Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Officer, Pilot Projects (Access to Knowledge)

[Nitika Tandon]

The last date for submitting applications has been extended to 5th May, 2013 
(http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-access-to-knowledge).

Thanks
Nitika Tandon
Program Manager
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society


On 17-Apr-2013, at 12:25 PM, Nitika Tandon wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the post 
> of Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) 
> Programme. The position will be based in its Bangalore office. Programme 
> Officer will collaboratively work with the A2K Team and would report to the 
> Programme Director, Access to Knowledge at CIS.
> Position Summary
> 
> As Programme Officer, Pilot Projects, your job will be to drive and support 
> the growth of Indian language Wikipedias and its sister projects. Your 
> primary responsibility will be to design and implement different pilot 
> projects with an aim to create high quality content and cultivate new editors 
> on different language Wikipedias in a time bound manner. One of the main 
> pilots you will be spearheading immediately will be on ‘Indian Performing 
> Arts’. The pilots will be premised on themes and seek to create a 
> multi-lingual repository of knowledge  using Wikimedia projects as knowledge 
> platforms. In addition to this you will be anchoring the development and 
> growth of at least one Indian language Wikipedia. You are encouraged to 
> deeply engage with the A2K Work Plan before making the application.
> 
> You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India 
> Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will 
> be a part of a small team of 5 to 6 doing high visibility and high impact 
> work.
> 
> Responsibilities
> 
> Support India-focused initiatives to improve quality of India-relevant 
> content and number of editors on Indian language Wikimedia projects.
> Support the growth of Indian language Wikimedia communities and projects by 
> designing and implementing community collaborations and partnerships pilot 
> projects – detailing rationale, aim and objective, execution, evaluation, 
> timeline, resource investment, etc.
> Spearhead A2K’s pilot projects.
> Identify institutions/groups that have ready-made content/archived material 
> and aggregate available material in respective languages.
> Create a network of state institutions, university departments, 
> non-government organisations, academics, artists, researchers and wikipedia 
> community members that will work towards creating a repository of knowledge 
> on specific themes by using Wikimedia projects as a platform.
> Conduct initial meetings with the principal investigators from each of the 
> shortlisted institutions and share project idea.
> Facilitate Wikimedia community involvement with the core network of 
> institutions and principal investigators to collaboratively participate on 
> specific content/area modules.
> Create social media platforms for visibility of these projects and facilitate 
> need-based technical and online support.
> Conduct a series of wiki-training workshops for various nodes within the 
> network.
> Conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects in progress.
> Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the 
> work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries.
> Providing ad hoc support to the Wikipedia community on all aspects of Indian 
> languages as may be deemed necessary.
> Candidate's Background & Experience
> 
> At least two to three years of professional experience with a strong track 
> record of success in high performance organizations.
> Prior experience of working with schools of performing arts and/or cultural 
> departments.
> A deep understanding of the varied cultural context of India.
> Good understanding of the basics of program design and management.
> Experience of working in a collaborative community (preferably online).
> Strong academic results from highly-regarded university.
> Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin the success 
> of Wikipedia.
> Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a 
> prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of how Wikipedia 
> works in interviews).
> Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team environment.
> Good writing skills in English and Indic languages and must be fluent in 
> English and at least one Indic language.
> Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
> Characteristics of the Programme Officer
> 
> High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values 
> of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can 
> powerfully embody and communicate the mission.
> Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, 
> ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Call for participation ends soon & relevant input request

[Sumana Harihareswara]

Reminder - 30th April is the last day to get a Wikimania 2013 proposal
in.  And please do mark your interest in specific proposals by others --
it helps the committee make the schedule.
Thanks,
Sumana


 Original Message 
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Call for participation ends soon & relevant input
request
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:57:16 +0200
From: Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan 
Reply-To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)

To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)


Dear Wikimaniacs and non-Wikimaniacs

As most of you may aware that
the CFP for this year will end soon, just almost exactly one week later

So if you're planing to have your submission,
and not yet finish yours
please take your time to get it done.

We would also like you to express if you are interested in attend any of
the submission. [1]
Such input will be really helpful for our Program committee members to
decide accepting which proposals and
also where should we facilitate these sessions, if it is accepted.

Thx v much!

[1] http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Submissions


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Reposting CIS-A2K Work Plan (Draft)

[Vishnu t]

Dear All,

Some members have written to me asking if the mail on the CIS-A2K Work Plan
(draft) has been posted on WMI community list. It got held for mod approval
initially and has hit the list later. I could see it in the list archives.
However, I am taking the initiative of re-posting the e-mail below.

The first feedback on Work Plans was given by Arjuna. Thank you Arjuna! You
can find his feedback at these links [3].

Warmly,
Vishnu


Dear All,

CIS-A2K Team would like to share with you it's draft Work Plan (2013-2014)
for Indian language Wikimedia projects. The detailed work plan can be found
here. [1]  The main objective of this document is to present a detailed
plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme
activities, during the next 15 months.

The A2K team has, over the last two months, extensively engaged with
various stakeholders in developing these plans. These include a) some
Wikimedia India Community members across various Indian language Wikimedia
projects; b) some English Language Wikimedia community members from India;
c) Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee; d) some potential
institutional partners; e) a few like minded advocates of free knowledge;
f) A2K Programme Adviser Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana; and last but not least g)
a few of the Wikimedia Foundation staff.  We are extremely thankful to all
of them who have taken time out in sharing their ideas and opinions and in
actively giving feedback, which has helped us immensely in drawing up these
plans.  This document has been made keeping in mind the objectives,
opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia
projects.


We welcome your feedback and suggestions to further refine these
plans. However, for the sake of structured engagement, we would request you
to *please read the following guidelines [2] on how to share your
feedback.*We would deeply appreciate if you could share your valuable
feedback in the
next three weeks based on which we will revise the plans.

Looking forward to receiving your inputs.


Thank you,

T. Vishnu Vardhan
Programme Director
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society


[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014

[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014#Giving_Feedback

[3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014/Overall_Support_Across_Indian_language_Communities

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014/Odia
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014/Pilot_Project_%E2%80%93_Performing_Arts_in_India
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