Reports/Wikimedia India/Jan-Mar2014

Wikimedia India Chapter's activity report for 1st Quarter (Jan-March) 2014.

Admin & Legal

 * Wikimedia India Executive Committee had hold its meeting in Bangalore on 16th February. The meeting was help post the meeting with WMF staffs and FDC member. As WMF was clear in the morning meet with WMIN that it won't be supporting Wikimedia With FDC funds in 2015 unless the later gains the benefit of 12A; the EC was more on that subject. Further, the Executive Committee also listed all that the team would like to see happening in India over the next year.


 * The Executive Committee is also drafting the COI Policy for its internal and external issues. The draft will then be overlooked by the legal team of Wikimedia Foundation as well as an expertise. Sub-committees and frequent communications with the community was also discussed at the board meeting.


 * Moksh Juneja and Jayanth Nath, as both of them were new members in the Executive Committee, the existing EC members gave them an opportunity to attend the Board Training Workshop which was organised by Wikimedia UK in London.

Capacity
Membership: Membership as of March 31, 2012 is xxx.

Donations: Amount of donations received during Jan-March 2014 was Nil.

Grants Funded

 * Wikimedia India granted the Kolkata Community to hold a Wikipedia stall in the Book Fair.
 * Due to lack of funds and with the reduction in the FDC budget, could not grant any other funds to the community.

January

 * Wikipedia Stall at Kolkata Book Fair 2014. Here is the report provided by the Kolkata Wikipedia Community.
 * Wikipedia Mumbai Meetup - 25

February
Wikimedia India did not conduct any event in February 2014 due to lack of funds.

March

 * Wikipedia edit-a-thons in Delhi and Bangalore for Women's History Month. Report is here

Media Coverage

 * Kolkata Book Fair: Wikipedia puts up stall to find Bengali editors. First Post. ''January 29, 2014.
 * Wikipedia seeks Bengali editor through Kolkata book Fair. The Indian Express. January 29, 2013