Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia Community Meet Lunch Bangalore 21/Sep/2014 Sunday 1.00 PM
Can someone from the Executive Committee please share the minutes of the meeting so that those who were unable to attend can still be aware of major decisions taken and important discussions during the meeting? Regards, Sanket Oswal. On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Dear Jayanta, Can you please update us about the board meeting and other activities that happened in Banglore. Regards -Sudhanwa On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear all, The Executive Committee of Wikimedia India Chapter is holding its Q2 Board Meeting and a two-day Board Camp on 20th (Saturday) and 21st(Sunday) of September at Bangalore. As part of the board's induction and outreach, the EC is also arranging an informal Wikimedia Community Meet of all Wikimedians around Bangalore. The community meet is meant for general interaction and feedback among themselves as well as with the EC members and the A2K team of CIS. There will be no formal presentations or other formalities, perhaps for a short self-introduction session by each participant. Vishnu and his team from A2K has kindly agreed to join us for this meet. They are also helping us in conducting the board Camp efficiently. This is arranged along with a buffet lunch. You are encouraged to bring your spouse and/or children along with you. Event: Wikimedia Bangalore Community Lunch Meet with Chapter EC and A2K(CIS) Venue: CIS Office Premises, Indira Nagar, Bangalore Time: 1.00 PM Date: Sunday, 21/09/2014 Any Wikimedians in and around Bangalore, (any Wikimedia contributor, not necessarily a chapter member) are welcome. You are also spread the word around to such among your friends. [However, to have a rough count of attendees, we request you to RSVP (inform us of your intention to participate in advance), preferably by Friday Night (19/9/2014) or at least by Saturday afternoon by way of email, SMS or phone or Chapter's wiki.] Contact RSVP: Email: Jayanta@ / Nikita @ wikimedia.in + Vishnu @ cis Phone / SMS: Jayanta (+91 9836294438) Thank you and regards, Jayanta Nath President Wikimedia India Chapter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups wmin-members group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups wmin-members group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ 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] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore
Hi, everyone. I apologize for not responding sooner. Ravi has got it right: On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote: In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on WHAT questions. WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia movement in India. WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing. WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come after we define the WHAT. The idea is to turn over a new page in deliberate work in India (i.e. anything beyond individual volunteers' contributions according to their personal motivations, capacities, and fancy). Deliberate work need not be _prescriptive_ work. It can be, for example, the deliberate development and putting in place of certain support resources -- e.g. training opportunities, outreach materials, Wikimedia merchandise. Or it can be sustained coaching to a particular group on organizational technique and project planning. Or hundreds of other possible approaches. The purpose of the gathering is to gauge which of these WHATs would be most welcome, useful, and needed, and what challenges faced by Wikimedians in India remain unaddressed. As Ravi says, after we figure out the WHAT we'll proceed to the HOW and BY WHOM. Cheers, A. (from Frankfurt airport, en route to India) -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ 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] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore
Hi, For Marathi, things are not much changed since WCI 2011. You can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dpA2LUTDU If possible, lets discuss on those points in the meeting. (More or less, similar situation is likely to be there for some other Indian language Wikipedias too.) Regards -Sudhanwa On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote: Hi Sudhanwa, Based on https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2014-September/011672.html The agenda for the meeting is likely to cover these issues: *Introductions, expectations, ground rules *SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and sharing stories of individual contributors, diverse language communities and projects *SWOT for India and Indic languages across South Asia *Visioning for the movement in India * Strategies and action plans for the movement going forward (next six months, next year, next two years) * Roles, responsibilities and rules of engagement between the different actors in India To give few examples on how to approach this agenda, please see: http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-in-swot http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wmf-biennial-prioritiesmemo and http://www.slideshare.net/oligoglot/wikimedia-foundation-in-india These slides are 3 years old but are relevant still. //It is not clear if we want to discuss on on-wiki topics(copy-pasted material, rules and regulations for admin activities etc.) // No. This is not a consultation about each wiki project's internal policies. They are best evolved over a period of time through direct discussions on wiki directly guided by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars and based on precedents in other wikis and local community's vision. //off-wiki(real world events like seminars, academis, GLAM etc) activities or any other things beyond these eg. technical things like language support and WYSWYG editor etc.// Above are various strategies that answers the questions HOW can we grow Wikimedia in India. In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on WHAT questions. WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia movement in India. WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing. WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come after we define the WHAT. 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 -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ 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] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published
Another pioneering achievement for Wikipedia, by the indefatigable Doc James. :) A. -- Forwarded message -- From: James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Article published by the journal Open Medicine http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/viewFile/562/564 Will soon be pubmed indexed. Editorial regarding the efforts are here http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/652/565 Hope these sorts of efforts will improve the reputation of Wikipedia and the number of contributors. I guess we will see. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ 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
