05-DEC-A-6
PLANS TO ATTEND THE PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE BOARD MEETING
AND MEET WITH DR. JUAN MONTERO RE MINDANAO
From: Glenn Geelhoed
To: acedocjmm@aol.com; rsconyers@physiciansforpeace.org; spalmer@physiciansforpeace.org; stephen.katz@pilotonline.com
Date: 12/13/2005 12:38:44 PM
Subject: Possible visit to the MOC, rather than a
"stand‑by on the phone!"
Dear PFP Colleagues:
I had responded to a call from Dr. Juan, who was
delighted to hear about my recurring trips to Mindanao, the next set up for Jan
15‑‑30, 2006. After we had
compared a number of mutual hopes and plans by phone, he had proposed an
additional session with pictures and plans, and I will suggest that this might
work well for you as well, in which we might meet and synchronize some future
schedules.
I am going to Mindanao in January. I will be operating in Edwards, among the
Tboli in South Cotabato near Koronodal for the first week, and in Malaybalay at
Bethel Baptist Hospital in Bukidnon Province for the second week, but will be
returning to Manila on the 27th of January (see attached itinerary and agenda)
in order to rendezvous with Juan and to check into the SAR vessel used for PFP
projects in Palowan, to meet the Rotarian/newspaper publisher sponsor of the
PFP chapter, and also to compare notes on missions to other parts of the
islands under PFP before I leave for a lecture in San Francisco On February 1.
With all of these experiences past and future to be
compared, I have packed up the albums of reports from Mindanao, Sudan and
Eritrea, with the projections for Rwanda, and Juan suggested I come down to
Norfolk and join in for the MOC meeting on December 19, rather than holding
near the phone here for any consultation on the forthcoming plans. If that works out with you, I could stay over
(through Juan's kind invitation for the night of the 19th December) and we
could go over intermediate and longer range plans. Included among these are the stock of medical
supplies I have and the container that goes regularly to the mission sites.
I look forward to meeting you and seeing the PFP HQ!
. Geelhoed,
We'd be happy to have you :-) attend. I look forward to seeing you at the
Medical Operations Committee meeting on December 19
at 4:00 p.m. at the
headquarters for Physicians for Peace. Susan
Susan Carroll Palmer, CAE
757.625.7569, ext. 314
Dr. Geelhoed, I am very excited about having the
opportunity to meet you in
person. If
your schedule works, would it be possible for your to come in
early Monday afternoon, say 2ish so you and I could
have a conversation
about Africa and Millennium Villages. The Medical Committee Meeting runs
from 4 until about 5:30 or 5:45. OBTW, Haile Mezghebe sits on this
committee, but will be unable to participate in
person because of surgery,
but he will be joining us by phone.
Afterwards, I'd like to invite you, Dr. Montero,
Stephen and some others to
join me for dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Hope all is well with you and I look forward to
seeing you.
Ron
PS, don't know if you've been to Norfolk, but from
the Pentagon to Norfolk
is nearly four hours, for planning purposes. There is considerable
construction east and south of Richmond and a tunnel
that drops you into
Norfolk, which always has the potential for a
slowdown.
Brigadier General Ron Sconyers (USAF, Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer
P 757.625.7569 x 317
M 757.435.5288