Hi all, Though I am not an active participant in group activities or in mail list, I observed TMAD closely and I have something to say on the recent exchange of mails.
Prior to joining TMAD I worked with another NGO and used to do monetory help in all the charity drives conducted in our office. After I joined TMAD, I am very much delighted to see humanity in the members, which is very much missing in ppl these days. Transparency and giving equal opportunity to all the members to express their views is what impressed me most. The main thing that attracted me is, group is not run by the whims and fancies of the founder nor by the decisions of few influential people. Giving room for every other idea or way to serve the society is one of TMAD's greatest strengths. The reason why I am emphasizing the positive side of TMAD is, I like to request all the people to consider the +ve points and strengths of TMAD b4 taking the decision to leave. Wish all the members(those who left and who r in the grp) keep inspiring people like me in the future too. Warm Regards, Aruna. --- In [email protected], "Karthik Jalamangala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Prasanthi, > > It is rather sad to see senior members leaving the group. Though you > have been trying to put up a courageous front regarding this, I definitely > feel that the way things get done in the group need a major revamp. > > There have been heavy duty exchange of e-mails in the last few months > that too airing differences of opinion ... not a very constructive approach > to doing things. This in my opinion has caused a lot of frustration. It is > one thing to have a constructive discussion and another to have vociferous > exchange of e-mails airing views about others' views. This has to stop! > > You have been trying to address each e-mail at a time. Please stop doing > that. No point trying to explain past actions. Look forward to the future. > > One of your primary gripes has been that, after the recent decision to > re-org the group into sub-groups has not worked very well. Especially since > the work on medical cases has slowed down dramatically, education group has > not taken off and distribution programs run into a lot of storm. Owing to > all these slowdown and the arguments around them, registration has been > delayed. Now with Ratan's departure, there maybe further delay, i guess ... > right? > > Anyways, moving ahead i feel that the way the group is administered and > run needs rethinking. I very much liked Suresh.E's proposal of creating > small teams with specific responsibilities and make them accountable for > faster execution of manageable tasks. > > I think the more important thing is the role you play in the group. It > is important that you give a better shape to your commitment behind the > creation of the group. You really need to take on the role of a true leader > of the group and the first responsibility you'd have to do is create more > leaders. Your job should be one of the CEO where you give direction and > motivation. There's no point in you doing everything. The impact too much > work has on you isn't good for the group's health. > > Please give this a good amount of thought. > > Cheers! > Karthik >
