Dear Satdeep, Soni,
it is extremely agonizing and disappointing that a number of active
wikimedians from Malayalam Community have been avoided even after their
willing to be constrained to remain within the scholarship funds and
accommodating more community members without disrupting the overall
scholarship selection process. :( It is quite surprising that the WCI
organizers simply sidelined a generous step by the scholarship winners from
Malayalam community by being ready to surrender their privilege of a two
way flight journey and instead take a cheap second sleeper class train so
that the overall costs would be still within the allowable estimate. We are
further aggrieved that even in the second round selection process (after
the dead line for response on 14th of this month) no more person from
ml.wiki seems to have been selected.
Even with such prevailing scenario, we are willing to abide by your
restrictions. However, we accept your offer regarding the possibility of
participating in the conference even by those who were denied scholarships
if they could submit befitting presentations, papers or panel discussions.
In addition to those already eligible for the scholarships, eight more
people from our community will submit their presentations. They are also
ready to attend WCI along with our eligible team and meet their traveling
expense separately without a scholarship from the WCI funds.
Our community en masse is now gathering together to assist these extra
members by contributing funds to this cause through their own humble
offerings and ensure that we would still be participating as a whole
delegation of the community. You may recall that Malayalam community’s
strength has been always vested upon our unity and quest for consensus. We
would rather not compromise that for anything else no matter how important
or eventful.
Hence, our sincere request to you now is that, you may make provisions for
their free accommodation, registration and food expenses and comply the
earlier offers regarding that aspect. You may also give freedom to all of
us, the already selected applicants, to book our flight or train tickets by
ourselves and at our own risk and reimburse the same when we arrive at the
venue. This will help us to book ticket along with those non-selected
persons and facilitate our journey to be conducted in one batch. In the
process, we will ensure that the costs are as minimal as practically
possible.
Kindly consider the two requests above and respond with a positive gesture
from your side at the earliest as a means to build up solidarity and
togetherness among us.
If agreeable to these requests, please confirm of the same at the earliest
so that we can proceed with the bookings with the most economical rates
from our booking agents or directly from the carriers.
Thank you all.
[[User:Adv.tksujith]]
for
ml.wikipedia.org
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Alappuzha, Kerala | *ആലപ്പുഴ, കേരളം*
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