Bhai Jitu yo ke saang chalaa diyaa tanne... ibb taii koi baat samajh me nahi aayi akk karnaa ke sai............
As for the topic of discussion, even I am not too clear of the exact goals and process of team presentations as some others pointed out. Jitu bhai, please explain.
If we take polythene issue as a sample topic, do you expect each team to send their comments on best way to solve the problem? will that be a final consolidated list from all team members and needs to be posted as the single response from that team?
Are judges going to review and tell whose idea/presentation was best on that topic?
What are the respective team leaders expected to do?
Why do you even need teams for this? Isn't individual contribution in a thread more or less same?
Hope to get more clarity on the goals. As for teams, we can have names for each team viz. Lathmaar Rockstars
and don't limit no. of teams to 3 if you want to follow team concept. Also, provide an option for some 'Indpendents' too who don't want to be associated with any party but still want to participate!!
Bhaiyo thanks for your inputs/queries. First thing I wish to clear is that I have started this with a feeling that its for all of us and if you found it feasible we can change it accordingly as to get maximum out of it.
Now what were my initial thoughts, perhaps I have shared in previous posts but still again I am jotting down them all-together.
1) I thought of having some nice collection of material on some topics. these topics can be chosen by us. I had given an example. I was willing to choose topics related to some root level issue and that we can address some way or the other. Discussing a topic to lengths will not have any effect if that cant be applied in real lives. So I thought to pick topics like ... Polythene issue, Safe Driving (wear helmets, wearing belts, pollution check etc etc), Reduce power/water wastage (harvesting water and means to do it) ....
2) I was thinking that such topics if discussed in teams with different people of different areas would yield good output in terms of material. Now Shweta said that there are obvious facts about polythene issue ... first its flexible to be changed but I feel that it will be better to go with easier or lighter ones first. Second though its obvious but for sure you will not find one stop document or presentation with all inputs to be taken directly for any presentation etc. We are doing discussions here on JL for many topics and I feel that if those energies can make a collection of nice docs or presentations it would be helpfull for members or others to use them in real lives.
3) Now where I thought these would have been used ..... In Schools (by students, NGOs, Teachers etc.), In organisations (Some organisations are going 'Green' these days and members working in them can participate in organisation level debates or seminars or encourage their organisations with these presentations, material, charts to attaract attention towards these issues. Like for polythene issue ... if somebody take initiative in their respective organisations and ask them not to use polythene where it can be avoided like carrying lunches ... hope this will have some little contribution ... likewise many organisations dont shut their monitors or machines in night time ... we can go ahead and propose them solutions ... second how to reduce wastage of paper ... like by using printers those can print both ways ... and to encourage people only to print things when needed ... etc etc.)
Like JJ/ADAA or any other NGO Sparsh (Anil, nysha etc) may be able to use these to visit schools as they are the building blocks for future and making them understand can change the coming times.
4) Now why this team effort and not individual posts like happening on threads .... also the team leader thing .... I thought and see in past that in threads people posts and there are several good points but I havent ever seen a full fledged ready to pick thing .... one have to spent lots and lots of time to do so. Like regarding Jat Reservation issue one person sent me a message long back and asked me to generate a complete ready to go document from your side. I have posted n number of posts but was not able or got will to do so. (THOUGH THIS WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE ... PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS JAT RESERVATION THING FURTHER ON THIS TOPIC BEING CONTROVERSIAL HERE ...
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So if we would be in teams, one person will be coordinating the team means picking one thing from other and discussing among them and distributing work like one will do cartoons/charts types, presentation or doc .... and club the material altogether and talk to judges if any concern (if we will be going to have judges for the same?) .... So I thought of having a one person in team to contact.
5) Now yesterday Anil Dalal have come up with nice thought that I was also thinking. He said this was we will be having few teams and all will be doing the same redundant task. So it is better to pick several topics and then assign randomly to the teams. It will remove the redundancy and we will be having n number of topics discussed and good output material of them.
Also we can judge which team has better presentation, doc or which has best cartoon etc.
Now things which we can decide here:
1) How many teams? 3-4 or many?
My thoughts are that first start with 3 only and we can improve by first experience later on.
2) Time span ... aisa na ho ki baton mein hi lage rahe ki ye karna chahiye aur wo .. aur ho kuch na ... better is to start with some concrete and small in start and then we can increase it further after first experiment.
3) What can be the topics? Say three for the time being?
Now I fear that people coming up with their inputs and not being picked will be irritated. But please dont do so.
4) Judges ... if we really require them. Now if yes.
then will it be better to pick them from the teams only or some outside person. As nobody from the names mentioned have come up.
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What all should be there for the teams to prepare.
My thoughts:
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A document related to topic. Covering the Issue, what are the causes, Where we are adding to it, How we can improve, real life things like in indian schools where we can reduce polythene usage, at homes (increasing jholla usage instead of polypacks), in organisations etc. What will be the benefit and our share to it. If we will not do so what may happen.
I think it should not be a thesis but concrete and nice real life with easy english language used so as to reach maximum. All things simplified and presented with examples and very real life small small things where we can bring change. Talking of changing system is the last step but we should think minimum that we can with very ease. Like making people to carry cloth carrier for lunch in schools or offices instead of polythenes, or to carry JHOLLA for carrying vegetables from market. Also wearing helmets and seat belts. I am sure many people will have many small small ideas.
Navin Bhai once rightly said that we start talking big at once but we should think of the bare minimum that we can do and not merely talk.
Here number of lines limitation can be done like 300-400 etc.
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Presentations that catch humans mind. Yesterday I was watching one Ad regarding "How Important is to Wear seat belt". They have shown that two cars got collided and there was a steering balloon too but even then the person died of the internal body parts wear and tear. Some artery of his heart got too much stretched with sudden shock and thats why he died.
It was catching one. So such kind of presentations can be there like we know in our country students dont wear helmets for shosha, mach ke ... ha ha ... so its time to address it and if we will be able to influence even a small number that will also be good. If presentations are good enough we as ADAA/JJ can meet different schools and ask them to play/slideshow it during some particular sessions.
Number of slides limitation can be applied like max 20-25 slides or so?
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Cartoon/Chart:
Cartoons/Charts will be required by the people to stick somewhere in their work area. We can take a print and use. If such can be build its great. I am sure Shailender bhai can do it really well. And they are indeed the stoppers.
Please provide your views.
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