Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...
My condolences to BabuG's family. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Josh Lim jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Viswa, Thank you for this stirring tribute. Wikimedia Philippines and the Filipino Wikimedia community would like to share its deepest condolences and we hope that his family will be okay in this most trying of times. He will be sorely missed by both Malayalam and non-Malayalam editors alike. Regards, Josh Wiadomość napisana przez ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) vp2...@gmail.com w dniu 5 mar 2015, o godz. 23:07: Dear Wikimedians all over the world, One of our stalwarts at ml Wikimedia community, Wikiuser:BabuG https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Babug ( https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Babug) expired yesterday night. Despite having paralyzed due to a severe stroke and severely affected by several subsequent health problems, he was guided to Wikipedia by his son, Dr. Ajay, another prominent Malayalam Wikipedian, as a possible remedy to escape perpetual loneliness. His real world name was G. Balachandran.He was born on 14th October 1938 in a small village off North Parur, Ernakulam District, Kerala, the Southernmost state of India.He joined the Armed Forces Engineering College and then continued to serve the Indian Armed forces for long many years. He started contributing to Wikimedia, particularly to Malayalam Wikipedia, in the year 2008. His initial contributions to Malayalam Wikipedia were based upon a pulp-converted digital Encyclopedia, released by the Government through GFDL licence then. He continued to create even more full-featured articles on his own, later. By 2014 October 18 - the day he edited last in Wikipedia- he had 1935 full-blown articles initiated and expanded by himself in ml.wikipedia.org. Besides, he also contributed more than 350 images to Wikimedia commons and a handsome amount of contributions to Wikisource, Wikidata and Wiktionary. He always attributed his renewed energy and life's aspirations to the Wikimedia mission, for having returned to a meaningful life after a 20-year long and frustrating solitude while constrained to an immobile chair. Ever since 2008, he stood up and started walking and moving around. His was an extreme example for us in Malayalam WP to showcase how Wikipedia can change lives. In almost all our Wikipedia Outreach sessions, we utilized this great example to motivate and excite the newcomers to WP. Tory Read mentioned about BabuG thus, in a document http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/india-chronicles.pdf, a review on the state of Indian Wikimedia Communities, in 2011: G. Balachandran, a septuagenarian who lives outside of Ernakulum in Kerala state, said that working on Malayalam Wikipedia helped him recover after a stroke left him paralyzed. “He’s much sharper now,” said his wife Jagadamma K. “He’s made a lot of new friends, and that’s been good for his health.” For us in Malayalam Wikipedia, today is a black day, for having lost a great beacon on our voyage to ultimate openness and freedom in knowledge and wisdom. Yet, we feel, BabuG has made his life stamped immortal for ever and has shown us the pathway we should follow in continuing our humble contributions to the ultimate cause of mankind. -ViswaPrabha (On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community) http://ml.wikipedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com mailto:jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com | +63 (915) 321-7582 Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://about.me/josh.lim http://about.me/josh.lim ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY Wikimedia Foundation vgri...@wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015 - Registration closes in one week!
Dear Wikimedians, You have not yet registered for the Wikimedia Conference 2015 in Berlin? You want to shape the future of the Wikimedia movement? You want to meet, exchange and mingle with other movement enthusiasts from around the world? Then please be kindly reminded to register until Monday, March 16, 2015. You have only one week left! Please be aware that only registered participants are allowed to attend the Wikimedia Conference. Please find the link to the registration here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Registration Today we have 31 affiliates whose representatives have registered for the conference. You are curious about who will come to Berlin? Here is the list of all registered participants: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Participants Registration from the following affiliations are still missing. We would love to welcome you as well, so please register within the next days. =Chapters= - Wikimedia Belgium - Wikimedia Chile - Wikimedia Česká republika - Wikimedia Danmark - Wikimedia Eesti - Wikimedia España - Wikimedia Suomi - Wikimedia Hong Kong - Wikimédia Magyarország - Wikimedia Norge - Wikimedia Polska - Wikimedia Serbia - Wikimedia Ukraine - Wikimedia UK - Wikimedia New York City - Wikimedia Uruguay - Wikimedia Venezuela - Amical Wikimedia =User Groups= - Persian Wiki User Group - Wikimedians of Bulgaria User Group - Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil - Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire - Wikimedia User Group China - Wikimedians of Colombia User Group - Algeria Wikimedians User Group - Wikimedia Community User Group Greece - Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group - Wikimedians of Iceland User Group - Wikimedians of Nepal - Wikimedians in Thailand - Wiki Project Med - MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group - MediaWiki Farmers User Group =Others= - India Access To Knowledge Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via wm...@wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments. Best regards and see you soon in Berlin, Daniela on behalf of the event team Wikimedia Deutschland wm...@wikimedia.de -- Daniela Gentner Team Event Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] (Announcement) CIS-A2K Program Director Transition
