Ravi, Thanks a lot for your amazing contribution to the Wikimedia movement in India.
I would also like to thank you on behalf of the Punjabi Wikimedia Community. Regards Satdeep Gill > On 07-Feb-2016, 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. Signing off as WMIN Program Director (Ravishankar Ayyakkannu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 12:39:08 +0530 > From: Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <ravidre...@wikimedia.in> > To: Wikimedia India Community list > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Wikimedia Members List <wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Signing off as WMIN Program Director > Message-ID: > <CANY2_jCzobu0V45ATKzM24ZVtbTnyxGwd-Wwwb6+GDfmyCK-=g...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > Effective 01 February 2016, I have changed the nature of my engagement with > Wikimedia India (WMIN) from staff to volunteer. > > I joined WMIN when the overall scene in the Indian Wikimedia movement was > tumultuous. It wasn’t easy getting things back on track. In the last 16 > months, I hope I have succeeded in restoring the trust of all stakeholders > including WMF, CIS-A2K, and the community. It was an honour to represent > the movement in India, and I thank all who have helped me shoulder this > responsibility. I know that I have played my part in empowering at least > one Wikimedian to contribute more actively and nurturing at least one > Wikimedia community. And that gives me immense satisfaction as I sign off > as WMIN’s Program Director. > > At the moment, WMIN cannot hire or retain any staff until it gets FCRA > permanent registration and succeeds in securing next grant. I hope to > continue serving WMIN as a volunteer to the best of my abilities while it > undergoes this transition. I will also be contributing to various > Wikimedia projects and events as usual in my capacity as a volunteer. > > I wish WMIN all the best and look forward to it playing a bigger role in > the movement as it matures. > > Thanks, > Ravi > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20160207/d92de5cc/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 1058, Issue 1 > ************************************************* _______________________________________________ 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
