[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Monthly Report - June

2016-07-10 Thread Priyanka Tiwari
Greetings from Wikimedia India !! Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of June 2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback. *EVENTS* *Call for membership to Wikimedia India Chapter –* WMIN sent Renewal reminders to all its existing members. Apart from that,

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - April and May 2016 Monthly Reports

2016-06-15 Thread Priyanka Tiwari
Greetings from Wikimedia India !! Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of April and May 2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback. Events *Affiliate-selected Board seats –* Successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv*. A total of 40 affiliates

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I second Sudhanwa's comments? Why the silence? If its bad news, let us all > know! > Sharing a bad news (if it is there) will help reduce stress. All of us can then try to find some solution to it.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
Thanks Priyanka. Keep the coming on an ongoing basis. Look forward to see more initiatives and activities. Do not hesitate to reach out to ask for any help for the chapter. Regards Arun On 11 Apr 2016 00:29, "Priyanka Tiwari" wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India!

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-13 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I second Sudhanwa's comments? Why the silence? If its bad news, let us all know! On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Hi, > > Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the > activities of WMIN. > > What is the current

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-12 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the activities of WMIN. What is the current status of EC members, what is the fiancial situation, what are the projects being worked out?? Absolutely nothing is coming out from EC for the last few months.. rather for an

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - March 2016 Monthly Report

2016-04-10 Thread Priyanka Tiwari
Greetings from Wikimedia India! Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of March 2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback. *EVENTS* *SETTING UP OF ADVISORY COUNCIL AT WIKIMEDIA INDIA:* The primary objective of setting up an advisory board at Wikimedia India is to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - February 2016 Monthly Report

2016-03-13 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Thanks for the report Priyanka. Can the EC reply to my previous mails. Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Priyanka Tiwari wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India! > > Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of February 2016. > Looking

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - February 2016 Monthly Report

2016-03-13 Thread Priyanka Tiwari
Greetings from Wikimedia India! Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of February 2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback. *News and Events* 1) Recognition of Maithili Wikimedians User Group ( http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Maithili_User_Group/) Quick Introduction -

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-17 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
You are missing out many more things. I had replied earlier to Yohan's mail. He has not replied to it. -Sudhanwa On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Priyanka wrote: > Apologies for missing out a key news. > > Our Program Director Mr. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu resigned. We

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-17 Thread Priyanka
Apologies for missing out a key news. Our Program Director Mr. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu resigned. We all appreciate his endeavours and wish him all the best for his future. -Original Message- From: "Priyanka Tiwari" Sent: ‎16-‎02-‎2016 10:53 PM To: "Wikimedia

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter - January 2016 Monthly Report

2016-02-16 Thread Priyanka Tiwari
Greetings from Wikimedia India! Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of January 2016. Looking forward for your valuable feedback. == EVENTS HELD == EVENT – Wikipedia’s 15th Anniversary celebration in Hyderabad (

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-25 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Shyamal, This is an excellent proposal ! May I request you to create a project page for this at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects ? Then, we can discuss and develop the details of this idea in Meta (please suggest if there is another appropriate forum). Once we finalize the details, we can get

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-23 Thread Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
Hi, Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes community driven grant requests and project proposals that are * Innovative * Creative * Pan-Indian * Scalable * Reproducible * Impactful * *... *(wait, that is already a long list of keywords :) )* OK, let us think of something more than the typical

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-23 Thread Shyamal L.
Dear Ravi, Congratulations on your new role and kudos for opening up for ideas. I would like not to make a proposal but to throw an idea for further development. It is something that will be attractive to those with an interest in scholarly pursuit and I suspect, the kind of people who will be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes new grant requests and project proposals

2014-09-23 Thread Abhishek Suryawanshi
Nice initiative. Hope so 'tatkal' system works in smooth way ;) *Simple Pictorial Guide *might help new members. All the best. Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote: Hi, Wikimedia India Chapter welcomes

