[Wikimediaindia-l] Recruitment for the Wikimedia chapter
I am reporting this again to request you all to spread the word. Regards, Sowmyan Dear Wikimedians, The chapter intends to have a office, and recruit 2 employees. The job descriptions are posted in the link below. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013/Budget/Staff The post of Executive Manager will be renamed as Program Director. The other role will be that of the Program Executive. At present we will not fill the third position mentioned in the link, namely administrative assistant / executive. If any one is interested in applying for these roles, they may send in their applications to care...@wikimedia.in. We are looking for active Wikimedians, who can conduct training workshops, organize events, GLAM programs, etc. For the role of the Program Director, the additional expectations are working on a strategy, FDC grant applications, general administration, government relations etc. We intend to fill these positions by August 2nd week so that the new employees can take charge along with the new EC members to be elected on Aug 16, 2014. Apply within 10 days. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] Recruitment for Wikimedia Chapter - India
Dear Wikimedians, The chapter intends to have a office, and recruit 2 employees. The job descriptions are posted in the link below. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013/Budget/Staff The post of Executive Manager will be renamed as Program Director. The other role will be that of the Program Executive. At present we will not fill the third position mentioned in the link, namely administrative assistant / executive. If any one is interested in applying for these roles, they may send in their applications to care...@wikimedia.in. We are looking for active Wikimedians, who can conduct training workshops, organize events, GLAM programs, etc. For the role of the Program Director, the additional expectations are working on a strategy, FDC grant applications, general administration, government relations etc. We intend to fill these positions by August 2nd week so that the new employees can take charge along with the new EC members to be elected on Aug 16, 2014. Apply within 10 days. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] WMIN Chapter membership drive
Dear Wikimedians, The membership enrollment drive is on. Kindly send your membership / renewal applications before June 30. For membership details please see: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ Those who sent in a id proof need not send again. We prefer NEFT transfer through bank rather than cheques. The AGM is tentatively scheduled for August 16, 2014. The Secretary will send a formal communication soon. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] Decennial celebrations of Telugu Wikipedia
Congratulations to the Telugu Wikipedia Community on the 10th year anniversary of Telugu Wikipedia. By your selfless actions you have helped spread knowledge, and make this world a better place. The satisfaction you derive from this has been your only reward. We salute you for your spirit and wish you many more happy anniversaries. With best wishes, Sowmyan ___ 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] GLAM activity at the National Museum, New Delhi
Friends, We signed off 2013 and welcomed 2014 in style with a classic GLAM program at the National Museum in New Delhi. This is the best program I had seen till date. Join me in applauding Arun Ram, LShyamal, Konarak Ratnakar, and Swapnil for their contribution in making this event a success. Andrew Gray (WMUK) contributed to the first session related to this program with a personal address to the Museum folks on 23rd Dec 2013. We concluded the workshop on 5th Jan 2014. We still have some time to go before the 71 articles pilot is completed. That could take about 6 months. About 20 people have been trained and teams of about 4 members jointly worked on an article, and they were helped through till the publication of their first article. None of these are stubs. About 5 articles were published and their QRcode posted at the Museum. The enthusiasm of the participants was excellent. The support from the partner institution was great. We look forward to a great time for GLAM activities in India. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] National archives
The national archives seems to be open to all public and info is free without charge. One needs to go physically to NA, search the catalogue for documents of interest, fill out an application, and these will be retreived and made available for browsing. Digitization is on, but may take years. Catalogue is not available for online request. JSecy is abroad. So could not meet. NA would contain Govt files. Private collections of Gandhi Nehru and such others are also available. Oldest doc is fm 650 AD. Most from yr1700+. Sowmyan On 30 Dec 2013 17:31, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Kolkata Bookfair report (Jayanta Nath) 2. Re: WMIN meet at Lal Bagh Bangalore- Schedule (Sowmyan Tirumurti) (Moksh Juneja) 3. Komarraju Lakshmana Rao Wikimedia Puraskaram Results (Ravi Vyzasatya) 4. How can we make Wikidata useful (Gerard Meijssen) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:08:55 +0530 From: Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kolkata Bookfair report Message-ID: cafhomqtnbkj6nwlv7z0l8necxdiwvnnve51cz0+ylsbhz_5...