[Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Welcome Ravishankar. Can't wait to see you in action. Thanks for the info, Nath On Sep 21, 2014 9:56 AM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Dear Ravi, Congratulations and welcome! Best wishes. Vishnu On Sunday 21 September 2014 01:25 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Welcome to the community, Ravishankar ! Is he by any chance, User:Ravidreams? Also few links about him or his work would have been helpful while introducing him to the list, including his email address. Jayanta, please look into it? Thanks. Thanks, Arnav. (User:Rangilo_Gujarati). On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 3:55 AM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Congrats Ravishankar. Welcome to WMIN as PD. Wish you all the best! Regards, Ansuman On 21-Sep-2014 1:26 pm, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Congratulations Ravishankar! Regards, Sanket Oswal. On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 1:37 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Ravishankar. Welcome to WMIN as PD. Wish you all the best! Regards, Ansuman On 21-Sep-2014 1:26 pm, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Congrats Ravishankar Welcome to the community Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
From what i see in the talk page for the event, in the English community out of 8 only 2 have confirmed. How will the other 6 be selected?? Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Vikram, Some communities like Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati had village pump nominations first instead of directly placing names in meta. For those communities, sending new nominations officially will make WMF's job more easy and community accepted. For the rest of the communities, what you say is the final way. The aim of this exercise is to make sure we have ample representation of the community without leaving any seats vacant. Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
Ravi, Going by what Asaf disclosed to me on an email off the list, the event was organized on these dates despite the knowledge of this major festival. I fail to see why it was done so in such hurried manner, whatever is the reasoning with respect to WMF travel schedule. Further, I was told that the dates were based on the communication from the EC (prior to the resignations). So, I checked with the former EC members who helped in communicating the possible dates and I was told that they were requested to choose between either the last week of September or the first week of October. They chose the latter as Sunil (of CIS) wasn't available for the former. There actually weren't other options based on what I'm being informed. I just don't understand why it is being pushed hastily like this. If it really is a Community Consultation and stands to be as important as it is made out to be, is it not fair to give it some time to get the required fair participation? Does this need to be done on a festival weekend when most community members will not be able to participate? My repeated requests for more transparency into all this by also making the conversations streamed online or making it available for others to participate isn't being heard at all, which is quite disappointing. My earlier comments on the whole exercise is here if anyone wishes to read it: http://bit.ly/Z4KnLL Cheers, On 19 September 2014 20:34, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We are just realizing that October 4th and 5th coincide with a festive long week end. So, some members who have been earlier nominated and invited by WMF are unable to attend the event. However, all communities are welcome to recommend nominations replacing these invitees. Please nominate new names or recommend who is next in order to replace the absent attendees Doing this in your community Village pump will make it easy to make a quick decision. Also, for people who are near Bangalore or prefer to travel by rail / road, WMF will be glad to reimburse the cost if you can arrange the travel yourself. We don't have much time left. Best to do this before Saturday morning (in Indian time). Thanks, Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Dear Ravi, Congratulations and Welcome! On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Ravishankar Welcome to the community Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- With thanks regards *Rahimanuddin Shaik* నాని [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/0/08/Wikipedia-logo-v2_1x.png] reachout ఒక విశ్వాన్ని ఊహించండి, ఎక్కడయితే ప్రతి మనిషి ఒక సంపూర్ణ విజ్ఞానభాండారాన్ని అందరితో పంచుకోగలడో, ఆ విశ్వాన్ని ఊహించండి. *అటువంటి విశ్వాన్ని నెలకొల్పడమే మా సంకల్పం.* తెలుగు వికీపీడియా : http://te.wikipedia.org CIS-A2K Program : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge CIS-INDIA : http://cis-india.org A new address for ebooks : http://kinige.com *తెలుగువారికి సాంకేతిక సహాయం - http://techsetu.com http://techsetu.com/* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
Hi All, So far as I am aware, dates were advertised quite long ago and well before some of the communities started discussing it (some communities don't seem to have discussed) on their village pumps. If the dates were known already and we all plan our holidays and festivals little bit in advance, I am surprised to see this discussion revolving around dates and time at this stage. If we ever had any problem with dates or lack of time, we should have raised our concerns 3 weeks ago. I also remember discussing it while in wikimania that such consultation was being planned for the (then) next month, which meant September, in fact we have got one extra week. Can we please not complain about the things that missed to realise then and focus on what needs discussing on those two days? Let us discuss the issues our individual communities want the representatives to carry with them and channelise our energy in that direction. Kind Regards, Dhaval On 21 Sep 2014 13:31, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.com wrote: Ravi, Going by what Asaf disclosed to me on an email off the list, the event was organized on these dates