Vishnu,
There have been detailed discussion on how the salaries seem to overshadow
everything else in CIS's proposal of *1.8 Crore*. And it is not just me,
many other community members who have logged their comment there have felt
that the salaries are quite extravagant to Indian standards. Even the staff
assessment takes note of this.
You yourself seem to be drawing around *24 Lakhs *per annum (which is 2
Lakhs per month!) that excludes travel and reimbursements as declared by
you. [1] I'm pretty sure even the readers on this mailing list recognize
that these are pretty huge salaries that we're talking about for Indian
standards in non-profits for the responsibilities outlined.
Further, on the FCRA compliance issues, the compliance to Karnataka
Societies Act and the concerns about Conflict of Interest - there are
apparently some grave issues *which require that more documentation is made
public* by the CIS as stated by me at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/…
and at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/…
I'm afraid that just the explanations may not suffice here as the concerns
are serious in nature. I sincerely hope that you shall open up the
documents for at least the sake of transparency.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/…
On 13 May 2014 18:43, Vishnu <visdaviva(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Some responses here on Meta [1] on behalf of CIS. I have also commented in
my individual capacity on the statutory aspects to the best of my
knowledge. Also see some in-line replies.
On Monday 12 May 2014 05:45 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote:
Fellow Wikimedians,
As you all know, Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore has sought
funding of about *1.8 Crores* through the FDC process from Wikimedia
Foundation to carry out work on seven local language projects in India that
includes Kannada, Telugu among others. [1]
The funds primarily cover the salaries of the people belonging to the
CIS-A2K team among other administrative expenses and other expenses as
outlined on their proposal page.
As may of you know, please note that CIS has proposed the said budget to
implement 21 plans of which there are 7 language area plans, 8 stand along
projects, 3 community strengthening initiatives, etc.
The proposal was up for Community review and comments until April 30th
and many have recorded their response about it [2]. Several community
members have come forward in pointing out that the staff salaries being
paid and that being proposed - are quite on the higher side (which is up to
2.4 Lakhs per month per person).
As you may have already seen in the budget, please note that the salary
proposed is for 7 employees on the CIS-A2K team and the average per person
salary would come to less than 1 lakh per month, per person and not as
stated above.
CIS-A2K welcomes your feedback and suggestions.
Thank you,
Vishnu
[1] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_C…
[2] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/…
[3] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…
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