United Macedonia Diaspora

[Risto the Great]

UMD, a reply would be excellent.
Failure to reply sensibly will ensure a different treatment on this forum from now on.

[Prolet]

Osiris, I can support you in that line, this is why me and phoenix asked the UMD for their list of achievements for 2009 if you recall. The one thing that we need to understand is that results dont come overnight, im not expecting miracles here however since the UMD is a 5 year organization i do expect them to get the basics right. Look at MPO they are a 90 + year organization and look at where they are headed, the last thing we want is the UMD to follow in their footsteps.

I think the UMD should take a leaf out of the MTO and define their version of the Macedonian Cause, i think this is the very first step they need to be taking to ensure the people gain their trust and support, they have defined what they stand for however some of their press releases havnt exactly pleased alot of people.

Risto, You were once a UMD member and not only that you encouraged others to support this organization, how will the UMD regain your trust?

[Risto the Great]

Prolet, you offer them some solid advice which they should really consider.
As far as gaining trust, it would be impossible whilst they remain cryptic in their responses. They are purposefully vague in their responses. They either do it not to offend anyone or for reasons more sinister. Either way, they would have to completely re-assess their purpose for existence. I am so disappointed that we do not have a worldwide organisation that aggressively pursues the Macedonian Cause.

[Prolet]

Risto, I agree with that, its not about offending somebody some people get offended if you say hello to them its about the national interests and the Macedonian Cause. If Ethnic Bulgarians and Greeks are offended by our cause then we shouldnt be taking a backwards step just to please them, look at the Pan Macedonian Network thats gone out of its way to attack us never mind offend us, if it were up to them they'd want to destroy us so i think the UMD should use a Pro Macedonian Approach and i dont mean that by swearing in their statements they should be using fierce language to get their point across especially when we are attacked by other organizations and even Governments as has the Greek,Bulgarian and Kosovo Self Appointed Government has done so recently.

[osiris]

so prolet things like

koi be ako te fatam boi ke yadish

is that tough enough mate.

[Vangelovski]

Is UMD still considering its position on this? Is it that hard for UMD to speak out against the Interim Accord and the Framework Agreement?

[Risto the Great]

Dear forum participants.
I have merged all threads created by UMDiaspora.org.

After repeated attempts to have them provide a position on the EU Parliament Resolution, their notable silence ensures we can only assume they are in complete agreement with the EU Parliament. It should be noted that I was told to draft a response myself because some of the UMD executives were clearly too busy to do everything. Having drafted a response with not even a whimper from them, I am left utterly disgusted

They have decided they do not want dialogue. But simply to use this forum as a means to promote themselves. I have given them one thread with which to do this from now on.

I urge all Macedonians (especially UMD members) to request a public opinion from the UMD on the EU Parliament Resolution. Perhaps someone can remind them of their mission as follows and how it is being fulfilled by ignoring such racist innuendo perpetrated against Macedonians at the highest level in the EU :

Objectives

* Safeguard the rights of Macedonians around the world
* Strengthen the unity among the Macedonian Diaspora
* Act with and on behalf of Macedonian communities before governmental and international bodies
* Cooperate with the world community, promoting the universal ideas of peace, freedom, self-determination, and equality



Policy Issues

* Advance Macedonian interests through educational advocacy, charitable efforts, and social and cultural events
* Support the Republic of Macedonia's constitutional and rightful name
* Defend the Macedonian ethnic identity
* Support the human rights of Macedonians in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia
* Improve relations among Macedonia and the United States, Canada, Australia, European Union, Russia, among others, and support accession into NATO and the EU

[Soldier of Macedon]

This was a necessary outcome, and a foregone conclusion based on the UMD's lacking responses.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Nah, they're too busy making "applauds".

[UMDiaspora.org]

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