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--- start [2019/10/27 23:05] – [Study Circles] Ganesh
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   * [[pragphil|Pragmatic Philosophy]]
   * [[genderinclusion|Gender Representation]]
+  * [[citizenscience|Citizen Science]]
   * [[FSHM Accounts|Accounts Management]]
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 | 3. | Right to Meme Campaign | Civil Voices | silencing of social voice | Educated, campaigned, drafted collective letter |
 | 4. | Rice Vs Cash | Rice, Women role in family livelihood | Privatization, Direct Cash Transfer | Tech support, Social learning, after effects of UID |
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+===== Empathize New Comers =====
+Newcomers to the community approach with diverse mindset and unguessable imaginations about the community and about the possibilities that can be learned and shared with the community. Thus it is duty and responsibility of all the senior members and the seasoned members to minimize the pain and guide a least resistance path to imbibe with the communities philosophy, politics, economy, skill, sharing and mentoring.
+Since most of the users in our locality are users of proprietary hardware and software. Showing them a "Real User Friendly" Operating System or any other tool, that are not in their imagination will definitely inflict some pain, and might sprout fear to learning new things, even if they are exciting. This seems to be a crucial time and space where the handover from bullying, oppressing proprietary system of tools to free culture oriented tools and technologies.
+One can easily demonstrate the most attractive, new comer friendly, highly interactive User interfaces to them allowing them to land softly, so that they get a safe and warm feel about what we are dealing with. Availability of right resources to install an operating system and tool requires proper hardware infrastructure available with the new comer. To adapt easily, every feature and functionality must be made available through compromising strategies.
+Compromising here makes sense, as it adds strength to community by including one more.
+Often Burn outs happen with the community members who are in the path of enlightenment, and thus may some times lose hope, feel burned out, frustrated, highly idealistic, etc... This can be balanced by sharing the load and responsibilities with the fellow member of the community.