Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: WMIN shutdown ?
Thank you Viswa, for clarifying. As per what you asked me to refer to to, the bylaws, page states that membership has to be renewed within the first three months of the fiscal year, which is (if you were unaware) April, May, June. As per Sowmyan's mail to the EC in July, Nikita had not sent in either the form or the money. In the case of Karthik and me, the money was sent, on his request for both of us prior to the deadline from my bank account via NEFT. All you need to do is check the bank records. As for the CoI policy, I had started the draft using the WMF policy as a base. None of you contributed to it. There was a resolution passed to accept this draft as well as a resolution to post minutes of meetings on the public wiki. Due to technical glitches, this never happened, and you were given the task of coordinating to get it running properly. Regards, On 13-Sep-2014 9:25 am, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Before accusing me of holding back your mails please do remember that I was never an admin of this list. It has always been Hari and Anirudh. On 13-Sep-2014 2:10 am, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Srikanth, Please read the bye-laws once again and always quote from the bye-law in exact verbatim. For your convenience, here is a copy of the MoA: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/images/2/20/ChapterRegDocsEnglish.pdf I shall even direct you to the exact location for this particular clause: It is at Article V, Section 2 (on page 8th of the whole 18 page PDF volume). Also, please be careful so that such uneducated and precisely planned doubts does not hit back at cases of your own (as well as Karthik's) membership validity and cessation, if not for any previous instances. Thanks and regards, Viswam PS. BTW, why is it that my mails are not being transmitted through this list? How do I know how long this may have been happening? Being one of the administrators, you may have a clue. ;) On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Viswa, I have read the bylaws. If a member does not renew before the grace period, in this case 30th of June, it becomes a new application. 10th July is not exactly within the grace period is it? On 12-Sep-2014 11:42 pm, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: I am resending ( rather, re-attempting to send) an important reply mail that was sent to this mail list 10 hours back from my Wikimedia.in ID, for your kind reading. *To my great shock, I realize now that, strangely that mail never reached our mail-list!* -- Forwarded message -- From: Viswanathan Prabhakaran viswapra...@wikimedia.in Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN shutdown ? To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Dear Srikanth and other readers, On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Prior to the departure of several EC members, resolution had been passed to accept the draft Coi policy that was done by me with Karthik's help. Please ensure that it is implemented. A new draft is being prepared, (stemmed from your draft, thank you, Srikanth), incorporating additional details conforming to international standards for non-profit organizations. Within a day or two, this draft will be presented in the chapter Wiki for review, discussion and suggestions by any members (and even interested community members and other stakeholders). The draft will be retrieved back to the EC and will be finally vetted and approved as a standard core document during the upcoming Board Meeting on 20,21 September 2014 at Bangalore. Also, you mentioned a board meeting in September. Does this indicate the AGM or just the four core EC members. The board meeting on 20,21 at Bangalore is a board meeting. It will take up and decide on the matter of AGM / Elections in such a way as to conduct the same at the earliest possible date, as early as the stipulated timelines and documentation requirements (mainly completion of Audit Report and Annual Report) will allow. It will also review and decide on the voting eligibility requirements of all chapter members who are members of the chapter. Further, it will decide on several administrative policies, of which, a major one will be the feasibility of enlistment of all members (with bare minimum personal data) on the chapter wiki. Some of these decisions will be acted upon immediately after the meeting. The EC is also seriously corroborating on the feasibility of publishing every minutes and resolutions passed during its business except for the ones require confidential privacy. In the meanwhile, we also intend to invite suggestions for modifications and improvements in the bye-laws and other documents via discussions on the member wiki. Such suggestions, will be finely
[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia/Wikisource/Wikimedia stall at Chennai Mozilla Reps Maker Party
Hello, There will be a Wikipedia/Wikisource/Wikimedia stall at the Maker Party Chennai (http://makerpartychennai.in/) tomorrow (Spe14, 2014). I will be there. Please take some time out to visit. Let us catch up. Thanks and regards, Pavanaja ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Please use the appropriate forums (Was: Re: Fwd: WMIN shutdown ?)
