Dear Team,
I forgot to add my contact details in my earlier email.
I can be reached at +91.98415 97744 on my mobile and kir...@kiruba.com .
If anyone from our Wikipedia community have any questions or clarifications,
I'm happy to answer them.
Regards,
Kiruba Shankar
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Kiruba @ Kiruba.com kir...@kiruba.comwrote:
Dear Wikipedians,
First, I start with apologies if I have caused any disrespect to any. That
was not my intention and if I have, I'm truly sorry. I respect the
community and all the efforts.
Since my last email to the group earlier this year, I have consciously not
associated or falsified my position. I agree that my old business-card was
misleading and apologize for the confusion.
Its good to have clarity in this issue and this mail to the group clears
the confusion. To reiterate, I'm not associate with the board in any
capacity and will contribute as a Wikipedian as another member of the
community.
Thanks for the patience and once again, apologies. If you have any further
queries from any member of the group, I'm happy to answer them.
Regards,
Kiruba Shankar
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Wikimedia India off...@wikimedia.inwrote:
Date: 14 December 2010
Dear All:
There has been some public confusion as to the nature and status of Mr.
Kiruba Shankar's involvement with the Wikimedia India Chapter. This notice
seeks to clarify that:
- Mr. Kiruba Shankar was initially associated with efforts to set up a
Wikimedia India Chapter.
- He has publicly acknowledged that he is no longer involved with this
Chapter via an email on the 12th of March 2010 because, in Mr. Shankar's
words:
“*There are times I overran myself in the assumption that Foundation
formation time could happen sooner and assumed I'd be part of the board and
hence a Director (designate) without realizing the really long gestation
period it takes to set up the foudation *[sic]* or the confusion it would
cause.*”
[1]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-March/000476.html
- However, this confusion has persisted and Mr. Shankar has, in the
recent past, clarified that he is in no way associated with the Wikimedia
India
Chapter.[2]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-October/001059.html
[3]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-October/001061.html
- Sadly, it has come to our attention that he continues to make make
unwarranted and patently false representations as to the nature of his
association with the Wikimedia India Chapter. The most recent example
being
his visiting card that states that he is a Director of Wikimedia India,
[4]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20101210/7d4f759d/attachment-0001.jpgwhen
in fact no such position exists within the framework provided by the
Memorandum of Association of the Wikimedia India
Chapter.[5]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer
- When this was brought to his
attention,[6]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-December/001402.htmlMr.
Shankar responded to note that “
*I ran out of my present bunch of cards and since I had to travel to
Lavasa for the INK conference, I had to pick my old bunch of unused cards
because my new cards got delayed from the printers. I had consciously been
striking out the position clearly on each of the cards ( attached are two
photos of the entire bunch and a closeup of one such card) . I'm sorry
that
the card that your friend got missed out. If in doubt, you can check out
with others (though your friend) that I consciously stuck it
out.*”[7]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20101210/baa7c785/attachment-0002.jpeg
[8]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20101210/baa7c785/attachment-0003.jpeg
Given the continued nature of the confusion and misrepresentation, we have
been forced to issue Mr. Shankar notice to cease and desist from such
activity.[9]http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Public_Notice_regarding_Kiruba_Shankar%27s_Involvement
These notices have both been posted here:
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Announcements
Yours faithfully,
Wikimedia India EC
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