I strongly oppose to use blogs for our group's discussions. When somebody proposed blogs, I said 'No' because i feared gradually we be pulled into blogs. The same is happening now. I don't agree for this please.
Regards, Krishna Ph: 9247180489 --- In [email protected], "divyapryga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I woke up just abt an hr ago. Have super throat infection n painful > headache. > > Thnks on the Mom Suresh. I think dhanraj got left out since he needed > a reminder call :( Man..I am gng to get a mail from him. > > I like the idea of a blog for discussions. One of us interested to > moderate can take care of tht. Nachaki perhaps can do this easily with > his left hand little finger, as part of 100 other group moderations he > does :P > > Hmm..I am gng to go thru this mail in detail once again after I feel a > little better...but...out of curiosity..how long was the call? SO many > points discussed!! > > Who is Santosh btw? did I miss out on some new member into our team? I > am trying but dont' seem to really remember. Man..my brain is on > vacation this weekend I think. Or is this Nachaki's frnd from India > who joined us in our first conf call? > > -Divs > > ********************************************************************* > > --- In [email protected], "suresh" <sureshe_att@> > wrote: > > > > > > Attendees: Santosh, Karthik , Suresh > > > > Website Prototype: TO go ahead with the current layout and have > > menus/sub-menus based on what the dokku4face website has. It is > > important to have the website functional with the right content and > > links , rather than delaying it. > > > > Website maintenance: US team volunteers to take up the responsibility of > > maintaing the website. This will comprise a team of 2 or 3 volunteers > > that will look after > > 1) Maitaing Accounts and uploading them to the website > > 2) Updating the website with the current projects > > 3) Uploading photos , responding to the feedback , comments ( only the > > relevant ) etc > > Also need to build a back up team. This should be our main focus to > > build a maintenance team and start using the website even without the > > logo or other menus/submenus. > > > > Volunteer Mobilization: Karthik will send out a template that is > > intended to be used in recruiting volunteers for M.A.D. The person > > responsible to sending this emails is also responsible to educate the > > new volunteers (incase if the join) and make them more than a mere > > statistic. Please review the template and provide your > > comments/feedback. > > > > Retrospection: Most of us believed M.A.D is heading in the right > > direction and doing the right projects , especially > > > > a) Medical camps ; b) Anikepalli project; c) visits to orphanage ; d) > > invidiual projects such as vishal , sireesha , raju etc . > > > > Recomendations for future: > > > > More group oriented efforts. For ex: The us team to take care of the > > website, administration etc , groups in hyderabad who will be looking > > after specifc projects such as education related, orphan related, > > village specific etc and similar focussed efforts in bangalore as well. > > This will help the group to spread the activities to a larger area and > > make a much more bigger impact. Ofcourse for this we need to ensure we > > have a dedicated and closely knit group of volunteers. > > > > Activites in the US: Karthik had a very valid point i.e, to start group > > activites in the US as well. This will not help the members appreciate > > the volunteer activites being done in hyd/bangalore , but also give them > > more confidence and faith in the team itself. This is more of a team > > building excercise. The group activities can include providing food to > > the shelter less , tutoring kids etc. This may not sound feasible at the > > moment , but we ( US team ) certainly need to start thinking in this > > direction. > > > > Reduce emails in yahoogroups: While there are no standards that can be > > set for this and most of the time we need to just use our best > > judgement. One way we can atleast make an effort is to maintain a blog > > for discussion. Lets say a volunteer has something to discuss and needs > > everybody's opinion , then he/she can follow these simple rules. > > > > 1)Send an email to the groups with the subject <blog><topic for > > discussion> > > > > 2) The conetnt of the email should include the link for the blog. > > > > 3) Set a deadline for the discussion and beyond that deadline, the > > discussion will be forced to end. The volunteer who initiated the blog > > will serve as a moderator and further send out the conlusions as an > > email. > > > > Project Guideliness : What projects to take up and what not to. Please > > revisit the guideliness document and help stardadize this. We need a > > volunteer to own this responsibility ? > > > > sorry for the long email :-) > > >
