The chapter can officially decide it only after a
discussion within Board
, SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this.
Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID
by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care.
May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and
grant them. ( just a suggestion)
Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted
Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and
mission.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond
to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, <wheredevelsdare(a)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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