Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

I also do not think this kind of huge budget is necessary especially for event of Wiki Women Camp. We should use the money received by donation to develop wiki projects online. This is the fundamental rule we should apply here. Piyush Maurya, Admin of Hindi Wikipedia and Contact person of Hindi W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Dear Yohann, Thanks for the mail. We created a sub-section in Grant page with Frequently asked questions (FAQs) which covers responses for your questions. However, during the last couple of days we improved the section further to make it more helpful. I am pasting FAQs below in this mail for easy

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hi krishna If my memory serves me right, Wikiconference India 2016 had a budget around 33lakh INR. I haven't read the grant report yet, nor have I done a comparison with the 2016 event.. But according to your previous email, is having an event more than twice the budget of 2016 one, to almost 71la

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Krishna, Yes, I talked about both the conferences in my reply, knowing very well that they are not related, but have a common feature of asking huge amount of 80 lakhs rupees, which is also co-incidental. My point was not on the theme of the two conferences, it was on the question if we need to sp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hi Bodhi, Firstly, speaking of "1 crore 60 lakhs rupees" together might not be the best way to look at it. I am not wrong, I am assuming that you are talking about WikiWomen Camp, which is also happening in India. But that is completely unrelated to WikiConference India, I mean in terns of budget,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hi Krishna, Sorry to say, but as a volunteer, I can not find justification of spending 1 crore 60 lakhs rupees on just two conferences happening one after another. The amount is huge and beyond my imagination. As a volunteer coming from West Bengal community which have always worked on optimal b

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hello, I think such initiative is a need at the moment. It will be definitely showcase our future initiatives. I wish you and everyone all the best. Best wishes, Rajeeb. (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity) > On 04-Feb-2020, at 8:41 AM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga > wrote: > >  > Hello

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hi Great initiative. It's been 4 years since we all met and shared experiences. This conference will also help us plan our future initiatives. Best wishes! Manav On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 08:41 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am happy to inform you we have submitted the Conf

[Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Conference & Event Grant proposal to WMF

Hello everyone, I am happy to inform you we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant proposal for WikiConference India 2020 [1] to the Wikimedia Foundation. I kindly request all the community members to go through the