Meeting Date: Mon May 18 2026
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Summary
Sprint 10 achievements met technical milestones and collaboration concerns forced a reassessment of the current partnership.
Sprint 10 Progress Review
The team successfully launched the Abidharma in a Year initiative, finalized 24 tutorial videos, and uploaded 200 quizzes while resolving critical technical issues within the Shareup platform.
Collaboration Concerns Raised
Ongoing financial instability, logistical failures, and unprofessional conduct by the partner created significant operational risks for the upcoming masterclass. The team decided to draft a formal final communication to the partner to address these transparency and funding issues.
Future Strategic Planning
Leadership evaluated options to potentially postpone the collaboration in favor of more reliable partners to protect brand integrity. The team will consolidate feedback into a summary document to finalize the decision on whether to proceed or cancel.
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Suggested Next Steps
- [Tenzin Palkyi] Present Concerns: Present the list of concerns regarding the Tri Ratna collaboration to the whole team.
- [Tenzin Palkyi] Share Concerns Document: Share the document detailing the six concerns regarding the Tri Ratna collaboration with the entire team.
- [The group] Brainstorm Campaign: Brainstorm a campaign for the Saka Dawa challenge.
- [The group] Finalize Structure: Finalize the 5 day model structure for the Influencer Masterclass.
- [The group] Secure Travel: Secure travel and accommodation for the V Buddhist team.
- [Tenzin Palkyi] Document Contingency Plan: Document a contingency plan for potential trainer dropouts or technical issues.
- [The group] Design Materials: Design the first draft of standee stand ID cards and related materials.
- [The group] Execute Campaigns: Execute a trainer reveal campaign and influencer highlight videos.
- [Yash Dixit] Notify Community: Contact the Buddhist creators community group to inform them about the masterclass.
- [The group] Conduct Testing: Conduct alpha and beta testing for video rendering and quiz components.
- [The group] Manage Personalization: Manage the personalization team process including tracking feedback and collecting revisions.
- [Tenzin Palkyi] Send MOU Email: Draft and send a final email communication regarding the Memorandum of Understanding agreement. Explicitly detail the necessity for transparency and propose options such as postponement if requirements are not met.
- [Tenzin Palkyi] Create Summary Chart: Compile a 1 to 2 page chart outlining the positive and negative aspects of the collaboration. Include the team recommendations on whether to continue, cancel, or postpone the project.
- [The group] Attend Decision Meeting: Participate in a brief meeting tomorrow to review the summary chart. Evaluate the findings to reach a final consensus on the project status.
- [The group] Join Retrospective: Attend the retrospective meeting scheduled for 3 to 4.
Details
- Sprint 10 Overview: Tenzin Palkyi opened the meeting by summarizing the goals for the current sprint, which runs from May 5th to May 18th, focusing primarily on course customization. A joint admin meeting was held with Dr. Jwak and Darren to review proposals from V Buddhist and Tri Ratna, and the Abidharma in a Year initiative was launched (00:00:00).
- Creator Team Updates: Yash Dixit reported that the team researched and proposed a creator gift hamper, conducted intensive research on Abidharma Jataka for the International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony (ITCC), and worked on outreach to monks, nuns, and influencers to encourage app usage for studying Abidharma (00:03:48). The team also created tutorial and promotional videos for the ITCC collaboration and completed the My Buddha Moment challenge (00:04:52).
- Influencer Masterclass Administration: Tenzin Palkyi noted that the team conducted meetings with Tri Ratna representatives, specifically Dr. Gwok, regarding budget, venue, trainer confirmations, and branding. A budget sheet and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) were drafted and sent to Dr. Gwok, with specific requests for Tri Ratna to cover costs for backdrops, signage, and selfie stands. A WhatsApp group was also established to coordinate with Tri Ratna (00:06:14).
- We Buddhist Course Customization: Thrinley Dorje reported that the team drafted personalization guidelines for the course customization with Tri Ratna and compiled all image personalization requirements into a master Google sheet (00:07:24) (00:11:49). The team completed 24 videos, including tutorials and masterclass content, ensuring they were interactive with graphics and subtitles. Additionally, approximately 200 ungraded quizzes were uploaded and finalized (00:13:03).
- Technical Challenges and Resolutions: Menla Tsomo and Norbu Tsering discussed the research and testing performed on the library and problem bank features in the Shareup platform. The team identified issues where videos failed to render properly or restarted when switching mobile devices from portrait to landscape mode (00:14:15). After evaluating solutions, the team decided to move forward using Shareup files, as the tech team increased upload sizes to accommodate this solution (00:15:32). The team also resolved various technical issues stemming from a version upgrade of the Shareup platform (00:17:16).
- Sprint 10 Key Highlights: Tenzin Palkyi reviewed successful milestones, including the course customization meeting held on May 15th with Tri Ratna and coaches, the confirmation of three trainers, the completion of the third poster draft, and the successful upload of all video components and quizzes (00:18:33).
- Sprint 11 Goals - Creative and Admin: The team outlined priorities for the next sprint, including brainstorming a campaign for the Saka Dawa challenge, managing the Abidharma in a Year and Dhabata in a Year programs, and preparing the public relations gift hamper. Admin goals include finalizing the 5-day model structure for the Influencer Masterclass, securing travel and accommodation, documenting contingency plans for trainer dropouts or technical failures, and launching a trainer reveal campaign (00:19:48).
- Sprint 11 Goals - Course Team: Norbu Tsering detailed the course team's focus on conducting alpha and beta testing for video rendering and quiz components (00:20:50). Additional tasks include verifying video uploads, finalizing the graded quiz system structure, including randomization, and managing the personalization team's workflow, which involves collecting feedback and revisions to prepare for final deployment (00:21:58).
- Concerns Regarding Tri Ratna Collaboration: Tenzin Palkyi expressed serious reservations about the collaboration, identifying six compounding issues since March. These include a shift in funding responsibilities toward V Buddhist after initial funding models failed, fluctuating participant numbers (dropping from 100 to 60, then to 75), multiple changes to the venue location, significant delays in signing the MOU, opposition from Tri Ratna regarding trainer Rahul, and a decrease in Tri Ratna's support for branding and printing costs (00:25:00).
- Feedback on Collaboration Challenges: The CommOps Manager validated these concerns, noting that the financial and logistical instability makes the partnership feel unreliable. They suggested that if the collaboration proceeds, the team must include specific clauses in the MOU regarding compensation for last-minute cancellations (00:33:36).
- Professionalism and Branding Implications: Norbu Tsering highlighted that the lack of strict timelines and the failure of Tri Ratna to honor agreements negatively reflects on V Buddhist's professionalism. They argued that as the party providing the course and masterclass, V Buddhist should be more assertive in establishing expectations to maintain their brand integrity (00:37:06).
- Transparency and Partner Selection: Jordhen Tenzin and Tenzin Palkyi discussed the possibility of exploring alternative partners such as the Zongsar community or TNP (00:38:00). Tenzin Palkyi noted that Tri Ratna remained unclear about their own audience pool, whereas other potential partners would likely have more established and identifiable participants (00:39:10).
- Trainer Rahul and Political/Funding Risks: Yash Dixit raised concerns that the pressure from Tri Ratna to remove trainer Rahul might be linked to political sensitivities regarding his government connections. Yash Dixit warned that being associated with an organization facing Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) funding issues could put V Buddhist under government scrutiny (00:40:13).