Dear all, From some of the discussions, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the sanctity of the respective forums has to be maintained under all circumstances. Using a public mailing lists to sort out details that should be discussed within the Board or within the EC is deplorable. Look at all the successful movements around the world and you will find that the simple reason for their success is discipline of thought, word and action. Leading a movement such as the free knowledge movement called Wikipedia constrained by the challenges of a pluralistic culture requires a ton of maturity. There are also challenges of working with a team or teams that comes with diverse experiences and view points and I can assure you that getting frustrated and quitting or using a public forum to wash dirty linen is not the way forward. Discipline, patience and perseverance are the keys. The free knowledge movement provides us with an opportunity to not only refine society but also ourselves as human beings. Please use this opportunity wisely. With fraternal greetings from the Free Software Movement in India Vikram Vincent On 13 September 2014 12:01, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Viswa, for clarifying. As per what you asked me to refer to to, the bylaws, page states that membership has to be renewed within the first three months of the fiscal year, which is (if you were unaware) April, May, June. As per Sowmyan's mail to the EC in July, Nikita had not sent in either the form or the money. In the case of Karthik and me, the money was sent, on his request for both of us prior to the deadline from my bank account via NEFT. All you need to do is check the bank records. As for the CoI policy, I had started the draft using the WMF policy as a base. None of you contributed to it. There was a resolution passed to accept this draft as well as a resolution to post minutes of meetings on the public wiki. Due to technical glitches, this never happened, and you were given the task of coordinating to get it running properly. Regards, On 13-Sep-2014 9:25 am, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Before accusing me of holding back your mails please do remember that I was never an admin of this list. It has always been Hari and Anirudh. On 13-Sep-2014 2:10 am, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Srikanth, Please read the bye-laws once again and always quote from the bye-law in exact verbatim. For your convenience, here is a copy of the MoA: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/images/2/20/ChapterRegDocsEnglish.pdf I shall even direct you to the exact location for this particular clause: It is at Article V, Section 2 (on page 8th of the whole 18 page PDF volume). Also, please be careful so that such uneducated and precisely planned doubts does not hit back at cases of your own (as well as Karthik's) membership validity and cessation, if not for any previous instances. Thanks and regards, Viswam PS. BTW, why is it that my mails are not being transmitted through this list? How do I know how long this may have been happening? Being one of the administrators, you may have a clue. ;) On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Viswa, I have read the bylaws. If a member does not renew before the grace period, in this case 30th of June, it becomes a new application. 10th July is not exactly within the grace period is it? On 12-Sep-2014 11:42 pm, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: I am resending ( rather, re-attempting to send) an important reply mail that was sent to this mail list 10 hours back from my Wikimedia.in ID, for your kind reading. *To my great shock, I realize now that, strangely that mail never reached our mail-list!* -- Forwarded message -- From: Viswanathan Prabhakaran viswapra...@wikimedia.in Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN shutdown ? To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Dear Srikanth and other readers, On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Prior to the departure of several EC members, resolution had been passed to accept the draft Coi policy that was done by me with Karthik's help. Please ensure that it is implemented. A new draft is being prepared, (stemmed from your draft, thank you, Srikanth), incorporating additional details conforming to international standards for non-profit organizations. Within a day or two, this draft will be presented in the chapter Wiki for review, discussion and suggestions by any members (and even interested community members and other stakeholders). The draft will be retrieved back to the EC and will be finally vetted and approved as a standard core document during the upcoming Board Meeting on 20,21 September 2014 at
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: WMIN shutdown ?
Sorry for the second email. I meant to say members wiki because the law says we can not have it in public. On 13-Sep-2014 12:01 pm, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Viswa, for clarifying. As per what you asked me to refer to to, the bylaws, page states that membership has to be renewed within the first three months of the fiscal year, which is (if you were unaware) April, May, June. As per Sowmyan's mail to the EC in July, Nikita had not sent in either the form or the money. In the case of Karthik and me, the money was sent, on his request for both of us prior to the deadline from my bank account via NEFT. All you need to do is check the bank records. As for the CoI policy, I had started the draft using the WMF policy as a base. None of you contributed to it. There was a resolution passed to accept this draft as well as a resolution to post minutes of meetings on the public wiki. Due to technical glitches, this never happened, and you were given the task of coordinating to get it running properly. Regards, On 13-Sep-2014 9:25 am, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Before accusing me of holding back your mails please do remember that I was never an admin of this list. It has always been Hari and Anirudh. On 13-Sep-2014 2:10 am, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Srikanth, Please read the bye-laws once again and always quote from the bye-law in exact verbatim. For your convenience, here is a copy of the MoA: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/images/2/20/ChapterRegDocsEnglish.pdf I shall even direct you to the exact location for this particular clause: It is at Article V, Section 2 (on page 8th of the whole 18 page PDF volume). Also, please be careful so that such uneducated and precisely planned doubts does not hit back at cases of your own (as well as Karthik's) membership validity and cessation, if not for any previous instances. Thanks and regards, Viswam PS. BTW, why is it that my mails are not being transmitted through this list? How do I know how long this may have been happening? Being one of the administrators, you may have a clue. ;) On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Viswa, I have read the bylaws. If a member does not renew before the grace period, in this case 30th of June, it becomes a new application. 