Talk:Grants/Bengali Wikipedia 10th anniversary

Hi Kalyan, I am watching the related discussion at Meta. Please let us know once this grant request comes out of draft status and ready for review--Ravi 13:57, 30 October 2014 (IST)
 * Ravi, I have changed the status from "Draft" to "Open". Kalyan Sarkar 01:24, 1 November 2014 (IST)
 * Kalyan Sarkar, thanks for the complete and open request. My initial impression resonates with many of the questions raised by WMF. So, I will wait for your answers there without repeating similar questions here. 3,00,000 INR being roughly 10% of WMIN's annual budget for programmatic expenses, I would recommend investing it in programs with proven impact. The impact of the current program design for Bengali Wikipedia 10 years celebration is questionable. So, please consider redesigning the celebrations focusing on the most active editing community. Please note that another grant request on a similar scale and questionable impact is also pending approval. WMIN should be able to take a decision on this by November last week when we will have a new Executive Committee and revised FDC funding plan in place. Thanks.--Ravi 09:14, 7 November 2014 (IST)
 * Ravi, kindly note that we have revised our budget and reduced it by around 25%. We have also published a tentative schedule of the program here which is now more focussed towards the active editing community rather than newbies.


 * Hi Kalyan, thanks for revising the plan based on the discussion at PEG talk page. Since the community is already undergoing a thorough review by the global community, as a token of solidarity from WMIN, I will just provide a recommendation based on WMIN's funds at disposal without commenting further on the program design. Considering WMIN's financial constraints, the maximum I can recommend for this grant request is only 1,50,000 INR. It is the same as what CIS-A2K is providing in cash and 50% of the requested grant amount. This amount shall go towards supporting the photography contest and providing travel scholarship for Indian Wikimedians. These two programmes can be relatively high impact areas to justify the expense. Please note that this recommendation is subject to review and approval by WMIN EC. Thanks.--Ravi 15:45, 6 December 2014 (IST)

Good planning, Excellant
This is very good planning. I appreciate Arkrishna 08:41, 16 November 2014 (IST)

Grant Approved
Full grant amount is approved by EC. Congratulations to the Bengali Wikimedians !!! Keep coming up with more projects to increase knowledge base of Bengali Wikipedia & other sister projects. - (On behalf of EC) Arkrishna 10:09, 10 December 2014 (IST), Secretary, Wikimedia India chapter.