On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 18:40, Noopur <noopur.raval(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think the question regarding outreach is being
framed in a wrong light
here.The problem seriously is not about "what is the point of spending X
hours?". The point is, are we making the most of those hours? Do we as a
community need to improve (dumb things down, use better methods) our
strategies of communication so that we don't waste a lot of our time and
still get results. IMHO, it is way too early to expect 1-2 editors to be
recruited out of all such events because *Wikipedia movement is too
nascent in India to make immediate sense to people. *So, there will be at
least 1-2 years of just conversation before everyone knows that "Wikipedia
can be edited". That is why I strongly believe that we need to keep doing
these sessions.
Noopur,
Care to read my reply once more before misunderstanding? Where have I
questioned the need for outreach on the mail? I specifically mentioned
***(Effectiveness
is totally another thing)** *--> which means I am not even talking about
effectiveness here, even though I have alternate views on outreach. My
sadness was all these things was done for 1 hour slot? Chapter spending
time to sign MoU might take atleast 1 hour for Naveen & Co, atleast 10
people planning/mailing in the run up to the event where we have a 1 hour
slot. Is that worthy? Enlighten me. I also mentioned the amount of time
that was spent last year(again not uttering a word on the effectivity /
need of it). Thanks for your understanding.
--
Regards
Srikanth.L