Cudn't agree with you more Nalin. I did not know that Freedom Labs is all about sparing time from your work for such noble work. I am yet to be into an organization as an employee, but a student it was not about claiming "2 cups of Tea". It was a mutual understanding. The officers there noticed in earlier stages that we were a bunch of Engineering Students, sacrificing our vacations to get the systems upgraded and Linuxed. So they arranged for us some breakfasts and snacks. For some of my team mates it was about a certificate which would make their CV strong .. For some of us ..it was Linux that drove us . !
But still Nalin, I truly go by your words. No one compromises on streamlined Deadlines ! Thanks and Regards On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote: > A Disclaimer: I am not associated with Freedom Labs-- beyond having > personally interacted with Aveek and Narendra-- and assuming positive > rather > than bad intentions. > > @Pratul, > @Amar, > @Nishant, > @Nandeep: > > Instead of criticizing Freedom Labs-- you should first understand their > background and motives. > > They are trying to do what for a lot of school administrators is a big > headache-- and if for that they want enough to reimburse their cost of > conveyance and media-- then it is ok. > > Logically they could have also put it as "in exchange for tea, biscuits and > autorickshaw fare"-- but frankly-- I think they did much better to say > "bare > minimum cost"-- so that it can be discussed upfront-- rather than a > school-principal saying "yes, yes, come on tuesday"-- and after that they > saying "but sir... who to contact to re-imburse autorickshaw fare" > > @Pratul: > Would you leave your work-- and show up on a tuesday morning at 11:30.. to > spend five hours installing linux and doing mundane chores :? > > @Amar: > Let us see you walk away from your work on a tuesday or wednesday-- when > you > have made committments to your project lead-- and sit and do mundane > chores... which most people will find ultra-boring ? > > would your project lead be ok, watching the deadlines slide ? > --- > > Frankly... if beyond a hobby you guys are willing to leave your full-time > work committments-- and do this work in a service oriented way... as per > the > demands and time schedule of the person you are serving--- then continue > your rants. > > If you dont... then it is better that they say "at minimum cost"-- rather > than say "free, except for two cups tea and conveyance reimbursement"; > because no matter how ugly it sounds... the former implies a professional > committment... while the latter implies charity, but also whimsicalness and > subject to the other guy's availability and convenience. > > Regards, > > Nalin > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > -- Amar Akshat Dataflex Corporations Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
