Hi,
This is to inform those interested that User:Prad2609 and I have written a report on WCI 2011 which is public on meta [1]. A warning on queries; we probably wont answer those since Prad2609 has unsubscribed from all Wikipedia mailing lists and retired and Iv got other priorities myself.
Once again, we thank all those involved with WCI 2011 and thank the Indian Community which responsible for making it a resounding success.
Signing off,
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report
Hi User:Prad2609 and AroundTheGlobe,
* For a report written 6 months after the event, I find it completely unprofessional and shamefully name calling. You have pushed the people who have spent thousands of hours helping to the footer while criticising all the people prominently upfront.
* Was the conference conducted by two people or the Mumbai Wikipedia community? If you two are too busy to answer questions, there should be other responsible members who can answer.
* *Where can I find the finance / audit report on how the $40,000 grant and the user registration money was spent?*
I don't think this report does any good for Indian Wikipedia community to organise any collaborative event in future. You should learn to assume responsibility, thank the positive help and suggest best practices instead of writing sob stories.
Ravi
The report would have been written earlier, the accounts submitted to the Chapter and anything released to the Community only be done once due process at the Chapter end is over hence the time delay. If you could kindly specify which person/s spent "thousands of hours" on the WikiConference and was/were criticised then one can answer what was the rationale behind the complaints against him/her/them, if any.
AshLin
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Hi User:Prad2609 and AroundTheGlobe,
- For a report written 6 months after the event, I find it completely
unprofessional and shamefully name calling. You have pushed the people who have spent thousands of hours helping to the footer while criticising all the people prominently upfront.
- Was the conference conducted by two people or the Mumbai Wikipedia
community? If you two are too busy to answer questions, there should be other responsible members who can answer.
- *Where can I find the finance / audit report on how the $40,000 grant
and the user registration money was spent?*
I don't think this report does any good for Indian Wikipedia community to organise any collaborative event in future. You should learn to assume responsibility, thank the positive help and suggest best practices instead of writing sob stories.
Ravi
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Ashwin,
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
The report would have been written earlier, the accounts submitted to the Chapter and anything released to the Community only be done once due process at the Chapter end is over hence the time delay.
Does that mean chapter will announce the accounts related to the conference?
If you could kindly specify which person/s spent "thousands of hours" on the WikiConference and was/were criticised then one can answer what was the rationale behind the complaints against him/her/them, if any.
How many hours together would have all the volunteers listed at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report...
spent?
While moving good words to the footer, the report goes on to criticise people who didn't help in an elaborate manner.
Ravi
Hi Ravi,
Yes, the Chapter needs to release the accounts once they have done their statutory audit requirements etc. In this regard, Arjuna Rao Chawala may kindly respond.
I wish though this had all happened at least three months earlier. Bit like flogging a dead horse at the moment.
Ashwin
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Ashwin,
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
The report would have been written earlier, the accounts submitted to the Chapter and anything released to the Community only be done once due process at the Chapter end is over hence the time delay.
Does that mean chapter will announce the accounts related to the conference?
If you could kindly specify which person/s spent "thousands of hours" on the WikiConference and was/were criticised then one can answer what was the rationale behind the complaints against him/her/them, if any.
How many hours together would have all the volunteers listed at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/WikiConference_India_2011/Report...
spent?
While moving good words to the footer, the report goes on to criticise people who didn't help in an elaborate manner.
Ravi
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Ravi,
Yes, the Chapter needs to release the accounts once they have done their statutory audit requirements etc. In this regard, Arjuna Rao Chawala may kindly respond.
The audit of transactions under the Chapter bank account for Conference
has begun a week back. The audit report will be shared after the audit is completed.
Regards Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia India
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Ravi,
Yes, the Chapter needs to release the accounts once they have done their statutory audit requirements etc. In this regard, Arjuna Rao Chawala may kindly respond.
The audit of transactions under the Chapter bank account for Conference
has begun a week back. The audit report will be shared after the audit is completed.
Conference Receipts and Payments is available at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:MumbaiConf2011AuditedR-P-Statement.pdf
The overall chapter financial statements are given in Annual report.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMIN-Annual-Report2011-2012TwoUp.pdf
Sorry it took so much time to get through these.
Cheers Arjuna
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