Reports/Wikimedia India/Apr-Jun2012

Admin & Legal

 * EC drafted Election rules to put in place the defined mechanism for conducting EC member elections, EC office bearer elections and also other official appointments of the chapter.
 * FCRA approval was received. We have received a sum of approx 6.5 lakhs from Wikimedia Foundation in April 2012.

Capacity

 * Though considerable effort was spent by Wikimedia Chapter EC, Hisham, Barry and others towards defining a colloboration framework, we could not reach consensus as the approaches differ. Chapter will continue to cooperate with India programs in an ad hoc, case-by-case manner.
 * IRC on WLM was conducted and   Karthik Nadar,    Noopur Raval,Yuvi Panda have  volunteered to join core team of WLM India supported by Naveen Francis, Secretary and Executive Member.

Technology & Cultural

 * Tech related events: Nil
 * GLAM related events: Nil

Grant Usage
A sum of Rs 37550 is spent towards WikiSangamotsav, Malayalam wiki conference on 28 and 29 April 2012

April

 * 29-April-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 45
 * 24-April-2012 Wiki Academy @ L.D. College of Engineering
 * 08-April-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 44

May

 * 13-May-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 46

June

 * 9-Jun-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 47
 * 12-Jun-2012 Kannada Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebrations