Ravi,
Going by what Asaf disclosed to me on an email off the list, the event was
organized on these dates despite the knowledge of this major festival.
I fail to see why it was done so in such hurried manner, whatever is the
reasoning with respect to WMF travel schedule.
Further, I was told that the dates were based on the communication from the
EC (prior to the resignations). So, I checked with the former EC members
who helped in communicating the possible dates and I was told that they
were requested to choose between either the last week of September or the
first week of October. They chose the latter as Sunil (of CIS) wasn't
available for the former. There actually weren't other options based on
what I'm being informed.
I just don't understand why it is being pushed hastily like this. If it
really is a "Community Consultation" and stands to be as important as it is
made out to be, is it not fair to give it some time to get the required
fair participation?
Does this need to be done on a festival weekend when most community members
will not be able to participate?
My repeated requests for more transparency into all this by also making the
conversations streamed online or making it available for others to
participate isn't being heard at all, which is quite disappointing.
My earlier comments on the whole exercise is here if anyone wishes to read
it:
http://bit.ly/Z4KnLL
Cheers,
On 19 September 2014 20:34, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
We are just realizing that October 4th and 5th coincide with a festive
long week end. So, some members who have been earlier nominated and invited
by WMF are unable to attend the event.
However, all communities are welcome to recommend nominations replacing
these invitees.
Please nominate new names or recommend who is next in order to replace the
absent attendees
Doing this in your community Village pump will make it easy to make a
quick decision.
Also, for people who are near Bangalore or prefer to travel by rail /
road, WMF will be glad to reimburse the cost if you can arrange the travel
yourself.
We don't have much time left. Best to do this before Saturday morning (in
Indian time).
Thanks,
Ravi
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