Reports/Wikimedia India/Jul-Sep2012

Admin & Legal
The second Annual General body meeting was held on 23 Sep 2012. was released on the occasion.

Elections

Elections were conducted during the AGM. Karthik Nadar Nikita Belavate, Pranav Curumsey, Srikanth Ramakrishnan and Viswa Prabha were declared elected.

WikiConference 2011 published along with Chapter Audit report during AGM on 23 Sep 2012

Legal services Consultant Mr. Apar Gupta is appointed as the legal services consultant for the Chapter effective 15 Aug 2012 for a period of one year. Apar is presently a partner at the law firm of Advani and Co.. Having a background in litigation he specializes in legal issues involving technology and intellectual property. His services include legal advisory and consultation as well as representing the Wikimedia Chapter in courts.

Capacity
Executive Manager EC after an exhaustive search and selection process has appointed Sowmyan Tirumurti as Executive Manager of the organisation. Sowmyan joined Wikimedia India on 1st October 2012 as Executive Manager based in Bangalore. His primary role is to support the members and the community in organizing and running the various promotion programs.

Membership: Membership as of 30 Sep, 2012 is 126. M/s Arnion Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad became the first institutional member, following the grant of membership on 19 Sep 2012.

Wiki loves monuments
Here are some statistics and updates from India:
 * 16,796 photos have been uploaded from India thanks to Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.
 * There were 2,230 participants from the country, meaning India had by far the most participants.
 * Anupamg, Thamizhpparithi Maari, Sthitaprajna, Darwinacitizen and Vu2sga were the top five contributors from India.
 * Taj Mahal(Indian Monument N-UP-A28-a) is the world wide winner - a monument which was clicked by maximum no of photographers. It was photographed by 114 different users in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.

First round of filtering is going on and it is expected to be completed by Oct 15,2012.

Grant Usage

 * Assamese wiki 10 celebration: Rs 5647
 * Kannada Wiki 9 anniversary: Rs 18411
 * WikiSangamotsav Conf: Rs46000

July

 * 27, 28-Jul-2012, Wikepdia stall in Fifth Elephant
 * 9-Jul-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 48

August
Wikimedia India partnered with the organisers of The Fifth Elephant Conference held at at NIMHANS convention center on 27th & 28th July 2012. Read the blogpost at http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/08/29/wikimedia-india-the-fifth-elephant/
 * The fifth elephant

Conducting Wiki Academy @ Dravidian university on 6 Aug 2012, is a special experience as majority of the audience was from the teaching staff. It is also the first ever multi lingual Wiki Academy conducted by chapter. As Dravidian university is focused on the major Dravidian languages, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam scholars  attended the Wiki Academy. Read more at the blog http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/08/29/wiki-academy-dravidian-university/
 * Wiki Academy @ Dravidian University, 6 Aug 2012

September

 * AGM,23 Sep 2012 See blog post
 * Sep 1- 30: Wiki Loves Monuments
 * 15-Sep-2012 Kannada Wiki Workshop in Tumkur University
 * 23-Sep-2012, Wikimedia India AGM-2012 (Members only event)
 * 30-Sep-2012, Hyderabad Meetup 6