Dear Krishna, We have taken due note of your considerations and removed your name from the report[1]. It was only written in good faith since you were then, a very active Executive Committee member & were communicating with The Wikipedia Library Team on Economic & Political Weekly Partnership [2], which was a Chapter initiative, where you discussed in person about it at Wikimania 2018.
Regards, Yohann Thomas Wikimedia India [1] http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/July-September_2018#Wikimania_2018 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/KCVelaga/Wikimania/2018/Report On Sun, 14 Apr, 2019, 00:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, <kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Yohann, > > Thanks for sharing these reports. Of the several confusions that these > reports pose, I would like to stress on this section; > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/July-September_2018#Wikimania_2018. > > Several community members, for more than eight months, have been asking > about WMIN's President participation at Wikimania 2018. Till date, we > haven't heard anything from the President. Being a former EC member, I > understand that you (on behalf of the EC and the Chapter) can answer these > questions. But considering the gravity of the situation, it would be better > if the President of WMIN, as a responsible leader of Wikimedia India, can > answer these questions personally on the respective thread. > > ... and most importantly, the report says "Three executive committee > members attended the Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. Rahul > Deshmukh, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga and Viswanathan Prabhakaran. Several > programs were hosted by Wikimedia India EC members" > > ***I completely object this*** > > Though I am not sure of Viswa, I can 100% say that I had purely attended > Wikimania 2018 as an independent volunteer, irrespective of my affiliation > with WMIN. Even when I applied for the scholarship, I never mentioned about > work as a WMIN EC member (as of July 2018). I would like to highlight the > fact that Wikimania is purely is user (volunteer) level conference, whereas > Wikimedia Summit/Conference is an affiliate-level conference. It is very > disappointing to see that WMIN hasn't observed any difference between them. > > Again I would like to stress on "Several programs were hosted by Wikimedia > India EC members" I consciously neither conducted any activities as a WMIN > EC member at Wikimania, nor was I invited to any such discussion > (considering the fact that I was an "active" EC member as of July 2018). > But publishing such reports even after resigning as an EC member; I feel it > as a threat to my identity. > > The section also says that AffCom members are in without much experience > "The framework does not answer the "who?" question. AffCom? But AffCom can > take the affiliate status away and its members are volunteers, probably > without much experience in this field." I would like to hear more > explanation on this. > > Several such things remain unclear and disappointing to me. I'll detail > upon them once I hear a response from WMIN about the raised issues, and > also its President on the other thread, at the earliest possible. > > -Krishna C V. > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:30 PM Yohann Thomas <yohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Wikimedia India is happy to report its annual activities undertaken in >> the previous financial year 2018-19, beginning 1st April , 2018 until 31st >> March 2019. All activities undertaken have been self-financed by different >> Wikimedia India members either individually or collectively and not a >> single penny of community funds have been spent on conducting any >> programmatic activity. >> No Wikimedia Foundation Grants like Rapid Grant, Project Grant etc have >> been applied & by following with the real Wikimedia Culture, all Wikimedia >> India members in their individual capacity have taken to finance India >> Chapter Activities for Capacity Developments, Awareness, Partnerships, etc. >> >> As you all are aware, Wikimedia India continues to undergo a financial >> crisis because it cannot receive any funding [1] from its primary donor >> Wikimedia Foundation(USA). However, Wikimedia India continues to do >> whatever it can, with its current constraints, to take the Wikimedia >> movement forward in India. >> >> Wikimedia India looks forward to the community review on its activities >> hosted and more importantly on expectations from the larger community, and >> suggestions on how they want Wikimedia India to perform this financial >> year, holding that funding's may remain frozen. >> >> *Key Points* >> >> - Facilitated first-ever Library Partnership in India with Sameeksha >> Trust Journal, Economic & Political Weekly under The Wikipedia Library. >> - Partnered on several Wikimedia Global Programs in India such as >> WikiGap, Wiki Asian Month etc. >> - Continued hosting several Wikimedia India programs such as >> WikiAcademy, Wikimedia India Events, Featured Wikimedian of The Month. >> - Continued working along with CIS-A2K on different projects and most >> importantly on Project Tiger, a joint initiative between Wikimedia India >> and CIS-A2K. [2] >> >> *Quarterly Reports* >> >> - April - June 2018 >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/April-June_2018%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728669000&sa=D&ust=1554801728681000&usg=AFQjCNH5pqk_mBbCffjojL3PJRDnEBLJGw> >> - July - September 2018 >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/July-September_2018%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728670000&sa=D&ust=1554801728681000&usg=AFQjCNHYJo7xBDZ06i9eeIuMgmTsbf4AMg> >> - October-December 2018 >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/October-December_2018%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728670000&sa=D&ust=1554801728681000&usg=AFQjCNHl_pYdMc1kVt-8dX1VUrKzu7nKkg> >> - January - March 2019 >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/January-March_2019%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728670000&sa=D&ust=1554801728682000&usg=AFQjCNFvpUaDCd6H1378A_0gTBiM8ovKwQ> >> >> >> *WikiAcademy* >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728671000&sa=D&ust=1554801728682000&usg=AFQjCNE-AADoKlxKP57asuEFK-fqzDZMAA> >> >> - Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Indian_Institute_of_Science%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728671000&sa=D&ust=1554801728682000&usg=AFQjCNFT3mDqhAuP9r5kFeM5C1jjWDc5wg> >> - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/IIT_Kanpur%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728672000&sa=D&ust=1554801728682000&usg=AFQjCNGbfUdBhM1xhSxVMbgklvbZ9R5lvg> >> - Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Sree_Sankaracharya_University_of_Sanskrit%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728672000&sa=D&ust=1554801728683000&usg=AFQjCNGXWKCC7yrpN3Zx9h8lGd8apozOLA> >> >> >> >> *Events* >> >> - Tangentia Jigyasa Quiz, Goa >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Tangentia_Jigyasa_Quiz_2019%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728673000&sa=D&ust=1554801728683000&usg=AFQjCNG66_qKAyxi_elab9JLsnoythmtQg> >> - WikiGap, Kolkatta >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/WikiGap_2019_Kolkata%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1554801728674000&sa=D&ust=1554801728683000&usg=AFQjCNHLA1AqfxHtQPyaeaIRxDrSmc92ug> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Yohann Thomas >> Wikimedia India >> >> [1] Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act, 1960 compliance do not permit >> India Chapter to receive money from its primary fiscal sponsor, Wikimedia >> Foundation.[ >> 2] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program >> ---- >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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