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear Vishnu, We should published Press-Note ASAP. Jayanta On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Jayanta, It's difficult to work with journalists who may be rushing to meet submission deadlines and end up mis-quoting the facts or give wrong details :) Probably, it may help if you could do a Press-Note and send it to all the Media agencies. At least they will have the correct details in hand. All the best!! Vishnu On Saturday 21 December 2013 11:44 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: KOLKATA: In an effort to enthuse people to become regular contributors to its site, Wikipedia will launch a campaign at the Kolkata Book Fair http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kolkata-Book-Fairnext year. It has already booked a stall and lined up an awareness programme to sign up volunteers. Incidentally, Kolkata fares poorly when it comes to contribute to the world's biggest online encyclopedia. At present, the city has only five contributors. Wikipedia needs people from Kolkata to contribute voluntarily not only to the mother website but also to its Bengali link, Banglapedia. We would hold workshops where we would give presentations about how to edit existing material on Wiki/Banglapedia. The biggest incentive for any contributor is that, the moment he/she writes a piece or edits something, it gets updated and is published for the world to see, explained Jayanta Nath, chief of Banglapedia. The Book Fair authorities have already sealed the deal and are looking forward to this heavyweight participant. Wikipedia's participation will add glamour to the fair, said Tridib Chatterjee, general secretary of the Publishers and Booksellers Guild http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Publishers-and-Booksellers-Guild . On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Now another wrong report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Wikipedia-stall-at-book-fair-next-year/articleshow/27695829.cms Jayanta ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing listwikimediaindi...@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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20131230/6e679f19/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:09:42 +0530 From: Moksh Juneja mo...@wikimedia.in To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN meet at Lal Bagh
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN meet at Lal Bagh Bangalore- Schedule (Sowmyan Tirumurti)
This event happened today. A total of 15 members attended. We were taken around the botanical garden to identify a few notable trees by Mr Krishnam Raju, and his colleague Mr Thimmaraya. A few members from other NGOs who love trees had also joined the meet. Our next target is to get access to the libraries and the archives. The library is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Hence this will have to be on a Saturday. Another good outcome at the end of the day's meet was visit to the Director's office to thank them before leaving. Arjuna and Omshivaprakash met the Director along with me. This meeting and a demo of QR code by Omshivaprakash resulted in the Director requesting for a training of his department personnel on 4th Jan 2013. They wish to expand the scope of support beyond Lal Bagh and cover Horticulture in general. Their enthusiasm and excitement are good signs for further collaboration. Omshivaprakash will be organizing the training. Hopefully this can be followed by access to the Library and the archives. Regards, Sowmyan Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:05:56 +0530 From: Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN meet at Lal Bagh Bangalore- Schedule Message-ID: CAAsdjz4+EGu9e3iGeiUsZH+QqqN=m= kq2jrrv39xuclq8hk...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Change in schedule of WMIN monthly meet at Lal Bagh as requested by officials at Lal Bagh Date: Dec 25, 2013 Christmas day. Start Time : 11 AM Expected duration of interaction - 2 hours Interactions with : Shri Gunavantha - Dy Director Location: Office of the Dy Director of Horticulture. As you approach Glass House from the Bandstand, the office building will be about 50 meters to the right. Regards, Sowmyan Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 20:05:55 +0530 From: Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 621, Issue 1 Message-ID: caasdjz4-qb13vam_oefswkuk8idpajagmbtjhyvxpthob_7...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi Shyamal, You are welcome to invite others. Just wait till Tuesday. I plan to meet the Director on Tuesday and will confirm to you. The wealth of information you posted is very interesting. I guess we need to form category specific interest groups for greater shared interest. For long i have wondered how to revive Bangalore meets. Meets for talking and sharing do not seem to enthuse many. Meets to do some joint action is more appealing. I have invited some people from UAS, GKVK too. Let us see how things work out. If the invited team from UAS carries back nice memories more enthusiasts from UAS can join us in future ventures too. Regards, Sowmyan Message: 5 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:26:14 +0530 From: Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Opportunity to embellish Lal Bagh Botanical Garden related WP article before the flower show on Jan 26. Message-ID: CAB6bDongvStabTJ7Ta-poRXM= knvtrdy8yhvfzwqigs3ohu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sowmyan, this is great news indeed! I know a number of people who are interested. It would be great if some of their archives can be accessed. Most of the trees that are out there are somewhat more readily accessible as indeed are the ornamentals. There are some really historic material including some amazing artwork (some of which I believe is by some unfortunately little-known botanical artists like K. Cheluvayya Raju who died more than 70 years ago). There is probably some interesting material related to G H Krumbiegel, Hugh Cleghorn and the Agri Horticultural Society. There are also some interesting publications made by the Horticulture Department that are largely inaccessible - over the years I have had enquiries from the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh for looking up a book called Glass House – The Jewel of Lalbagh published in 1991 that has hardly been seen by people who are interested in it. I have likewise had requests for archive data relating to John Cameron (Krumbiegel's predecessor). There is also a great deal of as yet un-written history on plant introductions such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote (Seemay Badnekayi = foreign brinjal - one of the introductions to our diet thanks to the work at Lalbagh) as well as the numerous avenue trees (like the pink poui currently in bloom and chosen by Krumbiegel as part of his Ritu Samhara idea for Bangalore) For a glimpse of the excellent artwork
[Wikimediaindia-l] accommodation in Delhi - can some one help?
