Why can't we work together? Please explain and discuss. Best,
Shekhar On 09/19/2011 10:18 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Thank you Pradeep for the sentiments. It is indeed sad that we could not > work together but our mutual respect continues and indeed we continue to > support the WikiConference. Individual members of the Pune community > continue to work in their individual capacities. We are confident that > with effort of Mumbai community supported by all Indian Wikimedians > including friends from abroad, the Conference will be a great success. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Pradeep Mohandas > <pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com <mailto:pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dear Mandar and the Pune community, > > I'm writing this email on behalf of Pranav, myself and everyone else > in the Mumbai Community. We are really sorry that Pune has pulled > out of being co-hosts. In this email, we wanted to apologise for our > contribution in your making this decision and acknowledge the effort > that the Pune community has put in into this Conference. > > We feel bad that the situation has come to this. It is not fair for > only one party to take the blame for making such a decision. For all > the faults that we may have committed knowingly or unknowingly, “Sorry”. > > At this point, it will be unfair if we did not acknowledge the role > that Pune has played in bringing the Conference to this point. Let > me re-assert that the Conference would not have taken off without > the help of the Pune community. For everything that you have done, > please accept our heartfelt “Thank you”. > > We also want to say that we need a lot of help in taking forward the > conference and we do hope that the Pune community will be involved > in any and every capacity they choose for the conference. > > Warm regards, > Pradeep Mohandas > > On 19 September 2011 17:36, Shekhar Krishnan <shek...@mit.edu > <mailto:shek...@mit.edu>> wrote: > > In the meeting this Saturday we officially recorded the deep > regret of > everyone present at the withdrawal of the Pune community from the > conference organisation. > > What is more regretful is that no explanation was given for this > drastic > step, and no open discussion took place on the issues which led > to this > split. While the policy questions about the composition of working > groups, and scholarships and hosting for volunteers were > resolved, it > seems personal disagreements still linger. > > We are already quite thin on the ground in Mumbai, and need more > volunteers and enthusiasts for the conference to be successful. For > Mumbai's sister city of Pune to secede at this nascent stage in the > formation of the all-India Wikipedia movement is indeed sad. > > At our meeting on Saturday, we discussed these points, and how > we can > strengthen the working group by assigning official Points of Contact > (PoC) in every team/committee. For each team there will be a > "backup" > PoC if the main PoC cannot attend weekly online meetings, and devote > time to their organisational duties. > > This conference needs all the help it can get. Certain teams > (logistics/venue, technical/IT, party/fun) will benefit from > PoCs based > in Mumbai, but all working groups can benefit from participation by > Wikipedians anywhere in India, including Pune. > > > > S.K. > > > On 09/18/2011 05:12 PM, Kundan Amitabh wrote: > > Hi ! > > > > We regret the withdrawal of Pune community from the > organisation of the > > conference and sincerely hope that this will not affect their > > continuing participation in the conference itself. > > > > Best Regards. > > > > Kundan Amitabh > > Managing Director, > > Ang India Technologies, > > www.angindia.co <http://www.angindia.co> > <http://www.angindia.co/> > > > ====================== > > 9768884444 / 9869478444 > > ====================== > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:42:54 +0100 (BST) > > From: Mandar Kulkarni <mvkulkarn...@yahoo.co.uk > <mailto:mvkulkarn...@yahoo.co.uk> > > <mailto:mvkulkarn...@yahoo.co.uk > <mailto:mvkulkarn...@yahoo.co.uk>>> > > > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pune community > > To: Wikimedia India Community list > > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>>, > > > "wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>" > > > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>> > > > Message-ID: > > <1316184174.35491.yahoomail...@web24004.mail.ird.yahoo.com > <mailto:1316184174.35491.yahoomail...@web24004.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > > > <mailto:1316184174.35491.yahoomail...@web24004.mail.ird.yahoo.com > <mailto:1316184174.35491.yahoomail...@web24004.mail.ird.yahoo.com>>> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > This to formally communicate to all that Pune wikipedians are > > withdrawing from the co-hosting of the Conference due to the > differences > > came in?Mumbai > > and Pune communities and many other unresolved?issues. > > > > For your information pls. > > > > With Regards, > > > > Mandar V. Kulkarni > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list > > wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum > > -- > > Shekhar Krishnan > 58/58A, Anand Bhavan > 201, T.H. Kataria Marg (Lady Hardinge Road) > Mahim, Mumbai 400016, India > > http://heptanesia.net > http://web.mit.edu/shekhar > > _______________________________________________ > WikiConference-India mailing list > wikiconference-in...@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikiconference-in...@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiconference-india > > > > > -- > Pradeep Mohandas > How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list > wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum -- Shekhar Krishnan 58/58A, Anand Bhavan 201, T.H. 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