Congratulations Subhashish, :) We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you would be a pleasure!
And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a wonderful cook :) ...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli' Nitika On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote: > Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community. Thanks to > WMF & Team. > > The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your support. > Thanks for being my Roommate. > > Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the > same place, hope we never stop :) > > Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :) > > Regards > Ansuman > ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally > <radhakrishna.arvapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations Subha! > > > -RadhaKrishna > > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham <his...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled > as part of the India Programs team. > (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.html.) > > > I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has > agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support. > > Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all > of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology > from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about 1 > 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore. He's > been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia 10th > event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha then > spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room > apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire! > He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a > central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has > conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as > in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a > couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He > is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed > into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging > forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills & > knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever > met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream. > > His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and > handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that last > bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and get > him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with > campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha > and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com. > > Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position > (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_Structure) > was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting, > basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense > statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been > looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full > time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but > there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's > value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team > Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I > envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work > listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting > community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and > supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for > this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings > to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise > his potential and to support the community and movement. > > Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and > as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized > during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to > continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was > a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining > the team. > > He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012. > > Do join me in welcoming him. > > Warmest Regards, > > hisham > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > -- > Thanks & Regards, > A.Radha Krishna > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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