Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Interesting isn't it? That one should have timed that A2K bulletin to come out 
exactly when the Chapter is having a fundraiser and leave people like the good 
Doctor here confused about all this? Seems a bit deliberately done, don't you 
think?
Too bad I ain't an Indian citizen, Else I would have donated a tremendous 
amount to you guys.Will spread the word on donations though.

For others, please donate (liberally);http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:33:02 +0530
From: srik.r...@wikimedia.in
To: nawabhaki...@ymail.com; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

Hi Dr. Nawab Hakim,to clarify, the 2lakh that you are referring to was made as 
a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society, an independent organisation 
working out of Delhi.

The Wikimedia Chapter (India) is independent society registered in India, under 
the Karnataka Societies Act. It is a Non-Profit entity comprising of 
volunteers. We rely on donations to run the Chapter.

I hope this clears it out.


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Dr. Nawab Hakim  wrote:

hai, why to donate to wikipedia chapter when they have 2lakh ruppes. this is 
cheating.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Abhishek, how dramatic of you!?!? 
I thought you were a Wikipedian but evidwntly you have missed out on an 
important concept called Verifiability. Please substantiate your claim with a 
proper source. 
Also the Annual General Meeting,aka AGM was last held in September 2012 which 
would imply that the next one would be a year later. Where does flight tickets 
for something NINE WHOLE MONTHS AWAY come from?

From: i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:54:41 +0530
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate


It will be unfair to call it cheating, however - 

1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.



2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by CIS.



I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is required 
for next year activities? and Which activities are planned? 




Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure India 
Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters. 





Regards,
-Abhishek Suryawanshi,


On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune





On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer 
 wrote:







Interesting isn't it? That one should have timed that A2K bulletin to come out 
exactly when the Chapter is having a fundraiser and leave people like the good 
Doctor here confused about all this? Seems a bit deliberately done, don't you 
think?


Too bad I ain't an Indian citizen, Else I would have donated a tremendous 
amount to you guys.Will spread the word on donations though.

For others, please donate (liberally);

http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:33:02 +0530
From: srik.r...@wikimedia.in


To: nawabhaki...@ymail.com; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate



Hi Dr. Nawab Hakim,to clarify, the 2lakh that you are referring to was made as 
a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society, an independent organisation 
working out of Delhi.



The Wikimedia Chapter (India) is independent society registered in India, under 
the Karnataka Societies Act. It is a Non-Profit entity comprising of 
volunteers. We rely on donations to run the Chapter.

I hope this clears it out.


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hai, why to donate to wikipedia chapter when they have 2lakh ruppes. this is 
cheating.



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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Rightly said Mr. Secretary.
Abhishek, areyou a chapteer Member?
if,justify itwith some work.
Else, Stop speakingfor  the CHAPTER.
Re

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:44:25 +0530
From: karthik...@wikimedia.in
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

Abhishek,
I'm not sure where you are getting this information from. Please get your facts 
straight and stop speaking for the chapter.  If you have a question, you can 
ask it in the form of a question instead of making unsubstantiated claims on a 
public mailing list, which is frankly unproductive since it requires us to 
spend time to send out clarifications.  

In case you are curious about the state of our finances, please refer to our 
annual report which is linked from the main page of our website 
(wiki.wikimedia.in) in compliance with the requirements of the Wikimedia 
Foundation and Karnataka law.




Regards,
Karthik Nadar,Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Abhishek Suryawanshi 
 wrote:


It will be unfair to call it cheating, however - 

1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.




2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by CIS.




I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is required 
for next year activities? and Which activities are planned? 





Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure India 
Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters. 






Regards,
-Abhishek Suryawanshi,



On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune





On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer 
 wrote:








Interesting isn't it? That one should have timed that A2K bulletin to come out 
exactly when the Chapter is having a fundraiser and leave people like the good 
Doctor here confused about all this? Seems a bit deliberately done, don't you 
think?



Too bad I ain't an Indian citizen, Else I would have donated a tremendous 
amount to you guys.Will spread the word on donations though.

For others, please donate (liberally);


http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:33:02 +0530
From: srik.r...@wikimedia.in



To: nawabhaki...@ymail.com; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate




Hi Dr. Nawab Hakim,to clarify, the 2lakh that you are referring to was made as 
a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society, an independent organisation 
working out of Delhi.



The Wikimedia Chapter (India) is independent society registered in India, under 
the Karnataka Societies Act. It is a Non-Profit entity comprising of 
volunteers. We rely on donations to run the Chapter.

