Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-10-02 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, everyone.

I apologize for not responding sooner.  Ravi has got it right:

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu 
ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote:

 In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on WHAT
 questions.

 WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia
 movement in India.

 WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing.

 WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come
 after we define the WHAT.


The idea is to turn over a new page in deliberate work in India (i.e.
anything beyond individual volunteers' contributions according to their
personal motivations, capacities, and fancy).  Deliberate work need not be
_prescriptive_ work.  It can be, for example, the deliberate development
and putting in place of certain support resources -- e.g. training
opportunities, outreach materials,  Wikimedia merchandise.  Or it can be
sustained coaching to a particular group on organizational technique and
project planning.  Or hundreds of other possible approaches.

The purpose of the gathering is to gauge which of these WHATs would be most
welcome, useful, and needed, and what challenges faced by Wikimedians in
India remain unaddressed.  As Ravi says, after we figure out the WHAT we'll
proceed to the HOW and BY WHOM.

Cheers,

   A.
  (from Frankfurt airport, en route to India)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-10-02 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi,

For Marathi, things are not much changed since WCI 2011. You can check
out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dpA2LUTDU

If possible, lets discuss on those points in the meeting. (More or
less, similar situation is likely to be there for some other Indian
language Wikipedias too.)

Regards
-Sudhanwa

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote:
 Hi Sudhanwa,

 Based on
 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2014-September/011672.html

 The agenda for the meeting is likely to cover these issues:

 *Introductions, expectations, ground rules
 *SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and sharing
 stories of individual contributors, diverse language communities and
 projects
 *SWOT for India and Indic languages across South Asia
 *Visioning for the movement in India
 * Strategies and action plans for the movement going forward (next six
 months, next year, next two years)
 *  Roles, responsibilities and rules of engagement between the different
 actors in India

 To give few examples on how to approach this agenda, please see:

 http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-in-swot

 http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-biennial-prioritiesmemo

 and

 http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wikimedia-foundation-in-india

 These slides are 3 years old but are relevant still.

 //It is not clear if we want to discuss on on-wiki topics(copy-pasted
 material, rules and regulations for admin activities etc.) //

 No. This is not a consultation about each wiki project's internal policies.
 They are best evolved over a period of time through direct discussions on
 wiki directly guided by

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars

 and based on precedents in other wikis and local community's vision.

 //off-wiki(real world events like seminars, academis, GLAM etc)
 activities or any other things beyond these eg. technical things like
 language support and WYSWYG editor etc.//

 Above are various strategies that answers the questions HOW can we grow
 Wikimedia in India.

 In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on WHAT
 questions.

 WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia
 movement in India.

 WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing.

 WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come
 after we define the WHAT.

 Ravi


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-10-01 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Hi Sudhanwa,

Based on
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2014-September/011672.html

The agenda for the meeting is likely to cover these issues:

*Introductions, expectations, ground rules
*SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and sharing
stories of individual contributors, diverse language communities and
projects
*SWOT for India and Indic languages across South Asia
*Visioning for the movement in India
* Strategies and action plans for the movement going forward (next six
months, next year, next two years)
*  Roles, responsibilities and rules of engagement between the different
actors in India

To give few examples on how to approach this agenda, please see:

http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-in-swot

http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-biennial-prioritiesmemo

and

http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wikimedia-foundation-in-india

These slides are 3 years old but are relevant still.

//It is not clear if we want to discuss on on-wiki topics(copy-pasted
material, rules and regulations for admin activities etc.) //

No. This is not a consultation about each wiki project's internal policies.
They are best evolved over a period of time through direct discussions on
wiki directly guided by

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars

and based on precedents in other wikis and local community's vision.

//off-wiki(real world events like seminars, academis, GLAM etc)
activities or any other things beyond these eg. technical things like
language support and WYSWYG editor etc.//

Above are various strategies that answers the questions HOW can we grow
Wikimedia in India.

In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on WHAT
questions.

WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia
movement in India.

WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing.

WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come
after we define the WHAT.

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-09-29 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi,

The communiyt consultation is just a few days from now.
Can we have an agenda published now so that people can think on it,
interact with others in the community and then come up with their
views at the meeting.

