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 <[email protected]>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 < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Congratulations Subha! >> >> >> -RadhaKrishna >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham <[email protected]> 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 <http://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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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