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-09-02 Thread Belayet Hossain
Congratulations Jayanta Da. Belayet On Sep 1, 2014 11:16 PM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in the list, Dear members, The Executive committee of Wikimedia India has held an emergency teleconference on their

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-09-01 Thread Jayanta Nath
Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in the list, Dear members, The Executive committee of Wikimedia India has held an emergency teleconference on their official DSNL channel on 31 Aug 2014. As salient items on the agenda, the following topics were discussed and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-09-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
Thanks for this update! Let me know if there's any way I can help. A. On Sep 1, 2014 2:16 PM, Jayanta Nath jaya...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in the list, Dear members, The Executive committee of Wikimedia India has held

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: Current state of affairs

2014-08-29 Thread Viswanathan Prabhakaran
Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in the list, As another EC member, let me assure you all that most of the remaining EC members are actively contemplating and working towards reaching the earliest solutions to remove any deadlocks, in a fast track mode. The

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter affairs

2014-08-28 Thread Jayanta Nath
As you may be aware, two members of the Executive Committee of Wikimedia Chapter India have submitted their resignations with immediate effect. However, there has been not any internal action or response or a call notice for an urgent Teleconference for further discussion on possible actions from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-27 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hi, Thank you very much for the prompt feedback. Anivar, thank you for alerting it to us. We will surely take care to find if everything is legal. Sankarshan, we need to do that when we apply for the grant. That is post (if) we win the bid! Regards, Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread Karthik Nadar
Hi all, This is to inform you that WMIN has decided to mount a bid for Wikimedia Conference 2014 (aka Chapters Conference). Our reasoning to bid is based on the fact that its been two years since we hosted WCI, a much bigger conference in size as compared to this. There is no perfect time when

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread Anivar Aravind
Goa is a good option. But just sharing a point of concern. It is extremely important to be careful in selecting Hotels in Goa for International Conferences .There are many Hotels violating many coastal regulation zones and environmental laws . 2 years back Tehelka Think Fest faced a similar

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter to bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014

2013-09-26 Thread sankarshan
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: When we prepared the bid we looked at options in Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Dharamsala, Goa, Mumbai, Srinagar/Gulmarg and Varanasi. Of these Goa was found to be the best bet and we have prepared a bid available for

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Ashwin Baindur
There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities indeed very little on community activities. For example, why do 6 people need to go for Wikimania Chapters conference? You have asked for money for 3 regional 1 national conference. Does anyone actually believe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Abhijith Jayanthi
Cc: Wikimedia Members List wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request There is a very serious amount of money being spent on bureaucratic necessities indeed very little

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-24 Thread Pranav Curumsey
I am responding here this once, from now ahead please post your comments on the chapter wiki so we dont spam peoples inboxes. Abhijith, I think I answer most of your points here. The one about FCRA, we have prior permission upto $100k. Next Jan we complete 3 years and we can apply for a prior

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-23 Thread Karthik Nadar
Dear Members and Community, In the last few days many of you have given your valuable feedback and suggestions on our FDC proposal. We sincerely thank everyone for their input. We have tried to build a balanced proposal keeping everyones requirements in mind. This has been a particularly tough

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter: FDC Proposal Review Request

2013-09-23 Thread Ravishankar
Karthik, Except for allocation for Innovative projects, GLAM acdtivities and Digitisation (Budget items 3.5.1, 3.5.4, 3.5.5), I don't see any other budget item that directly sustains any measurable impact on the growth of language communities. Even this fund allocation will prove miniscule when

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread sankarshan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with the community, and hence this will be the first meet. Program plan for the year 2013-14 will be the primary agenda, and so, your plans and suggestions are welcome.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
It is here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Kathik has posted it last night ;) On 12-Feb-2013, at 9:10 AM, sankarshan wrote: On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
It is here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Kathik has posted in last night ; On 12-Feb-2013, at 9:10 AM, sankarshan wrote: On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: The new EC incharge, so far had no communication with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Don't worry sankarshan, the logs for any EC led Community IRC will be on the Chapter Wiki. It'll be put up either by Karthik, or me. Thank you for your suggestion, I will definitely look into it. On 2/12/13, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Karthik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi subhash...@cis-india.org wrote: It is here: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013#Logs Thank you. As you'll note, these are the raw logs (probably off an IRC client). MeetBot uses a syntax that allows you to take