While we plan to be in Delhi from 29th Dec to 8th Jan for the GLAM project, our effort to get guest house accommodation at Delhi University South Campus for this period did not materialize. Can any one help us with some affordable source of accommodation? We are looking for accommodation for 4 people. Two people from 29/31Dec to 8 Jan, and two people from 2 Jan to 6 Jan. Regards, Sowmyan 9632911650 ___ 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] Wikimedia Lal Bagh meet up on Wednesday 25 Dec 2013
Here is the Lal Bagh meet page. Sign up if you are interested http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore56#Date_and_Venue Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] National Museum GLAM project
Here is the event page of the GLAM workshop at National Museum, New Delhi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NM L Shyamal, Konarak Ratnakar, Noopur, and Arun Ram will be the Trainers / Mentors during this event. Those who want to contribute by participating in this event either directly or remotely may sign up in the page. A talk by Mr Andrew Gray of WMUK will be held at the Auditorium of National Museum, Jan Path, New Delhi Regards, Sowmyan 96329 11650 Executive manager, Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore ___ 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] WMIN meet at Lal Bagh Bangalore- Schedule
Change in schedule of WMIN monthly meet at Lal Bagh as requested by officials at Lal Bagh Date: Dec 25, 2013 Christmas day. Start Time : 11 AM Expected duration of interaction - 2 hours Interactions with : Shri Gunavantha - Dy Director Location: Office of the Dy Director of Horticulture. As you approach Glass House from the Bandstand, the office building will be about 50 meters to the right. Regards, Sowmyan Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 20:05:55 +0530 From: Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 621, Issue 1 Message-ID: caasdjz4-qb13vam_oefswkuk8idpajagmbtjhyvxpthob_7...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi Shyamal, You are welcome to invite others. Just wait till Tuesday. I plan to meet the Director on Tuesday and will confirm to you. The wealth of information you posted is very interesting. I guess we need to form category specific interest groups for greater shared interest. For long i have wondered how to revive Bangalore meets. Meets for talking and sharing do not seem to enthuse many. Meets to do some joint action is more appealing. I have invited some people from UAS, GKVK too. Let us see how things work out. If the invited team from UAS carries back nice memories more enthusiasts from UAS can join us in future ventures too. Regards, Sowmyan Message: 5 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:26:14 +0530 From: Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Opportunity to embellish Lal Bagh Botanical Garden related WP article before the flower show on Jan 26. Message-ID: CAB6bDongvStabTJ7Ta-poRXM= knvtrdy8yhvfzwqigs3ohu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sowmyan, this is great news indeed! I know a number of people who are interested. It would be great if some of their archives can be accessed. Most of the trees that are out there are somewhat more readily accessible as indeed are the ornamentals. There are some really historic material including some amazing artwork (some of which I believe is by some unfortunately little-known botanical artists like K. Cheluvayya Raju who died more than 70 years ago). There is probably some interesting material related to G H Krumbiegel, Hugh Cleghorn and the Agri Horticultural Society. There are also some interesting publications made by the Horticulture Department that are largely inaccessible - over the years I have had enquiries from the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh for looking up a book called Glass House – The Jewel of Lalbagh published in 1991 that has hardly been seen by people who are interested in it. I have likewise had requests for archive data relating to John Cameron (Krumbiegel's predecessor). There is also a great deal of as yet un-written history on plant introductions such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote (Seemay Badnekayi = foreign brinjal - one of the introductions to our diet thanks to the work at Lalbagh) as well as the numerous avenue trees (like the pink poui currently in bloom and chosen by Krumbiegel as part of his Ritu Samhara idea for Bangalore) For a glimpse of the excellent artwork of an unfortunately little-known botanical artist - K. Cheluvayya Raju - see http://www.benakaartconservation.com/Restoration/Portfolio_-_Art_Conservation__Restoration_files/Botanical%20paintings.pdf and we have several other botanical artists who as yet have no articles on even on the en.wiki (for example the somewhat famous pair of Govindoo and Rungiah). I have been postponing my own plans to research the archives there and would be very happy to join you in your meetings if possible. There are some active tree groups in India who will be interested too. best wishes Shyamal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20131206/0d96a7da/attachment-0001.html -- ___ 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] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 624, Issue 1
