Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Pranav Curumsey
I am responding here this once, from now ahead please post your comments on the chapter wiki so we dont spam peoples inboxes. Abhijith, I think I answer most of your points here. The one about FCRA, we have prior permission upto $100k. Next Jan we complete 3 years and we can apply for a prior perm

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Abhijith Jayanthi
2013 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities & indeed very little on community activities. For example, why do 6 people need to go for Wikimania &

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities & indeed very little on community activities. For example, why do 6 people need to go for Wikimania & Chapters conference? You have asked for money for 3 regional & 1 national conference. Does anyone actually believe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-23 Thread Ravishankar
Karthik, Except for allocation for Innovative projects, GLAM acdtivities and Digitisation (Budget items 3.5.1, 3.5.4, 3.5.5), I don't see any other budget item that directly sustains any measurable impact on the growth of language communities. Even this fund allocation will prove miniscule when di