Reports/Wikimedia India/Apr-Jun2013

Dear all, Greetings from Wikimedia India !

Organisational Updates
Membership: Membership count as of 30 June is 88.

Donations: During April-June 2013 we received INR 11,010 as donations from 3 individual donors.

Meetings:
 * WMIN Secretary Karthik Nadar and Executive Council member Pranav Curumsey represented WMIN at the Wikimedia Chapters Conference at Milan. Karthik also attended the WLM International Committee meeting which took place along the sidelines. Pranav attended the WCA meeting on our behalf (as our representative Karthik was at the WLM Meeting).


 * The EC had a board meeting in June, and it was held in Mumbai for the first time. It was attended by Sudhanwa, Karthik, Pranav and Nikita.

Conducted / Supported

 * April 6, 2013: Gujarati Wikisource I anniversary celebrations, Gujrat
 * April 9, 2013 : Wiki Academy, CGG Hyderabad
 * April 10-11: Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, Hyderabad
 * April 21, 2013: Wikipedia Introduction, Collabnet Chennai
 * May 25-26 2013 : Open Weekends, Chennai
 * Wiki Exhibition @ Samskrita Bharati, Aksharam
 * Hyderabad Meetup 5

More
A round-up of Wikimedia events, academies and initiatives around the nation are updated here.

Media coverage

 * Telugu Mahotsavam 2013 coverage
 * Telugu Mahotsavam 2013 coverage
 * Indian Wikipedians look forward to Hong Kong meet
 * Sabhash Wiki, a documentary on Wikipedia in Telugu news channel HMTV on YouTube

Grants Funded

 * 1) Telugu Mahotsavam 2013 support grant.

We look forward to your continued support and active participation. Best, On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India) Karthik Nadar, Secretary.