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 budget and respected donation money, and yet delivered consistent results through impactful projects each year, I find these expenditure out of proportion. This money could have been otherwise spent on several high impact projects for many years. I cannot say on behalf of my entire community but, personally, from my part, I cannot endorse this. Also, I guess, endorsement or opposition doesn't matter nowadays and these proposals will eventually get approved, in that case, I will not participate in the events in any capacity. Sorry, if I sound too harsh, but that's only because English is not my native language. I could have better expressed in my mother tongue. Regards, Bodhisattwa (totally as a Wikimedia volunteer) On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 11:14 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, <dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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, <kcvel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am happy to inform you we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant >> proposal for WikiConference India 2020 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020>[1] >> to the Wikimedia Foundation. I kindly request all the community members to >> go through the proposal -- including the community engagement survey >> report, program plan, venue and logistics, participation and scholarships, >> and the budget + FAQs >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#FAQs>[2], >> and provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020>[3] >> (also >> do read the FAQs section before making any comments related to the budget). >> You can endorse the proposal at >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#Endorsements[4], >> please >> do add a rationale for endorsing this project. >> >> According to the timeline of Conference and Event Grants program, >> community can review from 3 February to 14 February 2020, post that we will >> start integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the >> proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be >> hosted next week, especially if there are many questions/concerns that need >> to be addressed. >> >> Let me know if you any questions. >> >> Regards, >> User:KCVelaga >> >> [1] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020 >> [2] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#FAQs >> [3] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020 >> >> [4] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WikiConference_India_2020#Endorsements >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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