congrats & bon voyage to jan & all from sparks nevada
& please do continue to remember us here at bp too with all your
nonexclusive tripointing news
indeed i was just pleasantly reminded of ibrg a moment ago while
driving thru a town named borderland california
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jan S. Krogh" <jan.krogh@t...>
wrote:
> The International Border Research Group (IBRG) has been founded as
an NGO
> (non-governmental organisation) with the main purpose of organising
border
> area expeditions,studies and information.
>
> The IBRG was founded after several years with Peter Hering's most
successful
> European border expeditions which all was organised by Peter
himself. As the
> expeditions now are heading out of the EU "border-less" area, the
more we
> need to be backed by an organisation.
>
> Among IBRG's members there are several writers, graduates and
others who
> share the interest and wish of making it more popular among the
public.
>
> A separate Yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intborder has
been
> founded in order to help organising this year's Great Baltic Border
> Expedition. Most members have their background and "everyday
belonging" at
> Boundary Point, and wish to continue to stay here. It is in the BP
we have
> our friends and where we wish to discuss the main topics. In the
IBRG we
> will discuss the expedition details. These two groups should
therefore NOT
> be understood as competitors. As a Yahoo group the IBRG could be
seen as a
> kind of subdivision for those of us who like to go expeditions.
From an
> other angle the BP is not an organisation and can e.g. not
represent any
> group members officially.
>
> At the moment the IBRG has 11 members (carrying 10 countries'
passports!) -
> who all are GBBE participants. After some discussions it was
decided we only
> after ending the GBBE, which means from about 1 August 2003, will
open for
> further members. We want to thank those of you who already have
requested an
> IBRG/Intborder membership for the interest, but hope you understand
our need
> to meet, discuss and agree our fresh organisation's future plans
before we
> start growing bigger. We hope to see you again in August!
>
> Anyway the IBRG Intborder Group links are public for everybody who
are
> interested. We will of course continue to keep our BP friends
informed about
> what we are doing.
>
> On behalf of the IBRG
> Jan S. Krogh
>
>
>
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