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(a)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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