I hope this clears it out.


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Dr. Nawab Hakim  wrote:




hai, why to donate to wikipedia chapter when they have 2lakh ruppes. this is 
cheating.




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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Well said Me. President. Good job!

> From: sudhanwa@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:23:41 +0530
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate
> 
> Dear Abhishek,
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Abhishek Suryawanshi
>  wrote:
> >
> > It will be unfair to call it cheating, however -
> 
> 
> Writing something baseless is completely unfair. That too you are
> hinting as cheating which is absolutely wrong and offending.
> 
> >
> > 1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.
> 
> I don't know from where you have these numbers. I assume if you know
> these numbers, you will be knowing the expenditures as well as
> provisions for some future events/activities. If you give that
> information too, then it will be a fair statement.
> 
> 
> > 2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by CIS.
> 
> Absolutely wrong information you have got.
> Looks like it is time you dump your info-providers (खबरी लोग ) :-)
> 
> > I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is required
> > for next year activities? and Which activities are planned?
> 
> Grant requests are always on public wiki and the numbers are always
> open to all for discussions. You will find these details in the
> upcoming requests. Asaf has already indicated the same on the list.
> 
> If you have any activities planned, please let us know. We will plan
> the resources accordingly (budgets, people etc) Same request also goes
> to all the people in the community. Please let us know what you want
> to do. We are here to support you in whatever best way we can. Do not
> hesitate to ask for support.
> 
> > Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure India
> > Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters.
> 
> The way you expect clarity and transparency from chapter, chapter also
> seeks the same thing from you. Please be open and transparent to the
> community. The more you become transparent, it is better for all.
> All the chapter reports are open. However, there could be some
> regulatory limitations/restrictions for the same. Compared to an
> informal club or group activities, chapter has far more regulatory
> compliances. Within that, we do our best to help various events and
> activities.
> 
> Please remember that chapter is representation of the community and
> works for the community. All these activities are also done
> voluntarily- just like community does. If community shows trust and
> confidence in the chapter, it will become strong and in turn community
> becomes stronger.
> 
> Regards,
> -Sudhanwa
> 
> [snip]
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wiki Loves Earth

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

India Chapter should organize one like this.
Oh wait, you need cash first.
Sorry.
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:58:43 +0400
From: srik.r...@wikimedia.in
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wiki Loves Earth

For your information:



-- Forwarded message --
From: Євген Букет 

Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:54 AM
Subject: [Chapters] Wiki Loves Earth
To: Dimce Grozdanoski , 
tomasz.kozlow...@wikimedia.pl, i...@wikibilim.kz, gyo...@wikimedia.org, 
bu...@wikimedia.org.ph, s...@wikimedia.ru, mede...@wikimedia.ru, 
abar...@wikimedia.org, chapt...@wikimedia.ch, jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk, 
johannes.r...@wikimedia.de, le...@wikimedia.no, Yuri Perohanych 




FYI, 
Wikimedia Ukraine is initiating a
 new photo contest – “Wiki Loves Earth”, its goal being collecting 
pictures of Ukraine Natural Heritage sites and Landscape and Ornamental 
Gardening objects for illustrating articles in the worldwide free 
Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Everybody can take part in the competition. A registration on 
Wikimedia Commons (one of many Wikipedia sister projects) is required. 
You are to find in the list of natural heritage objects the ones you 
know of, take a picture of them yourself (it could be done anytime, 
previously or starting now) and upload them to Commons (during April 15 –
 May 15, 2013). The authors of the best pictures will be awarded with 
prizes. The results announcement and the awarding ceremony will be held 
in Kyiv, on June 5, 2013, on the World Environment Day.
The Organizational Committee has already started preparation work on 
the competition list, and almost 8 000 of entries are to be included 
there. Nature reserves, landscape parks, protected areas, natural 
heritage sites, botanical (dendrological), zoological gardens and parks,
 and ornamenting gardening objects will be in the list.
Yuri Perohanych, Wikimedia Ukraine Executive Director, said that this
 photo contest will draw the society’s attention to the existing 
problems of Ukraine natural heritage protection, and the contest itself 
is to show the perspectives of green/eco tourism in Ukraine.
As Yevhen Buket, the contest coordinator, pointed out, the idea to 
initiate such a competition has arisen after conducting a successful 
international photo contest Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine this 
September. The goal of the contest was collecting pictures of cultural 
heritage monuments of Ukraine.
Wikimedia Ukraine invited Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 
of Ukraine, environmental organizations, as well as donors and sponsors,
 to help with the organization of the competition and contribute to the 
contest prize fund.More information in Ukrainian: 
http://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/ВЛЗ-Best regards,
Yevhen Buket, WM UA