10th July is not exactly within the grace period is it? On 12-Sep-2014 11:42 pm, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: I am resending ( rather, re-attempting to send) an important reply mail that was sent to this mail list 10 hours back from my Wikimedia.in ID, for your kind reading. *To my great shock, I realize now that, strangely that mail never reached our mail-list!* -- Forwarded message -- From: Viswanathan Prabhakaran viswapra...@wikimedia.in Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN shutdown ? To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Dear Srikanth and other readers, On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Prior to the departure of several EC members, resolution had been passed to accept the draft Coi policy that was done by me with Karthik's help. Please ensure that it is implemented. A new draft is being prepared, (stemmed from your draft, thank you, Srikanth), incorporating additional details conforming to international standards for non-profit organizations. Within a day or two, this draft will be presented in the chapter Wiki for review, discussion and suggestions by any members (and even interested community members and other stakeholders). The draft will be retrieved back to the EC and will be finally vetted and approved as a standard core document during the upcoming Board Meeting on 20,21 September 2014 at Bangalore. Also, you mentioned a board meeting in September. Does this indicate the AGM or just the four core EC members. The board meeting on 20,21 at Bangalore is a board meeting. It will take up and decide on the matter of AGM / Elections in such a way as to conduct the same at the earliest possible date, as early as the stipulated timelines and documentation requirements (mainly completion of Audit Report and Annual Report) will allow. It will also review and decide on the voting eligibility requirements of all chapter members who are members of the chapter. Further, it will decide on several administrative policies, of which, a major one will be the feasibility of enlistment of all members (with bare minimum personal data) on the chapter wiki. Some of these decisions will be acted upon immediately after the meeting. The EC is also seriously corroborating on the feasibility of publishing every minutes and resolutions passed during its business except for the ones require confidential
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?
Dear all, Taking some liberty to speak on behapf of the chapter, I can promise you all that the Chapter's board, being newly restructured now, are working very hard these days to turn around many of the the ways it has been working through. We are trying to become more accommodative, diverse, open, growth-oriented and pro-active with an 'All Win, Win All' outlook. In the course, there are quite a few hard and critical hurdles from many angles, mostly legal and administrative. May I now request all of you to give a helping hand and ideological support to this crucial organization which can potentially stand up mightily as a capable representation of all Indian Wikimedia volunteers and pride itself among the best Wikimedia chapters of all world. -Viswam On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need permission from the chapter to start a Wikipedia editors club in my neighbourhood? To answer just this simple, technical question: no, there is no restriction, and any group is welcome to seek recognition independently of the chapter, and does not need its permission. See here: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Step-by-step_user_group_creation_guide Thanks Asaf, that was helpful. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] On a proposed government Initiative
Dear all , Its claimed here https://www.facebook.com/airnewsalerts/photos/a.262571017217636.1073741824.191931674281571/455896034551799/?type=1theater that , GoI is planning to // soon make available valuable old recordings, many of the which rare ones with Doordarshan and All India Radio, on mobile handsets through a special application.// Can some one from the chapter and also volunteers try to make inroads and put out a consistent effort to make them under CC complaint license . -Sibi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please use the appropriate forums (Was: Re: Fwd: WMIN shutdown ?)
I Completely agree with you, Vikram. And due respects to your words and to the forum! Even before your mail, I had already decided not to reply anymore or languish within this thread, unnecessary and quite out of place. My earlier responses were only to clarify on the points raised which were addressed, by name, to me. Signing off on this, Viswam On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Vikram Vincent vincentvik...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, From some of the discussions, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the sanctity of the respective forums has to be maintained under all circumstances. Using a public mailing lists to sort out details that should be discussed within the Board or within the EC is deplorable. Look at all the successful movements around the world and you will find that the simple reason for their success is discipline of thought, word and action. Leading a movement such as the free knowledge movement called Wikipedia constrained by the challenges of a pluralistic culture requires a ton of maturity. There are also challenges of working with a team or teams that comes with diverse experiences and view points and I can assure you that getting frustrated and quitting or using a public forum to wash dirty linen is not the way forward. Discipline, patience and perseverance are the keys. The free knowledge movement provides us with an opportunity to not only refine society but also ourselves as human beings. Please use this opportunity wisely. With fraternal greetings from the Free Software Movement in India Vikram Vincent ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN shutdown ?
