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]
On Sun, 14 Apr, 2019, 00:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, <kcvelaga(a)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 <yohannvt(a)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_Progr…
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