Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
Hi fellow wiki'ers, Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts.. Thanks in advance, Adethya. S On 27 August 2011 11:28, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:23 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: I have also requested the election committee and the current Exec team to also publish the electoral roll too on the members wiki . This might help to well wishers to appeal to the good candidates to stand for the elections and help lead the Wikimedia movement. Thanks for sharing your concern. As of now, there has been some more nominations. The right forums for EC elections discussions are members wiki (http://members.wikimedia.in) and members mailing list. ( wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com I request all the well wishers who are members to use the same. If any member has access issues, the same could be brought to Chapter's notice. Cheers Arjun -TC On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that the *last date of nominations* for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is *Aug 29, 2011* With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: 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 improve collaboration between the Chapter and the Foundation on various Wikimedia projects of relevance to India. We had the first one on Aug 24, 2011, and here's a quick update. *Chapter Update* - 30 persons attended the workshop on Copyright and Open Licensing conducted on 30th July 2011 in Bangalore, which was well received. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Copyright_and_Open_Licensing_SeminarPlan - Plan to conduct 1st WikiAcademy with the Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals on 12 Sep 2011. - Membership currently stands at ~80 - Participation from community on some projects but the response is below expectations. Chapter hopes that the response will improve as more activities are taken up by Chapter in the near future. - AGM will be conducted on September 24 2011. Elections process for EC vacancies has been initiated. - Process for applying for FCRA prior permission has been actioned with necessary steps being taken with local banks, consultants and the WMF. The bank account required for FCRA is ready. The draft of letter from WMF will be finalized in a week by Chapter Accountant and Advisor (another prerequisite) and then FCRA application will be submitted. 3-4 months are required for approval by Home Ministry, Government of India. *Foundation Update* - Education Program is doing well from a numbers perspective - with more than 1000 students involved. However, there is a great deal of effort required to continue to support and enable and motivate these students. Additional Campus Ambassadors are being selected from the participating institutions. Hisham requested that everyone reach out and be encouraging to the Campus Ambassadors, students and teachers. - 2 new staff members selected; Nitika has joined Shiju will be joining by October - Initial conversations were being sought with leading mobile companies to explore Wikipedia on mobile - Independent public trust to be set up hopefully by next week, followed by FCRA prior permission and other approvals required for tax exemption, etc. *Collaboration on future projects* Some requests from colleges to participate in campus ambassador like program were received by the chapter and Hisham. Hisham said that till the ongoing program is stable, he will not be able to roll it to other cities. He suggested that colleges can get started by forming student clubs and Foundation staff are providing necessary information and assistance for the same. He also requested Chapter EC to extend their support for the same. Chapter seeks active involvement
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Hi fellow wiki'ers, Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts.. This is open only for Chapter members. If you have become wikimedia chapter member, you would have received the call for nominations with instructions. In case you did not get the same, please contact Chapter at chap...@wikimedia.in with your membership number/application details. If you would like to enroll as a member, please check out http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ Cheers Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
Arjun, Thanks for sharing that information. But where should I find the membership form ? The link specified in the previous mail shows a pdf containing forms pertaining to Government of Karnataka Thanks, Adethya On 27 August 2011 12:17, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi fellow wiki'ers, Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts.. This is open only for Chapter members. If you have become wikimedia chapter member, you would have received the call for nominations with instructions. In case you did not get the same, please contact Chapter at chap...@wikimedia.in with your membership number/application details. If you would like to enroll as a member, please check out http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ Cheers Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdf Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:05:30 +0530 From: adethyas...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011 Arjun, Thanks for sharing that information. But where should I find the membership form ? The link specified in the previous mail shows a pdf containing forms pertaining to Government of Karnataka Thanks,Adethya On 27 August 2011 12:17, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi fellow wiki'ers, Can you please how to nominate myself for the posts..This is open only for Chapter members. If you have become wikimedia chapter member, you would have received the call for nominations with instructions. In case you did not get the same, please contact Chapter at chap...@wikimedia.in with your membership number/application details. If you would like to enroll as a member, please check out http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Membership-FAQ Cheers Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
