Hi Anirudh,
I understand that is the case. However, even if its in Viveks personal name (what I had orignially meant, sorry for not clarifying) it gives a certain level of comfort to all as then there is lesser chance of "pilferage" as all transactions will relate to Wikimedia Mumbai expenses.
Just a suggestion for Vivek - finally I guess its his call on how to handle things as he is in charge of Mumbai funds and will have to give answers when required.
Lets end this here and get down to the real work. I have mentioned to Bishaka, Vivek and Pradeep, after our first Photowalk, I ran a quick check on Flickr for Mumbai related content and found a lot of relevant and professional photographs. I contacted relevant uploaders requesting them to change licensing to CC-BY or CC-BY-SA so that to allow use on Wikipedia.
A lot of them agreed - for example, I got pictures of an IPL match at Brabourne Stadium, several photographs of Ganpati Visarjan at Girgaum Chowpatty (taken from a boat by a visiting foreigner who kindly agreed to change licensing) - they include wonderful picutures of the beach full of people and idols, coast guard choppers patrolling etc., Ballard Bunder Gatehouse, an ATP tournament that took place in Mumbai at CCI in 2006, Agatti and Delhi airports (aerial view) and Mani Bhavan pictures so far. During the photowalks we would have taken a lot of time to cover so much - and may not have been as professional.
Further past sports events is something we could not have got for obvious reasons and I doubt we could have got as good pictures of Ganesh Visarjan (even if we waited a few more months ourselves). Out of about 15 people contacted about 7 people have agreed to change the licensing (only 1 refusal thus far). A lot of the amateur photographers on Flickr might be willing to let go of the copyright so as to get more exposure and notice through Wikipedia (they may even pass the word that their photographs have been requested for use by Wikipedians and are currently used on Wikipedia!). A couple of them while changing the license requested me for the link to the article on which their photo is used. It may be a good idea for us to concentrate on getting pictures from Flickr rather than conducting more photowalks (by identifying requisite photographs and requesting them via comments on the said photo and email to the photographer/flickr user). I shall be mentioning this on the India string as well.
Regards,
User:AroundTheGlobe
From:
anirudhsbh@gmail.comDate: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:05 +0530
To:
wikimedia-in-mum@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Acknowledgment of grants received from the foundation for the Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Mumbai.
Hi Vivek,
It was wonderful meeting up with you last evening. Thanks for posting this on the list. The surplus funds can be used for supporting Wikimedia volunteer activities in Mumbai.
Hi wheredevelsdare, there is no legal entity by the name of Wikimedia Mumbai and therefore it is not possible to keep these funds under such an account name.
anirudh
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:07 AM,
<wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Vivek,
Suggest this be kept in a separate "Wikimedia Mumbai" A/c with any nationalised bank - so that there is total transparency and all the transactions in the A/c belong to Wikipedia India - Mumbai.
Regards,
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:14:45 +0530
From:
bishakhadatta@gmail.comTo:
vivekcherian@gmail.com
CC:
wikimedia-in-mum@lists.wikimedia.orgSubject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Acknowledgment of grants received from the foundation for the Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Mumbai.
Just want to compliment you on your transparency - very happy this is shared with wikimedians in Mumbai.
Cheers
Bishakha
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Vivek Varghese Cherian
<vivekcherian@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
The Wikimedia Foundation has sent in the grant for the 10th Anniversary Celebration
in Mumbai.
The total amount received from the foundation was Rs 33,615/- only (US Dollars
750 valued at Rs 44.8200 for a Dollar on 10/2/2011)
The expenses for the event is as follows.
Cocolate Cake (5KG) ----> Rs 2250 only (Payment Pending to Moksh)
Samosa --------------------> Rs 1800 only (Payed via cheque to Pradeep on 13/2/2011)
Tea+Coffee-----------------> Rs 1600 only (Payed via cheque to Kundan in 13/2/2011)
Grand Total of expenses ---> Rs 5650 only
Balance ---> Rs 27965 only (This includes the pending payment of Rs 2250 to Moksh).
The surplus amount is to be used for creating banner, posters, brochures etc as per what
we conveyed to the Foundation at the time of obtaining the grant.
Feel free to get back to me with any questions/suggestions you have in this regard.
ps: We have not yet received any T shirts or any related material from the Foundation created by them on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations. I had applied for the same around 2 weeks before the event.
Regards,
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