The on-going conversation at the Grants application page of CIS-A2K has also
seen some comments made about the Wikimedia India Chapter. You can read the
conversation on-wiki -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Q3c.
I would encourage the community members who have thus far engaged CIS-A2K with
criticism to also take the time and effort to do the same with the Wikimedia
India Chapter. As Asaf points out in the above conversation, the Chapter is a
community created resource and I think it is upto the community to decide on
the effectiveness of the work done by this organisation. Without community
involvement, no matter how passionate the WMIN EC or a few members inside the
Chapter are, it will not make any impact.
I see no communication from the WMIN EC on their own grant application and
their status thereafter. I do believe they were wronged in not getting the
funds they requested for. However, I think it would be mature to move on and
also to use the interim period to build resources that seek to make WMIN's
funding sources independent of WMF and to expand membership.
If the WMIN EC would thus like to engage the community, I would suggest that
they open a conversation on wiki (preferably, Meta) in what they seek from
community members and to try and understand what community members expect from
the Chapter. Revitalising the Wikimedia India chapter is in the long term
interest of the movement in India. Keeping the Chapter accountable is the
community's responsibility. However, it is for each community member and not a
few to make this decision. Help has been offered to the Chapter from WMF,
CIS-A2K and I am sure from the community as well. I would love to see the
chapter revitalised and a pragmatic programme evolved around the same.
Pradeep Mohandas
How Pradeep uses email? - http://goo.gl/6v1I9
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