- Review of Collaboration Issues: Tenzin Palkyi summarized the team's consensus that the current efforts and financial investment are not being recognized or reciprocated by Tri Ratna (00:42:53). Norbu Tsering added that while the project provides significant branding advantages to Tri Ratna, the burden of costs—including printing and logistics—has unfairly shifted to V Buddhist (00:45:24).
- Policy and Procedural Inquiries: Drongbu Lobsang asked about organizational policies regarding external collaborations. The CommOps Manager clarified that while projects vary, the current MOU with Tri Ratna has remained unsigned for over a month, emphasizing the need for stricter protocols in future agreements (00:46:45).
- Strategy for Trainer Rahul and Future Communications: Tenzin Palkyi expressed difficulty in communicating with Rahul regarding Tri Ratna's opposition, as Dr. Gwok remains firm on the trainer's removal (00:49:35). Tenzin Palkyi plans to consult with Gandela and draft an email detailing these concerns to provide a clear picture of the situation (00:51:05).
- Decision Framework for Collaboration: Drongbu Lobsang proposed that the team evaluate the situation based on two binary options: cancel or continue. They suggested that if Tri Ratna continues to lack transparency regarding their goals and financial commitment, cancellation is the logical path (00:53:37). Regarding Rahul, Drongbu Lobsang noted that trainer participation is negotiable compared to the broader project goals (00:55:01).
- Postponement Strategy and Future Planning: Jordhen Tenzin suggested that rather than cancelling, the team could postpone the collaboration to wait for a more suitable time, potentially moving to other partnerships in the interim (00:56:20). Tenzin Palkyi agreed, noting that July may be difficult due to rain and that Tri Ratna has other commitments in August, making October a potentially better timeframe. Tenzin Palkyi also proposed the possibility of planning a separate masterclass in Nagpur to include Rahul, as they have previously expressed interest in hosting such an event (00:57:18).
- Maharashtra Masterclass Engagement Concerns: Yash Dixit raised concerns regarding the lack of participant response for a recent masterclass, noting that even with marketing efforts by Mayor Gi, the event failed to gain traction (00:58:26). Yash Dixit further argued that students may not be ready or adequately informed, citing a previous unsuccessful attempt at a large resort in Matan that offered significant amenities but failed to attract attendees (00:59:45).
- Final Memorandum of Understanding Communication: Norbu Tsering suggested that because significant time has already been provided for the Memorandum of Understanding process, the team should send a formal email serving as a final call. This communication is intended to request that all parties take the collaboration seriously, maintain transparency, and address specific issues such as funding delays or impacts on the timeline for other masterclasses (00:59:45). Norbu Tsering also expressed that they would prefer clear email communication over the informal WhatsApp messaging currently being used (01:01:21).
- Partnership Professionalism and Internal Commitment: Tenzin Palkyi noted that the partner, referred to as Dr., has been making unprofessional requests regarding the selection of trainers, specifically pushing for singular trainers instead of the agreed-upon team, citing school commitments. Despite these challenges, Tenzin Palkyi reassured the team that they will continue working hard regardless of whether the collaboration moves forward or needs to be postponed, emphasizing their commitment to finding a more transparent organization for future projects (01:01:21).
- Retrospective Meeting Scheduling: Tenzin Palkyi confirmed the scheduling of a retrospective meeting to take place between 3 and 4 (01:02:28).
- Operational Challenges with Partner Collaboration: The CommOps Manager observed that the partner may be feeling overwhelmed by the organizational workload required for the workshop, noting that they may not have realized the extent of effort necessary for such an event. Tenzin Palkyi and the CommOps Manager discussed logistical difficulties, such as the unavailability of an Light Emitting Diode screen and the partner’s inadequate plan to utilize a projector without a proper backdrop, questioning how the masterclass could be conducted effectively under these conditions. The group agreed that the partner appears to be focusing more on basic organization rather than the project's actual impact (01:03:43).
- Compilation of Discussion and Next Steps: Drongbu Lobsang provided instructions to compile a one-to-two-page summary or chart detailing the positive and negative feedback received, along with the team’s interpretation of the current situation and recommendations on whether to proceed, cancel, or postpone the collaboration. The team is tasked with preparing this document for a follow-up meeting scheduled to last 10 to 15 minutes on the following day (01:04:58).
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Meeting Transcript
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May 18, 2026
#Sprint 10 - Creators Team - Transcript
00:00:00
Tenzin Palkyi: All right, we'll wait for Dongala to join and then we can start.
Jordhen Tenzin: That's
Tenzin Palkyi: Um uh jaran um after the meeting itself uh I also have like a Google doc made a few concerns that I have regarding tree ratna. So after the sprint I would also like to present this with the whole team as well. uh I've made a list of few things that have been circling in my mind. So I'll also like to discuss that just to inform right now.
Jordhen Tenzin: What's up?
CommOps Manager: Uh, okay. We can continue. He won't be able.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay.
Jordhen Tenzin: And you can see with the
Tenzin Palkyi: All right. Yeah. Sure. All right. Okay.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: I'll share my screen and then we have made a presentation. So, we'll go through that one. Uh, is my screen visible everyone?
Yash Dixit: Yes, sir.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay. All right. uh so we are having a 10 sprint and I've also written the date which is from 5th May to 18th of May and looking at the sprint goal glance uh so this year uh this sprint we have tried to focus on the course customization and we started it from 18 uh from the uh from last Friday from 15 of May and we're going to start uh the main course customization from 18 of May itself and from the admin side we had a joint admin meeting uh with uh with regards to the budget and we also
00:03:48
Tenzin Palkyi: had Dr. Jwak and Darren on the call as well just to get like a whole overview of uh what V Buddhist is proposing as well as what Triatna is proposing as well and we also launched Abid Dhama in a year. Uh now these are the team updates and we have uh decided that with every sprint um we will going to meet beforehand and write all the team updates regarding from the creators team influencer masterclass and vuddis course and from the creators team I'd like to request Yash if in case he can speak about what the team has done over the last two weeks.
Yash Dixit: Uh thank you Tangelina for this opportunity. So on the behalf of the creators team I would talk about what we did in these two weeks. Firstly uh we were working on the gift hamper the creators gift hamper for for for that we have researched all the items and how you know resonating those items would be for our creators. So we researched on that we created a proposal and we presented that to you like you have might have seen that presentation.
00:04:52
Yash Dixit: After that uh a team member Achel is doing a very intensive research on Avi Dharma Jataka and also the Dharma for the ITCC and for us our understanding because we all are from you know in a way from Tibetan tradition and we don't understand these things. So for our clarity she is working really hard on that. And thirdly uh for the IDCC Abidharma challenge uh we are actually you know trying to reach monks nuns influencers who are participating in the ITCC the trietika chanting and uh like we are letting them know like if they are interested if they want to be a better Buddhist as Gandila had put so they can use our app to you know scroll through or read about the Abiid Dharma and with that we had also created few videos just to introduce that how we are in collaboration with the IETC and uh one tutorial video how to use and navigate you know the Abi Dharma in the app and after that uh like Denzingla is having very intensive and very one-to-one conversation uh with the three Rakatna team uh regarding everything like she's a coordinator so she is also coordinating with the three Ratna team on the various issues uh so that's it Tanzena like do I need to add anything else.