It is not clear if we want to discuss on on-wiki topics(copy-pasted
material, rules and regulations for admin activities etc.) or
off-wiki(real world events like seminars, academis, GLAM etc)
activities or any other things beyond these eg. technical things like
language support and WYSWYG editor etc.

The agenda can at least give us a direction to the thought process and
come up with right ideas. People have many points in all these
directions.

Thanks and regards
-Sudhanwa




On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

 (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments to
 read.)

 I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

 The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the future
 of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
 significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
 the different language communities.

 Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
 discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
 will be borne by the Foundation.

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014

 Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so
 everyone can follow, even people not on this list.

 Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc.,
 would be MUCH appreciated.  Again, this is an important opportunity, and we
 need to ensure we get every community's attention.

 I look forward to this conversation very much!

Asaf

 --
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 Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-09-29 Thread muzammil

Hi,

I think Asaf Bartov's  questionnaire sent to the participants in the 
form of a Google form link and the accruing responses will set the agenda.


Regards,
Muzammil

On 29-09-2014 15:36, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote:

Hi,

The communiyt consultation is just a few days from now.
Can we have an agenda published now so that people can think on it,
interact with others in the community and then come up with their
views at the meeting.

It is not clear if we want to discuss on on-wiki topics(copy-pasted
material, rules and regulations for admin activities etc.) or
off-wiki(real world events like seminars, academis, GLAM etc)
activities or any other things beyond these eg. technical things like
language support and WYSWYG editor etc.

The agenda can at least give us a direction to the thought process and
come up with right ideas. People have many points in all these
directions.

Thanks and regards
-Sudhanwa




On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

Dear fellow Wikimedians,

(this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments to
read.)

I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the future
of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
the different language communities.

Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
will be borne by the Foundation.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014

Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so
everyone can follow, even people not on this list.

Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc.,
would be MUCH appreciated.  Again, this is an important opportunity, and we
need to ensure we get every community's attention.

I look forward to this conversation very much!

Asaf

--
 Asaf Bartov
 Wikimedia Foundation

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sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-09-14 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi,

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Viswanathan Prabhakaran
viswapra...@wikimedia.in wrote:
 Dear all,

 For your information,

 (As recorded here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/2014-2015)

 Wikimedia India Chapter Announcement


 The Board meeting conducted via telecon on 10th September night has decided
 to present their intention to participate in this discussion and nominate
 the following in their own personal capacity as well as representatives of
 the Wikimedia India Chapter.

 Delegates

 Jayata Nath, President (Kolkata)
 Viswanathan Prabhakaran, Treasurer (Thrissur, Kerala)
 Sowmyan Tirumurti, Executive Manager (Bangalore)
 Kartik Nadar, Board Member (Mumbai)
 Nikita Belavate, Board Member (Mumbai)
 Dr. B. Ekbal, Board Member (Kottayam, Kerala)
 Nikhil Kawle, Board Member ( Bangalore)

Can someone from the EC please tell us when the last two people in the
above list were added as board members? On what basis they were
selected? Was there any such announcement? May be I am seriously
missing something.

With so much of turbulence happening in the EC, people leaving without
giving reasons, new board members getting added etc etc, can the EC
please let us know on the work what is currently going on in the EC.
At least they can answer the queries raised by the election committee.

Regards
-Sudhanwa




 (It is expected that Radhakrishna Arvapally, Secretary, may not be able to
 take part in this meeting as he continues to be on an official trip abroad
 during these dates.)

 Venue

 The EC has further affirmed its preference to conduct the consultancy
 meeting at Bangalore,considering various logistic and infrastructural
 merits.

 Thank you.

 (For Execeutive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter),
 Viswanathan Prabhakaran
 Treasurer



 On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 We have confirmed the dates of the consultation: October 4th and 5th
 (weekend).  If you haven't do so yet, please do give some thought to the
 Delegates and Venue sections of the organization page:

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

 I hope some community conversations about delegates are taking place.  As
 I said 5 days ago, we'd rather have communities nominate delegates, than to
 have to select people ourselves.

 For communities that do not come up with community nominations, we will be
 selecting people on the basis of proxy measures such as levels of engagement
 on wiki, on lists, and good standing (not banned etc.), but this may well
 not be the optimal delegates from the community's standpoint.