Dear Srikanth and other readers, On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Viswa, Prior to the departure of several EC members, resolution had been passed to accept the draft Coi policy that was done by me with Karthik's help. Please ensure that it is implemented. A new draft is being prepared, (stemmed from your draft, thank you, Srikanth), incorporating additional details conforming to international standards for non-profit organizations. Within a day or two, this draft will be presented in the chapter Wiki for review, discussion and suggestions by any members (and even interested community members and other stakeholders). The draft will be retrieved back to the EC and will be finally vetted and approved as a standard core document during the upcoming Board Meeting on 20,21 September 2014 at Bangalore. Also, you mentioned a board meeting in September. Does this indicate the AGM or just the four core EC members. The board meeting on 20,21 at Bangalore is a board meeting. It will take up and decide on the matter of AGM / Elections in such a way as to conduct the same at the earliest possible date, as early as the stipulated timelines and documentation requirements (mainly completion of Audit Report and Annual Report) will allow. It will also review and decide on the voting eligibility requirements of all chapter members who are members of the chapter. Further, it will decide on several administrative policies, of which, a major one will be the feasibility of enlistment of all members (with bare minimum personal data) on the chapter wiki. Some of these decisions will be acted upon immediately after the meeting. The EC is also seriously corroborating on the feasibility of publishing every minutes and resolutions passed during its business except for the ones require confidential privacy. In the meanwhile, we also intend to invite suggestions for modifications and improvements in the bye-laws and other documents via discussions on the member wiki. Such suggestions, will be finely filtered and drafted, presented and voted upon during the AGM and will be passed if approved by a two third majority. I say four because Nikita had not renewed her membership as of the first of July 2014 thus ceasing to be a member of the chapter let alone an EC member. You may kindly refer to the Bye-law regarding the norms on cessation and reinstatement of membership. Let me also take up this opportunity to inform all readers of the following: Thank you, Viswanathan Prabhakaran Treasurer Wikimedia Chapter Please look into these matters. On 11-Sep-2014 2:16 am, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, The newly restructured EC has held a telecon tonight (September 10th). We have decided to meet in person at Bangalore on 20,21 22 September 2014 with a large number of tasks in hand. Due to several reasons, principally among them, a delay in the completion of Financial Audit Reports, we are forced to postpone the AGM and Elections by a few weeks, following the recommendation of our legal and financial consultants. The above board meeting, to be held in Bangalore, will corroborate and decide on the earliest possible date to conduct the AGM and General Elections considering all formal timeline constraints. We will also meet-up with the Election Committee, our legal and financial consultants and other concerned agencies. We are also about to present a few drafts at the Chapters wiki and invite amendments, modifications and improvements in our constitutional and policy documents. This will include a 'Conflict of Interest' policy, a basic framework on the formation of an Advisory committee, simplification of membership application processes, grant process, publication of necessary Membership data without compromising the privacy concerns etc. We will be releasing more detailed info along these lines within a few days. Till then, Please standby. Thank you Viswanathan Prabhakaran Treasurer Wikimedia India Chapter On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: I am also surprised to see no reply. Arjuna, do you have any further information? Update on Election commitee process on WMIN Elections is here http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections2014 Any further updates? Regards -Sudhanwa ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore
Dear all, For your information, (As recorded here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/2014-2015) *Wikimedia India Chapter Announcement* The Board meeting conducted via telecon on 10th September night has decided to present their intention to participate in this discussion and nominate the following in their own personal capacity as well as representatives of the Wikimedia India Chapter. Delegates 1. Jayata Nath, President (Kolkata) 2. Viswanathan Prabhakaran, Treasurer (Thrissur, Kerala) 3. Sowmyan Tirumurti, Executive Manager (Bangalore) 4. Kartik Nadar, Board Member (Mumbai) 5. Nikita Belavate, Board Member (Mumbai) 6. Dr. B. Ekbal, Board Member (Kottayam, Kerala) 7. Nikhil Kawle, Board Member ( Bangalore) (It is expected that Radhakrishna Arvapally, Secretary, may not be able to take part in this meeting as he continues to be on an official trip abroad during these dates.) Venue The EC has further affirmed its preference to conduct the consultancy meeting at *Bangalore*,considering various logistic and infrastructural merits. Thank you. (For Execeutive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter), Viswanathan Prabhakaran Treasurer On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: We have confirmed the dates of the consultation: *October 4th and 5th* (weekend). If you haven't do so yet, please do give some thought to the *Delegates* and *Venue* sections of the organization page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014 I hope some community conversations about delegates are taking place. As I said 5 days ago, we'd rather have communities nominate delegates, than to have to select people ourselves. For communities that do not come up with community nominations, we will be selecting people on the basis of proxy measures such as levels of engagement on wiki, on lists, and good standing (not banned etc.), but this may well not be the optimal delegates from the community's