Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

I am full agree with Shiju. We should support Mumbai/Pune community to make arrangements for the Wikimedia India conference. Community and Chapter should help each other. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > In fact all of us know the effort and pain took by Mumbai/Pune community

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

I think it's great that there is communication, and I'd like to believe that the difficulties expressed are not insurmountable. I would also like to believe that the chapter and community are entirely capable of working out a collaborative plan together. The chapter executive committee knows wh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

+1 Shiju . A healthy relationship is a must for community growth . I suggest Charter to not to make such restrictive regulations/frameworks or project for the time being, before AGM starts (after membership periods) , since your role on establishing chapter is completed, and the very next step is o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: >> In fact all of us know the effort and pain took by Mumbai/Pune community to >> make arrangements for the Wikimedia India conference. They have reached out >> to almost all community members and asked for the support. As per the below >> mail

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

Hey All: Expanding on what Achal had mentioned: > 1) The 2011 WikiConference: are there other communities with proposals > or is the Mumbai/Pune proposal the only feasible one on the table? The EC would like to know whether we can expect any bids or expressions of interest from other communities

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

> > I think it's great that there is communication, and I'd like to believe > that the difficulties expressed are not insurmountable. > yeah that is true. All the issues can be sorted out once we have frequent open communication. According to me, the ideal solution for this year would be to suppo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

RfC is right method ... mail to EC is not the right method. Make sure that this selection is open. EC roles is also to approve the place which community has selected !!! +1 for Mumbai/Pune community On 9 June 2011 13:43, Gautam John wrote: > Hey All: > > Expanding on what Achal had mentioned:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Gautam John wrote: > The EC would like to know whether we can expect any bids or > expressions of interest from other communities/cities in India for > this event this year? > > It would be great if you could let us know at the earliest, please, > and definitely by

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference - Other Cities [Was: Community-Chapter Relations]

On 9 June 2011 14:37, sankarshan wrote: > This may just be a bit off-topic but I wanted to share this bit. The > Fedora Project, when considering venues for the FUDCon, uses > A similar > process/flow could probably be handy to have, unless there

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

Hi Wikimedians, Thanks Ashwin, for initiating the feedback thread on the communication from the Chapter. As Chapter  starts engaging with the Community, I look  this as a  positive sign to build the relationship ('storming'[1] part of a typical team building process). Of course, there are whole

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool"

*Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool"* http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-07/pune/29629403_1_online-encyclopedia-wikipedia-articles-pilot-project *PUNE: Wikipedia.org, the largest online encyclopedia in the world, has invited teachers an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] : Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool"

Great going Pune Pilot project...nicely compiled story.. Subha On 9 June 2011 16:03, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > > *Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as > teaching-learning tool"* > > http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-07/pune/29629403_1_online-encyclopedia

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Outreach Activities in Gujarat

Hello everyone, As the subject suggests, I am planning to carry out few outreach sessions in Gujarat since I will be there for my vacations starting in few days. These sessions are simply intended to let people over there know what exactly is wikipedia and how it is growing in other parts of count

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

Hi Arjuna, Thanks for your response. The issue here is time - and we dont have any of it. We are running against time for the logistics. For the scale of the conference we have planned, we should have had an Event Organising Committee in place by now and have started locking the logistics. If

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

hi, Cross posted to the Wikimedia-India, Wikimedia-Mumbai and Wikimedia-Pune mailing lists. I agree with points made by User:AroundTheGlobe and Ashwin in the thread. I think holding a proper discussion on the modalities of the Organising Committee would ensure that the event will not happen in 20

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiPatrika is now released - Volume 2 , Issue 1 - 2011 June

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > We are still building our infrastructure for Wikipatrika similar to > En.Wikipedia Signpost , which will help seamless production of Wikipatrika, > month after month. > For that we need more volunteers, so if are interested in helping a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

hi, Just a clarification, since I was a little flustered while writing this - On 9 June 2011 22:46, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > I agree with points made by User:AroundTheGlobe and Ashwin in the thread. I > think holding a proper discussion on the modalities of the Organising > Committee w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

Hi, I think India chapter should support Mumbai/Pune community, Both these community have worked hard and seeking Chapter Support. This is a good time to take good intiative by India Chapter. Regards Mayur On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Workshop on Creative Commons in Mumbai, India on June 18, 2011

hi, Cross-posted to the Wikipedia Mumbai, Pune and India mailing lists. Shishir Jha has given permission for his talk to be recorded on video. We hope to upload the video on Wikimedia Commons. We'll also try and ensure that we upload the slides of his talk. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