Congratulations to the Telugu Wikimedians. May your tribe grow! You guys are at the leading edge along with Ta-wiki and Ml-Wiki in terms of activity. You have all it takes to make this a great Wikimedia group. Our best wishes to you all. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Telugu Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary today (Arjuna Rao Chavala) 2. Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Telugu Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary today (Karthik Nadar) 3. Re: Komarraju Lakshmana Rao Wikimedia Awards (Telugu) - Request for Nominations (Arjuna Rao Chavala) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:45:40 +0530 From: Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com To: Ravi Vyzasatya vyzasa...@gmail.com Cc: Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia related projects. wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org, Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Telugu Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary today Message-ID: calozwh9upjz4hjf-eky5zwfxmqsb8wb9gbpogg8xhvbyqqx...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Friends, On behalf of Telugu Wikipedia and other Telugu Wikimedia projects, I greet you on the ocassion of tenth anniversary of Telugu Wikipedia today. Many thanks to each one of you for your contributions and support to Wiki eco-system. I am sure that some of your contributions are utilised in Telugu Wikipedia. We encourage you to leave any messages to the Telugu Community on this email thread or on Telugu Wikipedia Feedback pagehttps://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:FBin Telugu or English. Sincerely Arjuna Rao Chavala Telugu Wikipedia Bureaucrat -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20131210/2845018c/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:50:37 +0530 From: Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in To: Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia related projects. wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Telugu Wikipedia Tenth Anniversary today Message-ID: CACuOcGLeheATO9npV7m= cexp3gcbmg2socfo9jcoamr38j2...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Arjuna, Great news! Very congratulations to you and everyone who is part of it. Way to go!! :-) On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Friends, On behalf of Telugu Wikipedia and other Telugu Wikimedia projects, I greet you on the ocassion of tenth anniversary of Telugu Wikipedia today. Many thanks to each one of you for your contributions and support to Wiki eco-system. I am sure that some of your contributions are utilised in Telugu Wikipedia. We encourage you to leave any messages to the Telugu Community on this email thread or on Telugu Wikipedia Feedback page https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:FBin Telugu or English. Sincerely Arjuna Rao Chavala Telugu Wikipedia Bureaucrat ___ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en -- Regards from Mumbai, Karthik Nadar. (+91) 977-360-8862 Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. Bangalore, India. http://wiki.wikimedia.in -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20131210/d48d351b/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:09:42 +0530 From: Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com To: Ravi Vyzasatya vyzasa...@gmail.com Cc: Wikimedians working on India related content on English Wikipedia related projects. wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org, Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject:
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 621, Issue 1
Asaf, On the GLAM event at the National Museum, we have have outlined what we wish to do here. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/National_Museum_GLAM_Collaboration_2013-14 We have a volunteer team which has agreed to conduct the event. I have sent an MoU to the institution and await their acceptance. We do not expect a problem. Adequate in principle understanding is present. There is an institute associated with the museum with 160 students studying museology, a subject related to museums. The Museum also has a 50 member volunteer community consisting of teachers, retired officials and such knowledgeable people who conduct guided tours. We have some students of local colleges and the community of Wikimedians from Delhi. We hope to address about 20 tp 30 interested people from this lot and engage them in a GLAM pilot for about 100 artefacts the museum may open up for the pilot. This choice is left to the Museum at this stage. Andrew Gray from UK has agreed to address the volunteers for an hour or two, during his holidays in New Delhi. We will get a over view of these artefacts from the curators at the Museum. They will also help the editors with references, and make available their library resources and meta data. Some references may be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. We will teach editing to the students / volunteers who sign up. Over 4 days we will take them through sandbox to first article with substantial content. Small teams of 2 to 3 people may jointly create an article. A second article may also be initiated. With 4 to 5 experienced wikimedians signing up as guides and 4 days of event, we will have adequate hand holding to reach the desired level. Emphasis will be on obtaining and uploading reference material so that even outside the workshop the editing can continue. A follow up event will be held a month later. At the end, we should have some photo gallery, articles about many significant artefacts, a group of editors who have worked together, and an enabling environment where Museum will help them in their ongoing editing activity. The results will continue beyond the workshop. Best of all we will have the museology students who have done this exercise joining various Museums in India. They can become key enablers for similar initiatives across a number of museums. Our current critical point is the schedule. We are pushing for the holiday season, and starting this in our current grant period. It straddles two financial periods precariously. We have to get a consensus on the dates with the Museum. This is expected in the next couple of days. regards, Sowmyan -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:26:29 -0800 From: Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM project at National Museum New Delhi Message-ID: CAAmrcwdg= c+jirxcajawf9tqaqzhpeecgqehj-yf2bcurva...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear Sowmyan, Glad to hear this is coming along! Could you share a little more about the planned partnership? What activities would take place, on-site and on-wiki? Thanks, Asaf ___ 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] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 621, Issue 1