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-11 Thread RadhaKrishna Arvapally
True. It is high time to do that. I have been trying to find a good replacement for last 2-3 months. Finally I found one of my colleague who is very excited to pursue. He is actively supporting me for the Feb event. After the Feb Event, I will be proposing his name and I will be withdrawing. we

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2013-02-03 Thread Karthik Nadar
Dear friends, we, from the Wikimedia India Chapter invite you to take part in the IRC meet. The IRC meet is scheduled on 11 February 2013 (Monday) from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. - http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013 The new EC incharge, so far had no communication

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-20 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
To clarity a little further : Each FCRA Prior permission application is for receiving a specific amount, for a specific purpose and from a specific donor. This is not a blanket permission for all donations/grants for anyone ( foreign entities). More Info : http://mha.nic.in/fcra.htm The

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi all, We are very happy to announce that the Ministry of Home Affairs has granted us prior permission under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA) to receive funds from the Wikimedia Foundation, USA for Chapter programs. Through this development, we pass the first hurdle of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter : December 2011 Report

2012-01-16 Thread Naveen Francis
Dear all, Greetings from Wikimedia India !!! We are delighted to present the last monthly Wikimedia India report of the year 2011, almost a year after the chapter received the formal recognition from the Government of Karnataka on 3 January 2011. The journey so far wasn't easy, but we appreciate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter : December 2011 Report

2012-01-16 Thread Ramesh N G
Wonderful report. Thanks for sharing Naveen On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Naveen Francis navee...@wikimedia.inwrote: Dear all, Greetings from Wikimedia India !!! We are delighted to present the last monthly Wikimedia India report of the year 2011, almost a year after the chapter

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter November report 2011.

2011-12-15 Thread Naveen Francis
Dear Wikimedia community, The highlights of the month of November for the Wikimedia Chapter (India) are provided below: Administrative matters Membership The Chapter membership stands at 185 as of 30 November 2011. This is nearly double the number of members we had two months ago. The Chapter

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-12-13 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi friends, We will have our IRC meetup on Dec 17, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Dec_17,2011 We from Wikimedia India Chapter invites you all to take part in the IRC meetup. On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India) Thanks, Naveen Francis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Thanks Bishakha On 22 October 2011 12:41, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: That's great, Naveen and chapter board. Am so happy to see this happen. This is the first Wikimedia India chapter public IRC, right? Will be travelling, but will join in on a future one. Good luck

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-29 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, Gentle reminder on IRC. It is tonite 9:00 pm Thanks, Naveen Francis On 21 October 2011 18:46, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Oct_29,2011 We

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-22 Thread Bishakha Datta
That's great, Naveen and chapter board. Am so happy to see this happen. This is the first Wikimedia India chapter public IRC, right? Will be travelling, but will join in on a future one. Good luck and hope it goes well, Bishakha On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-22 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
If we could possibly discuss about the monthly Bangalore meetups and adding more traction to it then it'd be good too. On 21 October 2011 18:46, Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

2011-10-21 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi friends, We will have our IRC meetup on Oct 29, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Oct_29,2011 We from Wikimedia India Chapter invites you all to take part in the IRC meetup. On behalf of Wikimedia India Chapter Thanks, Naveen Francis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Adethya Sudarsanan
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Adethya Sudarsanan
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread wheredevelsdare
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread wheredevelsdare
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-27 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
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

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Theo10011
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter - Executive Committee Elections 2011

