Dear Mandar and the Pune community,<br><br>I'm writing this email on behalf of Pranav, myself and everyone else in the Mumbai Community. We are really sorry that Pune has pulled out of being co-hosts. In this email, we wanted to apologise for our contribution in your making this decision and acknowledge the effort that the Pune community has put in into this Conference.<br>
<br>We feel bad that the situation has come to this. It is not fair for only one party to take the blame for making such a decision. For all the faults that we may have committed knowingly or unknowingly, “Sorry”.<br><br>
At this point, it will be unfair if we did not acknowledge the role that Pune has played in bringing the Conference to this point. Let me re-assert that the Conference would not have taken off without the help of the Pune community. For everything that you have done, please accept our heartfelt “Thank you”.<br>
<br>We also want to say that we need a lot of help in taking forward the conference and we do hope that the Pune community will be involved in any and every capacity they choose for the conference.<br><br>Warm regards,<br>
Pradeep Mohandas<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2011 17:36, Shekhar Krishnan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shekhar@mit.edu">shekhar@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
In the meeting this Saturday we officially recorded the deep regret of<br>
everyone present at the withdrawal of the Pune community from the<br>
conference organisation.<br>
<br>
What is more regretful is that no explanation was given for this drastic<br>
step, and no open discussion took place on the issues which led to this<br>
split. While the policy questions about the composition of working<br>
groups, and scholarships and hosting for volunteers were resolved, it<br>
seems personal disagreements still linger.<br>
<br>
We are already quite thin on the ground in Mumbai, and need more<br>
volunteers and enthusiasts for the conference to be successful. For<br>
Mumbai's sister city of Pune to secede at this nascent stage in the<br>
formation of the all-India Wikipedia movement is indeed sad.<br>
<br>
At our meeting on Saturday, we discussed these points, and how we can<br>
strengthen the working group by assigning official Points of Contact<br>
(PoC) in every team/committee. For each team there will be a "backup"<br>
PoC if the main PoC cannot attend weekly online meetings, and devote<br>
time to their organisational duties.<br>
<br>
This conference needs all the help it can get. Certain teams<br>
(logistics/venue, technical/IT, party/fun) will benefit from PoCs based<br>
in Mumbai, but all working groups can benefit from participation by<br>
Wikipedians anywhere in India, including Pune.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
S.K.<br>
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On 09/18/2011 05:12 PM, Kundan Amitabh wrote:<br>
> Hi !<br>
><br>
> We regret the withdrawal of Pune community from the organisation of the<br>
> conference and sincerely hope that this will not affect their<br>
> continuing participation in the conference itself.<br>
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> Best Regards.<br>
><br>
> Kundan Amitabh<br>
> Managing Director,<br>
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> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> This to formally communicate to all that Pune wikipedians are<br>
> withdrawing from the co-hosting of the Conference due to the differences<br>
> came in?Mumbai<br>
> and Pune communities and many other unresolved?issues.<br>
><br>
> For your information pls.<br>
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> With Regards,<br>
><br>
> Mandar V. Kulkarni<br>
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