Thanks Krishna for forwarding the mail to main thread in Indian mailing list. My mails are not reached at Indian mailing list, although I have successfully subscribe the to the list. I am again cc to Indian mailing list. we should discuss your tread also https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-April/014000.html
Regards, Manoj Kulkarni On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 6:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> > 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 > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiTe-L mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l > _______________________________________________ WikiTe-L mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l