Asaf



 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Hello again, everyone.
 (I would appreciate forwarding/translation, again)

 I hope discussions are underway about nominating delegates for this
 meeting, as we will need to begin arranging logistics in a couple of weeks.

 In the meantime, one of you anonymously offered comments on the talk
 page, and I have now addressed them, here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

 I'm particularly calling out to your attention that the meeting is not
 expected to set the future of work in India, or to bind communities into
 accepting whatever is agreed upon at the meeting.  On the contrary, it is a
 joint visioning and strategizing meeting, whose final output, ideally, would
 be a roadmap, a set of proposals, and a shared understanding of different
 possible roles of organizations and informal structures in India, all of
 which would be offered back, on-wiki, to the communities to discuss and
 develop further, or not.

 Some communities may embrace some of the ideas, others may object or just
 choose not to adopt them for now, and others still may struggle to even have
 that kind of conversation.  All of these outcomes are valid, and we are
 decidedly not looking for (another) one-size-fits-all strategy for all of
 India.

 Please do visit the page and help us decide the venue and begin building
 the participant list.  We would much rather have communities nominate, as
 well as individuals self-nominate, to participate, than having to select
 whom to invite ourselves (though of course we would do that to ensure
 minimal representation, if we need to).

 Thanks,

Asaf


 On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

 (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few
 moments to read.)

 I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

 The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the
 future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
 significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
 the different language communities.

 Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
 discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
 will 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-09-13 Thread Viswanathan Prabhakaran
Dear all,

For your information,

(As recorded here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/2014-2015)

*Wikimedia India Chapter Announcement*


The Board meeting conducted via telecon on 10th September night has decided
to present their intention to participate in this discussion and nominate
the following in their own personal capacity as well as representatives of
the Wikimedia India Chapter.
Delegates

   1. Jayata Nath, President (Kolkata)
   2. Viswanathan Prabhakaran, Treasurer (Thrissur, Kerala)
   3. Sowmyan Tirumurti, Executive Manager (Bangalore)
   4. Kartik Nadar, Board Member (Mumbai)
   5. Nikita Belavate, Board Member (Mumbai)
   6. Dr. B. Ekbal, Board Member (Kottayam, Kerala)
   7. Nikhil Kawle, Board Member ( Bangalore)

(It is expected that Radhakrishna Arvapally, Secretary, may not be able to
take part in this meeting as he continues to be on an official trip abroad
during these dates.)
Venue

The EC has further affirmed its preference to conduct the consultancy
meeting at *Bangalore*,considering various logistic and infrastructural
merits.

Thank you.

(For Execeutive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter),
Viswanathan Prabhakaran
Treasurer


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 We have confirmed the dates of the consultation: *October 4th and 5th* 
 (weekend).
  If you haven't do so yet, please do give some thought to the *Delegates*
 and *Venue* sections of the organization page:

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

 I hope some community conversations about delegates are taking place.  As
 I said 5 days ago, we'd rather have communities nominate delegates, than to
 have to select people ourselves.

 For communities that do not come up with community nominations, we will be
 selecting people on the basis of proxy measures such as levels of
 engagement on wiki, on lists, and good standing (not banned etc.), but this
 may well not be the optimal delegates from the community's standpoint.

Asaf



 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Hello again, everyone.
 (I would appreciate forwarding/translation, again)

 I hope discussions are underway about nominating delegates for this
 meeting, as we will need to begin arranging logistics in a couple of weeks.

 In the meantime, one of you anonymously offered comments on the talk
 page, and I have now addressed them, here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

 I'm particularly calling out to your attention that the meeting is *not*
 expected to *set* the future of work in India, or to bind communities
 into accepting whatever is agreed upon at the meeting.  On the contrary, it
 is a *joint visioning* and strategizing meeting, whose final output,
 ideally, would be a roadmap, a set of proposals, and a shared understanding
 of different possible roles of organizations and informal structures in
 India, all of which would be *offered* back, on-wiki, to the communities
 to discuss and develop further, or not.

 Some communities may embrace some of the ideas, others may object or just
 choose not to adopt them for now, and others still may struggle to even
 have that kind of conversation.  All of these outcomes are valid, and we
 are decidedly not looking for (another) one-size-fits-all strategy for all
 of India.

