Congrats. On 2 March 2011 14:46, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm really happy to see Santhosh's work getting international > recognition. Hope recognitions like these would help highlight the > amazing work he has been doing all the while. All the best to > Santhosh. > > Praveen > > [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee > Milos Rancic millosh at gmail.com > Mon Feb 28 17:19:28 UTC 2011 > > I am glad to announce that Language committee is stronger for three > new members. By the time of getting their applications, the list is: > > Ζαχαρίας Διακονικολάου (Zaharias Diakonikolau) (meta:User:ZaDiak) > * languages spoken: el, en-4, de-2, grc-2, pnt-1 > * living in: Europe, Greece, Rhodes > * reason for inclusion: A couple of months ago Language committee > announced that it is searching for members from the [types of] > projects which don't have Wikipedia-like dynamics. Zaharias has passed > as an applicant from Wikiversity (he is admin at Beta Wikiversity and > bureaucrat at Greek Wikiversity). However, his qualifications go > further: he is actively working on creation, editing and promoting > projects in various Greek languages. Knowing that he is young, he will > be our long term investment, too. > > Oliver Stegen]] (meta:User:Baba Tabita) > * languages spoken: de, en-4, sw-3 <small style="color:gray;">nl-1, > fr-1</small> > * living in: Africa, Kenya, Nairobi (from Europe, Germany) > * reason for inclusion: Oliver is a linguist who is working for SIL on > East African languages. We'll have one ultra-relevant expert in > LangCom thanks to Jon Harald Søby, one of the LangCom members, who met > Oliver in Nairobi. > > Santhosh Thottingal]] (meta:User:Santhosh.thottingal) > * languages spoken: ml, hi-3, en-3, ta-2, > * living in: Asia, India, Chennai (Madras) > * reason for inclusion: Santhosh is a free software guru interested in > languages. He will help us in articulating projects for covering > language-related needs of Wikimedia projects. > > I want to add one more point related to Santhosh. He has passed as a > LangCom member not because he is from India, but because he has > relevant expertise and right attitude. Although he speaks three Indian > languages, he has become a member of LangCom because he is a free > software guru interested in languages. Before Santhosh's application, > we would have been happy to see anyone with this qualification and > this attitude, no matter of location of birth or residence. > > However, Bishakha's question and subsequent conversation helped, as it > gave impulse to Santhosh to submit the application. And that brings to > my mind that it would be good to pass the whole world periodically and > raise the geographical equality issue. And it is not a joke. That's > obviously giving people courage, or at least the idea, that they have > the same right to become members of any Wikimedia body, as any > Westerner has. Sometimes the qualifications won't be relevant for > particular position, sometimes they will. > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-February/064235.html > > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your > rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as > they follow the rules: laws and constitution. > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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