On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig
<mail@hpnadig.net> wrote:
discussion running up to these changes. My specific concern is how the
Chapter would evolve going ahead from here, and given that CIS has
helped the Chapter activities in the past, what role CIS plans to play
in strengthening the Chapter - whether there would be efforts to
strengthen the organization or such.
Please don't worry on that count. CIS will
maintain status quo w.r.t. to Chapter relationships. Whatever
facilities/services are currently being provided to Chapter and have
been provided to the Chapter in the past - will continue to be provided
from CIS's core-funding. These services will continue beyond the 22
month period of this grant and for as long as we are around.
As I said in my first message to the
list - CIS is very committed to increasing the accountability and
transparency of this particular grant and also the organisation as a
whole. For example - to control travel related costs - CIS could
publicly disclose the list of hotels in each city that are affordable at
our per diem rates - these hotels will be used by all staffers
including the A2K team. For greater transparency around staff travel -
we could provide demand-based access to the staff calendar including the
A2K team. In other words, if you wanted to know what I or any member of
the A2K team was doing or will be doing on a particular date - you
could email our publication's manager and he would tell you. Hopefully
measures such as these will increase the bang you are getting for your
buck. I hope you will also point out other areas where we could make
improvements as CIS.
Best wishes,
Sunil