 Please do visit the page and help us decide the venue and begin building
 the participant list.  We would much rather have communities nominate, as
 well as individuals self-nominate, to participate, than having to select
 whom to invite ourselves (though of course we would do that to ensure
 minimal representation, if we need to).

 Thanks,

Asaf


 On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

 (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few
 moments to read.)

 I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

 The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the
 future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
 significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
 the different language communities.

 Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
 discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
 will be borne by the Foundation.

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014

 Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so
 everyone can follow, even people not on this list.

 Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc.,
 would be MUCH appreciated.  Again, this is an important opportunity, and we
 need to ensure we get every community's attention.

 I look forward to this conversation very much!

Asaf


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-08-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
We have confirmed the dates of the consultation: *October 4th and 5th*
(weekend).
 If you haven't do so yet, please do give some thought to the *Delegates*
and *Venue* sections of the organization page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

I hope some community conversations about delegates are taking place.  As I
said 5 days ago, we'd rather have communities nominate delegates, than to
have to select people ourselves.

For communities that do not come up with community nominations, we will be
selecting people on the basis of proxy measures such as levels of
engagement on wiki, on lists, and good standing (not banned etc.), but this
may well not be the optimal delegates from the community's standpoint.

   Asaf



On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hello again, everyone.
 (I would appreciate forwarding/translation, again)

 I hope discussions are underway about nominating delegates for this
 meeting, as we will need to begin arranging logistics in a couple of weeks.

 In the meantime, one of you anonymously offered comments on the talk page,
 and I have now addressed them, here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014

 I'm particularly calling out to your attention that the meeting is *not*
 expected to *set* the future of work in India, or to bind communities
 into accepting whatever is agreed upon at the meeting.  On the contrary, it
 is a *joint visioning* and strategizing meeting, whose final output,
 ideally, would be a roadmap, a set of proposals, and a shared understanding
 of different possible roles of organizations and informal structures in
 India, all of which would be *offered* back, on-wiki, to the communities
 to discuss and develop further, or not.

 Some communities may embrace some of the ideas, others may object or just
 choose not to adopt them for now, and others still may struggle to even
 have that kind of conversation.  All of these outcomes are valid, and we
 are decidedly not looking for (another) one-size-fits-all strategy for all
 of India.

 Please do visit the page and help us decide the venue and begin building
 the participant list.  We would much rather have communities nominate, as
 well as individuals self-nominate, to participate, than having to select
 whom to invite ourselves (though of course we would do that to ensure
 minimal representation, if we need to).

 Thanks,

Asaf


 On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Dear fellow Wikimedians,

 (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments
 to read.)

 I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

 The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the
 future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
 significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
 the different language communities.

 Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
 discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
 will be borne by the Foundation.

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014

 Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so
 everyone can follow, even people not on this list.

 Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc.,
 would be MUCH appreciated.  Again, this is an important opportunity, and we
 need to ensure we get every community's attention.

 I look forward to this conversation very much!

Asaf

 --
 Asaf Bartov
 Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org

 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
 sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
 https://donate.wikimedia.org




 --
 Asaf Bartov
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 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
 sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
 https://donate.wikimedia.org




-- 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-08-25 Thread Ravishankar
Hi Asaf,

Thanks for confirming the dates.

I have informed about this event in many of the Indian language Wikipedia
village pumps. Hope to see some community nominated delegates soon.

Will be good if you can provide a last date for nominations that will give
you enough time for arranging the logistics.

This might encourage the communities to do the nominations soon.

Ravi
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[Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-08-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear fellow Wikimedians,

(this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments
to read.)

I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news:

The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the
future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with
significant representation from across India, the different projects, and
the different language communities.

Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin
discussion the delegates you would like to see participating.  All costs
will be borne by the Foundation.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014

Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so
everyone can follow, even people not on this list.

Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc.,
would be MUCH appreciated.  Again, this is an important opportunity, and we
need to ensure we get every community's attention.

I look forward to this conversation very much!

   Asaf

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore

2014-08-17 Thread Ravishankar
Hi Asaf,

Thanks for this update. I hope this is a good step forward.

Ravi
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