On 9 November 2013 23:44, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas
wrote:
> Well. I agree with this. But, I think there is an additional argument,
> beyond accountability to outputs, which is the culture-maintaining spirit of
> the movement. I think there is something to be said of that.
I do agree with yo
Well. I agree with this. But, I think there is an additional argument, beyond
accountability to outputs, which is the culture-maintaining spirit of the
movement. I think there is something to be said of that.
On 09-Nov-2013, at 7:11 pm, Gautam John wrote:
> Why not measure the output and hold
On 9 November 2013 23:38, Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas
wrote:
> contribution in the community. If at all, it should inspire it more. And
> paying this kind of salaries is certainly not in line with the way the
> community has been evolving.
In general, we seem to be fixated on the inputs. Measu
Indeed, paying more salary is “one” way of making that possible.
To me, it is more than a technical decision. Going for (in my opinion) such a
high salary reflects a “choice” by the decision-makers to adopt this particular
way of achieving the goals. Now, this is for me in complete contrast to
On 9 November 2013 19:21, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote:
> Do you think it is appropriate to compare Wikimedia Foundation or its
> functioning in India to profit making companies and BPOs?
Yes. The goals might be different but they both require qualified,
high quality people to make the goals happen.
On 9 November 2013 13:58, Ravishankar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> //Well, salaries upto 2 lakh _per month_ with additional allowances for
> expenses on domestic and international travel is pretty huge for India.
> Reading from
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization_Sep
Hi,
//Well, salaries upto 2 lakh _per month_ with additional allowances for
expenses on domestic and international travel is pretty huge for India.
Reading from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization_Sept12_-Feb13.pdf//
So what? An employee working for the sam
+1 Shyamal
It certainly makes the volunteers to draw a line on what they could
volunteer easily and leaves the rest to them (and i have implied
earlier about their abilities) and i afraid it's getting worse day by
day. A2K might reach to thousands of people, but it is not going to
help retain them
There is certainly some irony in having a 200,000 INR per month
salary+perks and encouraging others to contribute voluntarily (worse still
to call it staggeringly low). More importantly I think, besides mere envy,
that this causes a rift between much of the community that was actually
happy being (
Vishnu,
The salaries of the earlier program director wasn't disclosed. There's not
been much visibility there.
Thanks for the links though.
On 6 November 2013 19:11, Vishnu T wrote:
>
>> One of the reasons I personally would want to push for more visibility on
>> the agreement terms is the sp
On 6 November 2013 18:31, Gautam John wrote:
> On 6 November 2013 18:08, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote:
>
> > Starting from the earlier program director, the salaries allotted were
> mind
> > bogglingly huge when compared to the salary trends in the non-profits
> here
> > in India.
>
> In general, sal
>
>
> One of the reasons I personally would want to push for more visibility on
> the agreement terms is the spending that is being done on the salaries of
> the people involved in the Indian program. There's not much disclosure on
> these if I'm not mistaken. Or point me to it if there's any.
>
>
On 6 November 2013 18:08, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote:
> Starting from the earlier program director, the salaries allotted were mind
> bogglingly huge when compared to the salary trends in the non-profits here
> in India.
In general, salaries at non-profits in India are staggeringly low. So
not sure
On 1 November 2013 09:17, Asaf Bartov wrote:
> Dear Shyamal, and everyone,
>
> I apologize for not responding in a timely manner to your question on the
> Wikimedia Forum[1]. Since that thread is now archived, and because I don't
> want to "bury" my respond, I'm responding here, on this list whe
Dear Shyamal, and everyone,
I apologize for not responding in a timely manner to your question on the
Wikimedia Forum[1]. Since that thread is now archived, and because I don't
want to "bury" my respond, I'm responding here, on this list where most of
the people who care will read it.
To your qu
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