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

My dear Doctor, it is 26,000,000. That is 2.6 crore, not lakh. 
It belongs to CIS, not the Chapter.
CIS is a totally different organization, not related to the Chapter is any way 
whatsoever.
It consists of interesting (for a psychologist) people like Noopur, Nitika, and 
Subhashish. They get paid. 
Chapter is volunteers, not paid, no pay, no money, gratis, Google Treanslate 
says मुक्त.
I hope you get my point. It is after all, Elementary, My dear Doctor.

CIS=Money.
Chapter=No Money.
CIS=Rich.
Chapter=Poor.



Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:38:06 -0800
From: nawabhaki...@ymail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

i am not talk about 1.5 lakh. i am talk about 2. lak that noobur talk about in 
old mail.


From: Abhishek Suryawanshi 
 To: Wikimedia India Community list  
 Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:15 PM
 Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate
   



I am talking about upcoming Board Meeting, Correct me if someone else is 
funding Travel expenses of Chapter. Its CIS right? 



Point is - If expenses are well known like this, other organizations can chip 
in to support Chapter. And 'in-kind' donations will be helpful.



Its good to see CIS is helping Chapter, and why Chapter wants to keep it as 
secret? At same time there are dedicated efforts in all mails to keep everyone 
in dark about Travel support, is there any specific reason behind it?? 





Regards,

-Abhishek Suryawanshi,
On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune






On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  
wrote:


Abhishek,  where are you getting these ideas from? As our Secretary

stated, please stop speaking for us. Substantiate your claim that CIS

is funding us. The Chapter is financially accountable to it's MEMBERS,

and will put up all Grants, and other details in public. Running a

society in India has a thousand formalities with various Government

departments.



On 2/12/13, Abhishek Suryawanshi  wrote:

> I meant Board Meeting.  Sorry for confusion and apologies for same.

>

> Chapter flight tickets and travel expenses are covered by CIS, Correct me

> if I am wrong???

>

>

>

>

> -Abhishek Suryawanshi,

> On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune

>

>

>

>

>

> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:

>

>>

>> On 11 Feb 2013 17:25, "Abhishek Suryawanshi" <

>> i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> >

>> >

>> > It will be unfair to call it cheating, however -

>> >

>> > 1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.

>>

>> And what do you think could be done by that HUGE AMOUNT of 1.5+ Indian

>> Rupees?

>>

>> I think chapter has its office in Bangalore and based on my experience, I

>> know that any property requires paying off few bills, e.g. electricity,

>> water, property tax, tel/internet (if it has got) and these things are

>> not

>> so cheap in Today's India as they were in my days of teen (20 years ago).

>>

>> >

>> > 2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by

>> CIS.

>> >

>> I qlways thought WMIN and CIS were two seperate entities and their

>> finances are dealt seperately. Will love you elaborating more on this.

>>

>> > I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is

>> required for next year activities? and Which activities are planned?

>>

>> I don't think this is a simple query Abhishek. Have you seen chapter

>> website? I'll strongly recomend you visit it. There is a link to Grants

>> page in navigation menu. If you visit that page, you'll realise that

>> chapter has funded several activities carried out by communities. Do you

>> think will it be possible for chapter to tell you today that how many

>> grant

>> requests it is going to get this year? How much ammount will it be

>> requested from various communities? Or do you suggest chapter decide a

>> figure today and put a cap on grants and other expenses once that amount

>> is

>> used?

>>

>> This is just one example, don't take it as "the only expense" of chapter.

>>

>> >

>> >

>> > Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure

>> India Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > Regards,

>> > -Abhishek Suryawanshi,

>> > On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune

>> >

>> >

>> Regards,

>> Dhaval

>> (on my own behalf)

>>

>> Disclaimer: I have no formal tie with the chapter nor with CIS. I h

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

You sound like you had a bad deal with the Chapter.Did you try and blackmail 
them or did the chapter NOT pay you any money? The way you are targeting them 
makes it very apparent.Yes, the Chapter did mislead the community.Their aim is 
to promote and support Wikimedia projects and open access in the country.They 
supported your Wikimedia India Summit in January. I'm sure with the current 
board members, they would not have supported you blindly. There would have been 
a compromise.Where did YOU get money for such an event from?There was no grant 
application on Meta, or the Chapter wiki.


