Thursday, September 2, 2010

[rti_india] Re: Clarification on ethics in India

 

Dear Nick,
Its a bit thick
To find you
turning a trick
while ignoring my stick.

Anyway, announcing on this list that you have funds up for grabs
won't get you anywhere since only the decent NGOs stick on here.
The rest go to the various Tata Trusts, Googles, and when all else
fails to Madam Roy and agree to her 50% micro-finance commission.

--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Nicholas Santiago <nick.santiargo@...> wrote:
>
> dear members
>
> Sarbajit's remark about the lack of a "code of conduct" for RTI
> Information Commissioners makes me post this.
>
> I am in-charge of a substantial budget (we are financed by a cess on
> the whisky trade) which we grant to NGOs/SAGs operating in UDC and LDC
> nations in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, Now while some SAGs in
> India accept our funds directly as cash / bank transfers, others
> insist that they shall only take it in the form of hospitality, air
> tickets to conventions etc.
>
> I need to know more about this since my governors have asked me about
> this to finalize our foundation's grants for next year.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Nicholas Santiago
> Program Officer (FNoIA)
> World Autism & Disabilities Foundation
> Glasgow
> nick.santiargo@...
>
> PS: In case anyone on this mailing list meets our criteria for
> financing, we still have 2 grants open for India (Euro 350,000 each) ,
> 1 for advocacy promoting road access and signage in urban
> concentrations, the other to prepare a national survey on electronic
> information access to public records by unconventional means to aid
> the disabled and limb challenged.
>

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