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<p>Dear Council, Manja and Carolin,</p>
<p>this has just arrived, do you know anything about this
"movements" (<font color="#000000">La Smala)</font> in our
network?<br>
<font color="#000000"><span>comment of Brigitta: "Erasmus-funded
events to take place at La Smala under the name of GEN-Europe"
- is there anything against it?<br>
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<p>I haven't spoken nor heard of them, is this a question for GEN
Suisse od GEN Europe? Do we have (discussed) a leadership on "the
French GEN Suisse" in GEN Europe, is this community still a
(paying) member?<br>
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<p>Curious about answers<br>
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All the best<br>
Stefanie<br>
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<td>Brigitta Spälti <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org"><brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org></a></td>
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<div>Liebe Stefanie</div>
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<div>Könntest Du bitte die unten stehende E-Mail an den gesamten
GEN-Europe council senden?</div>
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<div>Ich hatte nicht die richtigen Mailadressen von den anderen.</div>
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<div>Vielen Dank und liebe Grüsse</div>
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<div>Brigitta</div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff">Brigitta Spälti</font></div>
<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Representative to the United
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<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Ambassador of GEN</font></i></div>
<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Ambassador of REDES</font></i></div>
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href="http://www.redes-ecovillages.org"
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<div class="gmail_attr"> <b> Urgent concerns about an
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<div><font color="#000000"><span>Dear council
members of GEN-Europe<br>
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</span>We have heard that La Smala, is known
to GEN Europe as the leader of the
French-speaking GEN-Network of Switzerland.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"> First of all, this
suprises us, because there has never been any
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<div><font color="#000000"> from GEN-Suisse with La
Smala to take this responsability and target.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Various adverse
information have come towards GEN-Suisse
concerning La Smala. And GEN-Suisse at its own
has had various negative experiences with La
Smala aswell.<span><br>
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It is also the case that La Smala left the
GEN-Suisse network about 5 years ago. The
fact that it presents itself as "Ecovillages
Romandie" <i>(French part of Switzerland)</i>
is not done in agreement with GEN-Suisse.<br>
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We visited la Smala a year ago and explained
what steps it would need to take to become
part of GEN-Suisse. Since then we have not
heard back from them. During the visit at
their place, we got doubts whether they meet
the democratic requirements of an
ecovillage, for example in decision-making.
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<div><font color="#000000"><span>Former members of
La Smala reported authoritarian and
manipulative behaviour on the part of the
management, and some have not fully
recovered the money invested <i>(despite
prior agreement).</i><br>
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For all these reasons, we feel it is
worrying for Erasmus-funded events to take
place at La Smala under the name of
GEN-Europe.<br>
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<div><font color="#000000"> As GEN-Suisse, the official
Swiss network of ecovillages and eco- </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"> communities in Switzerland
since 2011, we do not accept La Smala as leader</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"> of the French-speaking </font><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">ecovillages of Switzerland,
due to above mentionned</span></div>
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If you have any further questions, please do
not hesitate to contact us:<br>
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<div>Brigitta (International Circle of GEN
Suisse): <a
href="mailto:brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org</a> or</div>
<div>Christophe (Regio Latina, Romandie &
Ticino): <a
href="mailto:christophe.kaufmann@hin.ch"
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Kind regards and greetings</div>
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Ecovillage Network</font></b>
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<div><font color="#0000ff">Brigitta Spälti </font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff"><i>Coordination-Circle of
GEN-Suisse</i></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff"><i>Circle International of
GEN-Suisse</i></font></div>
<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Representative to the
United Nations</font></i></div>
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<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Ambassador of GEN</font></i></div>
<div><i><font color="#0000ff">Ambassador of REDES</font></i></div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff"><a
href="mailto:brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">brigitta.spaelti@ecovillage.org</a></font></div>
<div><u><font color="#0b5394"><a
href="http://www.gen-suisse.ch"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.gen-suisse.ch</a></font></u></div>
<div><a href="http://www.ecovillage.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.ecovillage.org</a><br>
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<div><font color="#0000ff"><a
href="http://www.redes-ecovillages.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.redes-ecovillages.org</a></font></div>
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