00:06:14
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh no yeah uh yes you have covered everything.
Yash Dixit: Thank you.
Tenzin Palkyi: It's just that I also need to add that we have also completed the my Buddha moment challenge as well. Uh so yes. Okay. Now going to the influencer master class. Uh the first thing that the team has done is uh to conduct a meeting with the ders uh who uh who is currently the three ratna lizen as well as Dr. Gok as well and uh with the admin team we have um um covered theou once again and then also on the budget venue and then trainer confirmations and branding as well and after that uh I have drafted and sent budget sheet and MOU to Dr. Gwok for his review and um in the MOU we have also requested uh tree ratner to cover backdrop signage and selfie stand and all the printing materials as well. So this is what we have requested to them and then apart from that we like created a WhatsApp group for V Buddhist and treatment representative and welcome trainers to the group and now the main important part is to planning the second influencer master class with Singi uh Kenza foundation in Zongsa monastery and then we have also drafted the third poster.
00:07:24
Tenzin Palkyi: I know that the poster is taking much time but then uh because we ratna have uh a lot of suggestions in it we have also dropped the third poster. All right and on to we Buddhist course. Uh Tila if if in case you can present present what the team has done.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay, just delay and good morning to each and every one of you. Okay. Um uh should I make my own screenshot or is this okay? Okay.
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh Chila I think this is okay. This is the same sheet that you have
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
Tenzin Palkyi: written.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Okay. So um last two weeks uh from the uh ninth spring and then in 10 10th spring we uh we specifically working on the on for the the course components is components for videos quizzes and the uh and the personalizations. But since we are working on these three uh fields, so we have like in this we have what we have done in within these two weeks is in draft the personalization guidelines document for the course customization with three.
00:09:02
Thrinley Dorje: It's about the guidelines and second listed all images personalization requirements in the Google sheet. We went through the share block course and then we listed the personalization
Norbu Tsering: Oh,
Thrinley Dorje: is hello.
Norbu Tsering: hello Chilla.
Thrinley Dorje: Hello hello
Norbu Tsering: I think Hello. Hello. Your audio is I think not clear enough.
Thrinley Dorje: hello
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh, your audio is not clear.
Norbu Tsering: I think a lot
Tenzin Palkyi: It's uh echoing.
Yash Dixit: Yes. Yes. There's a call.
Norbu Tsering: of you
Thrinley Dorje: okay okay okay okay. Just a minute. Okay. Okay.
Norbu Tsering: just Okay.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Okay. Hello.
Yash Dixit: Now it is a bit
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Is it now clear?
Yash Dixit: clearer.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. I'm sorry. Um Okay.
Yash Dixit: I don't know.
Norbu Tsering: Still still eco.
Thrinley Dorje: Now clear, right?
Norbu Tsering: You're right. There a lot of eco I think. Yeah, I think he must have You must have connected with some Bluetooth or something.
00:10:02
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. It's not clear.
Abha Achal: All right,
Norbu Tsering: Can you speak still?
Thrinley Dorje: Uh, is it clear? Right.
Abha Achal: you're right.
Norbu Tsering: There are a lot of
Thrinley Dorje: Okay.
Norbu Tsering: people surprisingly I say it's clear for him.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay.
Norbu Tsering: Okay.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Is is this coin or what?
Jordhen Tenzin: It's not the best, but I can Yeah, I can hear it. Yeah.
Thrinley Dorje: Is that okay?
Jordhen Tenzin: How about others?
Norbu Tsering: There are a lot of people from my
Tenzin Palkyi: Um,
Yash Dixit: Yes, there's a call.
Tenzin Palkyi: same from my side as well.
Norbu Tsering: side.
Tenzin Palkyi: I hear him three times.
Abha Achal: I can listen it twice.
Menla Tsomo: Yeah, advice.
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh will it be possible if in case you can log out and join again?
Thrinley Dorje: Hello.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay. Uh I think we you can just proceed with the presentation. Tindella.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Is it okay now?
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Thrinley Dorje: Okay. Um in last two years we have uh
00:11:49
Norbu Tsering: Um in last we have
Thrinley Dorje: mainly focus on the you
Norbu Tsering: um
CommOps Manager: It's still a green
Thrinley Dorje: know can you
Menla Tsomo: Uh, Norella, I think you need to mute.
CommOps Manager: now.
Norbu Tsering: just Okay.
Thrinley Dorje: just
Norbu Tsering: Hello. Oh my god. Okay. Uh just everyone. So for the right now let me brief shorten it up for the what we have done so far in the past uh spring 10. So I'll talk half as per our uh as per our tasks and rest of them I think can continue. So first we drafted the personalization guideline as mentioned over there for the course customization team vitria. We have already done and pula help us to polish up. So thank you for that and uh and after that we listed all the image personalization requirement in the Google sheet. We have this master uh Google sheet where we already forward them through email uh to tata and tratna personalization team about which image which image are assigned for them to you know customize and generate and everything.
00:13:03
Norbu Tsering: We have already done that. And third one is we have completed entire video. There are 24 video including tutorial and uh master class and we have made it more in interactive including lot of graphic and not only that we have also included uh subtitle for each video. So yeah finally we are done with every video component. All we left is uploading it. Uh and then followed by yeah melas all the ungraded quids. There are 200 around and all the ungraded quotes are done. they have already uploaded enough and yeah then followed by uh Tela send the email with attach file and granted proper after the rata uh and personalization team uh meeting he have already attached the you know how to access and not only that the Google sheet then all the Google drive link and everything he have already found them and today Even he uh notified them in a WhatsApp group uh about uh the emailed and followed by we also uh during the sprint time we also created a number of thumbnails and we are testing on it right now.
00:14:15
Norbu Tsering: Then yeah followed by please Allah you can continue. These are the rest of the jobs maner and done.
Menla Tsomo: Oh okay. Um uh good morning everyone. So uh the list of the tasks that I have done uh are first there are a few set of research that I need to do uh before using a specific features like the uh library feature and the problem bank feature. And that is because uh till now uh none of the ghost creator in Sherup had actually used the library feature. and um the problem bank. So uh to get familiar with that uh I had done some uh research and um after that uh the other thing that we uh look into or I research about is um the videos were not rendering properly when we use the row HTML files. Uh and um it was rendering properly in the website. But when it comes to the app uh if we um change the proportion of our cell phone to uh from portrait to landscape the either the video is not rendering properly or it restart from the beginning.
