On the contrary, it is meant to be used tear after year :)! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Ashwin, How about when the conference get arranged next year. You cannot > still use the same list name, as that would not help in distinctiveness. May > be we should think about adding the year as well (in full eg:2011 instead of > 11). Abhi > > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Ashwin. >> >> >> I understand, let me know if you need my help. >> >> >> Salmaan >> User:Theo10011 >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Salmaan, >>> >>> Thanks for the offer! Shiju is just waiting for a reply from Casey Browne >>> before we file the bug. Since we have formally asked, it would be >>> appropriate to wait for a while for the response. >>> >>> As regards the name, there are now a large amount of activities, lists >>> etc communities, meet-ups etc coming up in India. We now need a finer level >>> of grading between Foundation, chapter and community driven ventures - hence >>> we are a little chary of appending "media" unless it is directly driven by >>> or associated with Chapter or Foundation. Secondly, events are of many >>> types, whereas we want a list specifically for the annual national >>> conference and perhaps other conferences in India, hence the need felt for >>> the word "conference". >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Ashwin Baindur >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe you need to file a bug for this Ashwin. If you want, I can >>>> file it for you and get someone to close the request. >>>> >>>> Are you sure about the title? I would suggest something like >>>> WikiIndia-events or Wikimediaindia-events list. So that it doesn't become >>>> useless after the event and can be re-used for coordinating future events. >>>> The naming convention for the list also depends on country codes and >>>> previous naming convention, Wikimediaindia-events would be a sub-list of >>>> Wikimediaindia-l. >>>> >>>> Salmaan >>>> User:Theo10011 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Ashwin Baindur < >>>> ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm user:AshLin, co-chair of the Working Group for a forthcoming >>>>> Wiki-conference in India in November 2011. I'm writing formally to you to >>>>> request for a list for that event; a request which you may have >>>>> already received informally from Shiju Alex. >>>>> >>>>> The event will definitely be taking place on 18-20 November 2011 at >>>>> Mumbai and we have already requested Jimbo's presence at the event (as an >>>>> example of the event's firming up). >>>>> >>>>> This is a joint venture between the Indian Chapter and the Indian >>>>> Wikimedia community and will henceforth be an annual feature. We were >>>>> about >>>>> to start communications of the Working Group on a Google Group but >>>>> community >>>>> members have asked if our email group can be hosted by the Foundation and >>>>> be >>>>> a mailman list. If provided, it is planned to use this list for planning >>>>> and >>>>> organising all national wikiconferences in India henceforth. >>>>> >>>>> The advantages, we feel, are that the list and its archives will be >>>>> preserved and secure while the Foundation exists, ease of use & interface >>>>> as >>>>> all of us are used to mailman lists for community communication to date >>>>> and >>>>> that the future of the group will not be dependent upon Google policies. >>>>> >>>>> We request that the list be named "WikiConference India", to >>>>> distinguish it from other types of WikiConferences such as the Wikimania >>>>> series. >>>>> >>>>> Should other countries decide to have annual national conferences, >>>>> perhaps their lists could be named "WikiConference xxxx" (where xxxx is >>>>> name >>>>> of the country) similarly. >>>>> >>>>> Looking forward to a positive and early response so that we can begin >>>>> our organising activities. >>>>> >>>>> Warm regards, >>>>> >>>>> Ashwin Baindur >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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