On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Steven Walling <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:swalling@wikimedia.org">swalling@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">

Okay, I&#39;m just going to be bold and delete the Hyderabad and Bhopal pages, and explain to these folks that we&#39;re only here to support volunteer-led events, not corporate ones et cetera.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>

<div> </div><div>Many of the celebrations in India are being organized by small IT companies or PR firms (Amritsar, Chandigarh, Hisar and Jabalpur to name a few):</div><div><a href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:India">http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:India</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t think we should have a problem with that, unless:</div><div><ol><li>The event is not open to public</li><li>They are asking for grants or merchandise from the foundation</li><li>There is evidence of some dupery involved (such as in the Bhopal case).</li>

</ol></div><div>Most of such meetups and barcamps in India are, in fact, organized by small-time companies or freelancers looking for networking opportunities.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div>

<div>Utkarshraj Atmaram<br></div></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch</a></div></span></div>