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

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

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Sudhanwa Ji, If your question concerns about yourself, I find that you are already there on the Member's Mailing List. Agreed in the Mobile OPT Verification, CAPTCHA code verification era, WMIN has an old-fashioned (and also tedious) membership application form. Two months back WMIN came up w

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

2019-06-14 Thread balaji
Hi I too became member again recently. But I am not seeing any mails in the chapter mailing list. Regards J. Balaji On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 8:17 AM Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Dear Ashwin Sir, > > I find you are a very old member at Wikimedia India and there are also > communication logs where yo

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

2019-06-14 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, There are many people like Ashwin (and myself) who were members right from the beginning of WMIN. However, later on they dropped out due to various reasons (like tedious renewal process etc.). We wish to continue further again. I suppose reconnecting the old members could be a good initiativ

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

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Ashwin Sir, I find you are a very old member at Wikimedia India and there are also communication logs where you have been conversing on the Mailing List. However, I do not find your Mail ID in the subscriber's list. Generally with membership renewal an invitation mail to join Member's Maili

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

2019-06-14 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Thanks for answering my query. Another query. Would newly added members have to apply for the Chapter mailing list or do they get added automatically? On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 9:17 PM Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > Yes yes, good times indeed! :) > > Thanks for clarifying - really appreciate it and

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

2019-06-14 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Yes yes, good times indeed! :) Thanks for clarifying - really appreciate it and also for your tireless contribution to the chapter's growth by taking these extra miles. Subha On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM Abhinav srivastava wrote: > Dear Subhashish, > > Thanks for the wishes. I recollect my

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

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Subhashish, Thanks for the wishes. I recollect my previous iteration with WMIN when you were with CIS-A2K and we had worked together :) By perks and benefits I mean no qualification for* serving WMIN *but only a qualification *on merits of a volunteer*. Take an example, CIS-A2K invited WMIN

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

2019-06-14 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Congratulations Abinav - good to see you back again! :) All the best for the upcoming elections. BTW I have a question about this - "I would also like to make a public declaration, I will not take privilege of any perks or benefits while serving the office of WMIN as a co-opted EC". Isn't it given

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

2019-06-14 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Ashwin sir When EC members resign, the EC has an option to co-opt executive committee members to fill the vacancy.. As per Chapter bye laws, Article VII, point A, sub point f, *Any vacancy caused in the membership of the Executive Committee shall be filled from within the membership of the So

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

2019-06-14 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Dear Ashwin Sir, * Six-years back on April 13th, 2013 a resolution by the then General Assembly had approved for a resolution, "Adding co-opted trustees". Subsequently, several EC members have been co-opted. from time-to-time [1] * The Elections are due and the reason for the same have been commu

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

2019-06-14 Thread balaji
In the event project tiger consultation it was informed by chapter Representatives that election will be held soon. When is the election planned ? Regards J. Balaji On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 12:09 PM Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Shouldn't there be an election? Is co-opting permitted as per bye laws? > >

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

2019-06-13 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Shouldn't there be an election? Is co-opting permitted as per bye laws? On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 10:56 AM Asaf Bartov wrote: > That's good to know, and thanks for the update. Best wishes to Abhinav! > > Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its compliance > difficulties? Or its

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

2019-06-13 Thread Asaf Bartov
That's good to know, and thanks for the update. Best wishes to Abhinav! Is there any update on the state of the chapter, vis-a-vis its compliance difficulties? Or its activities? It would be good to keep the wider communities informed. Cheers, A. On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 07:11 Yohann Thomas wr

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

2019-06-13 Thread Rajeeb Dutta
Congrats Abhinav!! Best Regards, Rajeeb Dutta. (U: Marajozkee) Sent from my iPhone > On 14-Jun-2019, at 9:51 AM, ravinder jadeja wrote: > > All The Best ! > > Take Things To New Height Abhinav ! > >> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 09:41, Yohann Thomas wrote: >> Dear Community members >> >> With a

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

2019-06-13 Thread ravinder jadeja
All The Best ! Take Things To New Height Abhinav ! On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 09:41, Yohann Thomas wrote: > Dear Community members > > With a current board strength of only 5 members, Wikimedia India has 2 > vacant board member seats. I am pleased to inform you that Abhinav > Srivastava has been Co

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

2019-06-13 Thread Yohann Thomas
Dear Community members With a current board strength of only 5 members, Wikimedia India has 2 vacant board member seats. I am pleased to inform you that Abhinav Srivastava has been Co-opted to the board of Wikimedia India. He will be available on the email - abhinav.srivast...@wikimedia.in Regar