Thanks Krishna for forwarding the mail to main thread in Indian mailing list.  My mails are not reached at Indian mailing list, although I have successfully subscribe the to the list. I am again cc to Indian mailing list. we should discuss your tread also https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-April/014000.html

Regards,
Manoj Kulkarni  

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 6:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga@gmail.com> wrote:
This message was originally Telugu Wikimedia mailing list on the branding
community consultation discussion, by Manoj Kulkarni. I am looping in the
Indian mailing list, where this discussion was originally going on.



On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM manoj kulkarni <kulkarnimanoj1969@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
> be addressed as soon as possible.
>
> As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from
> the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
> report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will
> definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost
> all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
>
> So, my questions are,
> ‌1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
> communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could
> express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
> ‌2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities
> is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why
> were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
> criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices
> from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
> this?
> ‌Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
> local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
> communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
> ‌How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members
> to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
> don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
>
> There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
> decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that
> theory.
>
> Hoping to get positive responses.
>
> Regards,
> Manoj Kulkarni
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