"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible". Oscar Wilde

My dear "anti-bureaucrats"

Almost two weeks after the deadline and only three colleagues have managed to dedicated some of their valuable time and write and send us some of their thoughts about our upcoming manifesto and the publication abstract. I assume the rest of you are too busy. Should we let time be an obstacle in this effort of ours? Should we treat this effort as any other bureaucrat, who is way too obsessed with his work and can not think (or live) outside their little box , would do? Or should we be a little more generous with our time and make this network happen? The answer is for you to give....

I and Angel would like to thank Marie Brynskov, Ausrine Daunoraviciute and Maria Seppala for defying time and schedules, and providing us with such constructive feedback - - well done girls!

The manifesto is still in its draft phase. Soon it will be finalised and published. You do have a few more days to send any contributions...in case you felt guilty and want to make up (LOL).

Keep Well -- Keep Blogging -- Mind (our) Gap

Nikos Koulousios

Sorry for disappearing!!!!

Hi everyone, John here!

I have to offer everyone my deepest apologies for disappearing that way..And here is the reason why.

I was sent on an assignment out of town for a week where I could not have internet access and when I got back, I found that we were hugely understaff so we were all working around the clock to make sure the paper was coming out.

Sorry about that!!

By the way, I was mean't to come to Brussels on Monday 7 November but I couldn't make it in the end. I will be in Brussels on December 5 for a seminar on AIDS and poverty in the EU, so if anyone can make it there that would be great!!

Anyway, now I'm back, hopefully we can all get round to keeping the website up to date.

All the best and keep in contact

John