Hi Naveen,
Good idea. However, I may not be online at that time.
Will catch up during tomorrow's meetup.
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
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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, 2010),
Join on : irc://irc.freenode.org/wikimedia-in
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India#IRC
Thanks,
Naveen Francis
On 12 March 2010 13:51, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Shahid,
>
>Please don't see the executive group as an entitlement arising purely out of
>Wiki contributions. Every Wikipedian puts in volunteer effort to the extent
>they can, and we don't do it for any special previlege or quid pro quo, do we?
>
>The members you see here are merely who were known to have expressed a
>willingness to form a chapter during several meetups during Jimmy and Sue's
>visits. Achal collected such a list from various sources, sent them a
>questionnaire to understand both their Wiki credo as well as commitment and
>other experience required to form and bootstrap such an organisation. There
>were meetings of such a group and then the founding group crystallised. Yes,
>it's not the most scientific method, but what would be an
> alternative? Is there any other basis to pick a group for this assignment? A
> wiki vote would only measure the goodwill inside the respective Wiki. But,
> doesn't the Wikimedia Chapter guideline explicitly outline the need to have
> people from outside the community, but have the commitment and shared
> beliefs, if they bring in organisational expertise? Please reflect on these
> aspects.
>
>I was part of one earlier attempt to form the India chapter and know of other
>attempts as well. None of our previous attempts succeeded and we were losing a
>lot of opportunities to spread Wiki in India. That is why, I agreed to join
>this kind of a coordinated effort to bootstrap the chapter. This is definitely
>not the end of the road for the chapter, just the beginning. The views of
>every committed Wikipedian will be accommodated and they'll have a fair chance
>to participate in the activities of the chapter. In fact, there are ideas to
>create city-wise and wiki-wise
> special interest groups.
>
>And, please have a look at the list of people mentioned and say whether we are
>a bunch of politicians who can't be trusted. We are a committed set of people,
>who met every month on a weekend, did conference calls almost every week, and
>brought out this draft meeting Wikimedia Chapters' Committe recommendations
>and the Indian Law, not an easy task.
>
>The choice of Bangalore was for two reasons: 1) this is one city which has
>people from many Indian language Wikipedias and 2) Centre for Internet and
>Society who's hosting this organisation in the bootstrapping phase is located
>here. Other than that, this is not Bangalore-centric or English Wiki-centric.
>There's enough diversity in the group if you care to observe.
>
>I hope you'll understand the points.
>
>
>Regards,
>Sundar
>
> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
> the expression of thought, is a truth
> generally admitted."
>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
>
>
>
>
>>
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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 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?
>This is what I'm wondering about too! I think this process should be more
>inclusive and transparent!
>
>Who decided the list of founding members (Signatories) mentioned on this page
>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA#WIKIMEDIA_INDIA? And how
>was this list decided? How come Gautam K John (who is self-admittedly not
>involved with Wikipedia) was invited to be a founding member, but someone like
>User:Bhadani was not?
>
>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 contributors from Indic
> wikipedias are not even a part of this?
>
>I'm all for a Wikimedia India chapter, but it should be a group of
>all the people who are actually part of the Wikipedia community! It should not
>be a bunch of politicians that want to be face of Wikipedia to the Indian
>media without having made any substantial contributions to Wikipedia.
>
>Wikimedia India will receive thousands of rupees in donations. We need trusted
>people who are representative of the pan-India Wikipedia community to handle
>it.
>
>If this is a group of people who are meeting in Bangalore for wining and
>dining, this should be named "Wikimedia Bangalore" chapter, not "Wikipedia
>INDIA" chapter!
>
>Best regards
>Shahid
>
>
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