Dear Wikimedians, This is to bring to your notice the proposed change in leadership of the CIS-A2K Program. The current Program Director, T. Vishnu Vardhan will be transitioning by June 2015, due to health and personal concerns. As many of you know, Vishnu has led the A2K Programme since February 2013. We at CIS are working with Vishnu and the rest of the A2K team to ensure smooth transition so that the momentum of the A2K program does not lose pace. We will soon be putting out an Advertisement for the next CIS-A2K Program Director and will involve the community members and the Wikimedia India in the selection process. Best regards, -- Subhashish Panigrahi Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Centre for Internet and Society @psubhashish / https://cis-india.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France travel policy Learning patterns
WMPL rocks! Maybe it's time to translate it to English :p On 9 March 2015 at 12:22, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: We have created such a policy several years ago: https://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rozliczenie_koszt%C3%B3w_wyjazdu :-) -- *Szymon Grabarczuk* Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU Head of Research Development Group, Wikimedia Polska pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Użytkownik:Tar_Lócesilion http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/U%C5%BCytkownik:Tar_L%C3%B3cesilion ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France travel policy Learning patterns
Thank you for sharing these! I'm sure they would be quite useful for other groups. A. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: We have created such a policy several years ago: https://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rozliczenie_koszt%C3%B3w_wyjazdu :-) 2015-03-09 11:51 GMT+01:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de: Thanks for sharing this, Emeric. I especially like the approach of sharing these kinds of experience that all the organisations have to deal with on an everyday basis. I guess these procedures are quite easy to copy or build upon for others. Merci, Nicole On 9 March 2015 at 09:49, Emeric Vallespi emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Dear movement fellows, After our Board handbook, we are pleased to share with you the Wikimédia France Travel policy (this time, in French and English!): (en) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage/en (fr) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage This document is the compilation and formalization of our expenses reimbursement's practices for several years. The main goal of this formalization is to clarify, for our various stakeholders in the organization, the expenses which can be reimbursed, the amounts, the conditions and the process. And because it's clearer we think that it's going to facilitate the volunteers involvement. Indeed, by knowing in advance if expenses can be covered, we are hoping that volunteers will take more initiatives to do projects, even if there is a cost. Of course, it facilitates the work of our treasurers and executive director who deal with the approval of expenses requests/reports, because the commons cases are anticipated in the policy, and now they have to intervene only for specific cases, which are less frequent. It is also ensuring a healthier governance: it clarifies the process of escalation if needed and it provides fairness for every requests' answers. Besides it allowed to define consensually the frame of reimbursements with different stakeholders. As it might be useful for other entities, we shared in a Learning Patternswhy we think it's useful for us to have this policy,what problems it solves and how we have solved them: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Travel_policy_−_defining_travel_support_conditions_to_further_volunteer_involvement Moreover, we did an unofficial translation of the policy (link above) to ease your feedback possibilities about this policy, about the process we followed or to be inspired by if you are thinking about such an initiative of document in your organization. Feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions of improvement. Cheers, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr mailto:emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Nicole Ebber Referentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Tomek Polimerek Ganicz http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29title=tomasz-ganicz ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France travel policy Learning patterns
Dear movement fellows, After our Board handbook, we are pleased to share with you the Wikimédia France Travel policy (this time, in French and English!): (en) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage/en (fr) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage This document is the compilation and formalization of our expenses reimbursement's practices for several years. The main goal of this formalization is to clarify, for our various stakeholders in the organization, the expenses which can be reimbursed, the amounts, the conditions and the process. And because it's clearer we think that it's going to facilitate the volunteers involvement. Indeed, by knowing in advance if expenses can be covered, we are hoping that volunteers will take more initiatives to do projects, even if there is a cost. Of course, it facilitates the work of our treasurers and executive director who deal with the approval of expenses requests/reports, because the commons cases are anticipated in the policy, and now they have to intervene only for specific cases, which are less frequent. It is also ensuring a healthier governance: it clarifies the process of escalation if needed and it provides fairness for every requests' answers. Besides it allowed to define consensually the frame of reimbursements with different stakeholders. As it might be useful for other entities, we shared in a Learning Patternswhy we think it's useful for us to have this policy,what problems it solves and how we have solved them: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Travel_policy_−_defining_travel_support_conditions_to_further_volunteer_involvement Moreover, we did an unofficial translation of the policy (link above) to ease your feedback possibilities about this policy, about the process we followed or to be inspired by if you are thinking about such an initiative of document in your organization. Feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions of improvement. Cheers, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr mailto:emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
