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 > >
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