AGENDA CONTRACT

SOUTHERN CAMEROONS ‘THE WAY FORWARD’

THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS

FEBRUARY 9TH -11TH 2008

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 TABLE OF CONTENET

SUBJECT PAGE

Introduction

Process

General Assembly

Planning Committee

Finance Committee

Plan “B”Committee

Diplomacy Committee

Press & Communication

AGENDA

SIGNATURE PAGE

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 AGENDA CONTRACT
SOUTHERN CAMEROONS: THE WAY FORWARD

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Euro-Conference to secure independence for the Former

United Nations Trust Territory of Southern Cameroons under United Kingdom
administration.

Participants shall register (paying a 100 euros registration fee) and sign this
Agenda Contract, which binds us all to conduct ourselves according to its
terms.

(a) Sales of books, videos, etc. shall be conducted through the

Registration Desk. Each seller shall donate to the Conference 50% of
all proceeds.

Please ask for any support for your presentation (computer, bold maker or
sheets) at the Registration Desk.

In the Way Forward, punctuality is expected; so, the Facilitator may not update
late arrivals.

PROCESS

The purpose of this process is to help participants to contribute as many

insights as possible to the Way Forward. Therefore, Conference participants
(General Assembly) shall make all decisions by consensus. If the People’s
Assembly falls short of consensus on an issue, a simple majority of the
Assembly shall decide that issue; however, this Consensus process allows
anyone to write and append his or her strong objection to the written majority
decision on the issue, and that too shall become part of the consensus on the
issue. All decisions made by the People’s Assembly can be changed only by
the Assembly.

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When proposed by the floor, the People’s General Assembly may quickly
appoint a Working Group to investigate any particular issue and report its
findings to the People’s Assembly later. The Assembly shall then make a
decision based on that report.

After the conference, the SCIC shall open and use, as its venue for meetings, a
mailing list on a secure mail server. Only a current member may propose a
new member to join this list.

People’s General Assembly

 The People’s Assembly shall endorse and or modify the existing Standing
Committees to perform tasks for it, and delegate a liaison to each such
committee, but in a non-voting capacity. Each annual Way Forward
Conference shall reinvigorate the struggle, evaluate progress over the
previous twelve months, dissolve insolvent Committees and create new
committees to perform new tasks.

 Each Committee is comprise of 2 members subject to modification to

four and one Liaison depending on attendance except committees which
need more. At delegation, each Committee shall confer and select two
persons to serve as their first Facilitator and Secretary and shall then
inform the People’s Assembly.

 To hone and share skills, each standing committee shall rotate the tasks of
the Facilitator and the Secretary every three months.

 Each Committee shall update the People’s General Assembly mailing list
at least every three months on their work. These update shall be due
every March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 each year.

STANDING COMMITTEES

The Finance Committee

The Finance Committee shall raise funds for all WFN projects;

The Finance Committee shall keep account of WFN funds;

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The Finance Committee shall disburse funds as approved by the Networking
Committee;

The Finance Committee shall coordinate fund raising initiatives. For example,
it shall appoint sub-committees as needed;

The Finance Committee shall manage a bank account?? Where? What Kind?
Shall be determined by delegates

Networking Committee

(The Planning Committee)

 The Networking Committee shall designate Liaisons onto all Standing

Committees (after conference) time to be determined by delegates

 To become a member of the Networking Committee, (a) a delegate shall

come from an organisation that has signed this Agenda Contract, and (b)
an individual must be an active member of the Planning Committee who
has signed the Agenda Contract, or (c) who has been delegated by the
General Assembly to replace a departing non-delegate and has signed this
Agenda Contract;

 The Networking Committee shall comprise (a) one delegate from each
such organisation and (b) at least six active non-delegates of the Planning
Committee or their replacements, each replacement named by the leaving
member. When the Networking Committee cannot reach a consensus,
every member shall vote, except that there shall be only one vote per
organisation.

 Delegates from organisations shall also serve as liaisons, and in that

capacity, they shall report the Networking Committee’s discussions to
their organisations and report their organisation’s position to the
Networking Committee. Through this role, the Networking Committee
and represented organisations shall update each other continuously;

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  The Networking Committee shall assist other cities to host annual Way
Forward Conferences like the first one held in London from September
29th to October 1st 2007 and present in the Hague February 9th 11th 2008.

 The Networking Committee shall decide the project to be funded and

authorise the finance Committee to release the funds. However, the
projects and their priorities will have been authorised by the General
Assembly, except for unpredictable ones. Thus applications for funds
shall be made to the Networking Committee by organisations, other
Committees or Sub-Committees. (The General Assembly identifies WF
tasks; organisations or individuals submit contracts to the Networking
Committee).

 The Networking Committee shall store records of projects funded,

including evaluation reports, receipts, etc.

 Applications for funding shall be written and shall include a budget with
bench marks to measure success or progress of the project. Each
application shall describe (a) the background of the project, (b) its
relation to the Way Forward and (c) a time frame for completing it.

 When an organisation requests funding, it shall indicate the amount it has

already raised for the project. After receiving the written application, the
Networking Committee shall assign one of its members to serve as a
Sponsor for the project. The Sponsor shall make contact with the
organisation and learn/understand the feasibility of the project. The
Sponsor will then file a feasibility report to the Committee which will
decide by consensus if the project should be funded. If the decision is to
fund the project, the Secretary of the Networking Committee shall send
the approved application to the Finance Committee which will then
disburse the funds.

