Personly i also feel, taking fee was an appropriate move. Without taking any fee, i anticipate the situation may be bad. anybody would have come just for good food and so on, it might have created mismanagement. Ultimately a collapse of event.
On 2/20/14, Mukesh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's stop this. If there is a deficit of funds, I would request the > organizer to let us know so some of us may contribute. I won't mind giving > some amount to Score Foundation, they are anyway doing a great job. > > I am from those, who benefitted from the recording of the convention and > always wished to meet AI friends in such convention but always missed due to > > prescheduled responsibilities. > > There is nothing free in this world, what you get for free, remember some > one is paying for it, it's all about when we become capable of paying for > our self. There are 2 sides of each coin here, one is giver and one is taker > > and believe it or not, at some point every one of us have been in both side. > > The real question, is what side we wish to choose for most of the time, > after all none is permanent. > > If asking for money on streets is begging, then asking for sponsorship is > more or less equal to that with only one difference, when we are sponsored, > > we owe and show our gratitude to the sponsor and the sponsor do that because > > he see a cause in that, let's not break that soft line, else there will be > no real difference in begging and sponsoring. > > As far as fee is concerned, remember there are knowledge sharing / social > networking events / conventions / exhibitions, for free and for a start of > Rs. 50 to 5, 000, pounds may be higher. Just to give you some example, > CSUN, ATIA, Google IO etc. > > If a fee is there, everyone should pay to participate, no question on that. > > Publically criticizing the defaulter is no bad thing, they should be made to > > feel shame. > > Rs. 500 may be a big amount for some of us (remember some of us, I > completely agree on that) but those members had the option to ask for help > from the organizer and people like Prashant sir (I respect him a lot for his > > generous attitude) offered sponsorship, the option could have been used. > > > Thanks > Mukesh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ketan Kothari > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:32 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] AccessIndia convention > > Dear Friends, > > I am writing here as representative of one of the sponsor > organizations: I think that not only we should be paying the small > token amount that was charged but should not be arguing upon this. > > I am afraid NGO bashing does not take us very far. Also, let me be > clear: we called this event as "convention" for lack of a better word > but one of the purpose was also socializing which is not free. > > Nilima, although I fully sympathize where you are coming from, I don't > think anyone who was present there came from such difficult > background. We cannot expect to get everything free of cost. > > I am shocked at the fact that some people are justifying this kind of > behavour. On the contrary if we know about such people who are > working in reputed posts and earning good salaries, we should try and > discourage such individuals and try and boycot them. > > Anyway, this shows where we are and then we also want everything > rightsbased and claim that we are not for charity. > > Great friends, please do introspect. > > On 2/17/14, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: >> All >> >> This time the mail is not regarding convention update <smile>. Back home >> after this event. >> >> Glad all the speakers graced their sessions and it was heart warming to >> see >> the delegates participating enthusiastically in and out of the audotorium. >> >> I >> guess the purpose of this convention got largely achieved. >> >> I must thank George and the score foundation who took meticulous care to >> make the stay comfortable and to put the logistics in place. I do express >> >> my >> satisfaction with the presentation and the rich hue of topics which got >> touched in these two days. >> >> I saw a lot of bonding and strengthen friendships in these last 2 days. >> This >> is really my yardstick to look at the convention. >> >> What made me very upset that, I was told, some persons had not paid up >> for >> the convention and sneaked in to the various events. This is not right at >> all. I take it on myself, that, we haven't been able to raise above such >> trifle slips. Such folks are a blot to the community. 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