[Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendations: Round 2, 2017-18

decision on this and all recommendations by June 30, 2018. On behalf of the FDC, Bishakha Datta FDC Chair [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2017-2018_Round_2 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process

[Wikimedia Announcements] Community review on FDC-Annual Plan Grant Proposals - round 2 2017-2018

proposal, and help keep our grantmaking transparent and collaborative. The FDC highly values feedback and insights from the Wikimedia community in making its funding recommendations. Thank you for the time you’ll take to review these proposals, Best, Bishakha Datta Chair, Funds Dissemination

[Wikimedia-l] Community review on FDC-Annual Plan Grant Proposals - round 2 2017-2018

proposal, and help keep our grantmaking transparent and collaborative. The FDC highly values feedback and insights from the Wikimedia community in making its funding recommendations. Thank you for the time you’ll take to review these proposals, Best, Bishakha Datta Chair, Funds Dissemination

[Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations, Round 1 2017-18

. The Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as needed. On behalf of the FDC, Bishakha Datta FDC Chair [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2017-2018_Round_1 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Raju Narisetti to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Excellent news! Bishakha On 17 Oct 2017 00:11, "Anna Stillwell" wrote: > Welcome, Raju. > /a > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Christophe Henner > > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Making Wikipedia even better

Congratulations on this bold move. Deeply interested since we work with many women with disabilities who are bloggers (day job). Will send you links off-list. Good luck! Bishakha On 2 Aug 2017 13:53, "Mardetanha" wrote: > we (Iranian wikimedian User Group) soon are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Hindi Wikimedians User Group

This is great! Congratulations, Bishakha On 11 Jul 2017 15:00, "Tito Dutta" wrote: > Great news. All the best . > On Jul 11, 2017 2:58 PM, "Ashwin Baindur" > wrote: > >> Awesome news, congrats Hindi Wikipedians :) >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board Recruitment Kick-Off: Changes to the Timeline

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Christophe Henner wrote: > > > 2. Time comitment. So on that, we are actively working on trying to reduce > the mandatory time board members have to allocate to WMF. Goal is between > this year and next year to lower it down to what we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

As one of the former board liaisons to the FDC, this is one of the threads I regularly follow on wikimedia-l. Am so happy to see the FDC going from strength to strength. It remains a radical exercise in volunteer-led funding allocation, a model that is unusual to begin with, and that I've rarely

[Gendergap] Wikimania 2016: your inputs for gender gap program

Dear all, The organizers of Wikimania 2016 Esino Lario have asked a number of thematic liaisons to contribute to the evolution of the program. I am the thematic liaison for the Gender Gap program. The role of the thematic liaisons is spelt out in more detail here:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

That we had the highest-ever votes in a Wikimedia Foundation board election - and participation from many more wikis. Cheers Bishakha On 5 Jun 2015 13:01, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, Jura1 created a list using the latest software by Magnus of people who died in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: WMF to file suit against the NSA

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm generally supportive of this legal action, but I am troubled by this statement: I trust our legal team to make decisions about what legal actions to participate in. ...WMF needs an activist board. All of the guidance

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: WMF to file suit against the NSA

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Let's hope so. A key point is that the extraordinary overreach of this surveillance affects everyone. I am absolutely delighted that the Wikimedia Foundation has taken this courageous step - precisely because

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

Dear Anasuya, Loved working together - it was a real pleasure. Apart from everything you did to drive grantmaking, a big thumbs up to you for dreaming up and organizing the community consultation in India last October. Hope you're back on your feet soon! Bishakha On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:23

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola

The same article was just forwarded to me by a US-based academic who's been very sceptical of Wikipedia. Felt a tinge of pride. Sent her back the Open Medicine peer-reviewed Wikipedia article on dengue fever, posted to this list earlier. Congratulations, Bishakha On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:50

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Live Interview @WeAreWikipedia

Ravishankar's interview with @wearewikipedia is now up on Storify: https://storify.com/busydot/ravidreams?utm_source=t.coutm_campaign=awesm=sfy.co_skVNutm_content=storify-pingbackutm_medium=sfy.co-twitter Best Bishakha On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote

[Gendergap] Twitter interview with Sue Gardner on editing articles on gender

Dear all, I'm curating @wearewikipedia this week - and interviewing Sue at 1600 UTC on the on her experiences as a wikipedia editor working on gender-related articles. Of course, twitter is not the ideal platform for a deep chat on this issue, but would be very happy if any of you would like to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Live Interview @WeAreWikipedia

Will create a storify and post later, Bishakha On 25 Sep 2014 01:21, Abhishek Suryawanshi i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com wrote: Nice session - https://twitter.com/WeAreWikipedia/with_replies :) Could you please share brief summary ? and is there google calendar for upcoming online/offline

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update

at which activities we need to perform as a board. We want to thank Ana for her contributions. The insights gained from her position as Chair of Greenpeace International were especially useful to us as a board. We are sad to see her go, but we hope to keep her in “our space”. Bishakha Datta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update

her position as Chair of Greenpeace International were especially useful to us as a board. We are sad to see her go, but we hope to keep her in “our space”. Bishakha Datta joined our board in March 2010 and has indicated to us that she is not available for re-appointment after her term runs out

[Wikimedia-l] Ask The Board: Questions for today's session at Wikimania

Dear all, Following up on Jan-Bart's earlier email about this, our Board QA will take place at 3 pm today at Wikimania. Please do post your questions online at: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Questions_for_the_Q%26A_with_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees

[Wikimania-l] Ask The Board: QA at 3 pm today at Barbican Hall

Dear all, Please do post your questions online at: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Questions_for_the_Q%26A_with_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Questions_for_the_QA_with_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees We will also take questions

Re: [Wikimania-l] Anyone up for a Korean restaurant tonight?

