Yo everybody,
what a rollercoaster ride this has been!
I was one of the first collaborators for nungus version 1, and have seen it blossom from an arty contribution-based ezine to a more focused
collaborative entity grappling with academic/media issues of the past,
present and future.
I have since then been a bouncing board for pretty much all nungus ideas (Bea is very enthusiastic and spurts info at the slightest provocation), and am currently collaborating with her on telematic mix, a project funded by daniel langlois.
Even though nungu is a fluid collective, its primary member is Bea. Nungu is her creation, and it is she who has invited each and every one of the collaborators to work with her. This is the raison d'etre of nungu-
collaboration.

So, anybody claiming that:

1)he or she could have been solely responsible for a project
2)nungu offered free hosting to artists (this is a ridiculous concept, why
would anyone do such a thing?)
3)the nungu collective has disbanded (who is implementing the commissions, what the hell am I doing?)

is a blatant liar, nothing more, nothing less.

This renders Vishal Rawleys other points useless.
The fluid collective that is nungu is pumping, and all the current members have (see shefc's email, subject:in defense of bea and nungu, posted a few days ago) or will email this list verifying all of the above.
Also, the fabulous grant money did not go bea/nungu, but was used for implementation of the project, which in this case involved buying 2 very expensive security cameras. The leftover money is paying the current collective namley shefali chad, rahul guha and vivek sasikumar, for their time and efforts. There is no question of any payment to be made to past contributors.

There are simply too many holes in Vishals arguements, which leaves one wondering:
why would any sane person put forth such nonsense, risking the edifice that is his reputation on such a butterfly of a claim?
Its difficult to answer without getting personal, especially when you have first hand knowledge of the situation.

An interesting debate on authorship etc has arisen on rhizomes list from this 'scandal', but the truth remains that this is not really relevant in nungus context.

During the past few weeks, nungus work has been disrupted by the
falsifications of Vishal Rawley.
We are all dealing with the abuse that litters nungus mailboxes and, in an effort to channel this negative energy, are planning on making a project out of this episode.

However, it would be a crying shame if this in any way affected nungus
reputation, something that we all have worked very hard for.

mukul
past/present/future collaborator/member of the nungu collective