Very warmly seconded!! SJ On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 9:53 PM effe iets anders <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Farhad, > > really impressive how you managed to leverage this opportunity. Thank you > for putting in all this effort, it's heart warming to see you and your > colleagues so busy. > > Lodewijk > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 1:16 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > Over the course of last 3 months we have: > > * Completed prequalifying & judging Tatar 4.0 contest in partnership with > > World Tatar Youth Forum (Youth wing of World Congress of Tatars ethnic > NGO) > > with over 100 participants & 60 school teams writing their first articles > > in ttWP.[1] > > * Publicly launched cooperation with Tatar internet development Fund > (NGO) > > during 7th Tatar Literary Marathon closing ceremony.[2] > > * Presented lead regional library with Qur'ans in Spanish, French & > > Romanian on behalf of WUG TAT, Wikimedia RUSSIA & Wikimedia movement (on > > last Friday of Ramadan).[3] > > * Had over 200 people sign-up for Spring 2019 Selet WikiSchool.[4] > > * First CEE Spring in ttWP with over 5 active participants.[5] > > * Our long time partner Selet Youth Foundation signed a cooperation > > agreement with Wikimedia Russia & inviting Russia's and foreign > Wikimedians > > to run a Wiki-session during 2019 IT BILER FORUM of theirs.[6] Katherine > > Maher and Jimmy Wales were replaced by Nichole Saad & Amir Aharoni.[7] > > * We agreed with Kazan State Institute for Culture to start > Wiki-education > > cooperation around promoting regional cultural heritage on WData, > Commons, > > Wpedias, etc.[8] > > * Kazan Federal University's Institute of International Relations > > initiated an MOU with Wikimedia Russia to do similar things around > > activities of Regional Economic Geography & Eurasian Studies (as part of > > mandatory practical internships program for students), also expressing > > potential interest to host a public multilingual WikiClub on their > premises > > downtown Kazan.[9] > > * Restarted work with Regional Tourism Authority to move their > > www.visit-tatarstan.com to CC-BY > > * Recent meeting in Tatarstan Presidential Administration resulted in > > Regional Department of Education making a request to be provided with a > > standardized step-by-step guide for elementary and secondary school > > teachers to use Wiki in all subjects taught in various languages (mainly > > Tatar, Russian and English, some other foreign languages as well).[10] I > > was requested to provide first feedback in about a week, so meanwhile > > decided to inquire about possibility of reactivating Russian Vikidia & > > opening one in Tatar.[11] (CC-BY-SA Wiki for 8-13 year olds) > > * Various other leads with Education and Publishing partners. > > > > Next update will be around Wikimania, so I might change the topic as we > > will pass the baton to the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year then :) > > regards, > > farhad > > > > > > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TATAR_4.0_contest > > [2] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:7th_Tatar_Literary_Marathon > > [3] > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019_Library_in_the_Park_in_Kazan > > [4] Spring 2019 Selet WikiSchool Wiki-page - https://w.wiki/3ZS (in > > Tatar, links to 4 Wiki-trips, 5 Master-classes & 3 practical editing > > sessions over YouTube, some registrations) > > [5] CEE Spring 2019 in ttWP - https://w.wiki/6AN (in Tatar) > > [6] > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki-program_of_IT_BILER_FORUM > > [7] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005119.html > > (in English) > > [8] Roadmap for raising awareness on regional Cultural Heritage - > > https://w.wiki/6AC (in Russian) - to be followed in partnership with > > Kazan State Instute of Culture > > [9] On cooperation with Kazan Federal University Institute of > > International Relations Chair of Regional Economy and Eurasian Studies > (in > > Russian) > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005118.html > > [10] July & preceding progress report on Wiki-Tatarstan (in Russian) > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005124.html > > [11] Inquiring on reactivating Russian & starting Tatar Vikidia > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005129.html > > (in English) > > > > -- > > Farhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan / Wikidata:Q34036417 > > > > > > 22.04.2019, 19:22, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin" < > [email protected] > > >: > > > 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> > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ 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>
