Re: Confirming call for Friday 17 Nov

Hi Alan, Abhijit, et.al,

The changes suggested by Abhijit sound fine to me. The letter is good to
ship. Look forward to next steps.

Best,
Alolita



On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 10:21 AM, J. Alan Bird <abird@w3.org> wrote:

> (adding Richard and Alolita)
>
> Abhijit,
>
>    Thanks for the comments.
>
> Team,
>
>     Attached is the version of the letter I want to put in front of Jeff
> for signature on Monday.  Let me know if you have any other tuning
> suggestions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> On 11/17/2017 07:13, Abhijit Dutta अभिजित दत्ता wrote:
>
> ​​
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am suggesting a couple of changes not so much in the content, but in the
> tone of the letter. This is because the government always has to put
> "common people" first. ( In America the term is "the American people". )
>
> The suggestions are intended to give the "government", not so much her
> because she knows it anyway, the perspective that W3C puts "serving the
> people" before commercial interests. As a formal communication, that is an
> institutional relationship and not between individuals. Of course, serving
> the people will be the basis for the commercial interest. We should suggest
> it explicitly not implicitly.
>
> Please consider them. I have intentionally not edited the document, but I
> make the suggestions here : Removals suggested in Red and Additions in
> Blue.
>
> 1. Please use the term "Mrs." instead of "Madame" for Mrs. Swaran Lata.
> 2. Consider using the salutation "Dear", since it changes the tone of the
> rest of the letter as one of co-operation. :-)
> Edit 3.
> "I am sending this letter to inform you that we have a new program that we
> are launching in India to address the needs of non-English speaking
> Indian users."
> Edit 4. (Spell-check on future)
> Edit 5. "With this evolution we believe we need to drive this from a more
> commercial approach so we have asked Ms. Alolita Sharma to Chair this new
> Program. We believe a commercial approach will result in the expansion of
> Indian users who are served in the language of their preference. The
> results are likely to be more meaningful and enduring."
> Edit 6. "Mr. Dutta’s will work closely with the W3C India Office led by
> Mr. Mahesh Kulkarni to make sure that we include as many W3C Members as
> possible while hopefully attracting new Members to the work. He will work
> pro bono and will be an invited expert/contributor."
> Edit 7. "I hope that we will see (We solicit your) continued
> participation in this new work by you and your team at TDIL. Any success
> will be as much yours if we all meet our goals of serving the unknown
> Indian user."
>
> These are for your consideration only. Please feel welcome to use them or
> not.
>
> Sincerely,
> Abhijit
> *( PS : Parimal, my mobile number is 99997.68347 )*
>
>
>
>
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