Please respond to the post directly. For YETI, Rashmi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rachana patwardhan <rachana.patwardhan@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:50 AM Subject: Requisition to circulate an announcement To: Hey Rashmi, I had sent an announcement regarding volunteering opportunity with CWS. I think that was mistaken to be a similar one that was sent earlier to Yeti regarding volunteering opportunity with a different project from CWS I am sending it again. Could you please circulate it in YETI group as soon as possible? *Volunteer with CWS in Project on Wildlife Conflict Surveys in Maharashtra* Dr. Krithi K. Karanth (Centre for Wildlife Studies) and Dr. Abi Tamim Vanak (ATREE) will be conducting conflict surveys in the grasslands of Maharashtra in 2013. We are looking for volunteers to help in data collection along with the research team. Volunteers will have to be fluent in Marathi and/or Hindi, work in teams, visit villages and experience rural India apart from being interested in wildlife. Good people skills are extremely important both for the research and ability to work as part of a team with other volunteers. Candidates will be selected after a screening of their applications to judge their suitability for doing the work. Candidates must be 1. Age group: 18-45 years. 2. Physically very fit and have some experience in hiking through rough countryside. 3. Fluent in Marathi and/or Hindi and have a reasonably good ability to interact with people. 4. Be willing to work long and arduous hours (we typically work 8-12 hour days). Simple vegetarian food and rudimentary field accommodation is available. Travel expenses to and from field sites will have to be borne by the participants. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Rachana Patwardhan with the following information ONLY in the exact format below (Please provide all requested information). 1. Name 2. Age 3. Gender 4. Have you participated in Wildlife Conservation Society or Centre for Wildlife Studies field surveys? If Yes- provide details on what year, which field site and who was the supervisor. 5. Marathi/Hindi fluency level- fluent, somewhat fluent and not fluent for speaking, reading and writing. 6. Where do you live? 7. Why do you want to volunteer? 8. Field Work Dates: The work will commence on January 2013 and run throughout the year. If you are interested in volunteering for the first two batches or later on please apply. Batch 1: Jan 4th to 13th Batch 2: Jan 12th to 20th If you are interested send us the exact dates of availability. 9. Contact email and phone number. Please contact Rachana at rachana.cws@xxxxxxxxx. Regards, -- Rachana Patwardhan Project Researcher, Centre for Wildlife Studies 1669, 31st Cross, 16th Main, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 560 070, India Ph. 91 80 2671 5364 Fax 91 80 2671 5255 -- Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI) <http://www.meetyeti.in/> To unsubscribe (i.e. stop receiving YETI broadcast emails in future) please visit <http://www.freelists.org/list/meetyeti> or send an email to <meetyeti- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with “unsubscribe” in the subject.