Hi Shyamal, You are welcome to invite others. Just wait till Tuesday. I plan to meet the Director on Tuesday and will confirm to you. The wealth of information you posted is very interesting. I guess we need to form category specific interest groups for greater shared interest. For long i have wondered how to revive Bangalore meets. Meets for talking and sharing do not seem to enthuse many. Meets to do some joint action is more appealing. I have invited some people from UAS, GKVK too. Let us see how things work out. If the invited team from UAS carries back nice memories more enthusiasts from UAS can join us in future ventures too. Regards, Sowmyan Message: 5 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:26:14 +0530 From: Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Opportunity to embellish Lal Bagh Botanical Garden related WP article before the flower show on Jan 26. Message-ID: CAB6bDongvStabTJ7Ta-poRXM= knvtrdy8yhvfzwqigs3ohu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sowmyan, this is great news indeed! I know a number of people who are interested. It would be great if some of their archives can be accessed. Most of the trees that are out there are somewhat more readily accessible as indeed are the ornamentals. There are some really historic material including some amazing artwork (some of which I believe is by some unfortunately little-known botanical artists like K. Cheluvayya Raju who died more than 70 years ago). There is probably some interesting material related to G H Krumbiegel, Hugh Cleghorn and the Agri Horticultural Society. There are also some interesting publications made by the Horticulture Department that are largely inaccessible - over the years I have had enquiries from the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh for looking up a book called Glass House – The Jewel of Lalbagh published in 1991 that has hardly been seen by people who are interested in it. I have likewise had requests for archive data relating to John Cameron (Krumbiegel's predecessor). There is also a great deal of as yet un-written history on plant introductions such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote (Seemay Badnekayi = foreign brinjal - one of the introductions to our diet thanks to the work at Lalbagh) as well as the numerous avenue trees (like the pink poui currently in bloom and chosen by Krumbiegel as part of his Ritu Samhara idea for Bangalore) For a glimpse of the excellent artwork of an unfortunately little-known botanical artist - K. Cheluvayya Raju - see http://www.benakaartconservation.com/Restoration/Portfolio_-_Art_Conservation__Restoration_files/Botanical%20paintings.pdf and we have several other botanical artists who as yet have no articles on even on the en.wiki (for example the somewhat famous pair of Govindoo and Rungiah). I have been postponing my own plans to research the archives there and would be very happy to join you in your meetings if possible. There are some active tree groups in India who will be interested too. best wishes Shyamal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal ___ 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] Brain Museum at Bangalore
There is a Brain Museum at Bangalore. Radhakrishna visted this place some time ago and shared the potential with Omshivaprakash and me. We had been intending to go there, but some thing or other delayed it. This week I ended up visiting them. This is part of the neuropathology department of Nimhans. Dr Shankar is the brain behind this. He is passionate about the topic and is embarked on creating a great degree of awareness among the public. Just as we have many organ donation program for the eyes, liver, kidney and so on, there is also a organ donation program for brain, though it is not transplanted. Though many volunteer to donate other organs brain is some thing most people do not allow to be touched. Perhaps the identity of a person is deeply associated with the brain. Mankind prefers to burn or bury the organ than donate it. Perhaps the view is brain transplants are not done, and hence this donation is not necessary. The real story is research on brain related problems and their cures is constrained by the availability of a fresh brain. As time elapses after death, the remnants of the brain undergo certain structural changes and impede better study. We all know of many brain related problems, Alzheimers, paralysis after stroke, head injury due to two wheeler riders not wearing a helmet, spinal chord injury due to a person not wearing a seat belt. There are many who are not sensitive to the preventive measures. Even eating street food is a potential cause for brain problems. If one sees the appropriate specimen and then hear a pitch to wear a helmet / seatbelt, they can never refuse. The messages are so powerful. The brain museum contains about 300 specimen. Rat brain, duck brain, chimpanzee brain, brains of human foetus of various ages, etc Dr Shankar is a very passionate man. He wants to educate the world. He loves to explain things to kids, and medical students. But he is vary of publishing photographs and meta data for reasons he articulates with conviction. Plagiarism and thesis writing on the basis of such data is some thing he is keen to prevent. There is still a lot to be written about. One catch may be this sort of articles may require wikipedians who are also medicos. Do we have people with medical background, available for a hackathon on this subject. How do we go about this? Kindly give us your suggestions. ___ 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] Opportunity to embellish Lal Bagh Botanical Garden related WP article before the flower show on Jan 26.
