From: Oflazian, Kevork Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 5:20 PM Subject: Recent posting On February 6, an unsigned letter was
posted on the savemelkonian wb site. 2) AGBU has for over 75 years supported Melkonian and has assisted thousands of students in attaining a higher education after graduating from MEI. 3) It is always easy to critisize from the outside. The hard task is to be inside and try to understand why and how certain things are done and then try to fix them as much as possible. 4) Let us try to keep in mind that although the current situation is certainly very upsetting to most Melkonian alumni, nothing good will be achieved by trying to undermine the AGBU. Quite the opposite, a great disservice will be done to the Armenian nation by attempting to weaken an organisation that has done so much and has the potential to be of further great servie to the Armenians both in the homeland and in the diaspora. 5) The issues being discussed can be emotional, and for most Armenians it is difficult to control our passions. To repeat, it is not only acceptable, but in fact encouraged that
all express opinions freely. Kevork Oflazian |