Hi all,
I expected more discussion on this. Although, Subhashish reposted this on Wikimania mailing list and asked some really good questions.
I agree with Subha that if an affiliate decides to send someone to Wikimania then the whole selection process should be transparent and also some reporting guidelines should be established similar to Wikimania.
All this can help ensure trust of the wider Wikimedia community in our processes and decisions.
I do want to hear why was it deemed necessary for the WMIN President to be present at that informal meetup during Wikimania.
I do know that for some other Chapters whose chairperson's were not attending Wikimania, some editor Board/EC member attended the meetup on their behalf.
I expect to hear more about this.
Hi,
WMIN chapter president Rahul Deshmukh attended Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town
without being selected for any type of scholarship. My question is why was
he sent to the conference depriving other community members from India who
were in the waiting list.
He spoke in the informal chairpersons' meetup for few minutes. The meeting
doesn't require president of the organization's presence, and already there
were 2 EC member of WMIN present, who could have attended the meeting.
To me, this is utter misuse of power and abuse of donation money.
Thanks,
Bodhisattwa
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