Why can't we work together? Please explain and discuss.
Best,
Shekhar
On 09/19/2011 10:18 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
Thank you Pradeep for the sentiments. It is indeed sad
that we could not
work together but our mutual respect continues and indeed we continue to
support the WikiConference. Individual members of the Pune community
continue to work in their individual capacities. We are confident that
with effort of Mumbai community supported by all Indian Wikimedians
including friends from abroad, the Conference will be a great success.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
<pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com <mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dear Mandar and the Pune community,
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.
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”.
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”.
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.
Warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas
On 19 September 2011 17:36, Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar(a)mit.edu
<mailto:shekhar@mit.edu>> wrote:
In the meeting this Saturday we officially recorded the deep
regret of
everyone present at the withdrawal of the Pune community from the
conference organisation.
What is more regretful is that no explanation was given for this
drastic
step, and no open discussion took place on the issues which led
to this
split. While the policy questions about the composition of working
groups, and scholarships and hosting for volunteers were
resolved, it
seems personal disagreements still linger.
We are already quite thin on the ground in Mumbai, and need more
volunteers and enthusiasts for the conference to be successful. For
Mumbai's sister city of Pune to secede at this nascent stage in the
formation of the all-India Wikipedia movement is indeed sad.
At our meeting on Saturday, we discussed these points, and how
we can
strengthen the working group by assigning official Points of Contact
(PoC) in every team/committee. For each team there will be a
"backup"
PoC if the main PoC cannot attend weekly online meetings, and devote
time to their organisational duties.
This conference needs all the help it can get. Certain teams
(logistics/venue, technical/IT, party/fun) will benefit from
PoCs based
in Mumbai, but all working groups can benefit from participation by
Wikipedians anywhere in India, including Pune.
S.K.
On 09/18/2011 05:12 PM, Kundan Amitabh wrote:
Hi !
We regret the withdrawal of Pune community from the
organisation of the
conference and sincerely hope that this will not
affect their
continuing participation in the conference itself.
Best Regards.
Kundan Amitabh
Managing Director,
Ang India Technologies,
www.angindia.co <http://www.angindia.co>
<http://www.angindia.co/>
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