standpoint. Asaf On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello again, everyone. (I would appreciate forwarding/translation, again) I hope discussions are underway about nominating delegates for this meeting, as we will need to begin arranging logistics in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, one of you anonymously offered comments on the talk page, and I have now addressed them, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014 I'm particularly calling out to your attention that the meeting is *not* expected to *set* the future of work in India, or to bind communities into accepting whatever is agreed upon at the meeting. On the contrary, it is a *joint visioning* and strategizing meeting, whose final output, ideally, would be a roadmap, a set of proposals, and a shared understanding of different possible roles of organizations and informal structures in India, all of which would be *offered* back, on-wiki, to the communities to discuss and develop further, or not. Some communities may embrace some of the ideas, others may object or just choose not to adopt them for now, and others still may struggle to even have that kind of conversation. All of these outcomes are valid, and we are decidedly not looking for (another) one-size-fits-all strategy for all of India. Please do visit the page and help us decide the venue and begin building the participant list. We would much rather have communities nominate, as well as individuals self-nominate, to participate, than having to select whom to invite ourselves (though of course we would do that to ensure minimal representation, if we need to). Thanks, Asaf On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear fellow Wikimedians, (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments to read.) I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news: The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with significant representation from across India, the different projects, and the different language communities. Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin discussion the delegates you would like to see participating. All costs will be borne by the Foundation. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014 Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so everyone can follow, even people not on this list. Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc., would be MUCH appreciated. Again, this is an important opportunity, and we need to ensure we get every community's attention. I look forward to this conversation very much! Asaf ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] fyi: chapter wiki getting spammed
Yes, indeed, we do have some infesting of spam IDs within the public wiki. Right now, I am in the process of clearing out the spam accounts. However, this has to be done extremely carefully without losing any of the actual edit efforts anyone may have spared. At one point of time, we had more than 70,000 spammed accounts, but I was able to clean almost all of them in a few batches. After that, due to various reasons, there existed a time, I had to be away from the Wiki(tech) housekeeping. Just now, we do have some 5000+ spam accounts, which will be cleaned out in a matter of one or two days. Thanks for the notification, Asaf. -Viswam On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:07 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: AFAIK, viswa was handling such technical stuff earlier. On 05-Sep-2014 11:34 pm, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi. FYI (I'm not sure who admins the wiki, hence e-mailing the list), the chapter wiki seems to be getting actively spammed with fake new user accounts and commercial content on the user pages: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangeslimit=500days=30 Not urgent, but someone should probably take some steps along the lines set out in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam Cheers, A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: If we are looking at any sort of unity, lets first pick out our own faults before pointing the finger at others. +1 Arun Ganesh Anarchy just for the cause of anarchy and authoritarianism just for the cause of authoritarianism are both useless, degenerative and destructive. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN Chapter membership drive
Dear Sowmyan, What about our membership? It is not yet active. Dont know what is issues after submitting required documents. Thank You Sagar Markal On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Wikimedians, The membership enrollment drive is on. Kindly send your membership / renewal applications before June 30. For membership details please see: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ Those who sent in a id proof need not send again. We prefer NEFT transfer through bank rather than cheques. The AGM is tentatively scheduled for August 16, 2014. The Secretary will send a formal communication soon. Regards, Sowmyan ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Thank You *Sagar Vilas Markal*. THINK NOT WHAT THE COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU. FOR ONCE ASK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOUR COUNTRY ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Earth India results
I don't have any problem either. Thanks, Ade! :) Best regards, Abhirami. On 12 September 2014 02:59, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mykola, Personally, I have no problems in having these results published in Commons, unless Abihirami prefers it that way. Thanks, Ade S On Friday, 12 September 2014, Mykola Kozlenko mycol...@ukr.net wrote: Hi Adethya, Can I publish these results on Commons? Or do you prefer not to announce the winners publicly at the moment? Thanks Mykola 11 вересня 2014, 08:51:14, від Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com : Hi Mykola, Please find attached document containing list of images URL - that have been shortlisted from India. Let me know if any other information is required. Thanks, Ade S On 10 September 2014 16:01, Mykola Kozlenko mycol...@ukr.net wrote: Hi, If you want to announce these results somewhere, you can publish them on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Finalists If you do not want to announce these results in the moment (for example, you want to announce them only during the award ceremony), please send the list of 10 URLs to me by mail. Best regards Mykola Kozlenko (User:NickK) WLE International / Wikimedia Ukraine --- Оригінальне повідомлення --- Від кого: Abhirami G abhirami...@gmail.com Дата: 10 вересня 2014, 07:56:33 Hi, We have nominated the top ten images from Wiki Loves Earth India. How can we send these results to you? I apologise for the extreme delay. Best regards, Abhirami. -- Sent from a phoebe, sorry, phone (autocorrect again!) -- Sent from my iPhone -- The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. --Richard P. Feynman a.k.a. Clockery Fairfeld https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Clockery on WMF projects Sent from a computer. Yep, a computer. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India
