Hi Patricia, I hope you are feeling better. I am very proud to be a member of WE where integrity is valued above all and where the administration does its utmost to understand and cater to the needs of other cultures and their circumstances. Your post is heart warming. :)
Thank you. Nellie On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Patricia Schlicht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Dear Minhaaj, > > Your point is well taken and naturally, we are always looking out for > better business practices, to accommodate our WikiEducators in those remote > areas that are hard to reach. > > It comes with the territory that business practices will differ and one > will have to look for alternative ways, to accommodate requests that come > through. You can rest assured, both Wayne and I, will always do our best to > make this happen, in the best possible way. > > While I appreciate your suggestion of wanting to have a discussion and it > certainly wouldn't hurt - the challenges lie within established business > practices and ways of doing things. Wanting to change these is a challenge > in itself but it is most certainly a good idea to have this conversation, to > see where things can be adjusted, to better suit the need. > > You are the first facilitator we are running into this challenge with, so > it is a learning curve for us as well. > > I have just followed up with our accounting department and I will hopefully > be able to send you the agreed upon funds later today. > > Warm regards, > Patricia > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Minhaaj ur Rehman > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:41 AM > To: WikiEducator > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Bounty Release > > > Dear Patricia, > > Before i say something, i must applaud your > follow up on this issue and despite your health problems, you have > been very supportive and helpful in this regards. My purpose for > posting this thread was not to blame anyone for something that some > might thing is my personal problem (which i am not convinced is my > personal issue, as L4C is a collective mission that anyone can carry > forward in their own reigons). My intent was to promote a discussion > as to how to simplify this process and make it easier for WEs to > understand and not be deterred by the red tape. As you said you had to > mould yourself to my needs and new requirements, this will be the case > as we have more enrollment in WE and diverse population joining this > fabulous community. I believe this about time we start discussion on > facilitating those diverse populations and make WE more accessible to > people who live in geographical reigons where WE has not been promoted > before. > > I am amazed to see your dedication with project and your concerns > about my security (recall our conversation about emailing personal > info). I have no doubts that people like you are assets of COL and > will make it one of the best institutions around the world. My purpose > was just to start a discussion about simplifying the process and > creating criteria and process of payments. I encourage other members > to contribute their ideas on this. > > On Aug 28, 10:31 pm, "Patricia Schlicht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Minhaaj, > > > > Thank you for your concern and queries. Wayne has been on the road for > > the past three weeks and will only be in one day tomorrow before he > > departs for another workshop the whole of next week. He will be back in > > the office full-time on September 8. I know he always tried to respond > > to queries as best as possible even while travelling. > > > > I have been very unwell and away from the office as you know. Today is > > my first day back at work. I will look into this for you immediately, so > > we can get this issue sorted out. > > > > Please note that you are of value to us, please reassure your school > > administrations. We completely understand your frustrations but please > > also bear in mind that it is only Wayne and I at this end, who look > > after administrative things. In your case, the red tape did take longer > > than expected but it is partly due to extraordinary circumstances and > > business practices we do not normally carry out, having to send money > > through ways we do not normally use. It looks simple but is not as > > simple to change established business practices at our end. Apologies > > for the frustrations you had to endure. > > > > Warm regards, > > Patricia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Minhaaj ur Rehman > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:38 AM > > To: WikiEducator > > Subject: [WikiEducator] Bounty Release > > > > Dear Wayne, > > > > I had applied for L4C workshop bounty a month ago > > and i am disappointed that process has taken over a month and i have > > got school administration skeptic about my intentions to organize the > > workshop. I did expect that there would be redtape in COL's processes > > but didn't know that it would take ONE MONTH. I wonder if you can look > > into that and ensure the release of payment ? I wonder how many people > > would be encouraged by that bureaucracy. Patricia has done a real good > > job of keeping me abreast with updates but as now that she is sick, i > > wonder who is in charge. I am really sorry that no one has stepped up > > and looked into it. I wonder if thats the way we are going to treat > > WEs in this community. Savithri has applied for the L4C workshop on > > Gandhi's Birthday and i assume there would be a lot of other people > > interested in organizing workshops, and if that's how we are going to > > treat them, i don't think thats encouraging and even respectful to > > them. Since you are out of office too, or i would have called > > personally, i was wondering if you could point at someone. > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction http://www.nelliemuller.com http://www.integrating-technology.com/pd http://www.building-relationship.com/education http://blendedlear.ning.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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