<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><p>Dear all, <br></p><p><br></p><p>Following the registration of the Wikimedia Chapter, the first
meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) was held on the 22nd January
2011 at 2 PM at 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Phase, Bangalore 560071.
</p><p>As mandated by the MoA, the office bearers were elected. The executive committee now constitutes of:
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<ul><li> Arjuna Rao Chavala, <b>President</b>
</li><li> Hari Prasad HS, <b>Secretary</b>
</li><li> Anirudh Singh Bhati, <b>Treasurer</b>
</li><li> Arun Ramarathnam, Member
</li><li> BalaSundaraRaman Lakshmanan, Member
</li><li> Gautam K John, Member
</li><li> Srinivas Gunta, Member
</li></ul>
<p>We would like to take the opportunity to thank the Centre for
Internet and Society, Bangalore for allowing generous use of their
office facility for the conduct of chapter meetings and helping with
registration formalities with services of a Consultant.
</p><p>We take this opportunity to thank the following people: (in
alphabetical order) Achal Prabhala, Barry Newstead, Bence Damokos,
Bishakha Datta, Delphine Meynard, M Narasimha Rao, Ray Saintonge, Sunil
Abraham, and Ting Chen.
</p><p>We thank the Wikimedia Community for their help and encouragement and patience with the registration process.
</p><p>For brief biographies and photos of the EC members, please see:<a href="http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Wikimedia_India_Chapter_Executive_Committee_Members" title="Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members">Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee Members</a>
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On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter
</p><p>BalaSundaraRaman Lakshmanan,
</p><p>Member, Wikimedia Chapter
</p><div> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div>
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