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Hey All:</p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><meta charset="utf-8">We realise that the WikiConference Framework has caused some confusion and we wanted to clarify this.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The Chapter EC would like to indicate intent of the following:</p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://internal.wikimedia.in/skins/vector/images/bullet-icon.png); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The Chapter indicates its intent to take the responsibility of working with various stakeholders to have this event run year on year</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">We would like to help build with the community a repeatable and sustainable set of methods that would help organize an national annual Wikimedian event.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The focus is to evolve a framework that would allow City, Chapter and other community stakeholders to participate in organising the annual event in manner that the experiences, learning and best practices can be carried forward across years.</li>
</ul><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The following clarifications are also in order:</p><ol style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: none; ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The framework is a draft and is open for further refinement with various stakeholder inputs. The framework will always be an ideal goal. Even if the proposal doesn't match it, the idea is for the Chapter to help bridge that gap.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">We do believe that as a general practice it is good haver many cities bidding to run this event on annual basis and that a choice is made based on the merits of the bid.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">
The enthusiasm and passion shown by the Mumbai and Pune Wikipedians in taking the lead get an event of this nature for the first time is laudable. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Bombay and Pune communities for bringing the discussion and planning thus far for the event.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">What we intended to communicate is that we know Mumbai has an event being planned and even if it doesn't match whatever framework we all come up with, it doesn't really matter, because all of us, Community and Chapter, will work together to bridge the gap such that the event works.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">It's awesome that Mumbai and Pune communities are ready to go with the event. It doesn't appear at this stage that there any other volunteers or bids in the making. We all want an event of this nature to happen. That said, we are also trying to put some process and structure around it for future events.</li>
</ol></span><br>Thank you very much. <br><br><div>For Wikimedia Chapter, India.</div><div><br>Best,<br><br>Gautam<br></div>