00:15:32
Menla Tsomo: So we need to look into other solution. So for that I tried uh looking into other solutions whether if we can if there is a uh work around uh by the help of from the YouTube uh and um with all those research we finally came to two solution that is one is to use the Vimeo and uh the other one is to uh use the shareup file. So uh currently we are thinking of moving forward with using the shareup files and uh from the tech team they have already um increase the upload size. So we will be uh going ahead with that one and um that will be one of the uh priority for our coming sprint. And um let me Okay. And then uh yep uh be uh while we were having the um meeting with the three Ratna team uh I was proposed to like prepare uh a demo section with a proper setup of the video and uh the unit quiz and section quiz and I have already uh done that and demonstrated during the um uh uh meeting with the prima team and uh I've also migrated the course uh that is um like exported the existing course and imported a new course and had already labeled the new course name as the influencer master uh master class we Buddhist influencer influencer sorry masterass uh in collaborate with the three Ratna
00:17:16
Menla Tsomo: team and um uh I have all uh yep like Nosella mentioned I have already uh uploaded did all the ungraded quizzes and uh uh yep uh we did have lots of test and trial when it comes to the video component as well as the quizzes and uh there were certain unexpected issues that we had faced uh because um Sherup is currently uh undergoing version upgrade and along with that we did face some um uh technical issues and Um we had to resolve those and uh like in the coming sprint we will be uh should I mention that or ta or no you will be discussing about that what we are planning for the upcoming sprint not
Norbu Tsering: upcoming. I I can do that if you want today or can do
Menla Tsomo: now yeah
Thrinley Dorje: This this is the next that's the
Menla Tsomo: yeah uh
Norbu Tsering: that.
Thrinley Dorje: next uh after the um you know the master class but definitely we can
Menla Tsomo: Uh, no. Can you mute here? Sorry.
Norbu Tsering: Okay.
Menla Tsomo: No,
00:18:33
Norbu Tsering: So keep
Menla Tsomo: no,
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh
Menla Tsomo: I mean can you mute? Yeah. And Chila, I think I feel like it is because uh one of the
Tenzin Palkyi: thanks.
Menla Tsomo: um participants uh mic is on that that is why I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude but yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay, I think we're done with all the team updates and now we'll go with the key highlights of the sprint itself. And in the key highlights, we'll just talk about the wins and the milestone and the moments that are worth celebrating over the last two weeks and what the team has done. And first and foremost, which is the most important thing, we had a very successful course customization meeting on 15th of May where we had uh described all everything about uh the course itself to three retina people and along with the coaches as well and then all the three trainers are confirmed and then posted third draft complete. I just wanted to put it up there because uh Choria has actually spent a lot of time working on the poster especially when uh Tri Ragna had like lots of suggestions uh one after one and I'll also want to add over all the quizzes and then the video upload in Shira is already done in here as well.
00:19:48
Tenzin Palkyi: So I'd also like to mention that and now moving forward to the final one uh which is next sprint and what the team is working on. So in our next sprint our main uh goal is to course customization and saga dawa challenge and video upload. So from the creative team our main priority will be on the Saka Davawa challenge. Uh we will be brainstorming about what campaign we will do for the Saka Dava and then also Abid Dhama in a year and Dhabata in a year. Uh I understand that both Yash and Anchel have to talk with many other people uh for them to be on board uh to use the app as well and then we'll also work on the PR hamper and regarding the influencer masterass uh we need to finalize on the 5D model structure and uh from the admin side we need to secure travel accommodation for V Buddhist team and from my side contingency plan needs to be documented if in case like any trainer do drop out there any failure whether issues or any tech issues.
00:20:50
Tenzin Palkyi: We need to think about a contingency plan and we need to design the first draft of standie stand ID card everything and we also need to do like a trainer reveal campaign plus influencer high videos and then finally we need Yash to connect with Buddhist creators community um group that we have and inform them about the master class and Chonori do you want to go ahead with what we Buddhist is going to
Norbu Tsering: Okay, please allow me. Uh uh hello. So for the upcoming uh sprint 11 our course team is fully aware of the importance and urgency of this phase and so far we have progressed according to the term and and we created we have conducted proper meeting presentation guidance with the triratna customers as well. So as per our meeting course team meala myself and tilea and we have come across with this uh next sprint which is very important. The key task for the sprint include first is conducting the alpha and beta testing for the video rendering also quizzes all the component overall you know uh the customized course itself.
00:21:58
Norbu Tsering: So we are uh conducting this also better testing. Second one is uh as Mel already told we uh last Friday Me and Dengal the tech team from we have tested this share about the particularly about the video uploading and we come across with almost uh some of the common solution. So for the upcoming talks our main focus is hosting and verifying all the you know video ensuring that especially mela told sherup ilf through sharab itself we are going to you know upload every video components then after that followed by uh since ungraded ungraded quizzes are already uploaded but graded quizzes are left out it is not only about uploading uh graded quiz but they are also system that we are creating that uh randomization and everything all those I know whole graded quiz system structure itself will be done by this upcoming you know uh sprint and followed by especially this week we are mainly focused on the personalization team specialist. So we will be managing them process through like including like tracking feedback collecting you know revision and everything. Then the final is the uh I think within this two week we are almost ready with everything and preparing to you know complete course deployment for the participant after better testing and everything.
00:23:22
Norbu Tsering: Yeah, overall this spring is mainly about polishing. I think uh testing and finalizing every technical uh component also from the deployment graph and yeah we are conf confident that the current uh progress and teamwork we able to you know success uh completely do all those things. Yeah, thank you.
Tenzin Palkyi: All right. Okay. Thank you everyone. So this is the team uh sprint review update uh from all the three teams. And now I'd like to share my screen and then um okay is it available my screen?
Yash Dixit: This light is
Tenzin Palkyi: All right. Okay. Then uh give me one minute. Uh okay. All right. So I wanted to talk about few of the concerns that arising as the coach coordinate um inerson masterclass coordinator and I just want to be very honest with the whole team about what I have been uh experiencing with Ratna and I feel like it's very important that we address this before we even go further ahead and I've been feeling very unsure about this collaboration as well and I want the whole team to get like a full picture uh just so that we can make a clear decision together.
00:25:00
Tenzin Palkyi: Is my background loud?
Yash Dixit: No, right.
Tenzin Palkyi: No.
Yash Dixit: I think it's fine.
Tenzin Palkyi: Am I am I audible?
Yash Dixit: Yes, you are audible. The name was targeted.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay. Okay. Yes. Uh so looking at this flowchart right now, there are six compounding issues that uh I have been experiencing with three ratna and these are the patterns of changes since like the collaboration began in March. And first I'd like to discuss that when we first when Triatna first approached us, it was during the Buddhist creators convention and they had the idea that they will get a barti funding from the government itself and we're going to have the session in yashad institute and during that point uh it was initially discussed that they're going to fund the whole event itself and then from the bhi funding and then because of that reason we went we proceed with the collab we proceed with the collaboration and we made sure that um all the uh budget and then all the road maps everything were perfectly laid out and we submitted to tree ratna then that fell through and then uh we got to know that treeatna has currently like few issues uh with bharti funding and then they also is had issues with uh getting funds from uh abroad as well.
00:26:14
Tenzin Palkyi: So because of that they didn't had much budget on the end and because of that sole reason we went forward with a shared budget model although that we are spending more than what we have originally planned for this collaboration and now on top of that uh if in case uh for my earliest print review uh if you guys have noticed it I have personally requested them if in case they can take up on the printing materials as well such as like printing and branding materials such as the backdrops that we are going to use during the master class the signage or any any selfie stand because we really want to make sure that u I know that the place that we're going to have is like a retreat center itself and having like at least like two selfie stand with with like enhance the program and also the masterclass experience overall experience as well and now they have got back to me during the weekend saying that it will not be feasible from their end because the budget is very high and this is one thing So every time that there is like a finance financial decision to be made, I feel like the balance is always shifting more towards we Buddhist even though we are the one who's like collaborating with them and we are the ones who's bringing this to tree ratna and to their community.
