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Looking forward to collaboration between community groups. November 9, 2010

I hope we will find some way for different groups on-the-ground to share experiences, ideas and knowledge. At present I do not have the resources to manage a collaboration of communities, but I can at least let people involved know that we have shared interests and that I would like to work more closely in future.
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From: Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean@dadamac.net>
Date: 9 November 2010 23:40 Subject: Re: [OK] Re: Creating Our Own Collaborative Group to Seek Joint Funding
To: openkollab@googlegroups.com

Dear Guna

I read your post with interest and want to acknowledge it.

I think people are attracted to COTW for many different reasons. As representatives of on-the ground networks I think you and I have something in common. We come here recognising and making visible our valuable on-the ground networks and knowledge. I think that i understand what you are offering, because one of the valuable resources available to us in Dadamac is John Dada's huge local network and social capital through his work for Fantsuam Foundation.

I am interested in keeping in contact to discover areas of practical, on the ground, areas of overlapping interest. I hope that COTW will help us. I hope we will learn more through COTW about better use of collaborative tools, so that we can more easily help each other by exchanging relevant ideas and experiences. 

I hope COTW will be a collaboration of communities, not just a collaboration of individuals

Pamela
www.dadamac.net

On 20 October 2010 11:55, Gunasekar C Rajaratnam <guna@methodlabs.in> wrote:
Dear All,

I am no thinker but an implementer.
If anyone is interested in collaborating on a real on-ground project in India or want to guide a project with your ideas and thoughts please do get in touch. I have the following resources besides my own experience:
1. a team of 200 people from 196 rural locations who were trained by a non-profit for implementing a government funded development project (now completed) who are interested in investing their time and energy within their communities.
2. Have worked with (trained, networked, guided, evaluated)  many non-profit organisations across India (600+) with similar grassroots reach and who want to do something more than contract social work. These would increase the reach to thousands of villages if needed.
3. Links with hundreds of freelance market researchers across the country
4. Space to set up, staff, train  and manage any online or off line work including KPO kind of activities in 5 smaller towns of india.
5. office space in one metro city
6. An open mind and a team player - love to share benefits, decision making and democratic
7. Contacts with remote and  hard to reach communities in the country.

do tell me if anyone would like to use these resources and create something on ground.
Regards
guna