Bangalore is called the Garden city. Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park played a significant role in this city getting this name. The annual flower show on Jan 26th is approaching. A huge crowd is expected. I was curious to see what is in the Lal Bagh article in Wikipedia. I felt it was lean on 'Botanical' content. As a botanical garden there should be talk of the species of trees available, the rare ones that are not easy to find elsewhere etc. Yesterday I met the the Dy Director of the Horticulture department to identify any help they can provide. (Karnataka is perhaps unique in having a horticulture department as part of its governance structure). He has shown enthusiasm. Next week I will be meeting the Director (who is currently on tour) to seek his approval. Once this is done, we can have a Sunday meet of Bangalore wikimedians at the Garden, get a overview of the Lal Bagh and a guided tour by Botanical experts, who can provide the domain knowledge related to the unique species we have here etc. That should enable people to write about these dimensions in the existing articles. We may also explore possibilities of introducing a QR code for the unique specimen and articles related to them. In all probability some articles will exist. But if these species are rare, the articles can mention the availability of the specimen at Lal bagh in the article pages of Lal Bagh as well as the species. Hope fully this can be in the next week end. ie 15th Dec. That may give us ample time to embellish the article before Jan 26 flower show. I am also considering inviting PG students in Horticulture from the University of agriculturaal sciences, Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra Campus, Bangalore. Those interested in participating please write to me. Non Bangaloreans can perhaps look at Botanical Gardens with unique species of trees, plants etc nearer their town. I understand the Botanical Garden at Kolkata is also famous. Regards, Sowmyan Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore ___ 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] CC Launch
The relaunch of the creative Commons India took place at New Delhi on 12thNov 2013. It was a joint effort by the three affiliates of Creative Commons India viz Wikimedia Chapter, Center for Internet and Society, and Acharya Narender Dev College. New Delhi. The Wikimedia banner announcements were very effective. The registrations exceeded 1000, and threatened to make hall capacity of 300 to be woefully inadequate. Mercifully, the actual attendance to registration ratio was just about right to make the attendees count to remain just within the capacity. Staff and Students from Acharya Narender Dev College did a lot of the voluntary work necessary for the arrangements. A nice rangoli at the reception welcomed the visitors. They also managed the reception desk, and behind the screen arrangements to welcome the speakers with potted plants, and present them mementoes. Dr Savithri Singh of ANDC welcomed the gathering. Mr Lawrence Liang, Co-founder of Alternative Law Forum, and the organizer of the first launch of Creative Commons many years ago spoke first. He answered the most frequently asked question as to why this is a relaunch, and what happened after the first launch. Lawrence narrated how the first launch took place from IIT Mumbai. At that time the focus was to create a version of the 2.5 license ported to Indian law. As many of you would know, though the basic licenses have been based on the international legal understandings among the nation members of the United Nations, making these enforceable among all these nations, further scope to port these agreements to a nation’s law also exists, and this is called porting. Lawrence and his associates did this with the 2.5 version. Lawrence remarked with humor that Ekalavya may have been the first person to have breached the copy right law and paid for it by being disabled from using the knowledge. Lawrence also spoke on the current international movement seeking to make the output of publicly funded projects public. Meanwhile, Dr Shashi Throor arrived and a majestic Diya was lit to symbolize the occasion. Dr Tharoor also electronically launched the webpage http://www.creativecommons.org.in/ . The India page within the website of Creative Commons.org can be found here. www.CreativeCommons.org/india http://www.creativecommonsindia.org/india Dr Shashi Tharoor spoke in support for the emerging open knowledge environment, and said his ministry has already made a beginning by releasing the NCERT books under CC By SA. We can count on him to support all reasonable suggestions in these areas. Ms Rohini Nilekani spoke about her experience in launching Pratham books, where the objective was to nurture the reading habit among children and to put a book in every child’s hand. This was followed by Mr Moksh Juneja of Wikimedia who spoke on how Wikimedia is supporting Creative Commons. Delhi has a vibrant community that is eager to participate in such initiatives. Many were impatient with the slow progress in this country, and wanted a lot more to happen quickly. This was amply demonstrated in the questions and answers session, as well as at the end of the talk sessions, when many did not go for the high tea and engaged with the organizers. ___ 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] Plan inputs
Folks, Would really appreciate community input by tomorrow. We can only prepare a plan you want if we have your input, do cooperate. We would like you to give ideas for our annual plan/ five year plan/ dream outcome after five years. Link: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013 Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] FDC grant
The FDC grants process has begun. We have already sent in a letter of intent. We are now moving to the next phase of making the application. For those who do not know about the FDC grant, this provides for staff, office, and infrastructure. We have considered opening a office in Bangalore, with a meeting room cum training center, where about 10 computers will be available for users / trainees. We can use this for city community meets, wikiacademies, editathons, hackathons, etc. This measure is to provide for a formal office for the Chapter in India, and give ourselves a exclusive address to meet compliance issues better. The facility is also expected to be more centrally located within the city so that members and other Wikimedians do not find it difficult to visit the office. Yet another infrastructure proposal that has been considered is to have a scanning facility to meet digitization requirements that can enable wikisource, and other wikimedia commons file generation We invite the community's suggestions towards major initiatives that can be taken as part of our activities in the Calender year 2014. Kindly send in your suggestions in the next 10 days. We will have discussions on the suggestions through this period. We will add financial measures to the proposals and submit to WMF. This is an open brain storming. Every one can build on the ideas of every one else. Here is the webpage where you can add your suggestions. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013 Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore +91 96329 11650 ___ 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] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 478, Issue 1
