The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed.  Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line.  Therefore, the chapter must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of history with our projects and their mission.

In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it endorses.

anirudh
(personal opinion)

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak@gmail.com> wrote:


On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, <wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com> wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?

IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P

Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated goals.  I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.

anirudh
(personal opnion)

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