Dear Yohann,
I do understand that you may not want to make the list publicly available
but most organisations have lists of members which are made available to
them. By claiming it's not in the article of memorandum is absurd. We are
not the Freemasons or a secret society that this kind of reply is being
made. Common sense says that articles of memorandum cannot lay down
everything that is to be done or to say that since it's not in the
memorandum, it should not be expected. This kind of reply, though you are
trying to be helpful instead comes across as if that someone knowing who is
a member of chapter is a secret thing. This fortress mentality makes it
look like you have things to hide. Just because a chapter is registered
under some body or the other doesn't mean that the members are to be kept
in the dark about almost everything.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 4:19 PM Yohann Thomas <yohannvt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear one & all
I would like to thank you for taking out time out of your busy schedules &
getting involved in the affairs of the chapters, members or otherwise.
Having said that, I would also invite you & everyone else to fill up
Wikimedia Chapter(India) membership forms available in this link along
with FAQs(http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ). Also, pls email to
chapter(a)wikimedia.in , in case of any queries.
Wikimedia Chapter(India) which is registered under Karnataka Societies
Act, 1960 is governed by rules, procedures, legislations and jurisdictions
within the Republic of India.
Wikimedia Chapter(India) submits its annual report to the registrar
office for the Karnataka society every financial year beginning 1st April
till 31st March. Wikimedia Chapter(India) also submits a copy of the report
to Wikimedia Foundation(WMF), San Francisco, United States of America (USA)
as per the Chapter Agreement. Wikimedia Chapter(India) is the national
affiliate for WMF in India.
Based on Election rules & Precedence, Wikimedia Chapter(India) releases
the list of names for all its then members along with their Membership no
,so that it becomes convenient for the members who are not in Bangalore, to
cast their postal ballots.
In my previously mentioned annual reports , the no. of members & their
geographic distribution is released every financial year. Having said that
Wikimedia Chapter(India) would be happy to hear on further suggestions from
its members and also the larger Indian community on the topic of
membership. I feel that I should remind the community that , since the
Wikimedia Chapter(India) has no staff, it will take time for updating
membership records, since many membership forms are directly sent to our
Office to Bangalore.
Even though, it is nowhere mentioned in our Memorandum of Association
(MoA) about publishing & updating information of our members on a regular
basis, Wikimedia Chapter(India) may require to inform its members
beforehand while they apply for membership, on disclosing their personal
information as per requirement.
I have shared a link, where i am inviting all community members to discuss
& give suggestions to the Wikimedia Chapter, on how to further improve the
membership process.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Expectations_from_India_chapter/Membership
Regards,
Yohann Thomas
Secretary
Wikimedia India
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:03 PM Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Shouldn't it be a list of usernames? I am
just curious if those whose
names and physical locations are published provided consent for the same.
Subha
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:49 PM Anirudh S. Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I wasn't aware that voters' list was
posted online. I generally don't
think that's a good idea, given the privacy of the members. What is the
view of WMIN's compliance consultant on this?
At the same time, may I ask why many of the founding members are not on
that list? I was told that we had lifetime membership without the
obligation to pay dues. I don't mind paying dues personally, but since I
have been away for quite some time, it's not convenient to fill up a form,
send it and also transfer the funds.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:41 PM Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This raises a question in my mind whether
Wikimedia India Chapter is
still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not,
1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate
concern raised,
2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years
3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc...
Am I the only one having this question in mind?
Regards,
Dhaval Vyas
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive
> confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as
> yet.
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
> kcvelaga(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017
>> (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the
>> election. The list is at
>>
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But
>> the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been
>> expired by now (considering these from 2016).
>>
>> Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As
>> Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs
>> to be updated regularly.
>>
>> Best,
>> Krishna
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia
>>> India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
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