Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-15 Thread Nitika 
That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and taking 
ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik! I'm sure 
you'll learn a lot while leading this project. 

And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching out on 
several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project, handholding 
newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master class, 
encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on and on and 
on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)

Nitika



On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> Dear friends,
> 
> I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of people 
> in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member (in 
> comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was an 
> active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education Program. 
> Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the India 
> Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person to 
> volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a specific 
> responsibility.
> 
> All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new to you 
> till now!
> 
> I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive as he 
> guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
> 
> AshLin
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Nitika,
The term ownership doesn't exist here.
Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
Quality of Indian articles,
I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:

> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik!
> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.
>
> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching out
> on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master
> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on
> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)
>
> Nitika
>
>
>
> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of
> people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member
> (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was
> an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education
> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
> specific responsibility.
> >
> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new
> to you till now!
> >
> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive as
> he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
> >
> > AshLin
> > ___
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> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en
>
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Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Ashwin Baindur 
Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I am
only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some
colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the
people in which I look after something which belongs to all.

Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all of
us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work
for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something
you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by
Nitika.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
--


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nitika,
> The term ownership doesn't exist here.
> Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
> Quality of Indian articles,
> I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:
>
>> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
>> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik!
>> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.
>>
>> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching out
>> on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
>> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master
>> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on
>> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)
>>
>> Nitika
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
>>
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of
>> people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member
>> (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was
>> an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education
>> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
>> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
>> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
>> specific responsibility.
>> >
>> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new
>> to you till now!
>> >
>> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive as
>> he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
>> >
>> > AshLin
>> > ___
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>> > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org
>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza.
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point it
out that we MUST avoid using that word infront of new users. Time and
again, at meetups, we've had this question.* I own an article. He edited
it. What should I do?*


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I am
> only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some
> colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the
> people in which I look after something which belongs to all.
>
> Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all
> of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work
> for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something
> you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by
> Nitika.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> --
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nitika,
>> The term ownership doesn't exist here.
>> Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
>> Quality of Indian articles,
>> I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:
>>
>>> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
>>> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik!
>>> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.
>>>
>>> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching
>>> out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
>>> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master
>>> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on
>>> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)
>>>
>>> Nitika
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
>>>
>>> > Dear friends,
>>> >
>>> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of
>>> people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member
>>> (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was
>>> an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education
>>> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
>>> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
>>> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
>>> specific responsibility.
>>> >
>>> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new
>>> to you till now!
>>> >
>>> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive
>>> as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
>>> >
>>> > AshLin
>>> > ___
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>>> > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll
>> Plaza.
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
>>
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http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Swaroop Rao 
Ah, well, let's AGF a bit ;) . Nice to have you here Pratik!


Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch )






On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 16:17, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point it
> out that we MUST avoid using that word infront of new users. Time and
> again, at meetups, we've had this question.* I own an article. He edited
> it. What should I do?*
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I
>> am only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some
>> colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the
>> people in which I look after something which belongs to all.
>>
>> Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all
>> of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work
>> for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something
>> you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by
>> Nitika.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Nitika,
>>> The term ownership doesn't exist here.
>>> Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
>>> Quality of Indian articles,
>>> I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:
>>>
 That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
 taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik!
 I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.

 And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching
 out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
 handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master
 class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on
 and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)

 Nitika



 On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

 > Dear friends,
 >
 > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold
 of people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young
 member (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club.
 He was an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education
 Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
 India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
 to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
 specific responsibility.
 >
 > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things
 new to you till now!
 >
 > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive
 as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
 >
 > AshLin
 > ___
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 > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org
 > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en


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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>>> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll
>>> Plaza.
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Ashwin Baindur 
Thanks for the heads up Parakara Ghoda, I'm sure Nitika will be careful
about using this term.

On the other hand, when it comes to doing things especially where
responsibility is concerned, we do find that few people come forward to
volunteer and "own" a process or responsibility. We saw that at
WikiConference 2011 and we see it even now in the community. We'd love that
people feel more involved to as to wish to play greater organisational
roles.

As has BPositive in taking over a responsibility, a mature and responsible
act in my view  :).

There are literally hundreds of little roles which can be defined which can
help the community grow.

I'd love to see people feel Wikipedia was their "own" rather than feel that
the "other guy" should take over the more onerous tasks.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur

--


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Swaroop Rao  wrote:

> Ah, well, let's AGF a bit ;) . Nice to have you here Pratik!
>
>
> Swaroop Rao
> (MikeLynch )
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 16:17, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point
>> it out that we MUST avoid using that word infront of new users. Time and
>> again, at meetups, we've had this question.* I own an article. He edited
>> it. What should I do?*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur > > wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I
>>> am only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some
>>> colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the
>>> people in which I look after something which belongs to all.
>>>
>>> Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all
>>> of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work
>>> for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something
>>> you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by
>>> Nitika.
>>>
>>> Warm regards,
>>>
>>> Ashwin Baindur
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>>> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Nitika,
 The term ownership doesn't exist here.
 Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
 Quality of Indian articles,
 I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.

 On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:

> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik!
> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.
>
> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching
> out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master
> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on
> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)
>
> Nitika
>
>
>
> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold
> of people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young
> member (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club.
> He was an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education
> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
> specific responsibility.
> >
> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things
> new to you till now!
> >
> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive
> as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
> >
> > AshLin
> > ___
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>
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 Regards,
 Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
 Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
 Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll
 Plaza.
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVR

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-16 Thread Pratik Lahoti 
Thank you all for the warm welcome. :)
I really look forward to working with you all on this project.

As far the term "ownership" is concerned, I don't think Nitika literally
meaned it. I am just a volunteer and helping out AshLin as he is overloaded
with work. :)

Regards,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up Parakara Ghoda, I'm sure Nitika will be careful
> about using this term.
>
> On the other hand, when it comes to doing things especially where
> responsibility is concerned, we do find that few people come forward to
> volunteer and "own" a process or responsibility. We saw that at
> WikiConference 2011 and we see it even now in the community. We'd love that
> people feel more involved to as to wish to play greater organisational
> roles.
>
> As has BPositive in taking over a responsibility, a mature and responsible
> act in my view  :).
>
> There are literally hundreds of little roles which can be defined which
> can help the community grow.
>
> I'd love to see people feel Wikipedia was their "own" rather than feel
> that the "other guy" should take over the more onerous tasks.
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
>
> --
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Swaroop Rao wrote:
>
>> Ah, well, let's AGF a bit ;) . Nice to have you here Pratik!
>>
>>
>> Swaroop Rao
>> (MikeLynch )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 16:17, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point
>>> it out that we MUST avoid using that word infront of new users. Time and
>>> again, at meetups, we've had this question.* I own an article. He
>>> edited it. What should I do?*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur <
>>> ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I
 am only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some
 colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the
 people in which I look after something which belongs to all.

 Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to
 all of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to
 work for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own"
 something you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is
 meant by Nitika.

 Warm regards,

 Ashwin Baindur
 --



 On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
 parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nitika,
> The term ownership doesn't exist here.
> Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the
> Quality of Indian articles,
> I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika  wrote:
>
>> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and
>> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best 
>> Pratik!
>> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.
>>
>> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching
>> out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project,
>> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA 
>> master
>> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes 
>> on
>> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)
>>
>> Nitika
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
>>
>> > Dear friends,
>> >
>> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold
>> of people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young
>> member (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune 
>> Club.
>> He was an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India 
>> Education
>> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the
>> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person
>> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a
>> specific responsibility.
>> >
>> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things
>> new to you till now!
>> >
>> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support
>> BPositive as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
>> >
>> > AshLin
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