Replied. On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:36 PM <pavan...@vishvakannada.com> wrote:
> Please read my comments here - > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Unprofessional_planning > > > > Regards, > > Pavanaja > > > > *From:* Wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> *On > Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 28, 2018 3:46 PM > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for > Applications > > > > Dear all, > > > > Following the comments, some new changes have been proposed for discussion > on the event page. > > Please participate in the discussion at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Resturcturing_the_program > . > > > > Thanks, > > Krishna > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Shyamal, > > > > Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating > that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from > my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied > to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from > the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent. > > > > I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it > a better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or > discussion, please comment on the event talk page. > > > > Thanks, > > Krishna > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan < > lshya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Krishna, > > > > I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run > into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an > event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would > seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google > Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself. > Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to > choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which > would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively > within librarian networks. > > > > I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea > of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been > made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more > participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to be > effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be fun, > and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly useful in > the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World and > perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource > exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias. > I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR > and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has not even been a > survey of whether the grantees have made use of those resources. > > > > best wishes > > Shyamal > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Dhaval, > > > > We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics, > librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some > discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely > before notifying the participants. > > > > Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only > to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed > on 4-6 Jan. I made the change > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29&type=revision&diff=18648338&oldid=18645643> > this morning about the same. > > > > Thanks, > > Krishna > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas <dsv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference > homepage it reads: > > > > Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any > good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected, > easy of connecting with local library/librarian community. > > > > And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed > venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even > dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there. > > > > Regards, > > Dhaval Vyas > > > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, 15:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvel...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Hi Shyamal, > > > > I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon. > > > > Thanks, > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan < > lshya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been set > up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of an > event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement > simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can > help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought > about? > > > > best wishes > > Shyamal > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM <pavan...@vishvakannada.com> wrote: > > We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018. That’s > what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have > changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday. > > > > Here is the history of that edit - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643 > > > > Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply. > They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th. > > > > Regards, > > Pavanaja > > > > *From:* Wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> *On > Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga > *Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for > Applications > > > > Sorry for the typo > > > > The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018. > > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The > applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018. > > > > If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon > as possible. > > > > Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN > > Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3 > > > > Thanks, > > Krishna > > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < > kcvel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 > India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and > library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to > limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly > accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018. > > > > In brief about the event: > > > > TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. > Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share > their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming > conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and > discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily > designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced > Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the > event may be referred from the event page. > > > > The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last > date 25 November 2018. > > The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019 > (tentative); Venue will be informed later. > > The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3]. > > > > Kindly let me know if you have further questions. > > > > Thanks > > User:KCVelaga > > > > [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN > > [2]: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines > > [3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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