Hi all, Please find my reply inline.
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Vishnu <visdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Some responses here on Meta [1] on behalf of CIS. I have also commented in > my individual capacity on the statutory aspects to the best of my > knowledge. Also see some in-line replies. > > > On Monday 12 May 2014 05:45 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > > Fellow Wikimedians, > > As you all know, Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore has sought > funding of about *1.8 Crores* through the FDC process from Wikimedia > Foundation to carry out work on seven local language projects in India that > includes Kannada, Telugu among others. [1] > The funds primarily cover the salaries of the people belonging to the > CIS-A2K team among other administrative expenses and other expenses as > outlined on their proposal page. > > > As may of you know, please note that CIS has proposed the said budget to > implement 21 plans of which there are 7 language area plans, 8 stand along > projects, 3 community strengthening initiatives, etc. > > > The proposal was up for Community review and comments until April 30th > and many have recorded their response about it [2]. Several community > members have come forward in pointing out that the staff salaries being > paid and that being proposed - are quite on the higher side (which is up to > 2.4 Lakhs per month per person). > > > As you may have already seen in the budget, please note that the salary > proposed is for 7 employees on the CIS-A2K team and the average per person > salary would come to less than 1 lakh per month, per person and not as > stated above. > Vishnu, I believe CIS has already agreed on the proposal page on meta that the CIS-A2K are above industry standard. Please stop trying to mislead the lost. What Hari said is that one of the Salary is about 2 lakhs INR and I believe that is true. The WMIN propose for staff is also public and the median of that is less than half of what CIS proposes. > > CIS-A2K welcomes your feedback and suggestions. > > Thank you, > Vishnu > > > [1] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form > [2] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form > [3] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015/Budget#Budget_as_per_Expenditure_Heads > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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