Hi all, I'm one of the organisers (Clockery) and while I haven't been able to do much as regards WLE apart from beginning it, I would like to help finish it off. Ade, assuming that no one else volunteers, it would be nice if you could help. As far as I know, the only person who actually contributed photos was Manojk, so it should be relatively easy. Best regards, Abhirami. On Tuesday, 9 September 2014, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have been on the jury for Wiki loves public art as a part of wikimedia Sverige. I would love to be on the jury to choose photos from India. Let me know if I can be of any assistance Best, Ade On Tuesday, 9 September 2014, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com'); wrote: FYI Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: *From:* Viswanathan Prabhakaran viswapra...@wikimedia.in *Date:* 8 September 2014 23:23:58 IST *To:* wikim...@lists.wikimedia.org, Manoj Karingamadathil manojkmohanme03...@gmail.com *Subject:* *[Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India* *Reply-To:* viswapra...@wikimedia.in, Malayalam Wikimedia Project Mailing list wikim...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Mykola Kozlenko mycol...@ukr.net Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:00 AM Subject: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India To: karthik...@wikimedia.in, jaya...@wikimedia.in, arkris...@wikimedia.in, viswapra...@wikimedia.in, nikita...@wikimedia.in Dear Board members of Wikimedia India, I am a member of Wiki Loves Earth international team, and I am contacting you concerning the winners of Wiki Loves Earth in India. The issue is that we are going to submit all national winners of Wiki Loves Earth to the international jury pretty soon (approximately 10-15 September), and we still have no information about winners from India (winners from other countries can be found here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Finalists ). At the moment India is the only country without any activity: among countries without list of winners there the Netherlands already have a list of winners but just don't want to publish it, while Ghana already has an active jury and will have their top-10 photos in just a few days. Unfortunately, both organisers of WLE in India ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_India ) seem to be inactive at the moment, and Clockery (main organiser) seems to be a 14-year old girl who is busy at school and who can use only her mother's computer, thus we are not sure she had really contacted anyone to form the Indian jury. Could you please do any of the following: * try to reach any of local organisers (Clockery or Manojk) and help them reaching jury members and organising top 10 selection. I do not know if you have any contacts of these users however - they have not responded to our emails, and I am not sure they are more active on their home wikis... * find some people to form an Indian jury yourselves and submit top-10 Indian photos for the international contest. Given that India is already very late, you can form a jury of virtually anyone who can evaluate quality of pictures (even a group of chapter members would be fine) * if you are lacking jury members - we may try to find some people to help you (e.g. we can ask some Commons administrators or active photographers who are not participating in the international jury). But please write us as soon as possible if you will need some additional people for the Indian jury. In any case we hope that you will be able to submit winners pretty soon (you have just 526 photos, not that great deal) - in at most a week, until 15 September - otherwise we may have to proceed without Indian images, which will mean Indians will not be able to be in the international top. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko (User:NickK) WLE International / Wikimedia Ukraine ___ Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects email: wikim...@lists.wikimedia.org Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l To stop receiving messages from Wikiml-l please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/wikiml-l -- Sent from my iPhone -- Sent from a phoebe, sorry, phone (autocorrect again!) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is
Dear Asaf, Considering the vote count before the midnight of 10th of September Mumbai was the prefrred location for meeting. Vote count Mumbai - 20 Bangalore - 18 (Before Midnight, 10th of Sept.) History:- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014action=history (*some votes added this morning) And some Board Members http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/2014-2015 (List) have casted their votes for the location. Board Members Vote count Bangalore:- 1 Mumbai:- 1 And 2 Board Members are from Mumbai. So we can consider count for Mumbai as 3. Kindly consider it as query regarding Preferred Location for meeting and let us know your views on it. Thanks Regards, Abhinav Garule. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, everyone. This is to inform everyone that the community consultation planned for Oct 4th-5th will be held in *Bangalore*. See here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Venue_choice I will be following up in the coming day or so with more information on confirmed attendees, taking community nominations into account. Thanks, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Best Regards, Abhinav Garule https://www.facebook.com/abhinav.garule +91 9404 9636 60 Coursera Language Co-ordinator. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is
