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Quote: Ya Ustaz Mannan, Salamat. I am trying to explain to you that we wanted to convey a sense of our community's unity towards the humanitarian suffering in Darfur when we approach American donors. even if this is not the case internally between us as American Sudanese. So if there is doubt as you mentioned, this doubt should not stop us from attemping this drive. Secondly, the recognized American organization, as you put it , would be involved in a later stage when we are done with the donation phase and are ready to select a reputable American NGO who are already doing humanitarian work in Darfur. They would recieve the bulk of our donated money for the sake of helping in the relief efforts in darfur. However, we have not yet decided which American NGO we would use, and even if this would be what we would actually be doing. You see, we might also consider purchasing medical relief items and so on instead of sending money. It all depends on the practical advice we hope to get from the people on the ground who would know better than all of us the best way of assisting victims in Darfur. I don't know how clearer I can be why we chose our Sudanese community's name: Again I will say it: When approaching American donors we would like to give the impression of our solidarity, as a community, in providing the much needed humaintarian relief to Darfur. Also, I believe that SACDO does not belong to the EC members, it belongs to all of us. The EC should have thier work dictated by the will of the majority members, and the will of the majority members appears to be geared towards doing whatever could be done to help relieve the humanitarian suffering in Darfur. Darfur Relief Drive (DRD) has not and will not take commands from SACDO'S EC. We are merely using SACDO'S logo, SACDO'S registration as a not for profit organization, and SACDO'S web site to announce DRD events. But any members of the EC are more than welcome to offer suggestions to DRD the same as any other concerned Sudanese American within our community.