On 11 Feb 2013 17:25, "Abhishek Suryawanshi" <i.abhishek.suryawanshi@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It will be unfair to call it cheating, however -
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> 1)Chapter is having 1.5 Lack+ Rupees in existing account.

And what do you think could be done by that HUGE AMOUNT of 1.5+ Indian Rupees?

I think chapter has its office in Bangalore and based on my experience, I know that any property requires paying off few bills, e.g. electricity, water, property tax, tel/internet (if it has got) and these things are not so cheap in Today's India as they were in my days of teen (20 years ago).

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> 2)Major Chapter Expenses such as Flight Tickets for AGM are covered by CIS.
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I qlways thought WMIN and CIS were two seperate entities and their finances are dealt seperately. Will love you elaborating more on this.

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

I don't think this is a simple query Abhishek. Have you seen chapter website? I'll strongly recomend you visit it. There is a link to Grants page in navigation menu. If you visit that page, you'll realise that chapter has funded several activities carried out by communities. Do you think will it be possible for chapter to tell you today that how many grant requests it is going to get this year? How much ammount will it be requested from various communities? Or do you suggest chapter decide a figure today and put a cap on grants and other expenses once that amount is used?

This is just one example, don't take it as "the only expense" of chapter.

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> Lets have this clarity and transparency, so together we can make sure India Chapter is also strong (financially) like other Chapters.
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> Regards,
> -Abhishek Suryawanshi,
> On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune
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Regards,
Dhaval
(on my own behalf)

Disclaimer: I have no formal tie with the chapter nor with CIS. I have no financial inrerest with either of them personally.

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> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Rudolph the Rd Nosed Reindeer <rednosedrudy@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> For others, please donate (liberally);
>> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> I hope this clears it out.
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>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Dr. Nawab Hakim <nawabhakimdr@ymail.com> wrote:
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>>> hai, why to donate to wikipedia chapter when they have 2lakh ruppes. this is cheating.
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