Many have asked questions on whether scanned copies by email will do. Yes, please send scanned copies of age and nationality proof by email. Pls mention your membership number if you already have one. Regards, Sowmyan On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 5:30 PM, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 477, Issue 1 (Sowmyan Tirumurti) 2. Re: membership - additional requirement (Dhaval S. Vyas) 3. Re: membership - additional requirement (Yohann Thomas) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 19:28:47 +0530 From: Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 477, Issue 1 Message-ID: caasdjz4twwoo_1_l5nf+ic5rpfsreqrcc78t-n40uw3ctd_...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dhaval Vyas, I guess my mail was ambiguous. We are not admitting foreign members. We have just asked for proof to carry on our records that our members are Indian nationals and of age above 18. The reasons for the nationality and age constraint have been discussed earlier in these lists. Abhilash Unni, Your suggestion of scanned documents is fine. Regards, Sowmyan 96329 11650 Executive Manager, Wikimedia Chapter Bangalore Message: 3 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0100 From: Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: CANooro9V6xrS81qoC0DYRz= qdhhb+q15frpxza5fr-+tkpb...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have you started accepting foreign nationals as members now? On Jun 7, 2013 5:02 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: Message: 4 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 01:21:39 +0530 From: Abhilash S Unni abhilashu...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: cab-xuchtwzt7zsnpotvjetav_ht7pcwqtq9jmrfp1r7az-u...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Does a scanned image do? Abhi സ്നേഹപൂര്വ്വം അഭി On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20130608/0639f3e1/attachment-0001.html -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 20:50:29 +0100 From: Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: canooro9inomfqezjtcyhdx0kjnygwzgnxbmpwsdtv8r43bq...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Sowmyan, Thanks for the confirmation. I know the reasons and don't want any clarification on that. I was just curious to know. Regards, Dhaval On Jun 8, 2013 2:59 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dhaval Vyas, I guess my mail was ambiguous. We are not admitting foreign members. We have just asked for proof to carry on our records that our members are Indian nationals and of age above 18. The reasons for the nationality and age constraint have been discussed earlier in these lists. Abhilash Unni, Your suggestion of scanned documents is fine. Regards, Sowmyan 96329 11650 Executive Manager, Wikimedia Chapter Bangalore Message: 3 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0100 From: Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: CANooro9V6xrS81qoC0DYRz= qdhhb+q15frpxza5fr-+tkpb...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have you started accepting foreign nationals as members now? On Jun 7, 2013 5:02 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: Message: 4 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 01:21:39 +0530 From: Abhilash S Unni abhilashu...@gmail.com
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 477, Issue 1
Dhaval Vyas, I guess my mail was ambiguous. We are not admitting foreign members. We have just asked for proof to carry on our records that our members are Indian nationals and of age above 18. The reasons for the nationality and age constraint have been discussed earlier in these lists. Abhilash Unni, Your suggestion of scanned documents is fine. Regards, Sowmyan 96329 11650 Executive Manager, Wikimedia Chapter Bangalore Message: 3 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0100 From: Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: CANooro9V6xrS81qoC0DYRz= qdhhb+q15frpxza5fr-+tkpb...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have you started accepting foreign nationals as members now? On Jun 7, 2013 5:02 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: Message: 4 Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 01:21:39 +0530 From: Abhilash S Unni abhilashu...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] membership - additional requirement Message-ID: cab-xuchtwzt7zsnpotvjetav_ht7pcwqtq9jmrfp1r7az-u...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Does a scanned image do? Abhi സ്നേഹപൂര്വ്വം അഭി On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: ___ 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] membership - additional requirement
Dear friends, Some of you may not have renewed your membership yet. Kindly do this at the earliest. End of June will mark the expiry of the 3 month grace period. In order to be more compliant with our eligibility requirement, we now need members to submit a proof of age and nationality. This would be a one time requirement. Future renewals will not need this. All existing members who renewed recently are also required to send this document to complete our records. To meet this requirement, we need any government issued identity document that contains the name, photograph, date of birth and nationality of the member. For example: driving license, passport, PAN card, and electoral identity card are some of the documents that would meet the requirement. Send us the copy for any one of these. Please mention your membership number for easy archiving. Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager, 96329 11650 Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore ___ 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] Event in Bhopal
Thanks to all those who responded. The Bhopal institution has deferred the plan to July. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] to Bangalore based members
As I had mentioned earlier, Patricia Pena from the Global Fund Raising team of Wikimedia Foundation is in Bangalore to survey donors on their experiences in the donation process. Any one who wishes to talk to her for providing feedback on the appeal, process, etc and or make an online contribution in front of her can take an appointment and meet her. The idea is to not only hear your feedback, but also observe --where possible-- a demonstration of the online contribution process. The following time slots have been taken. 10:30 AM to 12 AM 2 PM to 3 PM 4 PM to 5 PM Pls let me know your convenience to meet her at CIS office (/ WMIN Chapter address) no 194, 2nd C Cross, Dommaluru 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 071, at Bangalore. Today is the last day of Pena's stay in Bangalore. Kindly call me with the time slot you desire today. Regards, Sowmyan - 96329 11650 Exec Manager, Wikimedia (India) Chapter, Bangalore ___ 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] Report on Bangalore event of CC held on 25th Feb 2013.
