Farhad I assume that under this arrangement, the editorial independence of the contributors and content will remain inviolable?
JPS On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:22 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin < [email protected]> wrote: > Regional department of education (elementary & secondary education) & > Kazan Federal University today received instructions signed by the > President of Tatarstan on integrating Wikimedia Education Program > opportunities into the curricula of educational establishments of the > Republic. I was asked for some guidance on the topic before tonight, so > prepared what I could in Russian > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-April/005086.html > We are in the country with a centralized education system culture, so > project owner will be the ministry, with Wikimedians serving as > stakeholders, consultants & guides. > > On March 1st we fielded 2 speakers for EDU RUSSIA 2019 conference > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/February_2019/Contents/Russia_report#Wikimedia_movement,_Wikimedia_RU_&_WUG_TAT_activities_presented_at_%C2%ABEDU_RUSSIA_2019%C2%BB_Forum > > > On April 11-12 our Bashkir colleagues (WUG BAK) were invited to speak @ > their regional teachers' conference (photoes & report in Russian - > https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/?curid=221169 ) & their regional deputy > minister recalled our speakers in Kazan > > > Right now our judges are checking some 200 pre-qualified ttWP articles > created by 67 previously untrained school teams in the framework of Tatar > 4.0 contest. Prizes provided by local partner, introduction to the contest > video, Messenger support, participant & article tagging, prequalification & > assessing on volunteering time. 10 best teams to be publicly awarded at > Ğabdulla Tuqay memorial event downtown Kazan on April 26. > Contest in Tatar - https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Проект:Татар_4.0 > Lessons learnt in Russian - > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион/Многоязычие/Татарский/Татар_4.0 > > This all follows our February presentation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/February_2019/Contents/Russia_report#Tatarstan_pilot_of_%C2%ABSmart_Region%C2%BB_initiative_presented_to_the_Russian_Federation_Deputy_Prime-Minister > > regards, > farhad > > -- > Farhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan / Wikidata:Q34036417 > > > 08.02.2019, 22:23, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" <[email protected] > >: > > Some news: > > > > I managed to get vocal approval of the proposal to transfer > Wiki-competencies to Tatarstan public by Federal Deputy Prime-Minister > Maxim Akimov and had Regional President Rustam Minnikhanov express his > invitation to the subject-minister (Vice Prime-Minister of Tatarstan - > InfoComm minister Roman Shaykhutdinov) to prepare necessary proposals for > organizing the process in a successful scalable way. I will have to do more > thinking and writing now so as to try have this implemented first in my > Republic, then across Russia. > > > > I was given less than a minute during pre-Conference tour of the project > stands prepared by corporations and state enterprises (without slides or > any visual support), so I had to skim to the very facts and the value > proposition that would get their attention. > > > > On a more tangible side, https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Selet_WikiSchool > that I started back in 2016, will get support from the regional budget & > thus expand. Currently this is on the shoulders of a team consisting of > high-school senior, a University freshman and a sophomore/junior from one > rural school. > > > > regards, > > farhad > > > > -- > > Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > > > > 17.01.2019, 18:35, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" < > [email protected]>: > >> Dear colleagues, > >> > >> You can track my preparation in English @ > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион/05.02.2019/en (date move to > accommodate VIP participants' schedules). > >> > >> I had to skim my original 18 minute text to under 7. > >> > >> I intend to touch on most of what had to go via the Slides which will > accompany my talk. > >> > >> Tatar components will be prepared last, as Russian and English are > best tools for getting feedback from across the Wiki-world. > >> > >> regards, > >> farhad > >> > >> -- > >> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > >> > >> 14.01.2019, 19:10, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" < > [email protected]>: > >>> Dear colleagues, > >>> > >>> This is a heads-up on the fact that on Jan.29 I will be speaking in > Tatar (with simultaneous interpretation of my words into Russian) at the > Republic of Tatarstan Ministry for ICT closing conference for 2018 in front > of the President of the Republic, Russia's Federal minister for ICT, > members of Tatarstan government, industry & the press, possibly some > participants from nearby regional ministries. > >>> > >>> I will have some 7-10 min to present on > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Smart_region , rough English translation > for the base page completed today. > >>> > >>> It will be a basic intro level talk accompanied by slides about > some things that can be appropriately mentioned without overburdening the > public hearing about Wiki-community activities for the first time in their > lives. I will email you draft text around the end of the week (once I am > comfortable with it), with some ideas on the slides I will play along my > speech and a list of recommended follow-on measures. > >>> > >>> Expected outcome: Presidential instruction to the Tatarstan > government to for a cross-departmental working group to study what ICT > ministry led Wikimedia working group (since August 2018) has came up with & > look into possible way of integrating this into Tatarstan social life (I > was offered to formulate it myself today). > >>> > >>> Other related Wikimedia Russia news: > >>> > >>> * On or around Feb.8, we are to have first follow-on introduction of > Wikipedia Education Program to wider professors & students' body of Kazan > Federal