In keeping with this spirit :) and the difficulty of distinguishing between all these roles, I propose a simple purity test:
Are you a paid employee of the foundation or a paid contractor? (-25) Have you ever been a paid employee or contractor? (-15) Did you resign/stop? (+5) Did you resign/stop in disgust? (+25) Are you on the board of the foundation? (-200) Did you ever serve on the board of the foundation? (-100) Are you on the advisory board of the foundation? (what's that?) Have you ever met a current or former foundation board member or staff member? (-25) Did you decontaminate yourself in a registered medical facility immediately after this meeting? (+50) Did you talk to this person for more than 30 seconds? (-50) Did you share a meal with this person? (-75) Did you share, er, anything else with this person? (-300) Do you know anyone who has met with a foundation board member or staff member for more than 30 seconds? (-15) Do you know this person well? (-30) Have you ever been helped in your work by a foundation board member or staff member who was a 'former volunteer'? (-100) Have you ever been helped in your work by a foundation board member or staff member who was not a 'former volunteer'? (-200) Do you know anyone who has been helped by a foundation board member or staff member? (-50) Do you know why you're even bothering to read these questions? (+1000)
For convenience's sake, anyone with a score of -100 or below should be branded on the forehead with hot irons for easy identification.
Cheers :)
On Wednesday 07 March 2012 02:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote:
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline@gmail.com mailto:shijualexonline@gmail.com> wrote:
I am replying to this mail as a *Malayalam wikimedia community member*. Fact: Subhashish, *former volunteer*, and now paid consultant with India Programs. 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.
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?
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.
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