00:27:28
Tenzin Palkyi: So second one on the participant number. So earlier we were talking about having 100 participants and now from the 100 itself uh from the last meeting they have again told us that they're going to shift it to 60 and now during the uh cost customization meeting they were saying saying like from 60 we can at least have 75. So there are no concrete number every time it's always like shifting either like less or more. So on the surface it might sound like smaller because I know that 60 people for treata site food accommodations have go significantly gone down for them but for us for we Buddhist site such as course material trainer fee team travel as well and then branding all of these largely stay the same regardless of the headcount itself. So we are bearing again we are bearing more on like a financial weight for like a smaller event. And now thirdly on the venue and location. The venue has changed multiple times. First it was Yashada, then Lonavla and then Nakaloka as well. And now there seems to be like a pull back to the final original location which was in Sadama Pra center in Bhaja.
00:28:38
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh and then I feel like this like every time they do change the venue itself, it just create like a ripple effect itself because it do affects the budget, it do affects the logistics as well. And then like I know we didn't start with the participation participant communications as well because they didn't sign theou and then most importantly on the team's planning time as well and I feel like if in case like they're going to later on they're going to say like another location with another date change it's going to be very difficult on our end and on the dates itself I feel like theou dates have like stretched so much like the planning timelines we have at least sent it in April itself and now it's 18 May it's a it's already and now during the weekend they already told they again told me like they will not be able to sign the MOU until the 21st of May and they said that from the they still need to have like a team discussion between Dr. Gwak and then uh T daran sir where they're going to talk within one another and then see if in case they can make few changes on theou which is definitely not feasible on our end knowing that we are um moving forward very fast.
00:29:47
Tenzin Palkyi: So another thing on trainers I know that we have already onboarded three trainers we have briefed them and we have also built the entire 5day schedule around them itself and now tree ra this morning I had a conversation with Dr. to jiv and now he is currently raising doubts about Rahul at this stage and I know this is not definitely not a small thing because changing and then removing a trainer this late means that we have to sh reschedu recommunicate and then also find like a new trainer itself and it will also potentially like disrupt the relationship that we have created with Rahul as well. So I all these things like this overall pattern that I see with tree ratna such as like with financial logistics and operational I feel like this is this is something that is very stretching out from their end that's why I really need to have like this meeting where I want to talk with the whole team about what we should go uh do moving forward as well and also um for this message to also reach gaya about all the concerns that the team is feeling as well and Now uh these are the six things and now this pattern every financial and logistics decision always shifts more and co uh more costly and then also uncertainty on to be buddhis now another thing is shriata the right partner for July 2026 and now I've written two things either yes or no now yes if in case we do continue with the predictions and
00:31:17
Tenzin Palkyi: then we we do continue with like the collaboration with tree ratna we have to make like a hard deadline we have to say that if in case they do not reach out and then they do they cannot come up with like the right dates with the right budget everything in writing itself by the end of either like Mon today's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday or something we will not move forward with the collaboration we're going to stop it right there and we also have to revise theou because 60 and then cost lock and then we we shouldn't make any more changes. I know that they have mentioned that on the 21st they're going to come back to us after their team discussion and then have um speak more about if in case there there any changes to make. I need to make sure that once like they do sign the MOU there's no changes to make regarding anything and I know like trainer is final Rahul he has already confirmed everything and I don't want to like move forward with making any more changes regarding this one.
00:32:14
Tenzin Palkyi: Now this one no if in case we don't move forward with the collaboration with Triatna we can either delay Pune we we cannot we won't say like we're going to completely um remove this collaboration we can delay it and then we can try to find like a more aligned partner as well or else we can pilot solo as well we can do like with full Buddhist control see if in case we can find another location that is much better and then or else we can just move on to like the next collaboration either T or Jonar community we can see if in case we can just rather than being like keeping tree ratna as like the first organization that we're going to collaborate it collaborate with we can move to like a different city and find like a different organization now all this decision I feel like we should make uh before like we move into like the end of May or even in the late July because I know like pulling back will become very difficult later on. So these are the concerns that have raised and I wanted to talk be very open with the whole team about what have been um what are all the experiences uh the team has also been facing I know that I've been very vocal with uh everyone about I mean with Yashari and then Chila Anel Amila about all this concern but I also want to like um uh talk about all of this to the admin team as well.
00:33:36
Tenzin Palkyi: So yes.
CommOps Manager: Yeah, like very legit kind of concerns definitely like if they are so unsure about and like a lot of fluctuation happening in terms of uh financial responsibility and even with the venue. Uh so if we go forward we also have to add clause in the MOU saying that you know if there is like a cancellation at like last minute we would have like booked our tickets all the way like a month before maybe like month or two before. So like some refund or something like I think we should add that in MOU like if we are kind of going forward with this but like seeing the changes and like so they're also very unsure about like uh it seems like they're also feeling the pinch of like kind of financial this thing. So I think we have to make it very clear like uh if it's not uh aligning with our like objective I think it seems like difficult to move forward. Um yeah with this collaboration and like Rahul like we have already built like very good connection and like removing him from uh it doesn't like uh yeah it doesn't sound good actually.
00:35:01
CommOps Manager: Yeah. So yeah it's quite actually disappointing actually see seeing like how they are responding to all the you know we have come up with like your team like the team has done tremendous like work you know in terms of all the presentation like everything was like so professional you know professionally done and seeing the kind of response you know like they take so much time like even they're not sure of what's happening within the team itself so it's very like unpredictable actually. Yeah. Uh yeah,
Tenzin Palkyi: Yeah. and and like during the weekend when they said that they will not be able to like bear the funds for
CommOps Manager: even
Tenzin Palkyi: the printing materials I was quite surprised because I know that they have reduced the number and then they said that on the accommodation side it's actually a lot but then they're actually charging they they had the plan that they're going to charge it like a minimum amount of 3,000 and that's like the minimum amount and like 60 divided by 3,000 they're already going to generate like a certain
00:35:58
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: amount on their side it's not a lot. So this is definitely concerning and I know like it's always like on more on like a V Buddhist side rather than on their side even though we are coming down there and we are doing all of this.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. And also side as well because Gandela also has the vision to like do at least four more like at
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: least three more in case we do finish this collaboration.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: So I'm very uncertain like they have again stretched the date of the MOU and it has been stretching
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: and I know like we should by this time we should at least be able to like upload the posters as well and now they're uncertain of Rahul. So yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: Yeah. One thing I realized is that we need to set one thing I think we should learn from this and all those thing and we should be repeating all those things is we need to set a proper and strict timeline for any agreement signing and and there should be like if they couldn't able to sign within we are not
00:37:06
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: collaborating them whatever the process it is it should be complete within one month or whatever otherwise it g
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: it could negatively affect our course project progress also and our branding also like we give As if we must also realize that remember that this is our course and our master class. We are giving them the opportunity as gay antilas person. So and we are also giving them the personal and if we allow them to you know do whatever they could you know
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: anything they just show we are not professional enough also to you know get strict. I think this is something we could learn for you know and this just this
CommOps Manager: Yeah. Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: just reflect a lot about our branding also like if we keep on pushing them they will have this intention
CommOps Manager: Yeah. Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: like okay this kind of NGO we can you know drag it down don't worry about that we can drag it
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: down we are bigger kind of this kind we don't want this to happen right so yeah most thank
00:38:00
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. Yes.
