Dear All, This is to bring you in notice, WMIN and CIS-A2K has recently issued a joint statement to the Wikiconference India Team. WMIN and CIS-A2K have together prepared a joint statement which comprises views and concerns of some of the community members regarding the upcoming conference. We are happy to let you all know, Wikiconference India Team has provided the due assurance. WCI team would always remain committed to the stated objective as mentioned in the joint statement. Both WMIN and CIS-A2K encourages open discussions, debates and voicing of opinions. The present concerns of some community members, hence was successfully passed and now resolved. Thanks ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tanveer &lt;tanveer(a)cis-india.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tanveer@cis-india.org');>> Date: 2 July 2016 at 23:18 Subject: [WMIN-Exec 17841] Joint Statement from WMIN and A2K regarding WCI 2016 To: Ravi &lt;ravidreams(a)wikimedia.in <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ravidreams@wikimedia.in');>>, Viswa Prabha < viswaprabha(a)gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','viswaprabha@gmail.com');>>, satdeepgill(a)gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','satdeepgill@gmail.com');>, wikiconferenceindia(a)wikimedia.in <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikiconferenceindia@wikimedia.in');> Cc: A2K &lt;a2k(a)cis-india.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','a2k@cis-india.org');>>, Wikimedia India EC < wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org');>> Dear Ravi, Satdeep and Viswa, Greetings from CIS-A2K, A2K team members had the chance of meeting WMIN EC representatives recently. During the discussion it was decided that WMIN and A2K team members would propose an inclusive policy that shall provide representation to all the Indic language Wikimedia communities. Please find attached a joint statement regarding the same. We hope that the organising committee of WCI 2016 will take our concerns into consideration. Do, let us know if we can be of any help. Regards, -- Tanveer Hasan Programme Officer Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-IN-Exec mailing list Wikimedia-IN-Exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Wikimedia-IN-Exec@lists.wikimedia.org');> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-exec -- Srivastava Abhinav Executive Committee Member|Wikimedia India Ph - +91-9711739003|Skype: abhinavsrivastava619 Wiki Username - abhinav619