[Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter public communication requirements

2015-08-28 Thread Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I am not a member of the Wikimedia India Chapter although I am very much interested in seeing it function as a mature organization. I suppose that Wikimedia Chapters from around the world have evolved a set of best practices and have ensured that these are shared somewhere. These ideas will

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter public communication requirements

2015-08-28 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Shyamal The Executive committee is given that much liberty to take decisions which are in the benefit of the community. In this case, for the above mentioned grant the applicants are well known Bengali community members. Also as seen in the grant application, endorsements are made from the

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki loves expensive expeditions (Was: Re: Chapter public communication requirements)

2015-08-28 Thread Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
Thanks Yohann for explaining the accepted mode of functioning of WMIN. I have several objections to the specific proposal and more importantly I think WMIN ought to have more general guiding principles and perhaps evolve explicit guidelines so that proposals are treated fairly, in ways that are