We are happy to share with you the good news that the Creative Commons event held at Bangalore on 25th Feb 2013, was concluded successfully. We had the Creative Commons presentation focused on Open GLAM along with a wikimedia presentation focused on GLAM WIKI. Arun Ram, founder member of the chapter spoke about Wikimedia, and Wikimedia India. This was followed by a presentation on Creative commons licenses and how they work by Jessica Coates. Arun continued with a description GLAM and the intersection of GLAM with wikipedia. Omshivaprakash brought out many examples of Creative Commons used in Kannada web. Jane Hornibrook gave many examples of CC licenses being used worldwide. The event was attended by 88 people at the beginning. Ladies outnumbered gents 50 : 38. Apart from the students of College of Fine Arts, there were nearly 40 students from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media. There were a few members from Azim Premji Foundation. There was a member who had come all the way from Pondicherry. The way some 15 to 20 odd guests hung around till the very last, nearly 10 to 15 minutes after the end of the event, showed the camaraderie built over the event. The major disappointment was that the target audience of Galleries, Museums etc were low in attendance. Overall it was a good event. ___ 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] survey on donation process
A survey on donation process is being conducted by WMF between 11th March 2013 and 13th March 2013 at Bangalore. They want to understand the perception of potential donors to the message, layout, language, and mechanism used for the global fundraiser program. Apart from some donors, they wish to meet some community members too. Apparently there is a high failure rate in the online donation process from India and they would like to understand this first hand, while the fund raising is on, and as people go through the donation process. This would be a qualitative survey, with a one on one discussion and observation. Those of you in Bangalore and willing to spend some time giving this qualitative survey feedback can indicate when you can meet her during these days. Thanks. ___ 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] Creative Commons Event in Bangalore on 25th Feb 2013
Dear Community member, Please find the announcement of the Bengaluru event of Creative Commons held as a joint seminar addressed by WMIN and CC with GLAM as the focus area. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Creative_Commons_workshop_in_Bangalore The event is sponsored by WMIN chapter, CIS A2K, and College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad. Interested people can register, and also forward to people who may be interested to attend. Registration is required. The event is free, but Copy of the invite / registration should be carried to the premises. Regards, Sowmyan ___ 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] GLAM Event at Bangalore - along with Creative Commons
On 25th of Feb 2013, we will have the Bangalore event where Creative Commons team will be talking about their CC program. The event is tentatively scheduled to start at 2 pm. We will have a GLAM event associated with this. Omshivaprakash, Kannada SIG Chair, and ArunRam will be coordinating this. Other interested volunteers can join. College of Fine Arts associated with the Chitra Kala Parsishad is the partner co-hosting the event. The venue will be the basement hall at Chitra Kala Parishad. We welcome suggestions related to this event from chapter members and the India community of Wikipedians. Pls mark this day in your calender. We have limited seats (80). So I would like members to send me a note if they intend to attend. This will help in anticipating the number of people expected to come, and plan accordingly. Regards, Sowmyan +91 96329 11650 Executive Manager, Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore ___ 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] MediaWiki Workshop at BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus
We are pleased to announce an event in the first week of February 2013. BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus is celebrating an event called Quark 2013. (See: http://www.bits-quark.org/2013/ ). Wikimedia India Chapter will be conducting a MediaWiki workshop during the event. Shri Arnav Sonara, Pune City SIG Chair, and Konarak Ratnakar will be conducting the workshop. The event is scheduled between 1st to 3rd Feb 2013. Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager, WMIN +91 96329 11650 ___ 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] two forthcoming events in educational institutions
Dear Friends, We are happy to announce two events this month at educational institutions. AA IIT Kharagpur will be celebrating their SpringFest 2013 from 23rd Jan to 26th Jan. We will partner with them in this event as Knowledge Partners. We will be conducting a Wiki Academy, and a Photographic contest. Expect some newbies from the eastern region. The Photographic contest is based on images reflecting the culture of the region being uploaded to Wikimedia commons. The following members will support the IIT Kgp Spring Fest related activities. 1. Jayanta Nath - Bengali Wikipedia Administrator, Bengali SIG Chair, FOSS activist 2. Kalyan Sarkar - Kolkata SIG Chair 3. Sucheta Ghosal - OPWomen Intern at Wikimedia 4. Biswarup Ganguly - Wikimedia Commons contributor 5. Rangan Dutta - Wikimedia Commons contributor, Photographer and Columnist 6. Karthik Nadar - Secretary, WMIN BB University College of Engineering, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district is organizing a event called Kanya Wizard'13 on the same day, 23rd Jan 2013. Their objective is to promote the addition and improvement of content in the web about their district. Wiki Kanya is one of the three events they have proposed. This envisages creating awareness about Wikimedia projects to 350 students drawn from 70 colleges in the district, and providing hands on training to about 50 students in editing. The District Collector and the Dean of the University are very enthusiastic about this project. We hope to stretch the scope of this to go beyond just one session of a wiki academy to a few follow up sessions in the coming months to hand hold the members to more effectively complete their task. Viswanathan Prabhakaran, Theni M Subramani and two more Wikipedians will be handling this event. Cheers, Sowmyan ___ 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
