57 mails to define the effort, for me be it voluntary/paid, effort for a good cause is priceless, and the precious time everyone wasted could have been utilized (not to be considered as a free gyan!) for something constructive rather than this defensing act which will result just nothing, the only thing I enjoyed is Achal's assessment!

The subject says "Community monthly report"; it's not a place to define who has taken the initiative and what is the exact percentage of support foundation/chapter has provided to the community, it's rather a brief note of what has happened in the community engagement activities, foundation/chapter obviously has supported it. But, it's important to access the outcome than to measure how much support in which way was provided by foundation/chapter.

On 7 March 2012 18:18, Tinu Cherian <tinucherian@wikimedia.in> wrote:

Dear Anirudh,

"Also, as long as I am not signing off with my official credentials at the end of the email, I am only expressing personal opinion. "

"We will discuss overlapping roles and notify the community about our decision."
"I referred to "we" as in the Executive Committee of the WMIN.  Please note that I did not express an opinion on the behalf of the EC, I simply said that this will be discussed."

If you are expressing your view as a Chapter Board Member, please state so. ( The rest cannot differentiate when you are replying from your personal id).  I wish you had stated instead "I will discuss this with the rest of the EC or Chapter members".

Having said that, the chapter doesn't impose our decision on the community or the India Programs, Although I personally see Chapter as a subset of the larger community.

Regards
Tinu Cherian




On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:24 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
Theo,

" Err... I have no idea who or what implied that. "

I am referring to your previous full time and paid work for the Wikimedia Foundation 2010-2011
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors#Individuals


" I don't think anyone said anything to that effect so far. "

Look at the similar comments from Anirudh on this thread related to people like Shiju and Subhashish. 


"does that mean all the volunteer work you would have done before/after or during being a full time and paid staff of Foundation cease to have any value ?"

When did I say their work is not valued?  The employees of the WMF do valuable work, they are not volunteers.  Is saying this a devaluation of their work?  Please be careful when attributing claims such as these.  Thanks.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Tinu Cherian <tinucherian@wikimedia.in> wrote:

Dear Anirudh,
Can you elaborate as to what you meant by "we" ?

My statement: "We will discuss overlapping roles and notify the community about our decision."

I referred to "we" as in the Executive Committee of the WMIN.  Please note that I did not express an opinion on the behalf of the EC, I simply said that this will be discussed.


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