Hi Gerard,

"/ It takes a full time effort of very dedicated people."

I understand two points from this: 1. Either you say that the volunteer community here is not dedicated?? 2. Or either the paid community is not dedicated.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm, that's because you are going off-topic.

Regards,

Karthik Nadar.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:

Ravi,
When I observe the activities of the Dutch chapter I find that they take up things that volunteers are not able to. They are things that are often complex and take a large network. What the Dutch chapter does for GLAM is much more than reaching out to individual GLAM institutions. It takes a full time effort of very dedicated people.

Your assumption that it is about building a better Wikipedia indicates to me how limited your notion is about what it takes to "share in the sum of all knowledge".

I do not know CIS enough to categorically state that they are in the same league. What I have seen is however encouraging. What I do know and I said it before, the challenges to bring the sum of all knowledge to India is overwhelming. The biggest challenge apparently is people.

Thanks,
GerardM

On 30 April 2014 10:02, Ravishankar <ravidreams@gmail.com> wrote:

Vishnu,

Volunteers come and volunteers go. That is the nature of the movement.

Do you propose to build a better Wikipedia with paid staff?

Please try.

Ravi

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