Hello 16 April 2019 for Hindi Wikimedians ?, sorry I can not come or participate in such a short notice. I suggest you to inform atleast a few weeks before for such kind of important meetings.
Regards, Suyash Dwivedi (U:Suyash.dwivedi) Hundi Wikimedians User Group (Flag Bearer) sent from mobile, please consider any typos On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 6:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > This message was originally Telugu Wikimedia mailing list on the branding > community consultation discussion, by Manoj Kulkarni. I am looping in the > Indian mailing list, where this discussion was originally going on. > > > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM manoj kulkarni < > kulkarnimanoj1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to >> be addressed as soon as possible. >> >> As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from >> the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and >> report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will >> definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of >> almost >> all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects. >> >> So, my questions are, >> 1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the >> communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates >> could >> express their voices and concerns directly with preparation? >> 2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore >> communities >> is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? >> Why >> were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What >> criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices >> from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about >> this? >> Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for >> local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other >> communities and who planned for this kind of schedule? >> How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members >> to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many >> don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so. >> >> There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made >> decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses >> that >> theory. >> >> Hoping to get positive responses. >> >> Regards, >> Manoj Kulkarni >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiTe-L mailing list >> wikit...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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