 The group or Committee shall present a written evaluation report at the

end of the project and submit it to the Finance Committee with receipts.

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Diplomacy Committee

Diplomacy& International relations Committee – International relations

describes a broad frame that includes foreign organisations and political
groups, while “Diplomacy” is a word that tends to be used mostly in
Governments circles. But our focus is networking/building relationships with
groups, organisations, political parties.

The International Relations Committee shall forge relationships, directly or

indirectly between us and WFN.

DUTIES: Diplomacy/Foreign Relations

 Foreign Governments

 Other institutions, Organisations, Groups: UN, OAU, UNPO, Human

Rights Organisations, Students, Cultural Groups, et al.

Press & Communication Committee

 This Committee shall word and phrase documents, especially press

releases, so that they achieve specific objectives of the WFN;

 The Communications Committee shall publish a monthly newsletter and

an online audio and video news blast (news reel).

 The Communications Committee shall handle relations with the press,

issuing press releases, delegating members to talk to the press (after
thoroughly preparing them in committee), etc;

 The Communications Committee shall delegate an Outreach Sub-

Committee. Its tasks shall be to (a) mobilise both our public and the
international public to become involve in our independence
project/struggle (aggressively distribute media Content produced by the
Communications Committee), (b) move us into events likely to expose
our cause to groups and organisations interested in the global social
justice movement.

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Plan “B” Committee

 movements of these colonisers;

 Ground preparation

 Form alliances

 Seek external partners

 Action “B”

 Oath

 Surveillance

 Sustain pressure on the coloniser.

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 THE WAY FORWARD
AGNEDA
1. For the Conference, the Planning Committee shall designate
Timekeepers, Scribes, and Facilitators;

2. The Conference Host shall introduce the Facilitator, Timekeeper and

Scribe;

3. Facilitators shall introduce the structure and discussion process to be

used. For example, how participants are introduces: each rises and
announces his/her name, city, country and organisation, if affiliated;

4. Participants shall speak only when recognised by the Facilitator, and

only one at a time.

TIME ACTIVITY

SATURDAY February 09TH 2008: REGISTRATION

18:00 – 21:00 Registration Desk opens: participants register, pick up

name badges and sign the Agenda Contract.
21:15 Reception supper

SUNDAY 10TH February 2008: OPENING SESSION

8:00 – 9:00 BREAKFAST

09:15 – 10:00 Registration Desk opens: participants continue to
register, pick up name badges and sign the Agenda
Contract.
10:05 – 11:15 Introduction of participants

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break

Meeting of committees
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 11:20 – 13:20 Presentations:

Organisations and individuals shall email courtesy

copies of their Way Forward contributions to the Way
Forward Planning Committee before Saturday 09th
February 2008 to reduce misunderstandings.

The Planning Committee would like every Way

Forward to receive the best possible attention from the
People’s General Assembly. Therefore, the Planning
Committee recommends that after naming the problem
and briefly explaining what caused the problem, you:

a) State clearly the Way Forward you are

proposing or recommending to the People’s
General Assembly;

b) Summarise completely but briefly (and then

concede) any worthy concerns or objections
that others have raised against your proposed
Way Forward;

c) Summarise completely but briefly (and then

correct or clarify) concerns or objectives that
others have raised against your proposed Way
Forward;

d) State clearly any other advantages or benefits

of your proposed Way Forward which you
have not discussed in (b) and (c) directly
above;

e) After the presentation, five minutes will be

available strictly for clarification questions:
this is to allow everyone in the audience to
understand your proposal.

Then participants will discuss the Way Forward just

presented through questions, comments, etc. Ten
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 16:25 17:00 Participants Evaluate the Conference:

• What was good about the Conference?

• What do you suggest that we do differently next

time?

• What did you expect this Conference to do?

• How many of your expectations did the

Conference meet?

• What part of the Conference did you like the

most?

• What did you like the least?

• What succeeded at the Conference? Why?

• What could have been included?

• What should have been left out?

• What do you suggest for future events?

VIDEO SCREENING

Screening: documentary on the struggle of the students

of the University of Buea from the website of the IG
and or the Life of a Refugee “We must Win” by Cho
Lucas Ayaba and others if available

EVALUTION REPORT
Participants reassemble to Evaluate Conference
(Reports):

What was good about this Conference?

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 What do you suggest that we do different next
Conference?

• What did you expect this Conference to do?

• How many of your expectations did the

Conference meet?

• What part of the Conference did you like the

most?

• What did you like the least?

• What succeeded at the Conference? Why?

• What could have been included?

• What should have been left out?

• What do you suggest for the next Conference?

MONDAY 11TH February 2008: PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION

8:00 – 10:00 Breakfast

10.00 – 14:30 Peaceful Demonstration from The Hague Central Train
Station to the British Embassy
16:45 Sight seeing, refreshment and departure of Delegates

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THE WAY FORWARD
SIGNATURE PAGE
NAME ORGANISATION SIGNATURE DATE

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 NAME ORGANISATION SIGNATURE DATE

NAME ORGANISATION SIGNATURE DATE

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