While i don't know much about the specific circumstances, i agree in
general that there are many more ways to make the most of Wikimania and to
contribute than through speaking. One on one meetings and networking will
rarely show up on a programme but are very valuable for affiliates.
Especially when you hope to learn from and collaborate with other
affiliates.
Lodewijk
On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 13:21 Frans Grijzenhout <frans(a)wikimedia.nl> wrote:
Hi Bodhisattewa, Please take into consideration that
Rahul did more than
speaking for a few minutes during the chairs' meeting in Cape Town.
- He prepared a discussion note for this meeting about a sensitive topic.
- Rahul and me had several discussions (per skype and in person) in the
weeks preceding the actual meeting.
- Rahul presented his ideas during the meeting and was actively engaged in
the discussion.
- And in the end he got some home work as well: enhancing his note with
the outcomes of the discussion.
The contribution of Rahul was much appreciated.
Regards, Frans
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2018-07-30 15:51 GMT+02:00 Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com>om>:
Though I’m not sure if it’d be right to take
names here, but this is
probably an opportunity to discuss about:
- if there is a need for consensus when a Wikimedia affiliate provides
support to one person from another affiliate
- if an affiliate provides support if they share it on wiki for
transparency or not
- Wikimania scholarship recipients generally create Learning Patterns and
write reports. These are good practices in general but making it mandatory
for the scholarship recipients brings out a really valuable pool of
knowledge which otherwise might not be the case because of the
post-Wikimania fatigue. There is a need for more clarity if non-Wikimania
participants (individual/affiliate reps) who travel because of support from
another affiliate should also produce the same
- If an affiliate decides to provide support, should they announce
publicly (on regional mailman lists and meta/village pumps) if there is any
conflict. If there was a rationale that the former used to identify certain
individuals, should they share that as well?
I think discussing these above would be useful in general.
Bodhi, didn’t want to steal your thunder but I think some of the general
points (above) can be discussed which in someway would be useful for all
such future supports.
Subhashish
Begin forwarded message:
*From:* Bodhisattwa Mandal <bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>
*Date:* July 27, 2018 at 12:32:20 PM GMT+5:30
*To:* wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Subject:* *[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania tour of Rahul Desmukh*
*Reply-To:* Wikimedia India Community list <
wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi,
WMIN chapter president Rahul Deshmukh attended Wikimania 2018 in Cape
Town without being selected for any type of scholarship. My question is why
was he sent to the conference depriving other community members from India
who were in the waiting list.
He spoke in the informal chairpersons' meetup for few minutes. The
meeting doesn't require president of the organization's presence, and
already there were 2 EC member of WMIN present, who could have attended the
meeting.
To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money.
Thanks,
Bodhisattwa
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