Jordhen Tenzin: I have a question like uh does does three team do they know about you know our other you know options for collaboration like TNP these things do they know about
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes.
Jordhen Tenzin: that
Tenzin Palkyi: So when they asked me about the dates change uh I told them that it'll be very difficult because we're already like having conversation with other organization and we are in plan with the other planning to do collaboration with other organization as well. So they do have the idea about it.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah, I think it's very important for them to you know know that you know like we are independent and we want to you know collaborate with who is uh whoever is more interested or like you know more uh serious. Yeah. Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. And also like um uh so when we talk when like during uh last time when we talk about when we had this budget meeting and also the MOU meeting with Ratna so the jungle I see here hello okay uh there is
00:39:10
CommOps Manager: No,
Tenzin Palkyi: echo is there echo in my okay all right so last time when we did discuss about
CommOps Manager: no, no.
Tenzin Palkyi: this one uh what I feel like like their audience pool as well they're also like quite unsure. So like with branding when we said that we want to like upload the poster as soon as possible and then also do like few uh this thing uh like pay advert paid advertisement as well they said that we don't need to do anything because their audience is already there but then later on like during the course customization meeting they were they they couldn't even properly like tell about the right audience that they have for yog as well. So the answer was always very not clear. So that is one of the concerns. Uh and then if in case we do collaborate with Zongar and then TN I know like the audience pool is already always there like from the organization itself they can at least like um short list few monks or nuns that they know that they are already interested in. So yeah.
00:40:13
Tenzin Palkyi: Uh yes.
Yash Dixit: uh like on the point of Rahulya like uh Rahula is actually bit closely linked with government like he's working with IBC and certain collaborations and he is a good connection to us he is having a good presence in Maharashtra like if they force us to drop him it would not be not good like And secondly uh you know uh like the cancellation of FCA is a big thing like if we see from the government point of view if we collaborate with them we would be in a red radar of the government okay this organization FC is canled and we are doing collaboration with them so that could also be a problematic thing like government haven't canled you know FC of many big organizations many like Buddhist organizations but why three takna So that too is bit of a concern like what is in my head you know you would be on government like this government is you know targeting like whosoever is you know is like they love targeting people.
CommOps Manager: And they might be feeling that you know Rahul may draw some attention you know
00:41:19
Yash Dixit: So yes yes yes he is
CommOps Manager: like
Yash Dixit: having very good connection like I I was uh in that uh forum so I had seen he has very good connection with you know the ministers and the officials at IBC and ministry of culture. So that that is something really problematic. I I hypersonally believe
Norbu Tsering: Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: I can't help it.
CommOps Manager: So Dr. like uh just to update like we our whole team is having some like concerns regarding this collaboration with uh through Ratna uh there seem to be have like lot of changes uh and uh even though like the MOU and the budget everything is provided uh they're hesitant to sign the MOU and wanted to uh do some changes and they also want uh Rahul who is like our main trainer uh they want to remove him like from as a trainer. Uh so yeah there so we our team is not sure like if we really have to uh go forward with this collaboration or like can we extend it until like they get the proper fund and you know can actually fund this uh training otherwise you know like because ear I think the one learning we had like through this is uh the first thing we should go forward is like with the MOU you know where everything should be clear about the budget everything we set up the budget
00:42:53
CommOps Manager: and then only like started looking for funding. So since the funding like uh they didn't get it so have to lot of adjustment had to do with the planning. So yeah. So yeah, Piggy, maybe you can share that document again with Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: and after the meeting as well I'll also to everyone so mainly we
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: went through like the six concerns that we have first one is like the funding model which have changed frequently and now the funding model is definitely more on our side uh this budget is much more and then the venue have already changed three times, Lunavla and Nagoloka and now Lavla again and then they're not signing that they are not ready to sign the MOU. I know I know they're not going to do that. So deadline have shifted multiple times and if in case they did read the MOU it has been clearly
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: written that they should at least sign the MOU between like at least two weeks or else like the partnership
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
00:43:52
Tenzin Palkyi: collaboration is canled.
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
Tenzin Palkyi: So I I still have doubt whether they even read the MOU or not. And now trainer they're saying that they they don't want Rahul anymore.
CommOps Manager: Yes.
Tenzin Palkyi: uh and then branding has also like they declined it uh saying that it's a lot on their end and then participants have reduced to 160 and I know like Angela always focus on like the impact and in case like we're spending this much and like the impact we're only able to garner it to 60 participants significantly gone less.
CommOps Manager: You are
Tenzin Palkyi: So this is what we were discussing.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. Uh
Norbu Tsering: uh this to be honest I feel our effort in decisions are not being fully recognized or taken seriously uh terms of like larger goal or the project from itself
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: from the hosting partner from my perspective I'll be very clear right now they ask funding situ is already clear discussion right They are asking for donation for logistic right even then it seems only partial cover for remaining course and whatever it is they don't have much of cost at the same time right now is receiving significant advantage from the uh collaboration with us the courses masterclass and everything in terms of branding and also the participant over there they are taking hugely advantage because most of they are not a normal student they are like
00:45:24
Norbu Tsering: academician teachers and all those influence of big big people are coming over there which will create a very positive impression for them to to be very honest uh since they are following up to be uh since I've heard and potentially bring a strong backing up and support for their future you know programs and budget. So this is almost like giving advantages for and that is why hearing you know especially the printing I mean the printing press responsibility might fall on us was honestly very disheartening you know particularly I feel like this is not fair because we are already bearing a lot of astra so this should be very strict I
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: think yeah this is what this is from my perspective
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: First I have a very simple question. Oh, do we have like a um normally you know we we have like a leaf policy, we have a salary policy, right? We have like a organizational document like uh when when the salary uh problem the question comes up we immediately refer to the salary policy.
00:46:45
drongbu lobsang: So do we have a document which is like you know how how the when we work with another organization the corporation do we have like a that kind of a policy document
CommOps Manager: So uh usually we create right the beginning of like every project because every project is different in terms of like how we want to proceed.
drongbu lobsang: What
CommOps Manager: Uh so yeah we have created the document with three ratna but they haven't signed
drongbu lobsang: else?
CommOps Manager: it like till now it's been like laying there for how many now almost a month I think maybe even more so yeah they are not willing to sign it um yeah and I think we also have to add a clause of like some compensation if we in case like they want to move forward now and later on like maybe one or two weeks before the event they might cancel
drongbu lobsang: You need
CommOps Manager: also like seeing like how they are working at the moment. It's not really professional and like it's not reliable
drongbu lobsang: um I think now like how much time we do have
00:47:43
CommOps Manager: actually.
drongbu lobsang: now? Oh yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: uh it's 18th of May. So the main program is on 15th of July. So we do have like a month and 12 uh two months at
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: least.
Norbu Tsering: I
CommOps Manager: But I think we have to decide like by end of May know everything clear with the budget,
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay.
Norbu Tsering: think
CommOps Manager: logistic everything.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes.
