Dear Anirudh &amp; Shiju,<br><br>I would strongly dispose this as NOT the official position of the chapter. <br><br>I have a different opinion but again I won&#39;t attribute to the chapter. What I say below is my personal opinion.  <br>

<br>Just because someone decides to work full time ( and paid too) doesn&#39;t mean it ceases to do anything as a volunteer.  <br><br>If someone is not able to spend the same extent of time to the movement as a volunteer, there is their own problem. Nobody is going to ask anyone why you are not doing your job as a volunteer.  I have a high pressured day job to keep and family &amp; friends to take care, and I do my volunteer work with the limited time , it is my choice. If I decide to work as full time as a paid staff ( for the same movement), I don&#39;t need advise from someone else to tell me what I should be doing as a volunteer and what I should not !<br>

<br>On a very hypothetical case, if you were working on a legal position for WMF India, would you like someone to define that what your volunteer work should be ?<br><br>As I clearly explained earlier, many a times, due to nature of our involvement with the movement, it is practically separate whether  we does something as a volunteer, chapter member or chapter board member or even foundation staff. <br>

<br>Pranav and Pradeep were working on a Foundation paid Fellowship for an event like WikiConference that was supported by Community and conducted on the banner of the Wikimedia India Chapter. Both are chapter members and leaders ( as well as community members). Where does the work for the Conference end as a Foundation full time Fellow end and where does it start as community or chapter member?  <br>

<br>Everyone is encouraged to volunteer for the chapter , regardless of what his or her day job is. There is nothing that prevents even a foundation staff or contractor even being the board member of the chapter , less alone any volunteer or member.  There are several Wikimedia chapters in the world who has paid and full time staff working for them. The Secretary ( volunteer) of the Dutch chapter is also a Foundation Full time Contractor.  <br>

<br>Hope that clarifies <br><br>-TC  <br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:anirudhsbh@gmail.com">anirudhsbh@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Shiju Alex <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:shijualexonline@gmail.com" target="_blank">shijualexonline@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

I am replying to this mail as a <b>Malayalam wikimedia community member</b>.<br><br><br><div><div><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">

Fact:  Subhashish, <b>former volunteer</b>, and now paid consultant with India Programs.<br>

</blockquote><br></div>What do you mean by this? I Shiju Alex is a Indic language wikipedian now close to 6 years. According to Mr. Anirudh (an EC member of India chapter) I am a former 
volunteer. is this is the official position of wikimedia India chapter? As a community member I require an explanation for this. <br><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Shiju, you and Subhashish have been volunteers but now you are paid contractors hired by the Foundation.  Any work you do within the purview of your contractual relationship with the Foundation will be work as a paid contractor and cannot be deemed to be the same as a volunteer. You can continue being volunteers once your contractual assignment is complete.  Is that so difficult to understand?</div>



<div><br></div><div>The difference is this: I am an unpaid volunteer who cannot expend the same amount of time and energy towards our projects as you are currently able to.</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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