The composition of the proposed UNITED ULAA National Administration as discussed is as follows: Anthony V. Kesselly, National President; Dr. Mariah Y. Seton, National Executive Vice President; Abraham G. Massaley, National Secretary General; James Tamba, National Treasurer; Margaret Jones, Vice President, Eastern Region; J. Siaka Konneh, Vice President, Western Region; Kla Wilson, Vice President, Northern Region and Robert Gledegbem Garguah, Sr., Vice President, Southern Region. We further agreed to report back to our respective constituencies about the composition and structure of the proposed UNITED ULAA National Administration, emanating from your proposal.

Mr. Ambassador, whether we currently control “greater ULAA” or “smaller ULAA”, our respective constituencies have been presented a painful compromise in order to make ULAA whole again. I must admit that no matter which constituency in ULAA one belongs to, this proposed compromise is a bitter pill to swallow. You may recall at the mediation meeting, I swiftly announced the withdrawal of my name to serve as Secretary General under your proposal but later had to reconsider if this is what is personally required of me to see ULAA whole again.

Since our return from Washington DC, I have had extensive consultations within my constituency regarding the proposal and the composition of the leadership structure as discussed by the participants.  As a result of these consultations, I am pleased to inform you that our constituency has accepted without any precondition your proposal as well as the structure and composition of the proposed UNITED ULAA National Administration. This has been one of the most difficult concessions to make but the greater good supercedes our individual considerations and interest.  Hence, we wish to assure you of our total commitment to do our part in ending this current conflict within the framework that has been provided.

At the mediation meeting, we, the participants also unanimously agreed that the ULAA Board of Directors as constituted as of September 30, 2008 and leaders of ULAA Chapters as well as other key players would meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 14, 2009, for you to formally present the proposal about the UNITED ULAA National Administration, for acceptance by the Board and chapter leaders.  In consideration thereof, I wish to further assure you that we will attend the March 14, 2009 meeting if there is still a need for such a meeting.

Personally, I am hopeful that this mediation effort will provide an opportunity for us to re-build friendships and relationships that have been broken in the current ULAA conflict. The proposed UNITED ULAA National administration  offers  uncommon opportunity to disabuse the minds of others who hold misconceptions that some of us harbor hatred, grudge and personal ill-wills against some of our colleagues to the extend that we will do anything to undermine their chances of playing leadership roles among us or from succeeding. I see this as another opportunity for us to faithfully work together in the best interest of our community thereby dismissing the unnecessary mischaracterization, misinformation and misrepresentation of some of us. Hopefully, we will seek to understand why and what others do instead of being judgmental, and we will re-consider the harsh judgments we make of others when we have disagreements. More importantly, I am hopeful that we will learn not to be stubborn in the face of correction. 

Unfortunately, we have become too disposed to forming subjective views of others and engaging in personality clashes whenever issues are raised among us instead of focusing on objective approaches to resolving disagreements. There is no doubt in my mind that open dialogue and fair competition is the way forward for us as a people.  Consequently, there we will competing interests and divergent views which, in my mind, should always be prudently synchronized to determine what is in our collective interest instead of personalizing issues. 

Lastly, Mr. Ambassador, your proposal provides a unique opportunity for a community of Liberians to come out of a conflict situation and truly work together for the betterment of their community and people. The burden is now imposed on us whether we control “greater ULAA” or “smaller ULAA” to make compromise through mutual concession and acceptance not out of strength or weakness and not out of who is right or wrong but out of genuine desire to see peace in ULAA and to make this union whole again. Hence, we must now transcend the events in Silver Spring, Maryland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and appreciate the sober fact that the division in our union must cease.  I pray that we will be of good examples in order to serve as inspiration and model for the larger Liberian society.
With sentiments of high esteem, I remain.

Sincerely Yours,

Abraham G. Massaley