From: i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:46:41 +0530
To: wikimedia-in-e...@lists.wikimedia.org
CC: wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

Dear Executive Committee, 
Wikimedia India Chapter.



Could you be please be kind enough to clarify, Why EC was/is interested in 
misguiding mailing list and Indian community? 



When asked about CIS funding - Executive Committee member wrote :




The Chapter has alwaya made things public and will xontinue to do so. If the 
CIS funds us, it will be madw public. 




Then why weren't they made public by you? CIS clearly stated - they are funding 
Chapter, and in past (also) they have supported in-kind.




Why is the hesitation for acknowledging 
this? On the contrary - there is strong rejection of even having any 
kind of connection with CIS from Chapter representatives. (On the other 
hand CIS is graciously open/alright to acknowledge links with the 
Chapter)



On A Query about CIS funding Chapter Flight Tickets : Response from Secretary 
was- 




.making unsubstantiated claims on a public mailing list,




Which part was unsubstantiated?  Its the reality that this time Chapter Board 
Member's Flight tickets ARE covered by CIS even if it includes training the A2K 
team.





(CIS has already made it clear on this mailing list)




Why there is hesitation/resistance to have transparency? 

Also, the Chapter President gave statement on same thread - 




Please be open and transparent to the

community. The more you become transparent, it is better for all.




Are Chapter EC Members  exception to this? 

On same lines, Another EC Members says - 




 The Chapter is financially accountable to it's MEMBERS,


As correctly stated by , Chapter is having money from WMF, Which comes from 
individual donations. So ideally 

Chapter should be accountable to the overall community and not just its 
members, as rightly pointed out by someone


Again, What is the need to find excuses for transparency?




When
 there was statement that ''AGM travel expense is covered'' instead of 
correcting statement and saying, its wrong - and CIS is paying for Board
 Trip (which is coinciding with CIS training!) 

Even
 Chapter President preferred to give out half truth and kept everyone in
 dark. And there was Secretary and another EC Member to take whole 
mailing list on a ride!



Why it is important? 




This could be start of new era - Where CIS supports Chapter financially 
whenever needed.
(or in-kind as they did in past and hopefully will continue to do so).




So more and more volunteer efforts can be devoted for outreach/activities. 




Please remember that chapter is representation of the community and

works for the community 



Current scenario gives wrong interpretation 
and implies that community should not raise questions on transparency 
because after-all we are your  representation! Either consult community 
before lying or speak (complete) truth. 


Here is response from Sunil,CIS - 

This month, we are reimbursing the Chapter EC travel and related




expenses because the Chapter EC has kindly consented to support a

training programme that CIS is organising for it's A2K team in

Bangalore. It is only happy coincidence that they were also organising

a meeting in Bangalore during those dates. I was not aware of this

when I reached out to the EC and asked for their support us.



>From Sunil's mail it is clear that Sunil 
extended the offer in good-faith, unaware of Chapter-Board meeting 
falling at the same time. However Chapter also seems to have taken this 
opportunity and is now shy to accept. I don't understand why? 

And why CIS was also kept in dark? 



CIS will cover air travel and accommodation for all EC members. CIS will




also provide per diem for meals that are not provided during the

training. Unfortunately, we don't have a separate budget for fees.

Along with 'air Travel', CIS is providing accommodation too. 



And Last sentence about fee budget is interesting. 





If Chapter is expecting public support for fundraising and other 
activities, then it should be more transparent and 'should avoid 
organized and dedicated efforts to misguide community/keep in dark.'



And Hope so CIS takes care of all the  remaining Chapter financial needs as 
wel

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Congratulations Rohini!

Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 16:53:58 +0530
From: visdav...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

Congratulations, Rohini! 
Best,Vishnu

On 9 March 2013 11:45, Bishakha Datta  wrote:

Nice! Congratulations, Rohini, and look forward to more wiki women workshops 
and other related stuff. 

Best

Bishakha

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar  
wrote:


Congrats Rohini!!



All the best wishes to you!!



Regards

-Sudhanwa





On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Rohini Lakshané

 wrote:

> Thank you everyone for giving me this opportunity -- those who voted for me,

> Krutikaa and Netha who nominated me, and the members of the EC who conducted

> the election process.

>

> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan

>  wrote:

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>> Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as

>> the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an

>> SIG chair where there were other candidates, in this case Pavithra H.