hi Abhinav, I don't think they asked for the community input to decide the location for the consultation, that seems to have sprung up on its own somehow. The idea was always that it would be in either of the two cities and people would be supported to come for the Consultation by the WMF if needed. There are a few people who have been nominated by other community members and were neither self-nominated nor community nominated. warm regards, Pradep On 12 September 2014 11:57, Abhinav Garule abhinavgar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Asaf, Considering the vote count before the midnight of 10th of September Mumbai was the prefrred location for meeting. Vote count Mumbai - 20 Bangalore - 18 (Before Midnight, 10th of Sept.) History:- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014action=history (*some votes added this morning) And some Board Members (List) have casted their votes for the location. Board Members Vote count Bangalore:- 1 Mumbai:- 1 And 2 Board Members are from Mumbai. So we can consider count for Mumbai as 3. Kindly consider it as query regarding Preferred Location for meeting and let us know your views on it. Thanks Regards, Abhinav Garule. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, everyone. This is to inform everyone that the community consultation planned for Oct 4th-5th will be held in Bangalore. See here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Venue_choice I will be following up in the coming day or so with more information on confirmed attendees, taking community nominations into account. Thanks, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Best Regards, Abhinav Garule +91 9404 9636 60 Coursera Language Co-ordinator. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please use the appropriate forums (Was: Re: Fwd: WMIN shutdown ?)
hi Sudhanwa, I think you have your answer here: Even before your mail, I had already decided not to reply anymore or languish within this thread, unnecessary and quite out of place. My earlier responses were only to clarify on the points raised which were addressed, by name, to me. All, I think that the questions that Sudhanwa had raised earlier have merit and need answering. Given the circumstances, I think we should give the EC some more time to get themselves acquainted with the situation before they can answer the questions raised. I hope the Chapter EC will consider the questions and answer them, perhaps after the WMF India Community Consultation in October, 2014? warm regards, Pradeep ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN EC in minority
To the remaining EC members, This is with reference to recent changes in the chapter. 1. As Viswa pointed out in the MoA, membership runs during the fiscal year, ie April to March. Thereafter, a 3 month grace period is given to reinstate membership. It is noted that Nikita Belavate did not renew her membership as on 1st of July, hence ceasing to be a member of the chapter. This was the first EC member lost. Sowmyan notified the EC of this in the first week of July itself. 2. On 27th August, Pranav and Moksh resigned from the EC. This was the second and third EC member loss out of seven. 3. An EC meeting was held on 31st August. Certain resolutions were passed regarding coopting a new member and appointing new office bearers etc. However a non EC member, Nikita, who ceased to be an EC member as of 1st July due to non renewal of membership was allowed to participate by the Chair, thus making both the meetings and resolutions illegal, null and void. 4. I resigned on the 3rd of September, making it the loss of EC member number 4. As per the MoA, Article VII, 1c, the board needs to have a minimum quorum of 4 members to function, hence with only 3 EC members left (Jayanta, Karthik, Karthik), no meeting can be held and no resolution can be passed. 5. Since the chapter is now in a limbo, I suggest that the three EC members now contact the Registrar of Societies, Government of Karnataka and ask them to appoint an administrator to conduct the Annual General Meeting and elections As Soon As Possible and run the organisation in the interim. 6. WMF employees, please take note that the Chapter EC is in minority and cannot take any decision at the moment. P.S: I understand a few days after the renewal of membership, Nikita put in a fresh application for membership. However, it was not put up to the EC prior to my leaving. Since the EC is now in minority, it cannot approve hers or any other new applications until elections are held. If an administrator is appointed by the Registrar of Societies, the administrator would have the power to approve new applications. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan, What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce back. Ab tak Chappan! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05/Project_56 Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore: https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN EC in minority
Dear All, On behalf of the EC, I would wait for at least three senior members (respectable to me) of this list to opine here if this mail qualifies for a reply here in this exact forum or not. Until then, kindly avoid believing in the contorted interpretations expressed in the same. Thank you. -Viswam On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: To the remaining EC members, This is with reference to recent changes in the chapter. 1. As Viswa pointed out in the MoA, membership runs during the fiscal year, ie April to March. Thereafter, a 3 month grace period is given to reinstate membership. It is noted that Nikita Belavate did not renew her membership as on 1st of July, hence ceasing to be a member of the chapter. This was the first EC member lost. Sowmyan notified the EC of this in the first week of July itself. 2. On 27th August, Pranav and Moksh resigned from the EC. This was the second and third EC member loss out of seven. 