On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
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?
You are totally wrong. That is the difference between your involvement
with wikimedia movement and mine. My involvement with wikimedia movement
will be there *even if this job is not there*. So just DO NOT compare
your wikimedia contribution with mine. As a volunteer I will decide which
all projects I need to work. Which means I still continue to contribute to
various wiki projects as a volunteer. I do not want your permission for
that. Who had given you the authority to expel or exclude me from Wikimedia
community?
Let me ask you a basic question. Are you with
wikimedia movement for
helping it or for screwing it up. I was going through the replies and your
wiki contributions over the past few months. What is your intention in
being with Wikimedia movement in India.
Doesn't sound all that good, does it? Coming from *Shiju*, it does spring a
bit of surprise. Is this the ramification of volunteer turning into a
Wikimedia employee or contractor?
I feel that this personal attack was unwarranted, does not serve any good
purpose, and is rude. An apology is due, counting that people employed by
the 'India program trust' hold truly responsible posts.
The question about 'who's done what? or who's doing what?' is very
important in the present scenario as the Wikimedia India Programs trust is
well funded, has full time phenomenally well paid operatives who's primary
focus is supposed to '*Support the community to further Movement objectives*'.
Being rude or evading detailed reports isn't helping this in any way.
And just saying "we supported" isn't going to help either. Explaining the
trust's role in each of the listed activities would surely help people from
this country when they're planning to donate during the next fundraiser as
well. When we get to see announcements doled out to multiple mailing lists
like spam, I don't see why detailed reports should be an hindrance?
I had personally brought up the concerns about the 'India Program Trust' in
an email to foundation-l way back in November:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-November/070419.html
and it is deeply saddening there wasn't even a response to that by Hisham
or his team. Is this how the community is being dealt with?
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