OVERSEAS THINK TANK FOR INDONESIA
By Beni Bevly
The OverseasThinkTankforIndonesia.com (OTTI) is founded with a mission to to analyze and synthesize problems in Indonesia intellectually and to deliver the results to the government and the public of Indonesia with purpose of providing some answers that would develop Indonesia. However this very new blog is just a tiny starting point and still far away from what to be expected.
Despite it’s still far from expected, OTTI has been chosen as one of the sources on the www.worldwidirectory.com with 2 and 5 star category, side by side with The Official Site by Indonesia Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Many of the sources have no stars and only a few of them were awarded star/stars. Looking at its traffic which ranks 73,137 at www.alexa.com by the time this article was posted, worldwidirectory.com has significant role in providing worldwide information. It means, hopefully, OTTI soon will get recognized by more parties.
The other good news is that one of the OTTI’s articles, Deliver Us from Evil was archived by www.bishop-accountability.org, a non-profit corporation based in Massachusetts, USA. This non-profit organization is making an effort to archive comprehensive documents in order to hold the bishops accountable for bringing abusers into the priesthood and for transferring known abusers into unsuspecting parishes. Hopefully, this article will take part in achieving their noble goal.
It obvious, slowly but sure, OTTI has moved to the right direction in achieving its giant mission.
Last but not least, I welcome and invite people who have the passion in developing Indonesia to join OTTI as a volunteer columnist. Feel free to contact Beni Bevly at benibevly@prodigy.net.
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*Beni Bevly holds BA in Political Science, MBA in Marketing, and is a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) candidate. He is the founder of Overseas Think Tank for Indonesia.
awesome bro, keep on moving, great.
AdhiRock
9 Jul 07 at 4:23 pm
Thanks to make a place for discussion with the interisting Isues
yeny
9 Jul 07 at 9:48 pm
Adhi and Yeny, thank you for your encouraging words. I really want to make this site as “ours” not only “mine”. So, if there is any suggestion, like what topic you want to discuss or write, I will try my best to meet that suggestion. Email me or simply tell me through this comment form.
Beni Bevly
10 Jul 07 at 8:56 am
Globalisasi kayaknya topik yang bagus tu bro… ekonomi pasar bebas… it just suggestion.
Thanks a LoT
AdhiRock
11 Jul 07 at 4:25 am
Thank you for your suggestion Adhi. I will do a little bit research.
Beni Bevly
12 Jul 07 at 12:00 pm
Ide yang sangat bagus. Melihat masalah yang tumpang tindih di Indonesia kadang tidak bisa dibandingkan dengan negara tetangga seperti Malaysia dan Singapore yang begitu pesat keadaan ekonomi dan stabilitas keamanan Namun saya yakin Negara kita akan dapat diperbaiki dan Makmur
Franxbudi
12 Jul 07 at 11:41 pm
Awal saya menemukan dan membaca nama web ini, saya sudah menaruh harapan besar. Dan saya yakin terwujudnya harapan Anda (dan saya) tidak perlu lama ditunggu. Setidaknya bila diukur dari kualitas artikel yang Anda tulis.
Bila perlu lakukan akselerasi dengan mengadakan kontes mengulas topik tertentu. Kesuksesan JfI -blog tetangga- bisa mendulang banyak visitor dalam waktu relatif cepat, sedikit banyak ditunjang dengan kontes berpendapat. Selain tentu saja karena pemilik si pemilik blog, punya kemampuan bertutur di atas rata-rata, sama seperti Anda
Anang, yb
13 Jul 07 at 5:12 am
Beni, I’ve been enjoying your posts since the first time since OTTI was launched (or since I found it the first time). Particularly, I like comparisons you’ve made in your articles. From your articles, I guess we (I) learn that there are so much we as Indonesians can improve, and at the same time there are also many things we should be happy with. Keep it up!
bleu
15 Jul 07 at 3:00 am
Franxbudi, Anang and Bleu, thank you for your nice and positive words.
Franxbudi, I agree with you that our nation can be cured and will be prosperous.
Anang, hmm … opinion contest, good idea. Do you have your idea in detail?
Bleu, I always try my best to make comparison. However, ini social science, it’s hard to find or to have a bench mark where we can use it as a standard and based on that we can easily say which one is wrong and true.
All of you are very reliable intellectually, I know that by reading your blogs. Together, we will be able to contribute something meaningful to our country.
Beni Bevly
16 Jul 07 at 12:19 pm