Picture it: Ralph Fonseca, Mark Espat, Godfrey Smith, John Briceno, Vildo Marin
and all other Cabinet members wearing shorts and tank tops, lathered in sun-block,
some in sombreros, all holding hands on a wind-swept beachfront and singing
"kumbaya" as waves gently lap, and palm trees sway in the background.
Sounds outlandish, but that's the image that comes to mind with today's news
that Cabinet is going on a one week retreat at Caye Chapel.
The weekly government brief states that from October second to the eighth,
Cabinet will gather on the private island to take stock and pave the way forward.
And to get in the mood for massive change, they will be regaled by an internationally
renowned motivational speaker Tony Quinn.
Quinn is the high-priced lifestyle guru for Belize Natural Energy directors
Susan Morrice and Sheila McCaffrey. Touted in international media reports as
his star students, they credit him with giving them the resolve that led to
the first commercial oil discovery in Belize. His educo institute "mind
power seminars" are typically held in two week sessions in the Bahamas
and can reportedly cost as much as US$23,000.
But of course, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat is one thing and finding
oil is another. But that aside, Quinn's teachings are centered around the belief
that his students can will things to happen by believing in them strongly enough.
Now presumably, the 60-year-old Irishman will use his mind technology mantras
to bring together a cabinet riven by rivalry and rancor.
According to today's Cabinet brief, they will formulate what is called Belize's
first long-term strategic development framework: the grandly titled: vision
2025.
The trip is for seven days and six nights and it'll be interesting to hear,
who gets to room with whom.
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