I strongly support and congratulate the efforts of Mumbai-Pune community in planning & organizing the India Wiki conference this year. If I may speak on behalf of the Bangalore community, till now we have no plans of holding any such major event this year and would like to convey our heartfelt supp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

The chapter is supporting this as stated earlier. Every wikipedian, irrespective of language, state, nationality, should proudly support this. Regards, Sent from my Motorola L9. Please excuse spelling errors. On Jun 9, 2011 11:03 PM, "mayur" wrote: Hi, I think India chapter should support M

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:03 PM, mayur wrote: > Hi, > I think India chapter should support Mumbai/Pune community, Both these > community have worked hard and seeking Chapter Support. This is a good time > to take good intiative by India Chapter. > > Regards > Mayur > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Outreach Activities in Gujarat

Hey Arnav: Welcome to the list and it's great to hear that you want to do outreach work. There are three usual methods: 1. A Wikipedia meet up. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India 2. A Wikipedia academy. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Academy/India 3. A

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Outreach Activities in Gujarat

Thanks Gautam for getting back to me, Well I guess meetup wouldn't be possible right now because I don't know any Wikipedian from there also I don't know if anyone is interested in it or not. So I think I would start from Wikipedia Academy only. Hope to hear from Tinu and Hari soon enough. On Thu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Community-Chapter Relations

Since my post yesterday morning, we have had responses from the Chapter on the list. It is heartening to note that the chapter is beginning to look on the community as a source of input. We welcome this attitude of the Chapter and look forward to an improved relationship with them. But as User:Aro

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiPatrika is now released - Volume 2 , Issue 1 - 2011 June

Really love this. Another demonstration of the amazing India community! Congrats! Warmest wishes from SF. Barry On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Steven Walling wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We are still building our infrastr

[Wikimediaindia-l] Jimbo at WikiConference 2011

Hi All, As Pradeep announced late last night, Jimmy Wales (aka Jimbo, Founder, Wikipedia and Member of Global Board of Trustees) was approached by the Mumbai/Pune Community along with other supporters from various parts of the country requesting him to attend the First National WikiConference

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jimbo at WikiConference 2011

Congrats. Very happy to hear this. :) *$U®¥∩* http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com 2011/6/10 > Hi All, > > As Pradeep announced late last night, Jimmy Wales (aka Jimbo, Founder, > Wikipedia and Member of Global Board of Trustees) was approached by the > Mumbai/Pune Com

[Wikimediaindia-l] Reminder: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, this Friday the 10th at 06:00 UTC

-- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM Subject: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, this Friday the 10th at 06:00 UTC To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, Sorry that we sent out less than a week's notice, but I wanted to extend

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jimbo at WikiConference 2011

Congrats very very good news for us as well as Mumbai/Pune community. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Surya Prakash wrote: > Congrats. Very happy to hear this. :) > > *$U®¥∩* > > http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com > > > > 2011/6/10 > >> Hi All, >> >> As Pradeep announc

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Community-Chapter Relations

hi, We think a few specific points with relation to the framework need to be brought out - 1. The Chapter Executive Committee should not take the sole responsibility for selecting a bid. While the Chapter Executive Committee is an examplary body, a group consisting of members from the Executive C

[Wikimediaindia-l] IRC office hour now

Hi friends, Sue Gardner will be available in (#wikimedia-office) this channel at 11.30 AM (IST). Please do come. :) This time is specially arranged for Asian countries. :) *$U®¥∩* http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com ___ Wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Community-Chapter Relations

Hi Pradeep: Thanks much for the feedback - a request - could we edit the Wiki please - it might be easier for everyone to keep track of it? On the issue of the AGM, it is something that we are seeking clarification on. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 10

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Community-Chapter Relations

I have made a copy of the framework for editing by all. Let the original remain untouched at the moment for easy reference. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Draft_India_Wiki_Conference_Framework Some cleanup required. Will do later if nobody does it as short of time now. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Community-Chapter Relations

Great! Thanks so much, Ashwin. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 10 June 2011 11:42, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I have made a copy of the framework for editing by all. Let the original > remain untouched at the moment for easy reference. > http://wiki.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Community-Chapter Relations

hi, I've just added my suggestions to the talk page. warm regards, Pradeep On 10 June 2011 11:42, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I have made a copy of the framework for editing by all. Let the original > remain untouched at the moment for easy reference. > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Draft_India_Wiki_

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Jimbo at WikiConference 2011

Great news! Congrats all the volunteers of Mumbai/Pune. On 10 June 2011 11:01, wrote: > Hi All, > > As Pradeep announced late last night, Jimmy Wales (aka Jimbo, Founder, > Wikipedia and Member of Global Board of Trustees) was approached by the > Mumbai/Pune Community along with other supporter