3. An EC meeting was held on 31st August. Certain resolutions were passed regarding coopting a new member and appointing new office bearers etc. However a non EC member, Nikita, who ceased to be an EC member as of 1st July due to non renewal of membership was allowed to participate by the Chair, thus making both the meetings and resolutions illegal, null and void. 4. I resigned on the 3rd of September, making it the loss of EC member number 4. As per the MoA, Article VII, 1c, the board needs to have a minimum quorum of 4 members to function, hence with only 3 EC members left (Jayanta, Karthik, Karthik), no meeting can be held and no resolution can be passed. 5. Since the chapter is now in a limbo, I suggest that the three EC members now contact the Registrar of Societies, Government of Karnataka and ask them to appoint an administrator to conduct the Annual General Meeting and elections As Soon As Possible and run the organisation in the interim. 6. WMF employees, please take note that the Chapter EC is in minority and cannot take any decision at the moment. P.S: I understand a few days after the renewal of membership, Nikita put in a fresh application for membership. However, it was not put up to the EC prior to my leaving. Since the EC is now in minority, it cannot approve hers or any other new applications until elections are held. If an administrator is appointed by the Registrar of Societies, the administrator would have the power to approve new applications. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan, What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce back. Ab tak Chappan! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05/Project_56 Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore: https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN EC in minority
hi, Srikanth is referring to the cessation of membership as a result of non-payment of fees. It is placed as under, from Article V, 2: By failing to pay annual membership fees of the Society by the end of the third month from the start of the Fiscal Year for which said fees were due; in such cases membership may be reinstated upon payment of fees, in case of all members. Srikanth interprets this to mean that once you do not pay your membership dues by June 30 (for which Sowmyan also sent several emails to this list, alerting on the members list as well) you are no longer a member of the Chapter. This has happened to me as well. I have lost membership number 52 due to non-renewal and when I re-applied, the membership number allotted to me was in the 280s in 2012/3. The Chapter has hence had this practice since 2013 at least, if not earlier. Hence, once the member pays the fees, it is treated as a fresh membership application and not as a renewal. Also, the fresh membership application has to be approved by the Executive Committee, which also acts as something akin to the Membership Committee in other non-profits. From Viswam's emails to this list, I think he has interpreted this rule to apply that once the person pays the membership fees, membership is considered as renewed and not as a fresh application. EC, I would suggest that you consult your legal aide and Sowmyan on the interpretation of this clause and also it's interpretation in practice thus far. I would think that it is in the best interests of the Chapter to clear this at the earliest. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas On 13 September 2014 21:06, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswapra...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, On behalf of the EC, I would wait for at least three senior members (respectable to me) of this list to opine here if this mail qualifies for a reply here in this exact forum or not. Until then, kindly avoid believing in the contorted interpretations expressed in the same. Thank you. -Viswam On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: To the remaining EC members, This is with reference to recent changes in the chapter. 1. As Viswa pointed out in the MoA, membership runs during the fiscal year, ie April to March. Thereafter, a 3 month grace period is given to reinstate membership. It is noted that Nikita Belavate did not renew her membership as on 1st of July, hence ceasing to be a member of the chapter. This was the first EC member lost. Sowmyan notified the EC of this in the first week of July itself. 2. On 27th August, Pranav and Moksh resigned from the EC. This was the second and third EC member loss out of seven. 3. An EC meeting was held on 31st August. Certain resolutions were passed regarding coopting a new member and appointing new office bearers etc. However a non EC member, Nikita, who ceased to be an EC member as of 1st July due to non renewal of membership was allowed to participate by the Chair, thus making both the meetings and resolutions illegal, null and void. 4. I resigned on the 3rd of September, making it the loss of EC member number 4. As per the MoA, Article VII, 1c, the board needs to have a minimum quorum of 4 members to function, hence with only 3 EC members left (Jayanta, Karthik, Karthik), no meeting can be held and no resolution can be passed. 5. Since the chapter is now in a limbo, I suggest that the three EC members now contact the Registrar of Societies, Government of Karnataka and ask them to appoint an administrator to conduct the Annual General Meeting and elections As Soon As Possible and run the organisation in the interim. 6. WMF employees, please take note that the Chapter EC is in minority and cannot take any decision at the moment. P.S: I understand a few days after the renewal of membership, Nikita put in a fresh application for membership. However, it was not put up to the EC prior to my leaving. Since the EC is now in minority, it cannot approve hers or any other new applications until elections are held. If an administrator is appointed by the Registrar of Societies, the administrator would have the power to approve new applications. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan, What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce back. Ab tak Chappan! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05/Project_56 Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore: https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe
