Algeria Watch International P.O.Box 27423 West Allis, WI. 53227, USA Tel: (610) 635-0810 AWI email: awi@afn.org URL: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch April 29, 1998 Dear AWI members: The following is a highlight of AWI actions since last Wednesday. 1. STATEMENTS AWI issued no public statement this week. You may view all AWI public statements and action calls at: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch/PublicStatements.html 2. TASKS a. Open GFO position: The GFO position is still open. AWI members who feel the need to be more actively involved in the direction of AWI are encouraged to apply for the position. For a detailed description of what the GFO position entails, please visit: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch/GFOTasksL.html 3. WEB a. Pages added The main AWI page has undergone further development. Feedback from members is encouraged, as always. 4. OUTREACH a. Distributing flyer In our continuing effort to make people aware of AWI's existence, we continue to ask that each and every one of you to help us advertise AWI. Attached to this file is a simple flyer in word format. Please print and distribute around you. b. Multilingual flyer We have collected the following language versions of the AWI mission statement: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Turkish, and Serbo-Croatian. Our repeated calls to out compatriotes for an Arabic version and an Imazighen version have yielded no reply. c. AWI Polling AWI has begun conducting polls on various aspects of the Algerian crisis. We invite you to help us make this new AWI activity a success by at least participating -- i.e., casting your vote at: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch/AWIPolls.html If you have a particular question you would like to submit to a poll, please feel free to contact us. d. AWI Conferencing AWI has also begun sponsoring AWI cyberconferences. This forum will hopefully enable people to exchange their views in a setting where the aim is not to engage in polemics, but in advancing our collective understanding of the situation in Algeria and in putting on the table new ideas. You may join AWI conferencing at: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch/AWIConferences.html 5. MEMBERSHIP An updated page of members may be found at: https://members.tripod.com/~AlgeriaWatch/AWIMembersList.html We are missing some e-mail addresses beside members, and some member names beside email addresses. Please consult the page and let us know. 6. MEMBER SUGGESTIONS: The members suggestions are recorded in: https://members.tripod.com/~AWI_GM/AWISuggestions.html 7. OTHER a. Fund Raising: AWI's calls for members to contribute a few dollars for the AWI cause remain unheaded. AWI's next newsletter is scheduled for the end of June. AWI's directors will not be able to shoulder the burden of its publication by themselves once more. We ask you again to contribute whatever small amount you can afford. * Abdenour Achab General Manager