2011-08-26 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-18 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Thanks a lot Anirudh / others behind it for a detailed report. IMHO Posting a page on wikimedia.in and mailing the link is better and talk pages can serve better for discussions instead of lists alone. Probably can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-17 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Thanks a lot Anirudh / others behind it for a detailed report. IMHO Posting a page on wikimedia.in and mailing the link is better and talk pages can serve better for discussions instead of lists alone. Probably can be done from next time. Regards Srikanth.L

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Report, 03 January 2011 - 16 March 2011

2011-03-17 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
I beg to differ, Srikanth. IMHO it was a good idea to send the detailed report to the India mailing list. Throughly enjoyed reading the complete report although it missed the meetups and workshops in Trichy and Kerala. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-02 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On 30 January 2011 03:04, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: Following is a list of activities (compiled by ArunRam for an internal discussion) of the chapter prior to registration (which itself turned out to be a huge

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture - Original Message From: Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Shiju Alex
- Original Message From: Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On 30 January 2011 03

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
- Original Message From: Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On 30 January 2011 03:04

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On 30 January 2011 03:04, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: Following is a list of activities

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-02-01 Thread Jyothis Edathoot
. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 5:44:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On 30 January 2011 03:04, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: Following is a list of activities (compiled by ArunRam for an internal discussion

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread Sue Gardner
On 30 January 2011 03:04, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: Following is a list of activities (compiled by ArunRam for an internal discussion) of the chapter prior to registration (which itself turned out to be a huge exercise): Hi Sundar, Thanks so much for sending that list,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
That is an excellent idea, Sue. But I believe the site , as of now, doesn't allow file uploads. Time to move to Wikimedia servers, so that commons images can be reused directly? Will also help if we are hosting our future India newsletters on wikimedia.in ... I have also added the office

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-31 Thread jayanta nath
yes we need to move ASAP to Wikimedia server to use commons images. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: That is an excellent idea, Sue. But I believe the site , as of now, doesn't allow file uploads. Time to move to Wikimedia servers, so that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread praveenp
On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:56 AM, jayanta nath wrote: Nos of edit is not criteria. The chapter created as society so there must be voting system. So not worry!! Then what was the criteria? On Sunday 30 January 2011 01:03 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: Can you please put up your ideas and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
me.prav...@gmail.com To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 3:36:41 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:56 AM, jayanta nath wrote: Nos of edit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-30 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 3:36:41 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:56 AM, jayanta nath wrote: Nos of edit is not criteria. The chapter created as society so there must be voting system. So not worry!! Then what was the criteria

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thanks Gautam , Would it be a good idea to record the Agenda MoM of the EC meetings ( hopefully previous ones, if there are ) ? That may possibly help the community to be in sync with what the chapter is thinking planning.. and important decisions that are taken. Thoughts ? Not sure, whether

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread jayanta nath
I am from Kolkata West Bengal ( Bengali Wikipedia). I would like to know what kind of support want from me and vice versa regarding membership. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: Thank you, Tinu. Praveen, we probably have been less than ideal in our

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread praveenp
On 30 January 2011 07:57, CherianTinu Abrahamtinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Changed the subject line again.. ( Subject deviation again :) ) Hi Praveen, May I ask , what is not really clear about the chapter ? Wikimedia India chapter is registered now as a legal entity in India [1] in Jan 2010 ;

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
Dear Tinu and Jayanta: Thank you very much for the ideas and suggestions. The minutes and resolutions should be part of the public record. As much as I think it would be nice to have an AGM this year, there is a good chance that we will get out PAN/Bank Account etc. too late for this to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread praveenp
On Sunday 30 January 2011 11:27 AM, Gautam John wrote: Dear Praveen: In that case what was the urgency to such a premature creation? I don't quite understand - urgency? One can only find one's feet after the body is created, right? Sorry, I think a concrete foundation is necessary to create

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Gautam John
On 30 January 2011 11:39, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I think a concrete foundation is necessary to create a body. Well, that does exist in the aims and objective in the MoA that is up on Meta and while those are broad, direction-ary goals, it behooves upon us all to detail