Norbu Tsering: the concern is we are going for flip class.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Jordhen Tenzin: Did we give them like any uh like a time uh time
Norbu Tsering: So it is within two week we have to deploy our course also. So we have to confirm everything.
Jordhen Tenzin: uh time did we give them like a time to sign theou like a dead home?
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. Yes. Actually,
Jordhen Tenzin: They didn't
Tenzin Palkyi: we did with them several times and now during the weekend itself, Dr.
drongbu lobsang: Just a
Tenzin Palkyi: Jac has mentioned texted me on WhatsApp again that it will not be possible.
00:48:37
drongbu lobsang: minute.
Tenzin Palkyi: they need to have meet together and then do the decision together because last
CommOps Manager: Sorry.
Tenzin Palkyi: time we had the meeting like he said that please send it I'll I'll immediately do it right after the meeting the budget meeting yeah but now
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: yeah
drongbu lobsang: Thursday.
Jordhen Tenzin: But I think yeah it's time I mean like next one week I think it should be it should get
Tenzin Palkyi: Oh,
Jordhen Tenzin: done otherwise you know we need to make a clear decision whether we are going to continue or not
drongbu lobsang: Yeah.
Jordhen Tenzin: otherwise by the end of this month yeah everything has to be clear otherwise you know like the traveling of our you know core team it will be like very difficult you know I'm sure they they don't they
Tenzin Palkyi: yeah.
Jordhen Tenzin: are not going to compensate even though we have you know uhou signed and it's clearly mentioned I think it will be difficult to you know like follow up with the compensation these things unless we have like a a written commun uh you know
00:49:35
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Jordhen Tenzin: uh commitment from them via this uh
Tenzin Palkyi: Uhhuh. I I have a feeling that they will definitely
drongbu lobsang: That's fine.
Tenzin Palkyi: winner mute
drongbu lobsang: I don't know.
Tenzin Palkyi: yourself's
drongbu lobsang: Okay. the people here.
Tenzin Palkyi: background. All right. So yeah, I feel like he will definitely not approve her Rahul. uh like uh from the moment when we had had the first discussion about uh Rahul as being one of the facilitator um I saw the look in his face but he didn't say anything during that time it would have been much much better and easier if in case he did uh raise concern during that time itself but now it has been at least like a month I believe since we had this conversation with Rahul and uh this morning when he we did talk about Rahul he mentioned that it's specifically only due to political reasons And uh he said that um Rahul have said few things that Trirana people will not agree. Uh so it would have been like quite very concerning for their side as well because they're also political and yeah and few participants who are going to come during the program will not like it and then issues may be raised.
00:51:05
Tenzin Palkyi: So that was what he said but I still have uh difficulty forward with this collaboration as I
CommOps Manager: No.
Tenzin Palkyi: have seen how difficult it is and also about how how much budget we are I mean
CommOps Manager: No.
Tenzin Palkyi: we are using on our side as well and one of the biggest experience that I have come to learn through this is that moving forward with any other organization we have to make before that we have to make like a document which which contains all everything about what the u collaborating uh project uh organization will do if in case we're going to move ahead with the collaboration. So yeah, I'll definitely I think we should we can also have like a meeting with Gandela uh in case he has any time and then I'll also email about all this
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: concern as well and after the meeting I I I don't know how to like talk with Rahul regarding this one because I'm very sure that rat is never going to accept it. Uh from the meeting I had with Dr. he's very he's he's he's he's quite stern firm with uh not having Rahul at all and now and then he even mentioned that I told him it'll be very difficult on our end and it will not be feasible and even like he said that just talk with your team I said even if I
00:52:27
Tenzin Palkyi: do talk with the team like the outcome will not be positive uh he said use my name as well
CommOps Manager: Hey,
Tenzin Palkyi: you tell Rahul that Rana people are not not going to accept him anymore but of course like we are in the bridge So yeah
CommOps Manager: If you know like if they are covering everything you know then we could you know in that's more to tell them you know
Tenzin Palkyi: right
CommOps Manager: okay because since they are sponsoring everything so yeah it's their demon but now like we are bearing more cost than them and like
Tenzin Palkyi: and I am now like brainstorming few things where we can like like wait
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: this collaboration until and unless they have more funding they have more funding than Ask us we will definitely open we are open up for the collaboration and we can move ahead with
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: it. Until and unless we have to spend more from we Buddhist side that is that is too much. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah. Uh just my idea uh cancel ju now I think there are two only only two options continue or cancel.
00:53:37
drongbu lobsang: All right. So like a reasons why you are going to cancel and the reasons why you are going to continue or is there any way to negotiate? So I think we I think it's better if you guys have like a percentage wise we are going to cancel we are going to like a continue if blah blah blah blah 1 2 3 4 5 blow point and we are going to cancel it because of this this this this and a few point is I think more than enough and if you guys have that you you can have meeting with MT and get uh some idea and then I think uh in this the the most important one is is there any like if the other organization is just based on what I hear from you guys they are not completely transparent with us seems like they're hiding something like you know so I think if they are not really that much transparent with us like you know doing what like supposed to be like both of us are like a common uh aim or like goal common goal or common something in common in such a way that we are doing work together.
00:55:01
drongbu lobsang: So in this process if they are hiding something or they are not transparent with us I think this is one of the the the biggest reason like you know we need to cancel. So the the pel was saying like Rahu if it is negotiable I think you know that is for me I think the it's it's a small part you know not a small part but somehow he can convince it so Rahul is one person our aim is so many people you know so that is like a negotiable even Rahul can understand like you know we we have this connection and the communication And in the past we have this relationship. So I think he also we understand us. Yeah that is my suggestion. I think he like come with if we cancel because of this and we we are going to continue because of this this this so we you cancel like you know the cancel thing is more than I think we are going to cancel it. Yeah. Thank you.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah. Uh I also have a suggestion.
00:56:20
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah. Maybe a little different from uh Tumbula. Uh I think you know since uh uh their community is not a small one and also you know like they uh the Pune community is very important for we Buddhist for us to you know uh collaborate in long term. So maybe right now is not the best time you know but we can you know we can postpone or something like that and wait for the best time you know uh no need to be like hurry you know uh first we can collaborate with others and then we see the uh if we
CommOps Manager: H.
Jordhen Tenzin: have the best uh I mean if the funding opportunity comes or if there is a you know funding from their side then we can you know proceed. Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Jordhen Tenzin: don't need to stick to this uh this uh master class, you know, we can always post one and in the meantime we can have others other collaboration. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: should be the same. Yes,
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: this is actually a very good way to just you know won't hurt
00:57:18
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: both the parties.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: Okay. Okay. Good.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: Good.
CommOps Manager: Because they are not ready.
drongbu lobsang: Not not right time.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah. Yeah.
drongbu lobsang: This is not right.
Jordhen Tenzin: Yeah. Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Not the right thing for them.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: and also to add so um like they said that during in July itself it's going to be rainy season so lot of concerns from their end as well they're saying and in August they said they have organ art festival which is like festival that Dr. work does. So we can propose in October as well if I know like the weather will much be much much
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
Tenzin Palkyi: better and like Rahul I was thinking if in case we can we can let Rahul know that we are we we can also plan like another master class in Napur I know like it's very near and then having like we can collaborate with Rahul let Rahul be one of the trainer itself this is also something that we can think of as well I know that Rahul has been asking us frequently to host do something in Napur So we can collaborate with him.
