Re: Hello from Nairobi

["Paul S. Anderson" <psanders@ilstu.edu>]

ELK,

At least part of the silence is because many of us (maybe 30 people??)
are involved with applications to the Shell Foundation (I estimated 8
proposals from the Stovers people, but only about 4 have identified
themselves to the rest of the Stoves list.)

So, for example, I am having more "off-list" contact with Tom
Reed and others.  We are not secretive, but many aspects are less
relevant to the whole list.

We are waiting for the 6 June date (or before) for Shell Foundation to
inform who is invited to make final formal proposals.

Unfortunately, the silence IS stifling the list communications.  For
example, you mentioned the Kenya Government's change to prohibit wood and
charcoal taking from the forests.  THAT information IS important to
me (and some others) who are focused on stoves that use "junk"
biomass instead of the full wood biomass.

I think the messages will increase again after the Shell Foundation makes
its announcements.

Paul

At 10:18 AM 5/23/02 +0300, elk wrote:
> Thanks
> Peter.
>  
> I'm still on the list! Hooray!
>  
> But it still doesn't explain this deathly
> silence.......
>  
> elk
>

Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D.,  Fulbright Prof. to Mozambique 8/99 - 7/00

Rotary University Teacher Grantee to Mozambique >10 mo of 2001-2003

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