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread jayanta nath
@Praveen,Chapter just now created. So in future there must be openness for all issue. Anyone can join our advocacy programme without edit wikimedia. Nos of edit is not criteria. The chapter created as society so there must be voting system. So not worry!! On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Gautam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India chapter

2011-01-29 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear Praveen, I think I am missing some of the points here. Can you please put up your ideas and give some examples so that people here will get some more clarity. As you mentioned, things are fair but not enough please put up your ideas so that things will be enough and more All of us can

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture From: Shahid Akhtar mohd.shahid_akh...@rediffmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 12:47:04 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Achal Prabhala
Brother Shahid, thanks for your comments, but for the record (and for any other Indian Wikipedians who want to get things off their chest like he did) please direct your criticism at me in the future, not the folks who have worked incredibly hard over the last year to fashion the bye-laws you

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat today and Bangalore Meetup tommorrow. The primary discussion will be regarding WikiMedia India chapter formation . Please maintain the etiquettes of the discussion. - Tinu Cherian On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Naveen

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread guru brahma
, that is today. Cheers, Srinivas Gunta. Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma From: CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Award Lecture From: Naveen Francis navee...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 7:37:44 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Can we have a IRC on this topic ? Proposed time : Today, 8 pm (March 13

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Naveen Francis
@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat today and Bangalore Meetup tommorrow. The primary discussion will be regarding WikiMedia India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Shahid Akhtar mohd.shahid_akh...@rediffmail.com wrote: Why is some like HPN who has not made even 100 edits in 2009 and 2010 to English, Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedias combined together is at the forefront of this initiative, but some of the most important

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread Naveen Francis
*Sent:* Sat, 13 March, 2010 8:45:45 AM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Thatz a great idea. Let us talk ! Please try to attend both the IRC chat today and Bangalore Meetup tommorrow. The primary discussion will be regarding WikiMedia India chapter formation . Please

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread arjuna rao chavala
: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Praveen Prakash me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: K. Then who is Kiruba Shankar? What was the election process criteria? How many people involved in that? Why all these process were hidden? Why even Hindi not informed

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-12 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter One more thing ... Have we forwarded the draft of MoA to all Indic language wikipedia groups ? If not, we must extend the date for comments. PS: Draft MoA was forwarded to ml and sa wikigroups today. On 13 March 2010 10:12, Naveen Francis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Shiju Alex
I request all the current committee members to *at least create a user page*in MetaWiki ( http://meta.wikimedia.org). If you could mention your home wiki and your contributions to WikiMedia foundation wiki projects (both inside and *outside wiki*) there, that will enlighten many of us. Shiju On

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
Iverson's Turing Award LectureFrom: Praveen Prakash me.prav...@gmail.comTo: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.orgSent: Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PMSubject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter. But I wond

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Shiju Alex
They already have their user pages on meta wiki, *don't they? * Yes, I could see red links. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/MoA Shiju On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Shiju Alex

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread arjuna rao chavala
Hi, I created a page but was not able to hyperlink from the MOA page. Here is http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc Thanks Arjun 2010/3/11 Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com They already have their user pages on meta wiki, *don't they? * Yes, I could see red links.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Praveen Prakash
m: Praveen Prakash me.prav...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 3:24:53 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter. But I wonder why all these activitie

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread Shiju Alex
: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter I am very happy and proud to hear that we got a wikimedia indic chapter. But I wonder why all these activities taken so hidden? We are a community (or a community of communities), we've an active mailing list, but I didn't hear anything about such an active

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread guru brahma
or unified login at the end of each message we send - I shd probably make it my signature. From: Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 5:31:52 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter

2010-03-11 Thread guru brahma
From: guru brahma wiki...@yahoo.co.in To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thu, 11 March, 2010 6:56:05 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Hi, I haven't received some of the mails on this mailing list and I had to check back on the mail server to see those

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