Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-16 Thread rupert THURNER
abhinav, i read that the membership fee is 100 INR, which is the price of a beer. that sounds fair. how many members do you currently have? do you use the annual fundraising page to let people know that they can become members like e.g. wikimedia deutschland (WMDE) does? WMDE, by using this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-15 Thread Samuel Klein
+1 Lodewijk -- I was thinking the same thing. Abhinav and Kirill: thanks each for sharing these public updates. On Mon., Jul. 15, 2019, 4:29 p.m. effe iets anders, < effeietsand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it would be at the very least helpful to the wider community to > better understand

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-15 Thread effe iets anders
Thank you Kirill for outlining the procedural component. That is helpful, and paints a better picture. I know Affcom us always balancing in a tough position, not only between interests but also between different levels of transparency expectations. The piece of information that I'm struggling to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Dear Krill, Thanks for writing & finally opening up to the community on this topic. Let me add some more to this, so that the global community can understand the actual situation Wikimedia India (WMIN) is in now right now, in a more in-depth way. Ofcourse, before going forward I need to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-15 Thread Kirill Lokshin
Dear Wikimedia-l readers, AffCom understands the complexity and sensitivity of the circumstances surrounding the decision to de-recognize Wikimedia India as a chapter, and we would like to share more information around it. This decision was not taken lightly, and only came after consistent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

2019-07-07 Thread Lane Rasberry
Hello, I do not have all the answers and mostly I want more information myself! I am sympathetic to Wikimedia India's situation. Personally, I agree with Abhinav about all these things. I will not make judgements about right and wrong or correct and incorrect, but for anyone who is just joining