Dear Hari,
I seriously refute the way you are wrongly interpreting my intentions. It is never my intention nor style of work to threaten anyone, least of all a Wikimedian friend like Ravi.
I was only making a legal point that we as a movement should look into and I have very clearly stated that we should take this concern on board. I have also amply stated that my interpretation is up for correction.
Ravi, if you think, event remotely, that I am trying to threaten you, I profusely apologize. If you or the community members think that I was wrong to take the Tamil Wiki 10 celebration example to illustrate a legal point [1], apologies for that too. I was only doing it to state a point without any intention of malice or wrong doing what-so-ever.
Cheers, Vishnu
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/T...
On Wednesday 14 May 2014 01:46 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote:
Ravi,
While I do not approve of the way this has been worded here or presented here by you, it does seem like a veiled threat clearly directed towards you by Vishnu for your speaking out (which has been quite vehement, to be honest). And an apparent threat like this coming in from a Program Director does look very ugly.
The worst thing is that it seems to be trying to distract readers from the actual issues. I sincerely hope that Vishnu shall clear this up with an appropriate step that befits his position and the respect his position merits.
And I wish and hope these shall not happen in future.
On 14 May 2014 00:58, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <rsrikanth05@gmail.com mailto:rsrikanth05@gmail.com> wrote:
Is receiving money as an individual from a foreign body in violation of the Act? If that is so, won't half of India be violating it? I have a copy of the Act from the Ministry of Law and Justice and it doesn't seem to say so. On 13 May 2014 19:11, Ravishankar <ravidreams@gmail.com <mailto:ravidreams@gmail.com>> wrote: Hey, Is there a legal threat for Wikimedia community volunteers in India getting Individual engagement grants and grants for running community events from WMF? An alert regarding this has been raised here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Staff_proposal_assessment#Additional_concern_that_should_be_taken_on_board Any professional legal / financial advise will be much appreciated. Thanks, Ravi _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan, What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce back. Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore: https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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