>> Rohini was nominated and seconded by Krutikaa Jawanjal and Netha

>> Hussain, and got 20 votes in her favour, the highest in any Wikimedia

>> India voting process, beating Karthik's record of 19 votes in

>> September 2012. Rohini can be contacted on roh...@wikimedia.in

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>> Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Status of membership applcation to Wikimedia India Chapter

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Honourable Niraj sir,
the person who you are referring to as callow is the Treasurer of the Chapter.
You have called him Callow on a public list, do remember that.

Yes, it would be a privacy violation and I, among other people DO NOT WANT TO 
KNOW about your membership status.
So as Srikanth asked, please send your mail in to the email address specified.


> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:23:51 -0700
> From: niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Status of membership applcation to Wikimedia  
> India Chapter
> 
> Hi Yohann,
> 
> Same is the situation with me!
> I wanted to know the status of my application too!!
> Actually I got a mail saying that my old membership no. is missing so we are
> unable to process the form.
> Given the situation that I'm a new member and did applied for the fresh
> membership which was duly mentioned in the form.
> 
> We would be glad if anyone can help us over this and not by someone who is
> callow enough to say "The India mailing list isn't exactly a place to ask
> such questions as it'd be a privacy violation".
> 
> Besides, new question arises "privacy violation" of what? and how??
> and if we are considering "privacy violation" of the membership status or
> the process of the membership enrollment, its not some sort of a
> confidential thing! Ain't it??
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Regards & Thanks, 
> 
> Niraj N. Suryawanshi
> Pune Institute of Computer Technology | Wikipedia Club Pune
> +91 814 992 0120 | niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Way to go Rohini,
keep up the awesomeness of your work.


From: rohini.laksh...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:57:34 +0530
To: wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com
CC: wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikipedia Blog on DNA

Thank you all for your wishes. Please consider contributing to the blog. 

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:28 PM, ansuman  wrote:


Great initiative. Thank you!

I live beside DNA office in Bangalore, let me know if that can help this 
anyway! just joking!



Best wishes,
Ansuman







On 14 March 2013 22:58, Arun Ramarathnam  wrote:




Congrats on this. Good see a blog on wikipedia on newspaper site.
best wishesArun





On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Rohini Lakshané  
wrote:





WikipeDNA, a community blog on topics pertaining to Wikipedia and other 
projects, is now live on DNA Blogs. http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/wikipedna








This is the first blog post: 
http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post_wikipedia-celebrates-women-s-history-month-with-edit-a-thons-and-workshops_1811125









I'll be putting up stuff related to events, how tos, etc. If you'd like to 
contribute to the blog, drop me a line.

Regards,
Rohini
  




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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Excellent initiative by the Pune Club. Wikipedia loves Food. 
We can get all the eaters clubs involved too!

Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:03:41 +0530
From: surajsirini...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

Dear Abhishek sir,
"What about having partnerships either with established restaurant or 
hotel-management school? "


We can make out your idea which can really give unique output,In this reagrd i 
would like to contribute by talking to one of the hotel managment college which 
i have contacts with...
Thankyou


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

[Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer]

Nice, I see you've got yourself a 
banner:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201018166357292&set=o.224329400941064&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
Thanks to the friend who tweeted the link.Thank goodness all type of cuisine is 
allowed. I was afraid My Risotto pictures wouldn't qualify.
Alternately, you can get Instagram, license your stuff with a CC license, and 
then Foodstagram it!Read this for more. http://i-am-cc.org/
From: anirudh...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:54:32 +0200
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

Addendum: I know that the original proposal is to have an 'online' event, 
however it was not a substantive proposal.  In such cases, please feel free to 
ask interested participants to contact you off-list in order to follow up.


Thanks, again


Anirudh


Anirudh Bhati  wrote:




Hello, all

Given the large amount of traffic on this list, may I suggest that discussions 
relevant for one city/project be conducted no your respective city or project 
specific lists?



I think Wikimedia Pune list would be suitable for such discussions.  Please 
feel free to send in reports or any other major announcements to 
wikimediaindia-l post-event.



Thanks,
Anirudh
Siddharth Goenka  wrote:






Hey, 

Amazing idea Yohann. Lets plan a meet to discuss more about the event, what say 
everyone ?

Cheer'sSid Goenka



Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:32:45 +0530
From: yohan...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org



Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food


Thanks Everyone for so many suggestions & responses on my idea.
I will be starting a talk page on this Event & Inviting Volunteers for this 
pilot project



Will post soon on new developments.


Thanks again


Yohann ThomasWikipedia Club Pune
yohan...@gmail.com






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