Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-05-10 Thread Ravishankar
Asaf, I will appreciate if you could honor your promise about answering specific questions on the CIS-WMF MoU. The questions can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Q3a Please let me know if I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-29 Thread Ravishankar
Asaf, I will appreciate if you can answer the following questions regarding the MoU between CIS and WMF. I have placed these questions at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Q3a where we can continue the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-24 Thread Vishnu
On Tuesday 22 April 2014 10:29 PM, Ravishankar wrote: It is interesting that CIS-A2K makes ceremonial media reports about the MoUs it signs with institutions but the MoU it signed with WMF is not public yet. See:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-23 Thread Ravishankar
Asaf, Can WMF present the MoU to FDC privately? FDC has representation from global community and this will ensure better transparency at the same time preserving WMF's adherence to legal protocols. It will also make more sense for the FDC members to take an informed decision while assessing the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-22 Thread Pranav Curumsey
Thank you, Asaf! The chapter has always promoted transparency and welcomes community input. It would be excellent if you could share the original CIS MoU and all their reports submitted to you in the same spirit as you shared this. Unlike some others out here, we are not trained to make reports

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-22 Thread Ravishankar
Asaf, Thanks for informing about this. Pranav, //It would be excellent if you could share the original CIS MoU// +1. It is interesting that CIS-A2K makes ceremonial media reports about the MoUs it signs with institutions but the MoU it signed with WMF is not public yet. See:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
We have said before that WMF does not generally share its legal contracts with partners, and that the CIS MoU will not be shared by us. This has not changed. I am willing to answer any specific questions about the relationship with CIS, as I have been, both in the current conversation and in