macedonian religious customs, which have been suppressed by the Greek Government since the end of the Second Balkan Wars in 1913.

                                After openly declaring his ethnic Macedonian identity in 1991, and having communicated with parishioners in the Macedonian language, he was dismissed from his ecclesiastical post in the diocese of Florina/Lerin. He assumed the same post in Edessa/Voden but was subsequently dismissed there also. On March 11, 1992, he was expelled from the Orthodox Church in Greece altogether. Archimandrite Tsarknias became an ordained member of the Macedonian Orthodox Church following his expulsion from the Orthodox Church in Greece.

                                Archimandrite Tsarknias continues to experience difficulties in his spiritual duties to the ethnic Macedonian minority, a result of longstanding Greek Government policy towards minorities.

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