Netha
Awesome to hear from you! Like the others, will wait to hear the details. Count me in for any WikiWomenCamp India! Mangalore is close enough and if anyone wants to organise anything here..I will be happy to coordinate and organise. Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM, < wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Netha Hussain) > 2. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Bishakha Datta) > 3. Re: on WCI, the report, and more (Bishakha Datta) > 4. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Anirudh Bhati) > 5. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation > (Netha Hussain) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 19:56:22 -0300 > From: Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, > Participation > Message-ID: > <CACP3XfpPwCSL0ar5vrgCf30=2lja53kmj3au00uz+ysqlim...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hola! > > Greetings from Buenos Aires! > > I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was > lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here > from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by > Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been > fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from > different parts of the world. > > The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space > technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are > created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from > all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this > methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which > are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues, > edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about > the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the > participation of women in administration. > > I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most > participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I > also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap > session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also > explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any > women member in the chapter ever since. > > We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing > with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on > perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a > WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year. > > At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote > address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in > local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4). > At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different > parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my > knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience. > > (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain > (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp > (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda > (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012 > > Gracias! > > > Sincerely > > Netha Hussain > > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com > swethaambari.wordpress.com* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20120526/8b73e126/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 10:39:58 +0530 > From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos > Aires, Participation > Message-ID: > <CAFYF+Go=0ct0k_eejszhrwt+z0nnd1gwxyoy7owmpvguyik...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hola! > > > > Greetings from Buenos Aires! > > > > I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was > > lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held > here > > from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by > > Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been > > fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from > > different parts of the world. > > > > Am so glad you could be there - after seeing the photos, I'm even more > regretful I couldn't attend! > > I would very much like to hear in greater detail the ideas that came up at > the camp. > > Do get in touch when you're back - let's see how we can seriously take this > forward in India. > > Cheers > Bishakha > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20120527/470c478e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 10:49:26 +0530 > From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] on WCI, the report, and more > Message-ID: > <cafyf+gqym7-xqwpjc99bc30nqp+dwgvfcqp5g2quk+3sqs1...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bishakha > > > > I am not sure if you are intentionally leaving out Pranav or if that was > > an oversight. > > > > Not sure what you mean - could you clarify? > > > > > > I don't know how you can think reporting itself was the problem, I'm > > really confused how you formed that impression. We can of course, start > > lying, avoid any cautionary tales and keep repeating "all is great", or > you > > can actually confront the situation. > > > > Hey, I'm never in favour of whitewashing, ignoring or turning a blind eye > to shortcomings - but it is important to be constructive in giving feedback > and to take personal responsibility as well. I'm totally in favour of all > that, as is evident from my questions. Certainly not advocating 'no > reporting'; I'm in favour of strengthening the reporting. > > If, as Srikanth suggests, others who worked on WCI 2011 write in with their > comments and suggestions, this would help greatly in analysing what worked, > what didn't, and what we can carry with us to the next conf. > > Cheers > Bishakha > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20120527/30b16f34/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 12:37:14 +0530 > From: Anirudh Bhati <anirudh...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos > Aires, Participation > Message-ID: > <CAFzy5QHNoq=cVq_QE0Fr=ibu52ozkjefoi9y4-2jq1_m4wg...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > thank you for the report, netha! hopefully, we'll see more women > participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown > soon! ;-) > > best, > anirudh > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hola! > > > > Greetings from Buenos Aires! > > > > I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was > > lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held > here > > from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by > > Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been > > fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from > > different parts of the world. > > > > The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space > > technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are > > created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions > from > > all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this > > methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues > which > > are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues, > > edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned > about > > the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the > > participation of women in administration. > > > > I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most > > participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian > languages. I > > also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the > gendergap > > session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also > > explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had > any > > women member in the chapter ever since. > > > > We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing > > with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on > > perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about > conducting a > > WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year. > > > > At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote > > address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published > in > > local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on > commons(4). > > At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different > > parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my > > knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience. > > > > (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain > > (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp > > (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda > > (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012 > > > > Gracias! > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > Netha Hussain > > > > > > > > -- > > Netha Hussain > > Student of Medicine and Surgery > > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > > Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com > > swethaambari.wordpress.com* > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20120527/c5fd2f9a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 09:04:23 -0300 > From: Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos > Aires, Participation > Message-ID: > <CACP3XfrtApjo12MXLYMXeVD2mt=4pyxoesdefopivvwoso1...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you, Bishakha and Anirudh. > > We missed the presence of a Board of Trustee member here. I shall be very > happy to share my experiences with you in detail. The other participants > and chapters have also extended their help in launching gender sensitive > projects in India. I will be writing my experiences in detail on my > personal blogs also. > > We have already got an offer from a Public library in Kerala to conduct an > outreach program. Will try to get more women into it! > > > Netha > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > thank you for the report, netha! hopefully, we'll see more women > > participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown > > soon! ;-) > > > > best, > > anirudh > > > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Hola! > >> > >> Greetings from Buenos Aires! > >> > >> I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I > was > >> lucky to represent India in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held > here > >> from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by > >> Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been > >> fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from > >> different parts of the world. > >> > >> The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space > >> technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas > are > >> created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions > from > >> all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this > >> methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues > which > >> are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues, > >> edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned > about > >> the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the > >> participation of women in administration. > >> > >> I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. > Most > >> participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian > languages. I > >> also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the > gendergap > >> session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also > >> explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had > any > >> women member in the chapter ever since. > >> > >> We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing > >> with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books > on > >> perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about > conducting a > >> WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year. > >> > >> At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a > keynote > >> address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published > in > >> local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on > commons(4). > >> At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different > >> parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my > >> knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience. > >> > >> (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain > >> (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp > >> (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda > >> (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012 > >> > >> Gracias! > >> > >> > >> Sincerely > >> > >> Netha Hussain > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Netha Hussain > >> Student of Medicine and Surgery > >> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > >> Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com > >> swethaambari.wordpress.com* > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. 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