00:58:26
Tenzin Palkyi: I know he already have like ties with other organization. If in if in case he can collaborate us with one of the organization over there, we can have something in Napur as well as like Pune. I think it also gives us like suff enough sufficient time to also work on much better and then for them to have like a better fun. Yes. Okay.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: And also Yes. Yes.
Yash Dixit: uh like like we all are aware like uh one of our participant Mayor Gi was having some kind of you know master class and he did a lot of posting about it but it didn't uh like got any response and it is 18th and uh no no response like so I I believe like Maharashtra is ready or not we don't know like we have to create a lot of hype for like if we are doing a Maharashtra or Nagpurentric thing like uh if we do everything and we are having no participants that would be a big problem for us like mayor is having good connections in Maharashtra within the community outside the community uh right but still uh that whole thing is canled like he did a lot of branding and the even the page where they created everything that page is also So you know in a way they had done away with that.
00:59:45
Yash Dixit: Uh so I personally believe that like even though they were doing it in a very big resort in Matan or something like that with swimming pool and all the facilities then also the students in the summer you know vacation they were not ready to join it. So that means you know in a way people in Maharashtra probably are not ready or they need more in a way uh you know information or uh awareness about it. I personally believe.
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
Norbu Tsering: Yes.
CommOps Manager: Yes.
Norbu Tsering: I think for myself as Jordan mentioned since uh also from his uh Jordan first comment I really like it since signific sufficient time has already been given from their side right regarding the MOU process. So we believe that we can take it in uh we it is important to send a final kind of like email communication regarding the agreement about uh look this will serve as a final call for MOU agreement also like we would sincerely request everyone to involve with like take this collaborate seriously and maintain full transparency like through this email we can include like if it is about some funding we can postpone it like give them option also like since uh and also like make it clear like this could affect us for the upcoming timeline for other master class you know like there are a lot of master class in happening right so yeah I think this such kind of email with more transparency would be much better I think whatever I think what whatever I believe that
01:01:21
Tenzin Palkyi: Oh, one.
Norbu Tsering: whatever they are telling they are texting you in WhatsApp right so why don't they why don't they
Tenzin Palkyi: Yeah.
Norbu Tsering: email us you know clearly
Tenzin Palkyi: Yes. One thing that I forgot to inform, uh, they're also very pushing for Kind PMA as well because Dr. wants to build that connection from through us. So he said better than bringing Rahul being kundu and then I said that it will not be possible because he also has to go to school and everything and then he said being singular being singular as one of the trainers so there is still like very unprofessional as
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: well definitely yeah I'll take consideration of whatever we have discussed and then yes I'll also email okay apart from that I just want to tell all the team that I know that team members have worked really hard And by any unfortunate reason even if we cannot go forward with this
CommOps Manager: No.
Tenzin Palkyi: collaboration or if in case we can postpone it I just want to assure everyone that we are going to work very hard to move forward and then also do like a better collaboration with a much much more transparent organization ahead.
01:02:28
Tenzin Palkyi: So please don't faith and then keep working.
CommOps Manager: Yes.
Tenzin Palkyi: I know everyone's doing very well that's why. Okay. All right. I think that's it then.
CommOps Manager: Y
Tenzin Palkyi: uh I have set up a meeting for uh 3 to 4 for aspirin retrospective. So please everyone make sure to
Norbu Tsering: I feel like is explaining to Angela this
Tenzin Palkyi: join is very
Norbu Tsering: situation.
drongbu lobsang: Yes. Yes.
CommOps Manager: something.
Tenzin Palkyi: very
drongbu lobsang: I'm taking the advantage here, you know.
Norbu Tsering: Thank you.
CommOps Manager: Thank you. It's hard to get him
Tenzin Palkyi: hard to get contact with now.
CommOps Manager: online.
Tenzin Palkyi: It has been harder now. Okay. All
Norbu Tsering: Let us wait and hear from Almighty himself.
Tenzin Palkyi: right.
CommOps Manager: Oh boy.
Tenzin Palkyi: Then we can we leave or we'll wait until the finishes.
CommOps Manager: make like have something to say. Yeah. I think you know like they might it seems like rather hasn't expected this level of work you know involved in just organizing like a workshop.
01:03:43
CommOps Manager: So like when we show all the all the all the you know time that is needed. So it seems like it's kind of overwhelming for them because they might have not realized you know how much work actually put into all the you know organizing this kind of workshop. Yeah. So it seems like they are not ready not just like the financial part like even like how to you know like proceed with this kind of collaboration. So I think for them also I think it's a kind of learning process actually.
Tenzin Palkyi: Yeah.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: And even since they said they'll take care of it when they said LED screen will not be possible.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: I said projector and then projector also need a backdrop and then they were like projector but then we will manage like what do you mean by how are we going to like have the master class
CommOps Manager: Yeah, I think that happens know actually you know like thinking about the impact then you try to do best know rather than just organizing you know it doesn't help that much if you are giving we also have to think about the impact right so it seems like the focus is mainly on just organizing it you know trying to get some people but you know seeing the real impact I think it's more uh this thing needed for this kind of project
01:04:58
Norbu Tsering: Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
CommOps Manager: yeah
Norbu Tsering: This is the common thing also. Yeah. Trying they don't have much of a expense if you look at it. They already got a asset resort, right? Don't have much of a and also through this I feel like our master class is a very good one. they have like proper everything through this uh collaboration they also backing up for next upcoming you know support like funding for themselves this is a huge I think looking at this perspective they will definitely work hard to make it happen they the participant they are joining up like okay those are not student right they will also work on it but I don't know they are trying to do as minimal as
CommOps Manager: Yeah, professor.
Norbu Tsering: they could to you know at least get a huge I feel like
drongbu lobsang: Okay, I just took just few minutes.
CommOps Manager: You heard something?
drongbu lobsang: Yeah, and she says, "Okay, just get the gist of whatever we discussed. Just put it in a one or two page like a graph or whatever and uh whatever the
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
drongbu lobsang: negative or the positive responses you got from there and then what is your idea your
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
drongbu lobsang: like how you say what you understood from them and uh like if you want to continue or you if you want to cancel it or you want to postpoint it make it in a chart. Yeah. Put in a reason and uh put a meeting tomorrow.
CommOps Manager: Okay.
drongbu lobsang: can just 10 to 15 minutes meeting.
CommOps Manager: Mhm.
Tenzin Palkyi: That's all. Okay,
CommOps Manager: Okay. Great.
drongbu lobsang: Yeah,
Tenzin Palkyi: perfect. Okay. All right. Okay. We'll definitely work on it.
CommOps Manager: Yeah.
Tenzin Palkyi: That's all. Thank
drongbu lobsang: you're welcome.
Norbu Tsering: Thank you.
Tenzin Palkyi: you.
CommOps Manager: Okay guys,
Norbu Tsering: Thank you.
CommOps Manager: thank you.
drongbu lobsang: Sorry.
Menla Tsomo: Thank
Jordhen Tenzin: Thank you.
Tenzin Palkyi: Okay, everyone. Bye-bye.
Menla Tsomo: you.
Tenzin Palkyi: Thank you.
drongbu lobsang: Oh, this
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