Hello, Niraj. To clarify, Wikimedia India, and indeed any other group or individual Wikimedian in India, _is_ eligible for funding from the Wikimedia Foundation, via 3 different grant programs, described here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
There exists a fourth funding model which offers less restricted funds to affiliated entities that meet other, more stringent, eligibility standards, called the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) process. You can read all about it at the FDC portal[1], and specifically about the eligibility criteria for the FDC[2]. At the moment, Wikimedia India does not meet all of the criteria. It is likely that it _will_ by the next round of funding (not the one currently underway), later this year. So no one has "withdrawn financial support" from India at all. Indeed, Wikimedia India has lately been discussing with the Foundation its intent to submit two new grant proposals to the Wikimedia Grants Program (that I manage), and I personally encouraged them to do so. I encourage you (and anyone reading this) to read the information pages on WMF's various funding models, starting with the link above. Cheers, Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Eligibility_criteria On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Niraj Suryawanshi < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Well this initiative is a good one, off-course we here in India do the > fundraising, would help the whole movement for sure! > But the India Chapter is INELIGIBLE! hits me bad, "INELIGIBLE"? what does > that mean?! > I would be glad to know about the same. > > > > > ----- > Regards & Thanks, > > Niraj Suryawanshi > on behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune > +91 8149920120 | [email protected] > -- > View this message in context: > http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/Wikimedia-India-needs-your-support-Our-First-Fundraiser-tp4995059p4995963.html > Sent from the WikiMedia India mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- 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
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