Re: [Ecotopia2003_organizers] Problems for Ecotopia

Dear Javier and all!
I have not a lot to add to my previous long message. I just should
say: please, read more carefully my messages and you will not feel
lack of information and communication.
The most important thing for now is not our personal relations
(for me it doesn't matter) but preparing Ecotopia and good relations
between all ecotopians and locals. You made already so many troubles
for Ecotopia in Kosiv, so many mistakes that I'm really worry. Till
today we successed to restart some of our good relations with locals
after your staying there last time, this took us about one month. Some
of agreements we should forget and look for other ways, thank you very
much, we have new and new problems because of you. I'm afraid you will
distruct our relations again being there, I'm not sure we will have
time and power to start from the beginning on 13th when we will come to
Sheshory. I waste too much time only for this correspondence with you
instead of doing other urgent tasks or just relax on the weekend as
all other people in this mailing list.
By the way, do you remember that according your legal documents you are in Ukraine as a guest of
Irina Rozmaritsa and stays in her house in Kiev? You also may have
historical and cultural problems with a local police if they become in
interest what are doing there. As well as Irina.
I'm leaving just now for 6 days, hope to have possibilities to check my
e-mail, but I'll not have possibilities to be in internet the whole
day, for sure.
Hope, I will not face new troubles from you when I'll come back.

With best regards,
Tamara


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J> Dear All:

J> There are some problems which have been making the
J> organization of Ecotopia very tiresome, and now they
J> are reaching a critical point.

J> Some of it is personal between me and Tamara Malkova,
J> another part is cultural or even historical, and a
J> part is a matter of ways of working and treating
J> people. It is important ot make a working analysis,
J> which does not avoid the personal questions but has
J> enough perspective .

J> Compared with EYFA office and other groups, Green
J> Dossier appears as a centralized organization with an
J> institutional approach.

J> And to organize Ecotopia by means of two to three days
J> visits to talk with local authorities does not seem to
J> fit with the whole idea. It is a totally top to bottom
J> approach.

J> Also, a way in which there is a strict division of
J> tasks or "jobs" and little commmunication, or all the
J> communication goes through one person.

J> The rest of the people are left depending on her/him.
J> In my case this dependence was speciallly severe
J> becasue of language.

J> This transform all relationships into a power game.

J> And a strong resistance to share ideas and try to
J> complement visions. In a way that can be even
J> humiliating, as other people feel and are told not to
J> be necessary.

J> This is quite a barrier and quite a challenge
J> (specially for the Welfare team). This lack of
J> communication generates misunderstandings and this
J> produces lack of trust. 

J> This is a real bottleneck. I prefer all of you to be
J> aware of it before you come here.

J> In my case, I will stay here. Working with people whom
J> I do not trust and who do not trust me is much worse.
J> I hope I can get enough support to start preparing a
J> good Ectopia for everybody, in which also difficult
J> issies can be discussed in a constructive way, and
J> which can be a starting point for many other
J> projects...





 



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