Immigration and multicultural community in Oulu

I have just been informed by Ildikó of the next meeting on the Regional Policy Plan Development. The subject is Immigration and multicultural community in Oulu and it is going to be held in English, so you can follow it even if you do not understand Finnish.

As my daughter and granddaughter will leave for England that evening at 16:30, it is a meeting that I will not be able to attend.

May I suggest we hammer out a common viewpoint at the next CHAFF meeting which will NOT be on Sunday, as usual, but will take place on MONDAY 17th April 2006 at 15:00 hours at the Thai Pailin Restaurant, Kenttätie 9, Kasarmi Area.

(Daughter Susanna and granddaughter Asha will attend the CHAFF meeting. I am also expecting Siddarth and 3 Polish friends to arrive in time for the meeting from their trip to the Nordcap.)

This is a very important subject and instead of everyone going in with different viewpoints, maybe the appointment of a spokesperson who puts together a powerful and coherent point of view will get better attention than a series of uncordinated opinions and presentations.

Here is Ildikó's email invitation in both English and Finnish.

Hello all,

Thank you for having been around at the first meeting. Now I am happy to invite you to the next meeting, where Ilpo Tapaninen from the Regional Council will be around again and the meeting's topic will be "Immigration and multicultural community in Oulu". The meeting will be held in English, and I will help with interpreting should there need be. As SINNI's meeting room will be occupied at that time, I will let you know in time where we will congregate.

Date and time: Thursday, 20.4., 15.00


Please try to come, as now we will really be able to tackle and discuss the problems of employment, language and integration etc. and make direct claims and suggestions to really try and influence policy in the region.

So see you next week! Have a nice Easter holiday!

Ildikó

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Hei kaikki,

kiitos läsnäolostasi ensimmäisessa tapamisessa. Nyt olen iloinen että saan kutsua sinut seuraavaan tapaamiseen, mihin Ilpo Tapaninen Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Liitosta tulee myös. Tapaamisen aihe on "Maahanmuutto ja monikulttuurinen yhteisö Oulussa". Tapaamista pidetään englannin kielessä ja minä autan kääntämisen kanssa tarvittaessa. Koska SINNIn neuvottelutilat ovat silloin muussa käytössä, ilmoitan teille paikan ajoissa ennen torstaita.

Päivämäärä ja aika: Torstai, 20.4., klo 15.00


Yritä mahdollisuutesi mukaan tulla tapamiseen, koska nyt meillä on todella tilaisuus keskustella ja tarttua ongelmiin kuten työllisyys, kieli, integraation yms. ja tehdä suoria vaatimuksia ja ehdotuksia että pystytään todella vaikuttaa maakunnan politiikkaan.

Tavataan ensi viikolla! Hyvää pääsiäisjuhlaa!

Ildikó

Welcome to the next CHAFF Meeting.