Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hisham Mundol
On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Gautam John wrote: > On 26 August 2011 11:08, Naveen Francis wrote: > >> Expression of interest by colleges is in English or other Indic languages ? > > Naveen, thus far English but perhaps Hisham might have had queries for > Indic support. > Not received any so

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hisham Mundol
inline On Aug 26, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > > > About the Foundation update, > > The number of students involved sounds great and sets up huge expectations > about the program. There has been tremendous publicity for the program. Like > mentioned on the update, it does requ

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 August 2011 17:37, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > I'll be around for the September 12th event at the Dept. of Public > Libraries. That's wonderful, Hari. Look forward to it. > How about a meet-up right after the program to take this further? Like a public meet-up? Since Arjuna is coordinatin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 26 August 2011 13:23, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > > > connect with them would be a plus. Let me know if I could be of any help > > there, I'd be happy to help. > > Hari - that would be very welcome indeed. Both to connect us with > departmen

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hisham Mundol
On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Naveen Francis wrote: > Can community use the same ? Then this will be easy :) Not sure I understand the question, Naveen. It's an open page for everyone. Students and teachers and Campus Ambassadors use it to plan the program, manage their activities, get help

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Naveen Francis
Can community use the same ? Then this will be easy :) Naveen Francis Signature powered by WiseStamp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hisham Mundol
Naveen: There's a project page already in place for the Wikipedia India Education Program. It's WP:INDIAEDU Srikanth : Thanks for clarifying Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmun...@wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Imagine a world in which eve

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 August 2011 13:23, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > connect with them would be a plus. Let me know if I could be of any help > there, I'd be happy to help. Hari - that would be very welcome indeed. Both to connect us with departments that might be interested and at the events themselves. Likewis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-26 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
Gautam, Thanks for the update. Plan to engage with Department of Public Libraries is a valuable step ahead, in my opinion. Shortlisting other departments who's association would help immensely (for instance the department of secondary education) and trying to connect with them would be a plus. Le

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Naveen Francis
Yup Srikanth, But we can discuss in WP:INEI talk and create new projects for this purpose. I believe many in WP:INEI or WP:IND will be happy to help this new project. Naveen Francis Signature powered by

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:57, Gautam John wrote: > On 26 August 2011 11:50, Naveen Francis wrote: > > > If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are > 40 in numbers now .. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI > > Oh! Thanks Naveen. We'll definitely keep yo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Gautam John
On 26 August 2011 11:50, Naveen Francis wrote: > If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are 40 > in numbers now .. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI Oh! Thanks Naveen. We'll definitely keep you guys involved with this. Thank you. Best, Gautam ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi Gautam, If it is English, WikiProject Education in India will give a try, we are 40 in numbers now .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INEI Naveen Francis Signature powered by WiseStamp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Gautam John
On 26 August 2011 11:08, Naveen Francis wrote: > Expression of interest by colleges is in English or other Indic languages ? Naveen, thus far English but perhaps Hisham might have had queries for Indic support. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikime

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi Gautham, Expression of interest by colleges is in English or other Indic languages ? Naveen Francis Signature powered by WiseStamp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John wrote: > Dear All: > > We have instituted a monthly call between the India Chapter and the > Wikimedia Foundation. Members of the Chapter EC, Hisham and Asaf Bartov > (who heads up Global South Relationships at the Foundation) will participate > in th

[Wikimediaindia-l] WMF, India Office and Chapter - Update

2011-08-25 Thread Gautam John
Dear All: We have instituted a monthly call between the India Chapter and the Wikimedia Foundation. Members of the Chapter EC, Hisham and Asaf Bartov (who heads up Global South Relationships at the Foundation) will participate in this call. The objective of the call is to share information and i