Hi, Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the activities of WMIN.
What is the current status of EC members, what is the fiancial situation, what are the projects being worked out?? Absolutely nothing is coming out from EC for the last few months.. rather for an year or so. Can EC send updates on these. Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Priyanka Tiwari <priyankatw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India! > > Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of March 2016. > Looking forward for your valuable feedback. > > > *EVENTS* > > > *SETTING UP OF ADVISORY COUNCIL AT WIKIMEDIA INDIA:* > > > The primary objective of setting up an advisory board at Wikimedia India > is to receive support, suggestions, guidance, advice and help in achieving > chapter’s objective from distinguished individuals having excelled in their > respective fields and mission. The advisory board members would provide a > non-binding advice to the Executive Committee Members, Wikimedia India > Staff and the community comprising of long list of editors across different > language groups. > > > The function of the advisory board would be to offer assistance to the > chapter with anything from legal advice to management of finances to carry > forward the goals of the chapter. Advisory board members would provide the > chapter with new knowledge, development of strategic thinking and possible > alternatives based on their expertise from different fields. > > > The advisory board would in turn strengthen the executive committee and > wikimedia staff to better execute their work, but does not interfere with > either the executive committee or wikimedia india staff regarding the > disclosure of confidential documents or forceful execution of their > advices. > > > Community members volunteered for Advisory Committee including Dhaval, > Sripathy, Yann, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Satdeep Gill, Adethya, Karthik Nadar. > The long discussion on the appointment process, views and opinions from > various community members and Mr. Arun Ramarathnam made it a worth for > inputs and amendments to be taken further. > > > *WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION AFFILIATE BOARD SELECTION: * > > > The Wikimedia chapters and thematic organizations select two members for > the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. We, as the members of Wikimedia > India have to accordingly vote for two members for the organisation. > > > Community members poured in their views in the mailing list. Suggestions > were rolling in for support to different candidates. Siska Doviana and Jan > Ainali were the major names in support for from the community. > > > We request the community members to kindly express their opinions and > suggestions for the same. Please visit the links below to find more > relevant details. > > 1.) About Affiliate Board > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats > > 2.) Nominated Candidates > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations > > 3.) Timeline > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016 > > > > > > *FEATURED WIKIMEDIAN:* > > > Featured Wikimedian for the month of March 2016 - *Baljeet Dhaliwal > <https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0:Baljeet_Bilaspur>* > . > > > Baljeet Dhaliwal is a Punjabi Wikimedian currently studying in the ninth > grade. Inspired by Charan Gill, father of another Wikimedian Satdeep Gill, > Baljeet began editing in mid June 2015 and is now one of the youngest and > most active editors of Punjabi Wikipedia. He mostly edits articles related > to computers and has created the articles of almost all the basic > components of computer in the Punjabi Wikipedia. > > > A source of inspiration for his fellow Wikimedians, he is often described > as a quick learner. Baljeet was one of the most prolific contributors at > the Wikipedia Asian Month drive with 42 articles and was honored as a > Wikipedia Asian Ambassador. Baljeet says he feels proud to see his mother > tongue grow on the internet and vows to contribute more for its growth. > > For more details, please visit - > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2016 > > > > > *NEWS* > > > 1. Scholarships for Wikimania 2016 have been announced. For more details, > please visit - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2016_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships > > > 2. Katherine Maher (https://goo.gl/QwRJTa) takes over as the Intermin > Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation effective 14 March 2016 > (after Lila Tretikov resigned in Feb 2016). Full announcement can be found > at https://goo.gl/42NfC8 and https://goo.gl/uFhAzk > > > 3. The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is > accepting proposals from March 14th to April 12th for new ideas to improve > Wikimedia projects (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG). Funds > are available (up to $30,000 USD) to support individuals or teams of up to > four people to implement promising ideas, whether focused on building a new > tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an > important issue, or providing other support for community-building. Ideas > from the current Inspire Campaign on content curation and review are very > welcome. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire) > > > > > *IN THE MEDIA* > > > > 1. Ashutosh Desai & Savio DSouza (13 March 2016). "13 ways to make your > Wikipedia experience better".The Times of India. > > > 2. Prahari (30 March 2016). "Wikipedia – Is it ReallyIndependent? > <http://myvoice.opindia.com/2016/03/wikipedia-is-it-really-independent/>". > The Times of India. > > > 3. Biz Carson (13 March 2016). "The first words on Wikipedia were a nerdy > programmer in-joke". The Business Insider. > > > 4. "Wikipedia developing speech engine for users > <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikipedia-developing-speech-engine-for-users/articleshow/51382468.cms>". > The Times of India. 13 March 2016. > > > 5. Himanshi Dhawan (10 March 2016). "MP tells Lok Sabha Wikipedia killed > her, assassinated character".The Times of India. > > > 6. Namrata Sahoo (5 March 2016). "A Bot That Gets Wiki Content to Your > Phone". The New Indian Express > > > > Regards, > Priyanka Tiwari > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.
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