I would rather give the last word to Theo. He is closely involved with the India chapter, he is the figurehead of the Indian community, he ran for many kind of board positions everywhere and ALMOST WON but totally lost and he has worked with the Wiki Foundation for YEARS - although mostly unpaid apart from that one well paid job with them in the beautiful city of San Fransico for a few months, and he did tell me he was in the process of negotiating something for himself in India (or was it Brazil? or both?) when I last checked. To be fair, I don't think anything has worked out for him, dunno why.

Theo where do all these flight tickets come from? Why is the chapter sitting on so much money? How is CIS doing BAD STUFF here? Who is good and who is BAD? Etc. Very difficult to level baseless accusations and create noise without clear direction. Thank you.

From: Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer <rednosedrudy@hotmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate

Abhishek, how dramatic of you!?!?
I thought you were a Wikipedian but evidwntly you have missed out on an important concept called Verifiability. Please substantiate your claim with a proper source.
Also the Annual General Meeting,aka AGM was last held in September 2012 which would imply that the next one would be a year later. Where does flight tickets for something NINE WHOLE MONTHS AWAY come from?

From: i.abhishek.suryawanshi@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:54:41 +0530
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate


It will be unfair to call it cheating, however -

1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.

2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by CIS.

I am waiting for someone to answer simple query - How much money is required for next year activities? and Which activities are planned?


Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure India Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters.



Regards,
-Abhishek Suryawanshi,
On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune






On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer <rednosedrudy@hotmail.com> wrote:
Interesting isn't it? That one should have timed that A2K bulletin to come out exactly when the Chapter is having a fundraiser and leave people like the good Doctor here confused about all this? Seems a bit deliberately done, don't you think?

Too bad I ain't an Indian citizen, Else I would have donated a tremendous amount to you guys.
Will spread the word on donations though.


For others, please donate (liberally);
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:33:02 +0530
From: srik.ramk@wikimedia.in
To: nawabhakimdr@ymail.com; wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] why to donate


Hi Dr. Nawab Hakim,
to clarify, the 2lakh that you are referring to was made as a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society, an independent organisation working out of Delhi.

The Wikimedia Chapter (India) is independent society registered in India, under the Karnataka Societies Act. It is a Non-Profit entity comprising of volunteers. We rely on donations to run the Chapter.

I hope this clears it out.



On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Dr. Nawab Hakim <nawabhakimdr@ymail.com> wrote:
hai, why to donate to wikipedia chapter when they have 2lakh ruppes. this is cheating.

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