Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary

2011-10-19 Thread Abhi 
Congrats man!

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-19 Thread Vickram Crishna 
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Gautam John wrote:

> On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar 
> wrote:
>
> > Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its
> > functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps
> > etc.. Maybe I will go for one more as standby and still spend just 6k.
>
> Sudhanwa, the question is worth buying for whom? As individual
> purchases, I am fine with it. The Government subsidising it to provide
> to students, I do not agree with because the cost/benefit doesn't make
> much sense.
>
>
We also (although perhaps that is a discussion for a different forum, yet it
has its echo right here, because of the content question) need to understand
whether the government is being ridden on for a parochial purpose.

As it is presently constructed, Aakash seems very unsuitable for higher
education. This may seem an extreme view, but I think we have no reason to
accept the present quality of higher education as acceptable, for our
country, for our children. This debate is already taking place at the level
of such celebrity techies as Infosys' emeritus chairman, Narayana Murthy,
who has voiced his concern about the premier IITS and IIMs (or maybe he
restricted himself to IITs, and it hardly takes much to open one's eyes to
the fact that the IITs are not and cannot be the end-all and be-all of
higher learning in India). Will this device contribute to raising the bar at
our institutes of higher learning? I don't think so.

It might be useful as a supplement for secondary education, but even there,
its low battery life is worrying. The possibility of recharging regularly,
or of providing widely distributed electricity to keep the device working
during the normal school day, is simply a pipe dream for the foreseeable
future. I am not so concerned about the lack of support for Android Market,
provided an alternate channel for maintaining and upgrading the device is
created and made available in a meaningful manner. There is no information
about any such infrastructure. Tacky construction will have disastrous
results for devices placed in the hands of playful schoolchildren. And as of
yet, there is no framework of pedagogy to use the device. Who will help
implement such a pedagogy when it is developed? Schoolteachers who have not
yet put their hands on their first working personal computers?

Also, MoHRD does not have a remit to bring a device like this to secondary
schools. As such, it falls between two stools.

Does the Ministry have good reason to believe that neither private industry
nor any collective of techies is gearing to make an affordable and
meaningful device possible? If so, I would like to know their source of
information. I am aware of several such projects taking place worldwide in
the non-private sector, and from the private sector, creating niche products
for every conceivable segment seems to be happening almost continuously, or
at any rate, at a bewildering speed.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary

2011-10-19 Thread Srikant Kedia 
Congrats Naveen bhai.. :)

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am glad to announce that Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary of the
> Wikimedia Chapter. Please join me in congratulating Naveen.
>
> Thanks
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
> President, Wikmedia Chapter.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary

2011-10-19 Thread Debanjan Bandyopadhyay 
Heartiest Congratulations Naveen. May you do inspirational work that is
talked about for ages to come.


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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Naveen Francis  wrote:

> Thank you Vickram n all .. Happy to volunteer as Secretary of the Wikimedia
> India Chapter
>
>
>
>
> On 18 October 2011 02:40, Vickram Crishna wrote:
>
>> Wonderful. Nice to have the community reaching out to you when you're far
>> from home :-), more incentive to come back asap.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
>> tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hearty Congratulations and Best wishes, Naveen.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tinu Cherian
>>>
>>> -- Forwarded message --
>>> From: Arjuna Rao Chavala 
>>> Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM
>>> Subject: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary
>>> To: wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com
>>> Cc: Wikimedia India EC 
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am glad to announce that Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary of the
>>> Wikimedia Chapter. Please join me in congratulating Naveen.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Arjuna Rao Chavala
>>> President, Wikmedia Chapter.
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Naveen Francis is elected as the Secretary

2011-10-19 Thread Debanjan Bandyopadhyay 
Heartiest Congratulations Naveen. May you do inspirational work that is
talked about for ages to come.

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Gautam John wrote:

> On 18 October 2011 14:35, Arjuna Rao Chavala  wrote:
>
> > I am glad to announce that Naveen Francis is elected as Secretary of the
> > Wikimedia Chapter. Please join me in congratulating Naveen.
>
> Congratulations and good luck, Naveen!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coimbatore Meetup, confirmation

2011-10-19 Thread ansuman 
Finally..Grr8 News...Keep it up. My best wishes :)

ansuman

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> After some talking, online, and offline with people, from Coimbatore,
> Erode, Salem, Chennai et al, I wish to send this message out:
> The date for the FIRST Coimbatore meetup has been chosen as December 10,
> 2011, the second saturday of the month.
> This date has been chosen keeping in mind examinations of students studying
> in TN schools and students of TNAU/TNOU/IGNOU, Bharathiar University, and
> Anna University.
> We have also got confirmation for the venue on the said date..
>
> So here goes my question:
> Should I lock the date?
> Time and Venue will be announced on confirmation.
>
> The venue is near Saravanampatti.
>
> If anybody has any problems, do reply here, I will try to adjust
> accordingly.
>
> Hoping to hear from you soon, and ultimately see you there too.
>
> --Regards, On behalf of the Kovai gang,
> SR.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers Gang, Coimbatore.
> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Aakash UbiSlate 7

2011-10-19 Thread Gautam John 
On 18 October 2011 17:16, Sudhanwa Jogalekar  wrote:

> Overall, for just 3K , it seems worth buying considering its
> functionality like internet connectivity, phone calling, various apps
> etc.. Maybe I will go for one more as standby and still spend just 6k.

Sudhanwa, the question is worth buying for whom? As individual
purchases, I am fine with it. The Government subsidising it to provide
to students, I do not agree with because the cost/benefit doesn't make
much sense.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coimbatore Meetup, confirmation

2011-10-19 Thread BalaSundaraRaman 
Hi Srikanth R,

Thanks for taking the initiative. I'm copying Wikita list as well.
I'm sorry if anybody is getting this email twice because of that.

- Sundar
 
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the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
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>
>From: Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
>To: Wikimedia India Community list 
>Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:03 AM
>Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Coimbatore Meetup, confirmation
>
>
>Dear all,
>After some talking, online, and offline with people, from Coimbatore, Erode, 
>Salem, Chennai et al, I wish to send this message out:
>The date for the FIRST Coimbatore meetup has been chosen as December 10, 2011, 
>the second saturday of the month.
>This date has been chosen keeping in mind examinations of students studying in 
>TN schools and students of TNAU/TNOU/IGNOU, Bharathiar University, and Anna 
>University.
>We have also got confirmation for the venue on the said date..
> 
>So here goes my question:
>Should I lock the date?
>Time and Venue will be announced on confirmation.
> 
>The venue is near Saravanampatti.
> 
>If anybody has any problems, do reply here, I will try to adjust accordingly.
> 
>Hoping to hear from you soon, and ultimately see you there too.
> 
>--Regards, On behalf of the Kovai gang,
>SR.
>
>-- 
>
>Regards,
>Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers Gang, Coimbatore.
>My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75. 
>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
> 
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