Agree with Theo on this. The notification was sent just earlier this week. There should be an extension. Although I'm with the appeal to long time Wikipedians in requesting them to nominate themselves, I wouldn't go overboard thinking that the response is either disappointing or concerning for the future of Wikimedia India Chapter. There just wasn't enough time given for members and by any means - sending out just e-mail notifications doesn't suffice. The people responsible for the elections (is that the nominations committee?) should do more, like dropping a message on the members' user page on Wikipedia. Many people may not be checking emails from this mailing list regularly. Also, the members may have questions -- about the role, about the term they're signing up for and much more. Like some emails sent to this list, the members may also need help nominating themselves. Is there an FAQ for nominations, btw? Cheers, On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that the *last date of nominations* for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is *Aug 29, 2011* With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. Regards Tinu Cherian -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
I agree with Tinu/Theo/Hari that there is a need for an extension. Like Tinu, I am also worried of the response so far and it will definitely affect the Chapter in the sort to medium term (maybe even hurt its image) if the right people are not elected. Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:49:51 +0530 From: hpna...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011 Agree with Theo on this. The notification was sent just earlier this week. There should be an extension. Although I'm with the appeal to long time Wikipedians in requesting them to nominate themselves, I wouldn't go overboard thinking that the response is either disappointing or concerning for the future of Wikimedia India Chapter. There just wasn't enough time given for members and by any means - sending out just e-mail notifications doesn't suffice. The people responsible for the elections (is that the nominations committee?) should do more, like dropping a message on the members' user page on Wikipedia. Many people may not be checking emails from this mailing list regularly. Also, the members may have questions -- about the role, about the term they're signing up for and much more. Like some emails sent to this list, the members may also need help nominating themselves. Is there an FAQ for nominations, btw? Cheers, On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. RegardsTheo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that the last date of nominations for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is Aug 29, 2011 With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. RegardsTinu Cherian -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Arjun, Thanks for sharing that information. But where should I find the membership form ? The link specified in the previous mail shows a pdf containing forms pertaining to Government of Karnataka Here is the link http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividual.pdf Membership-FAQ is also updated with the links. Thanks Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Please note that the *last date of nominations* for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is *Aug 29, 2011* With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: 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 improve collaboration between the Chapter and the Foundation on various Wikimedia projects of relevance to India. We had the first one on Aug 24, 2011, and here's a quick update. *Chapter Update* - 30 persons attended the workshop on Copyright and Open Licensing conducted on 30th July 2011 in Bangalore, which was well received. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Copyright_and_Open_Licensing_SeminarPlan - Plan to conduct 1st WikiAcademy with the Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals on 12 Sep 2011. - Membership currently stands at ~80 - Participation from community on some projects but the response is below expectations. Chapter hopes that the response will improve as more activities are taken up by Chapter in the near future. - AGM will be conducted on September 24 2011. Elections process for EC vacancies has been initiated. - Process for applying for FCRA prior permission has been actioned with necessary steps being taken with local banks, consultants and the WMF. The bank account required for FCRA is ready. The draft of letter from WMF will be finalized in a week by Chapter Accountant and Advisor (another prerequisite) and then FCRA application will be submitted. 3-4 months are required for approval by Home Ministry, Government of India. *Foundation Update* - Education Program is doing well from a numbers perspective - with more than 1000 students involved. However, there is a great deal of effort required to continue to support and enable and motivate these students. Additional Campus Ambassadors are being selected from the participating institutions. Hisham requested that everyone reach out and be encouraging to the Campus Ambassadors, students and teachers. - 2 new staff members selected; Nitika has joined Shiju will be joining by October - Initial conversations were being sought with leading mobile companies to explore Wikipedia on mobile - Independent public trust to be set up hopefully by next week, followed by FCRA prior permission and other approvals required for tax exemption, etc. *Collaboration on future projects* Some requests from colleges to participate in campus ambassador like program were received by the chapter and Hisham. Hisham said that till the ongoing program is stable, he will not be able to roll it to other cities. He suggested that colleges can get started by forming student clubs and Foundation staff are providing necessary information and assistance for the same. He also requested Chapter EC to extend their support for the same. Chapter seeks active involvement in the elections and looks to grow its membership base and expand it's reach in encouraging the use and contributions to the Wikimedia movement in India. Thank you. Best, Gautam ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
