Dear Friends From CIS-A2K,
I am bringing up a discussion based on few of the concerns expressed on the
other mail thread. I would like to acknowledge on record, the past few
years CIS-A2K has reached out to communities (besides Focussed Language
Area) much more effectively. I may be the first person to say this publicly
but I am sure many more would echo my views here.
Now what concerns me and something CIS-A2K already knows, when the
community has started acknowledging your work much more, CIS-A2K has been
acting as the necessary intervention in times of crisis why transparency is
being not paid its due.
I list some of my questions which everyone is already aware of and would
request a reply. I would request you to not break the bullet and reply each
of them separately. Of course! If you are comfortable.
==Conference==
(a) Did CIS-A2K organize a conference/meetup in Bengaluru this summer?
(b) How were the delegates selected and which communities were invited?
(c) For all those communities who were invited (based on your response
to part b) was an official notification sent via village pump, mailing
list, reaching out to User Group representatives?
(d) Is there a legitimate reason to be non-transparent in the process?
(e) When a former CIS-A2K staff informed you about not maintaining
transparency why was still no heed paid to it (if part d of the question is
NO)?
(f) Can reports, learning patterns etc be shared with the community?
(g) How much funds were involved?
(h) What were the responsibilities of different CIS-A2K staff during the
workshop?
==Reports==
(a) What has been stopping CIS-A2K to share their monthly reports on the
mailing list and their Report Section of Wikimedia Meta?
(b) Can we hear about the reports, shortly?
@Satdeep: I could not find any Meta page but I do find a page which is put
under-construction and this mentions you. Were you a part of this? If Yes,
I am not able to understand, the entire argument you had posted yesterday
about reporting guidelines and transparency.
Only If, You Were A Party to This.
To Everyone, I understand I may be playing the devil’s role here. Some of
my close aides have already advised me to stay back since I am damaging my
personal reputation.
My argument is simple if my personal image promotes inclusiveness and
transparency. I will be happy to remain a soldier fighting.
Abhinav