despite the knowledge of this major festival. I fail to see why it was done so in such hurried manner, whatever is the reasoning with respect to WMF travel schedule. Further, I was told that the dates were based on the communication from the EC (prior to the resignations). So, I checked with the former EC members who helped in communicating the possible dates and I was told that they were requested to choose between either the last week of September or the first week of October. They chose the latter as Sunil (of CIS) wasn't available for the former. There actually weren't other options based on what I'm being informed. I just don't understand why it is being pushed hastily like this. If it really is a Community Consultation and stands to be as important as it is made out to be, is it not fair to give it some time to get the required fair participation? Does this need to be done on a festival weekend when most community members will not be able to participate? My repeated requests for more transparency into all this by also making the conversations streamed online or making it available for others to participate isn't being heard at all, which is quite disappointing. My earlier comments on the whole exercise is here if anyone wishes to read it: http://bit.ly/Z4KnLL Cheers, On 19 September 2014 20:34, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, We are just realizing that October 4th and 5th coincide with a festive long week end. So, some members who have been earlier nominated and invited by WMF are unable to attend the event. However, all communities are welcome to recommend nominations replacing these invitees. Please nominate new names or recommend who is next in order to replace the absent attendees Doing this in your community Village pump will make it easy to make a quick decision. Also, for people who are near Bangalore or prefer to travel by rail / road, WMF will be glad to reimburse the cost if you can arrange the travel yourself. We don't have much time left. Best to do this before Saturday morning (in Indian time). Thanks, Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
On 21 September 2014 21:01, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, So far as I am aware, dates were advertised quite long ago and well before some of the communities started discussing it (some communities don't seem to have discussed) on their village pumps. If the dates were known already and we all plan our holidays and festivals little bit in advance, I am surprised to see this discussion revolving around dates and time at this stage. Planning holidays is fine, but planning festivals in advance? Seriously? -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
Hoi, At Wikimania in London I discussed how nice it would be to include all the Indian calendars and by implication all the festivals past present and future. From it I understand that there is no universal knowledge of such calendars and festivals. One of the things that I gleaned from the conversation is that this is rather complicated, certainly a lot of work and it needs involvement from people who care about this subject. When such a project is adopted by people from India, we have this data available and we are more likely not to find such planning issues. Thanks, GerardM On 21 September 2014 17:50, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 September 2014 21:01, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, So far as I am aware, dates were advertised quite long ago and well before some of the communities started discussing it (some communities don't seem to have discussed) on their village pumps. If the dates were known already and we all plan our holidays and festivals little bit in advance, I am surprised to see this discussion revolving around dates and time at this stage. Planning holidays is fine, but planning festivals in advance? Seriously? -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
On 21 September 2014 21:55, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, At Wikimania in London I discussed how nice it would be to include all the Indian calendars and by implication all the festivals past present and future. From it I understand that there is no universal knowledge of such calendars and festivals. One of the things that I gleaned from the conversation is that this is rather complicated, certainly a lot of work and it needs involvement from people who care about this subject. When such a project is adopted by people from India, we have this data available and we are more likely not to find such planning issues. Exactly. Says a lot about the project's adoption, doesn't it? And other than CIS and the Chapter, none were consulted about the dates. That says a bit more as well. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
Hoi, Actually this discussion was firmly outside of any other consideration. It had nothing to do with CIS nor the Indian chapter. Having to say this, says something as well. Apparently there must be a relation of everyone between either CIS or the Indian chapter. I am a Wikimedian, I am most active in Wikidata and I cooperate happily with anyone who is happy to do his or her part. As to Indian calendars, I have added a substantial amount of data in Wikidata related to this subject [1]. This was the reason why I was included in the conversation in the first place. I have added a lot of data about many subjects related to India. It is there for whoever wants it. I do not care if they align themselves with whatever organisations, I do not care where they are from, I do not care what language they use. What I do care for is that the data is available and is fit for sharing in a comprehensible manner. Thanks, GerardM [1] http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/01/wikidata-it-is-all-in-perspective.html On 21 September 2014 18:33, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 September 2014 21:55, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, At Wikimania in London I discussed how nice it would be to include all the Indian calendars and by implication all the festivals past present and future. From it I understand that there is no universal knowledge of such calendars and festivals. One of the things that I gleaned from the conversation is that this is rather complicated, certainly a lot of work and it needs involvement from people who care about this subject. When such a project is adopted by people from India, we have this data available and we are more likely not to find such planning issues. Exactly. Says a lot about the project's adoption, doesn't it? And other than CIS and the Chapter, none were consulted about the dates. That says a bit more as well. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] New community nominations in place of absent invitees welcome
