[Wikimediaindia-l] 7 more days to create or expand GI edit-a-thon articles

[Tito Dutta]

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​​Hello, here is an update on Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
.
We understand that perhaps 7 days (i.e. 25 January to 31 January) were not
sufficient to write on a topic like this, and/or you may need some more
time to create/improve articles, so let's extend this event for a few more
days. *The edit-a-thon will continue till 10 February 2016* and that means
you have got 7 more days to create or expand articles (or imprpove the
articles you have already created or expanded).
*Rules*

The rules

remain unchanged. Please report your created or expanded articles

.
*Joining now*

Editors, who have not joined this edit-a-thon, may also join now

.
*Reviewing articles*

Reviewing of all articles should be done before the end of this month (i.e.
February 2016). We'll keep you informed. You may also check the event page

for more details.
*Prizes/Awards*

A special barnstar will be given to all the participants who will create or
expand articles during this edit-a-thon. The editors, who will perform
exceptionally well, may be given an Indic Geographical Indication product
or object
.
However, please note, nothing other than the barnstar has been finalized or
guaranteed. We'll keep you informed.
*Questions?* Feel free to ask question(s) here
.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Fwd: Open letter to the community

[Sudhanwa Jogalekar]

Hi Yohann,

I am confused by your mail.

Not able to understand whether

a. you are trying to defend (/give their perspective of) EC or you are
blaming/bashing EC
b. talking about current office bearers and/or talking about previous
office bearers who left abruptly.
c. What is the paid employees role? Even when he is in Banglore, why things
are not happening in time.
d. why your mails get blocked?

many more things if I translate the read-between-the-lines.



Regards
-Sudhanwa


On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Yohann Thomas  wrote:

> I am forwarding this email since my official wikimedia india email is
> still getting blocked.
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Yohann Thomas 
> Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:45 PM
> Subject: Open letter to the community
> To: Wikimedia Chapter India Google group ,
> Wikimedia India Community list 
> Cc: EC Wikimedia India ,
> Ravishankar Ayyakkannu 
>
>
> Dear Community
>
> I regret to inform you that Wikimedia India has not been give periodic
> updates regarding the activities of the chapter. This is in spite of the
> fact that the last year, we have been doing many activities & making great
> strides in reaching out to the community.Apart from that,Wikimedia India
> has also not been open about the obstacles which currently our organization
> is facing.
>
> 1.) No Monthly Reports were being circulated by the Office Bearer’s at
> Wikimedia India. Major updates regarding to different activities were given
> to the community, but a periodic update was not given to the community The
> Executive Committee (EC) along with the Program Director recognize the
> negligence in this regard. An assurance regarding the same has been
> provided in this regard. On the first Monday of every month, we shall be
> submitting our monthly report to the community.
>
> 2.) Inability to Conduct Annual General Meeting for 2014-2015: The Office
> Bearers have already been apologetic in this regard. An assurance has been
> provided that efforts are being undertaken to process it as soon as
> possible.
>
> 3.) Current Financial obstacle faced by the Chapter: We are in Process of
> renewing our FCRA license , but due to this,the Chapter at present is
> facing financial challenges.
>
> To tackle these problems ,we are taking guidance from senior community
> members & founding members of the chapter. We hope to resolve these issues
> soon & continue with all the good work we have been doing so far.
>
> --
> Yohann Thomas
> Executive Committee Member
> Wikimedia India
> http://wikimedia.in/
>
> --
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