Thank you Subha for all your service! We look forward to seeing you around on wiki, and at the intersection of the open web and free knowledge.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Jorge Vargas <[email protected]> wrote: > Best of lucks in your new role with Mozilla, Subha! It's been a pleasure > meeting you. > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Gerard Meijssen < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > It was good to work with you. You were part of a wonderful move towards > > more Wikimedia projects in India. It was a pleasure to see you in action > > and work with you. > > Thank you > > > > Gerard > > > > On 10 November 2016 at 22:06, Subhashish Panigrahi < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > <!--Apologies if this mail is not in your language.--> > > > > > > Friends, > > > > > > TL; DR > > > > > > After almost five years of professional engagement with the South Asian > > > language Wikimedia communities, I have decided to step down from my > > current > > > role. And I will remain a Wikipedian friend of yours who you can reach > > out > > > in volunteer capacity on my talk page. > > > > > > —— > > > > > > I was about to complete my first wiki-versary when I joined the > Wikimedia > > > Foundation’s India Program as a Consultant for Community and Program > > > Support. The program ran until August of 2012 and then got housed at > the > > > Centre for Internet Society’s Access to Knowledge program (CIS-A2K) > [0]. > > > Thanks to Sunil, Pranesh, Nirmita, Nishant and many others at the CIS > > > family who embraced my team from India Program with great amount of > > trust. > > > CIS became more like a family for me all these years. It will always > > remain > > > my other home and alma mater - calling CIS a former employer will be > > quite > > > an understatement. I feel I grew as a person along with the > organization > > > that is today a noted name for its research in openness, accessibility, > > > privacy, IP reform, access to knowledge, and digital humanity. > > > > > > Over these years I have had the most memorable time in my personal and > > > professional life. I have traveled a lot in the country and across the > > > world, met many friends in the Wikimedia and the open knowledge > > community, > > > and had the privilege of working on many important projects both > locally > > > and globally. The South Asian language Wikimedia communities that I > have > > > worked with have not just been patient and understanding, but have been > > my > > > mentor in many ways. I thank you all wholeheartedly for being such > great > > > friends and guides. And I hope that I have added some value to your > > > community, project and the larger Wikimedia movement. > > > > > > This was an incredible journey and I feel really honored to see as many > > as > > > three new Wikimedia projects taking birth where I had a chance to > > > contribute. Many of you have shared your stories in an interview series > > > WikipediansSpeak [1] that I started during my time at CIS, and I felt > so > > > touched and connected to many people that spoke languages that I never > > even > > > understood. I want to thank many Wikimedians both from the Indian and > the > > > global Wikimedia community that participated in @WeAreWikipedia [2], a > > > rotation curation project on Twitter that I started as a voluntary > > project. > > > The good news is @WeAreWikipedia has always been and will be a > > > volunteer-led project even after I leave my professional role at CIS. > > > > > > In the last few days of my work at CIS, my biggest worry was if I will > be > > > able to give much time to wrap up Project Ol Chiki [3], a project to > > create > > > typeface family and input tools for the Ol Chiki script (used to write > > the > > > Santali language) that I was leading. I would like to personally thank > to > > > colleagues T.Vishnuvardhan (former Programme Director of CIS-A2K) for > his > > > guidance, Pooja Saxena for designing the typeface and several other > > > peripherals, Prof. Damayanti Besra and other friends of the > > > Santali-language community who have reviewed the typeface, and > > Wikimedians > > > Jnanaranjan Sahu and Nasim Ali who have created the input tools. A few > > > years of my childhood was spent in a place where 30% of people spoke > this > > > aboriginal language Santali, and I cannot share how nostalgic it felt > > when > > > the opportunity came to lead this project. > > > > > > Once again, thanks you all the friends in the Wikimedia community, and > > the > > > larger openness movement for your kind support over all these years. In > > the > > > long road, this was a great milestone but there are many more to come. > I > > > hope to continue working with you in my volunteer capacity, and/or may > be > > > in my new role. > > > > > > Where I am heading next? > > > Some of you might know this already. I am super excited that the next > > > milestone is going to be another open source community as I am joining > > > Mozilla’s Participation team as South Asia Community Catalyzer [4]. I > am > > > super excited for it. And I will keep seeing you all amazing people on > > the > > > Wikimedia projects like before. > > > > > > Do feel free to get in touch with me in my talk page at > User:Psubhashish, > > > or over email at psubhashish (at) gmail (dot) com, or at @subhapa on > both > > > Twitter and Telegram. > > > > > > 0. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K > > > 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikipediansSpeak > > > 2. https://twitter.com/wearewikipedia > > > 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_Ol_chiki > > > 4. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/introducing- > > > our-new-south-asia-community-catalyzer/11975 > > > > > > Love, > > > Subhashish > > > > > > Subhashish Panigrahi > > > Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge > > > Centre for Internet and Society > > > @subhapa / https://cis-india.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Jorge Vargas > Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > +1 415.404.9536 > Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