Dear Hari Prasad, Aren't festivals already listed on calendar? I have a couple of calendars here in UK, which shows all the festivals for the whole year, one till October this year (as that is when our Gujarati year ends) and another till 31st December. I can easily check on which date what festival falls. None of the festivals have ever come as surprise to me. When I lived in India, I still had such calendars. Not sure whether other parts of India has a different system. So yes, I plan my festivals in advance, by making myself aware of them. Kind Regards, On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 September 2014 21:01, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, So far as I am aware, dates were advertised quite long ago and well before some of the communities started discussing it (some communities don't seem to have discussed) on their village pumps. If the dates were known already and we all plan our holidays and festivals little bit in advance, I am surprised to see this discussion revolving around dates and time at this stage. Planning holidays is fine, but planning festivals in advance? Seriously? -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Hi Jayanta, Chapter EC and members, Nkansah, Vishnu, Arnav, Ansuman, Sanket, Yohann and Rahim, Thank you all for your wishes. Yes, this is User:Ravidreams :) You can find my contact info at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Staff Please stay tuned for more updates regarding programmatic activities from Wikimedia India Chapter. Thanks, Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Thank you Jayanta Da for sharing. Congratulations Ravishankar Ayyakkannu :) All the best. Warm Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Eligibility confirmed for 2014-2015 Round 1 of the Annual Plan Grants
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Manoj, It simply means that Wikimedia India did not submit a letter of intent to receive funding under the APG pattern. Exactly what do you mean by 'Why are you letting them do such things to you?' It is quite unclear. Please read reasons for ineligibility carefully before replying. They are written in English and presume you understand. Are you saying it is WMIN's choice to become ineligible for funding by FDC? Then I have no words. On 21-Sep-2014 8:18 am, Manoj Lahiri lahirimanojlah...@gmail.com wrote: I am a longtime contributor to Hindi Wikipedia, inactive of late. I am a recent subscriber to this list. I am interested in joining chapter. I am interested in knowing more about this, can anyone from the past EC tell more https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-September/074611.html something caught my eye. Does it mean chapter will not have money? Why are you letting them to do this kind of things to you? pls explain Three organizations that submitted letters of intent for 2014-2015 Round 1 will not be eligible since they did not fill the eligibility gaps by the 15 September deadline or were deemed ineligible initially: Wikimedia India, Wikimedia Magyarország, and Wikimedia Hong Kong. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Congratulations Ravishankar! Wish you all the best. On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome Ravishankar. Can't wait to see you in action. Thanks for the info, Nath On Sep 21, 2014 9:56 AM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved in various projects of the movement that dealt with the State Government of Tamilnadu and multinational firms like Google. His experiences working for the movement have been featured in media including The New York Times and BBC. He has served as the General Council member of the International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. He is also actively involved in promoting Free and Open Source projects and Free Culture movements in Tamil. Ravishankar completed his graduation from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore and Technical University of Munich, Germany and later worked as a researcher for the Leiden University in The Netherlands.He has been working as an independent Web development consultant. The Interview committee consisting of Sudhanwa Jogalekar (Past president) , Navin Francis ( Past Secretory), Moksh Juneja (President) and myself were honored to be part of this efficient, effective, and enlightening process. Ravishankar joined Wikimedia India on 20th September 2014 as Program Director. He will be based in Bangalore. His primary roles are supporting community members in organizing and executing the various chapter programs, strategic planning for the chapter, mentoring interns and devise success measurement metrics for community projects. Please join me in officially welcoming Ravishankar Ayyakkannu to Wikimedia India Chapter! Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People Social Media Interaction Moderator | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh http://www.mozillabd.org fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter
Congratulations Ravi, Wish you and the Chapter all success! BR, Dhaval On 22 Sep 2014 02:10, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jayanta, Chapter EC and members, Nkansah, Vishnu, Arnav, Ansuman, Sanket, Yohann and Rahim, Thank you all for your wishes. Yes, this is User:Ravidreams :) You can find my contact info at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Staff Please stay tuned for more updates regarding programmatic activities from Wikimedia India Chapter. Thanks, Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
