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Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

4 Apr 4 Apr

3:12 a.m.

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Hello, I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the election. The list is at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been expired by now (considering these from 2016). Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs to be updated regularly. Best, Krishna On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi, I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share. Regards Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Dhaval S. Vyas

3:10 p.m.

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This raises a question in my mind whether Wikimedia India Chapter is still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not, 1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate concern raised, 2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years 3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc... Am I the only one having this question in mind? Regards, Dhaval Vyas On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as yet. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the election. The list is at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been expired by now (considering these from 2016). Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs to be updated regularly. Best, Krishna On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share. Regards Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Subhashish Panigrahi

3:32 p.m.

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Shouldn't it be a list of usernames? I am just curious if those whose names and physical locations are published provided consent for the same. Subha On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:49 PM Anirudh S. Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I wasn't aware that voters' list was posted online. I generally don't think that's a good idea, given the privacy of the members. What is the view of WMIN's compliance consultant on this? At the same time, may I ask why many of the founding members are not on that list? I was told that we had lifetime membership without the obligation to pay dues. I don't mind paying dues personally, but since I have been away for quite some time, it's not convenient to fill up a form, send it and also transfer the funds. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:41 PM Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote:

This raises a question in my mind whether Wikimedia India Chapter is still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not, 1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate concern raised, 2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years 3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc... Am I the only one having this question in mind? Regards, Dhaval Vyas On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as yet. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < kcvelaga(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the election. The list is at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been expired by now (considering these from 2016). Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs to be updated regularly. Best, Krishna On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia > India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share. > > Regards > Bodhisattwa > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Ashwin Baindur

1:20 p.m.

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Dear Yohann, I do understand that you may not want to make the list publicly available but most organisations have lists of members which are made available to them. By claiming it's not in the article of memorandum is absurd. We are not the Freemasons or a secret society that this kind of reply is being made. Common sense says that articles of memorandum cannot lay down everything that is to be done or to say that since it's not in the memorandum, it should not be expected. This kind of reply, though you are trying to be helpful instead comes across as if that someone knowing who is a member of chapter is a secret thing. This fortress mentality makes it look like you have things to hide. Just because a chapter is registered under some body or the other doesn't mean that the members are to be kept in the dark about almost everything. On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 4:19 PM Yohann Thomas <yohannvt(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Dear one & all I would like to thank you for taking out time out of your busy schedules & getting involved in the affairs of the chapters, members or otherwise. Having said that, I would also invite you & everyone else to fill up Wikimedia Chapter(India) membership forms available in this link along with FAQs(http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ). Also, pls email to chapter(a)wikimedia.in , in case of any queries. Wikimedia Chapter(India) which is registered under Karnataka Societies Act, 1960 is governed by rules, procedures, legislations and jurisdictions within the Republic of India. Wikimedia Chapter(India) submits its annual report to the registrar office for the Karnataka society every financial year beginning 1st April till 31st March. Wikimedia Chapter(India) also submits a copy of the report to Wikimedia Foundation(WMF), San Francisco, United States of America (USA) as per the Chapter Agreement. Wikimedia Chapter(India) is the national affiliate for WMF in India. Based on Election rules & Precedence, Wikimedia Chapter(India) releases the list of names for all its then members along with their Membership no ,so that it becomes convenient for the members who are not in Bangalore, to cast their postal ballots. In my previously mentioned annual reports , the no. of members & their geographic distribution is released every financial year. Having said that Wikimedia Chapter(India) would be happy to hear on further suggestions from its members and also the larger Indian community on the topic of membership. I feel that I should remind the community that , since the Wikimedia Chapter(India) has no staff, it will take time for updating membership records, since many membership forms are directly sent to our Office to Bangalore. Even though, it is nowhere mentioned in our Memorandum of Association (MoA) about publishing & updating information of our members on a regular basis, Wikimedia Chapter(India) may require to inform its members beforehand while they apply for membership, on disclosing their personal information as per requirement. I have shared a link, where i am inviting all community members to discuss & give suggestions to the Wikimedia Chapter, on how to further improve the membership process. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Expectations_from_India_chapter/Membership Regards, Yohann Thomas Secretary Wikimedia India On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:03 PM Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Shouldn't it be a list of usernames? I am just curious if those whose names and physical locations are published provided consent for the same. Subha On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:49 PM Anirudh S. Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I wasn't aware that voters' list was posted online. I generally don't think that's a good idea, given the privacy of the members. What is the view of WMIN's compliance consultant on this? At the same time, may I ask why many of the founding members are not on that list? I was told that we had lifetime membership without the obligation to pay dues. I don't mind paying dues personally, but since I have been away for quite some time, it's not convenient to fill up a form, send it and also transfer the funds. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:41 PM Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote:

This raises a question in my mind whether Wikimedia India Chapter is still functional? There is a number of reasons to believe it is not, 1. we are still waiting a respinse from WMIN president on a separate concern raised, 2. Members list has not been updated for 2 years 3. No one from the chapter seems to be caring to respond, etc... Am I the only one having this question in mind? Regards, Dhaval Vyas On Thu, 4 Apr 2019, 16:49 Ashwin Baindur, <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive > confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as > yet. > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvelaga(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 >> (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the >> election. The list is at >> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But >> the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been >> expired by now (considering these from 2016). >> >> Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As >> Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs >> to be updated regularly. >> >> Best, >> Krishna >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < >> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia >>> India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share. >>> >>> Regards >>> Bodhisattwa >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Yohann Thomas

5:20 a.m.

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Dear Ashwin Sir, We have received your membership form & we have started processing it. You will receive an acknowledgement from the chapter soon. Generally , we approve the membership within a short time, but due to financial year end, the team was caught in administrative work . Since the new financial year has started, your membership will reflect in the year 2019-20. Apologies for the inconvenience. Regards, Yohann Thomas Secretary WIkimedia India On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 7:19 PM Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I had applied for membership of the Chapter but am yet to receive confirmation. Requesting Sanket to tell me whether I am a member or not as yet. On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, I see that the last update on the list of members was in March 2017 (for Elections 2016), published as the list of eligible voters for the election. The list is at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016/Eligible_Voters_List. But the list has not been updated after that. Many of these must have been expired by now (considering these from 2016). Also, an actual members' list is nowhere to be found on WMIN Wiki. As Bodhi said, I feel that there should be somewhere on the Wiki, and it needs to be updated regularly. Best, Krishna On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 2:02 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, I am interested to know, who are the current members of Wikimedia India and since when are they members? If there is a list, please share. Regards Bodhisattwa _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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