Its not a politics Game, its all about to give opportunities to all Indian Communities, North Indian Community has not grown so far and reason behind this is lack of Awareness of Wikimedia Foundation.Not Only Chapter But also Foundation Activities are Totally Focused towards South India.WE are not Blaming the chapter for this but A New Chapter in New Delhi will make more Opportunity to grow Wikimedia movement in the Biggest Educational City of India which has been completely Ignored by the Foundation and the India Chapter as well.
Regards
mayur
Dear Mayur,
From what I have seen and experienced over the last year, most of the offline and online growth in India has been initiated and propelled by the wikipedian community.
Until September 2010, regular meetups were held only in Bangalore and an annual Malayalam meetup was held in Kerala. Now meetups are regularly held also in Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata - and meetups have begun in Chennai, Hyderabad, Orissa and other places. Similarly, wiki workshops and academies are being held in different locations around the country - and other activities are being planned. All these are community-led events.
A chapter is a formal legal entity - please see the press kit at
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Press_kit for more information about the community, the chapter and the Foundation in India.
Given your interest in stimulating activities in north India, I would urge you and other community members equally interested to meet up as a first step.
It would be fantastic if this conversation could help stimulate interested wikipedians in Delhi and north India to meet up and plan further. Good luck and I hope it happens!
Bishakha