Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear Yohann, my deepest condolences on this sad demise in your family. I pray that the Almighty gathers the departed soul to their embrace. As regards my query, yes, it does clear things up. Thank you, Yohann & Abhinav for both taking the trouble to reply. All the best. On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 6:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Dear Ashwin sir Sorry for the delay in reply.. There was a death in my family, so due to which, I did not reply to any questions.. & Abhinav was replying.. It is a customary practise to accept membership forms of past members & their membership date is applicable from the date of receiving the fo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Ashwin Sir, Thanks for writing back. There has been some communication gap. Your membership and or for any other member who enrolled during the said event would be considered as a member from 8th April, 2019. As per Article III clause 2, your membership [1] had been approved on the said dat

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
That's not really a satisfactory answer. If the worry was about a limited membership then our date could be given as 01 April 2019 onwards. But delaying it till May end - Jun for paperwork would have been okay, providing we were shown as membership dated back to 01 April 19. This giving a late dat

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Ashwin Sir, If your question concerns about me, I only got co-opted yesterday and got access to the Membership Data this morning. As per the Membership Process, WMIN, "*endeavour to process all applications within four weeks*" [1]. We recognise there has been a long delay, we recognise in p

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Co-option of New Executive Committee member to Wikimedia India

2019-06-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear Abhinav, Many of us had applied in March during Project Tiger meetup complete with dues paid for the membership. I find that we are being added post-15th May, and in my case 6th June. If the form had been filled and dues paid, why a delay of three months? Why can't our membership be counted f