Having been to a couple of meet ups when I was studying in Bangalore and now being based out of Delhi, I cannot help but notice how petty this discussion is becoming. Wikipedia being a free and open community, I don't see why encouraging more activity in Delhi should be a problem at all. Let us not bicker over juvenile politics and such. What I suggest is that enthusiastic pioneers who wish to establish a Delhi chapter come up with a plan and ideas about what they wish to do once it is started and running. Also, the last time we had a Delhi meet up, more than half of them were salesmen from their companies, out there to promote their brands. That doesn't mean we stop having meet ups, but we find a more serious base, get regular people actively involved, have a meeting agenda and then talk about a chapter. What do you say? Cheers Noopur
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM, mayur <[email protected]> wrote: > Its not a politics Game, its all about to give opportunities to all Indian > Communities, North Indian Community has not grown so far and reason behind > this is lack of Awareness of Wikimedia Foundation.Not Only Chapter But also > Foundation Activities are Totally Focused towards South India.WE are not > Blaming the chapter for this but A New Chapter in New Delhi will make more > Opportunity to grow Wikimedia movement in the Biggest Educational City of > India which has been completely Ignored by the Foundation and the India > Chapter as well. > > Regards > mayur > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Having a new Delhi chapter could just be dropping a match in a haystack - >> for a spate of new regional chapters all over India. All I see this creating >> is politics and mayhem. It would be like the BCCI - 30+ state level >> associations making up the national society. Something that we can avoid and >> cut out the red tape/politics involved. >> >> Further, I understand where the Delhi Community is coming from - what has >> the chapter done for us thus far? How have they involved us? OK, they have >> been a little slow, however note that the chapter registration was completed >> just 5 months ago. My two bits worth on this situation: >> >> 1. Our Involvement with the chapter: Membership. They have just opened up >> membership recently, a very good way of getting involved is applying for it. >> The fees have been kept low at Rs.100/- annually but if you feel thats too >> much for you to spare contact the Chapter and Im sure they can sort >> something out, it should not be a stumbling block. >> >> 2. The chapter is not doing much: If you feel that way question the >> Executive Committee (EC). If you are still not happy with their response >> then take up the matter at the AGM later this year. >> >> 3. We want something more locally: Lets be fair, it is not practically >> possible for the EC members to do local groundwork everywhere in this large >> country of ours. It would be difficult for them even if they were all paid >> full time employees. As things stand, the EC is made up of honorary members >> who have put in much hard work to get things to this level. However, let us >> remember they also have their own commitments to look into, their own >> families to feed. Maybe the chapter can appoint regional committees made up >> of people from the region they represent to take up local functioning in the >> area (Delhi in this case). This committee could directly report to the EC. >> This way we could keep everyone happy - and stop the chapter from >> disintegrating. >> >> Hope this helps avert a mess. >> >> Kind Regards, >> User:AroundTheGlobe >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690
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