I have also requested the election committee and the current Exec team to also publish the electoral roll too on the members wiki . This might help to well wishers to appeal to the good candidates to stand for the elections and help lead the Wikimedia movement. -TC On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that the *last date of nominations* for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is *Aug 29, 2011* With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: 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 improve collaboration between the Chapter and the Foundation on various Wikimedia projects of relevance to India. We had the first one on Aug 24, 2011, and here's a quick update. *Chapter Update* - 30 persons attended the workshop on Copyright and Open Licensing conducted on 30th July 2011 in Bangalore, which was well received. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Copyright_and_Open_Licensing_SeminarPlan - Plan to conduct 1st WikiAcademy with the Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals on 12 Sep 2011. - Membership currently stands at ~80 - Participation from community on some projects but the response is below expectations. Chapter hopes that the response will improve as more activities are taken up by Chapter in the near future. - AGM will be conducted on September 24 2011. Elections process for EC vacancies has been initiated. - Process for applying for FCRA prior permission has been actioned with necessary steps being taken with local banks, consultants and the WMF. The bank account required for FCRA is ready. The draft of letter from WMF will be finalized in a week by Chapter Accountant and Advisor (another prerequisite) and then FCRA application will be submitted. 3-4 months are required for approval by Home Ministry, Government of India. *Foundation Update* - Education Program is doing well from a numbers perspective - with more than 1000 students involved. However, there is a great deal of effort required to continue to support and enable and motivate these students. Additional Campus Ambassadors are being selected from the participating institutions. Hisham requested that everyone reach out and be encouraging to the Campus Ambassadors, students and teachers. - 2 new staff members selected; Nitika has joined Shiju will be joining by October - Initial conversations were being sought with leading mobile companies to explore Wikipedia on mobile - Independent public trust to be set up hopefully by next week, followed by FCRA prior permission and other approvals required for tax exemption, etc. *Collaboration on future projects* Some requests from colleges to participate in campus ambassador like program were received by the chapter and Hisham. Hisham said that till the ongoing program is stable, he will not be able to roll it to other cities. He suggested that colleges can get started by forming student clubs and Foundation staff are providing necessary information and assistance for the same. He also requested Chapter EC to extend their support for the same. Chapter seeks active involvement in the elections and looks to grow its membership base and expand it's reach in encouraging the use and contributions to the Wikimedia movement in India. Thank you. Best, Gautam ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:23 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: I have also requested the election committee and the current Exec team to also publish the electoral roll too on the members wiki . This might help to well wishers to appeal to the good candidates to stand for the elections and help lead the Wikimedia movement. Thanks for sharing your concern. As of now, there has been some more nominations. The right forums for EC elections discussions are members wiki (http://members.wikimedia.in) and members mailing list. ( wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com I request all the well wishers who are members to use the same. If any member has access issues, the same could be brought to Chapter's notice. Cheers Arjun -TC On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination. The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it. Regards Theo On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please note that the *last date of nominations* for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is *Aug 29, 2011* With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts. This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India. I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: 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 improve collaboration between the Chapter and the Foundation on various Wikimedia projects of relevance to India. We had the first one on Aug 24, 2011, and here's a quick update. *Chapter Update* - 30 persons attended the workshop on Copyright and Open Licensing conducted on 30th July 2011 in Bangalore, which was well received. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events/Copyright_and_Open_Licensing_SeminarPlan - Plan to conduct 1st WikiAcademy with the Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals on 12 Sep 2011. - Membership currently stands at ~80 - Participation from community on some projects but the response is below expectations. Chapter hopes that the response will improve as more activities are taken up by Chapter in the near future. - AGM will be conducted on September 24 2011. Elections process for EC vacancies has been initiated. - Process for applying for FCRA prior permission has been actioned with necessary steps being taken with local banks, consultants and the WMF. The bank account required for FCRA is ready. The draft of letter from WMF will be finalized in a week by Chapter Accountant and Advisor (another prerequisite) and then FCRA application will be submitted. 3-4 months are required for approval by Home Ministry, Government of India. *Foundation Update* - Education Program is doing well from a numbers perspective - with more than 1000 students involved. However, there is a great deal of effort required to continue to support and enable and motivate these students. Additional Campus Ambassadors are being selected from the participating institutions. Hisham requested that everyone reach out and be encouraging to the Campus Ambassadors, students and teachers. - 2 new staff members selected; Nitika has joined Shiju will be joining by October - Initial conversations were being sought with leading mobile companies to explore Wikipedia on mobile - Independent public trust to be set up hopefully by next week, followed by FCRA prior permission and other approvals required for tax exemption, etc. *Collaboration on future projects* Some requests from colleges to participate in campus ambassador like program were received by the chapter and Hisham. Hisham said that till the ongoing program is stable, he will not be able to roll it to other cities. He suggested that colleges can get started by forming student clubs and Foundation staff are providing necessary information and assistance for the same. He also requested Chapter EC to extend their support for the same. Chapter seeks active involvement in the elections and looks to grow its membership base and expand it's reach in encouraging the use and contributions to the Wikimedia movement in India. Thank you. Best, Gautam