University Institute for International Relations, with director of > which we had a productive meeting on Dec.21, following the events described > in > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/December_2018/Contents/Russia_report > >>> > >>> * On Feb.28-March 1 we are invited to field speakers for > http://eduforumkazan.ru/ (attended by Russia's Federal Minister for > Education and her team) > >>> > >>> regards, > >>> farhad > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > >>> > >>> 05.11.2018, 17:22, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" < > [email protected]>: > >>>> Dear colleagues, > >>>> > >>>> Below is my October activities report & description of upcoming > events > >>>> > >>>> 1) On Oct.13-14 at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2018 we presented > some of the things we are doing in Russia (FYI: without any WMF grants). > See details at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/October_2018/Contents/Russia_report > >>>> > >>>> 2) On Oct.20 I had a two hour long meeting with the Deputy head of > Tatarstan Presidential Adiministration responsible for internal policy > http://president.tatarstan.ru/eng/apparat/structure?person_id=19792&department_id=49064 > who officially invited me to engage Wikimedia Russia and other Wikimedia > movement volunteers to develop "Smart wiki-region" roadmap for regional > authorities throughout the Russian Federation to start learning about the > Wikimedia movement and understanding how partnering therewith could be of > mutual interests. This was a follow up of the Oct.1 meeting with Mintimer > Shaimiev > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-October/091151.html, > but mainly around my last year's musings I finally finished translating > into English today @ > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frhdkazan/Wiki4RegionalDevt > >>>> > >>>> 3) On Oct.23 We have started growing the project on WMRU-wiki at > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион (currently in Russian only), > using also eponymous thread at [wikimedia-ru] mailing list (last message > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2018-November/004914.html > ). > >>>> > >>>> 4) In mid-November we are expecting to have a presentation of the > project and our domestic experience > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Selet_WikiSchool at the large meeting > called on by the ex-President of Tatarstan, State Councillor to the > Republic, UNESCO Special envoy for Intercultural Dialogue Mintimer Shaimiev > http://shaimiev.tatarstan.ru/eng - with invitation of > >>>> * First Deputy Head of the Tatarstan Presidential Administration ( > http://president.tatarstan.ru/eng/apparat/structure?person_id=32&department_id=84096 > ), > >>>> * a large body of regional ministers > >>>> ** Tatar community affairs > http://prav.tatarstan.ru/eng/pravit/3.htm > >>>> ** Education and science > http://mon.tatarstan.ru/eng/rukov/minister.htm > >>>> ** ICT http://mic.tatarstan.ru/eng/minister.htm > >>>> ** Culture http://mincult.tatarstan.ru/eng/rukov/minister.htm > >>>> ** Youth affairs > http://prav.tatarstan.ru/rus/pravit/ministr-min-molodezhi > >>>> * head of regional media holding > http://tatmedia.tatarstan.ru/eng/director.htm > >>>> * head of the Institute of Tatar encyclopedia > http://antat.ru/ru/ite/staff/5679/ > >>>> * head of the House of Friendship of Nations of Tatarstan > http://addnt.ru/house/management/director/ > >>>> > >>>> 5) Tomorrow morning I will be meeting with the Vice-Primier - > Minister for the ICT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Shaykhutdinov > for preliminary discussions, then my high-school senior Timerkhan > https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кулланучы:Тимерхан will assist him the next > day at the preparatory meeting with > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev. > >>>> > >>>> 6) I didn't yet have time to think in detail about the potential > schedule or invited participants of the first public Wiki-seminar in > Tatarstan, meant to expose locals to the Wikimedia movement and its best > practices even if only via the video-conference (which I mentioned in the > previous update), because I am doing this in between of my rather demanding > work and some limited family life. The topic will most likely surface among > other things tomorrow. > >>>> > >>>> regards, > >>>> farhad > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ > >>>> Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > >>>> > >>>> 04.10.2018, 08:32, "Pine W" <[email protected]>: > >>>>> Hi Farhad, > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm very impressed with your successes so far. > >>>>> > >>>>> My main concern is how much of this you seem to be doing by > yourself. I > >>>>> hope that you have a group of people who are collaborating with > you so that > >>>>> you don't feel responsible for doing everything personally, and > that you > >>>>> aren't putting yourself into personal financial difficulty due > to the > >>>>> amount of time that you're spending on Wikimedia activities. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regarding which people would be good to invite to a conference, > I think > >>>>> that GLAM and educational organizations would be natural > partners so I > >>>>> suggest starting with them. > >>>>> > >>>>> WMF might be willing to provide you with some advice and/or > funding for > >>>>> GLAM or education related work if you request it, although the > wait times > >>>>> for WMF "Rapid Grants" funding seem to have become lengthy, so I > suggest > >>>>> that if you want funding from that program that you should > request it at > >>>>> least two full months in advance and not rely on receiving it in > time for > >>>>> any particular deadline. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm glad to hear that you're participating in Wikimedia CEE and > I hope that > >>>>> the affiliates in that group can provide you with good advice. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best wishes, > >>>>> > >>>>> Pine > >>>>> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >>>>> 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 and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
