Hi -
I was simply stating my observation that the Malayalam community seems to be a great group
doing great work like many in our community. I like the fact that they don't seem to
be locked up in some of the politics/disputes that happen elsewhere in the Wikimedia
community around the world. That's all.
More broadly, I had a terrific visit! I had very productive discussions and learned a lot
with the Malayalam community at their conference. We had a great meetup in Bangalore on
Sunday where we discussed several projects including Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit. I had
a good meeting with Arjuna on Saturday and then Hisham and I had a good lunch with Arjuna
and Arum on moving forward with opportunities for collaboration between the chapter and
India Program. I also had a good day with the India Program team in Delhi on their
current and upcoming work plans. Finally, Hisham and I were invited to meet with the Board
of Trustees of the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore and we had a good
discussion with Sunil Abraham, their Executive Director. Needless to say, I got very
little sleep jumping around the country and am quite exhausted at the moment, but it was
worth the hectic travel.
Many thanks to the ML community for inviting me to Kollam (I'll definitely be back to
see more of Kerala), to those who came to the Bangalore meetup, to CIS, the India Program
team and to Arjuna and Arun for a good discussion (and for buying lunch).
Best,
Barry
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
On Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Arjun Mangol Kanoth wrote:
Whoa, whoa, guys, chill! No names!! The comment was
perfectly normal, nothing hidden directed at anyone, and we need to stop making baseless
assumptions. Man, the word 'politics' is seriously jinxed!.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com
(mailto:anirudhsbh@gmail.com)> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Debanjan
Bandyopadhyay <debastein(a)gmail.com (mailto:debastein@gmail.com)> wrote:
Seriously? I don't mean to be rude here but
I'd really don't think that is the way it was meant to be interpreted. I mean, if
I say Ashwin is kind-hearted, doesn't mean I'm calling every other community
member heartless. My two paise.
For a proper interpretation, you will have to look at the statement in context and some
of the discussion threads from the past few weeks. There is a difference between saying
"Debastein, you are amazing!" and "Debastein, you are not a
wife-beater." The later naturally raises the presumption that you have a wife and
casts doubt as to whether you really beat her? :)
In any case, I would like to hear from Barry on this. Thanks.
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