Referring to Rachel`s reply, I had no intention of suggesting that women 
were more power-hungry or bickered more than men. On the contrary,
I just am naive enough to still believe that women who are skilled at 
multi-tasking, of smoothing over conflicts within the family, would be more 
flexible in organizational work.  Maybe it`s a question of organizations 
growing so fast that people do not feel any personal responsibility. In the 
first years of the ICEC we were one happy family, maybe because we had an 
enormous challenge in front of us.  Our committee meetings and conferences 
were like parties and it was fantastic to see so many different ethnic 
groups and religious dominations greeting each other with respect and 
cordiality.  But perhaps if we had not grown to the point that nobody is 
prepared to commit themselves to take positions of responsibility, we would 
not have been so effective in the birth-place.
May we all live in peace.
Wendy Blumfield 

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