[FSF-WG] need for Full timers, was Re: [Fsf-friends] MS'
influence in academia
Mahesh T. Pai
paivakil@sancharnet.in
Sun Mar 13 12:45:00 IST 2005
Nagarjuna G. said on Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 12:12:02PM +0530,:
> Take a look at our website. The site doesnt look at the activities
> that FSF india is carrying out. Feb we had several activities.
> some of them were very impressive. They are not listed as events.
> The details of those events are not recorded on the website. Most
> of this only due to the absence of one responsible person who takes
> note of all the events and creates content and sends it to Dileep.
> Dileep does his job very promptly, but content creation is a very
> important job. Whether paid or unpaid we need someone to do this
> job.
IIRC, we do have a -volunteers list. But mailing lists alone do not
help. Several activities are planned outside formal communication
channels.
> Several events are happening all over the country. Chennai,
> Vellore, Mumbai, Puna, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Kharagpur, not
> to mention the events in Kerala. Why should they get reflected at
> the site.
Organisers of such events ought to have given a feed back / report of
such events to one of the fsf forums.
AFAICT, only RMS's visit was discussed; detailed planning and
executionw was done outside of the lists.
> We also need volunteers to take responsibility to manufacture and
> dispatch goodies like Tshirts, stickers, posters, documentation
> CDs, ebooks etc to people. And send them to each place so that the
> organizers find it handy.
Please post this requirement on a public list. I am sure that
competent people will come forward.
And, does `manufacture and ...' mean that the volunteer has to make
the initial investment??
> We want a coordinator for FSF, whether paid or not.
It is for the board to decide whether we have the (financial)
resources to afford a paid co-ordinator. If we cannot afford a paid
one we should go public asking for an unpaid co-ordinator. If we can
afford a paid co-ordinator, we certainly should go public with the
offer.
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