There's a bibimbap stall on Whitecross Road, a five min walk from the Thistle Barbican hotel, but don't know how good it is... Cheers Bishakha On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:28 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel it...@wikimedia.org.il wrote: Tomorrow I hopes to start this thread again. It was a while

[Wikimedia-l] FDC nominations - shortlist announced

Dear all, Many thanks to all those who nominated themselves for the four vacancies on the FDC; we have an excellent slate of candidates. The shortlist of candidates has been posted on meta:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia, Bhanwari Devi and the need for an alert feminist public

, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, A complaint about this page first surfaced on the feministsindia list on Saturday; Rohini and I are both members of this list. I've been cleaning the article in bits and pieces this week, but there's still much

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia, Bhanwari Devi and the need for an alert feminist public

Dear all, A complaint about this page first surfaced on the feministsindia list on Saturday; Rohini and I are both members of this list. I've been cleaning the article in bits and pieces this week, but there's still much work ahead. Do see the article on it that was posted on Kafila.org just

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia, Bhanwari Devi and the need for an alert feminist public

. All questions welcome. Best Bishakha On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, A complaint about this page first surfaced on the feministsindia list on Saturday; Rohini and I are both members of this list. I've been cleaning the article

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms

Dear all, I've informally had discussions with some of you about how to tackle this in the Indian context, so cross-posting this. Best Bishakha -- Forwarded message -- From: William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:05 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

Wow, two years from start to finish! Congratulations from across the border, Bishakha On Jun 10, 2014 11:31 PM, Patricio Lorente patricio.lore...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, Tonmoy! 2014-06-10 14:46 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org: Fantastic news! I know how frustrating

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:05 AM, William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody. Longtime lurker, first time writing to the list—the first in a few years at least. You may have seen some news coverage today about an initiative from a group of public relations, marketing, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Thank you Sue Gardner

Just adding my personal thanks, Sue. You've taken the Foundation from infancy to maturity - one of the hardest spins in the life cycle of an organization and one of the most enduring legacies any leader can leave behind. You've literally laid the foundation for the Foundation. :) It's been an

[Wikimedia-l] Free online course on open knowledge

I signed up out of interest, so sharing. It's free and begins 3 Sept. http://online.stanford.edu/course/openknowledge-changing-global-course-learning?utm_source=email%20broadcastutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=may%20mailer%202014 Best Bishakha ___

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1

Hope we can send some experiences from India. Lila's the incoming executive director at WMF, in case some have missed that announcement. Best Bishakha -- Forwarded message -- From: Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org Date: May 29, 2014 1:55 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1

Love it. Look forward to reading the paragraphs (without identifying info) when the experiment is completed, or at some suitable point in the process. :) Best Bishakha On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter osama...@hotmail.com wrote: Ok! I have a training session with Tec de

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED

Cross-posting; important information. Best Bishakha -- Forwarded message -- From: Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org Date: May 1, 2014 11:47 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED To:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Vikaspedia: reaching the unreached in India

Anyone seen or know of this? Found it by accident from this article: http://discover.isif.asia/2014/02/will-india-succeed-where-wikipedia-has-failed/ Wondering what it means for these language wikipedias - is there an opportunity for collaboration? Best Bishakha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Women Scientists edit-a-thon: March 15-16

These stats are most heartening. Congratulations! Bishakha On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, The edit counter tool for Women's History Month has been updated with the list of participants and number of edits. Please have a look here:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] The Egg

Most interesting image - never seen this before. Congratulations, Biswarup. Bishakha On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Biswarup Ganguly gangulybiswa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Vishnu, Well, the white eggshell has been removed by dipping a normal chicken egg into vinegar for 48 hrs, then very

Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] The Egg

Most interesting image - never seen this before. Congratulations, Biswarup. Bishakha On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Biswarup Ganguly gangulybiswa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Vishnu, Well, the white eggshell has been removed by dipping a normal chicken egg into vinegar for 48 hrs, then very

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] [press] Erik Zachte in Wired

About time. The more recent Monthly Report Cards (http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/) which organizes stats by region are extremely useful and I often use your animated history of wikipedia to start presentations because it's so beautiful. Bravo! Bishakha On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Sue

[Wikimedia-l] Board approval of FDC's 2013-14 Round 1 recommendations

, and the members of the community who participated in the community review period. Again, we thank you all for your dedication and commitment to this funding process. Best, Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta, Board Representatives to the FDC [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board approval of FDC's 2013-14 Round 1 recommendations

themselves, the Funds Dissemination Committee members and staff, the ombudsperson, and the members of the community who participated in the community review period. Again, we thank you all for your dedication and commitment to this funding process. Best, Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta, Board

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

How cool, Rohini! Good luck... Bishakha On Dec 5, 2013 3:07 PM, sibi kanagaraj civil.si...@gmail.com wrote: any possibility to contribute to it remotely ? i.e , say i am in Chennai and i want to contribute , what can i do ? On Dec 4, 2013 2:00 PM, Rohini Lakshané roh...@wikimedia.in wrote:

[Wikimedia-l] Standing Election Committee proposal

Dear all, In the post-mortem of the 2013 community elections to the Board of Trustees, the Funds Dissemination Committee, and the FDC Ombudsperson, there was some discussion about the need for a Standing Election Committee to organize and manage these elections in future. [1] Building on this, a

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Listening to the dogs of data: Wikipedia and the gender gap

Cross-posting here, since it features some data, examples and videos from India. Best Bishakha -- Forwarded message -- From: Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM Subject: Listening to the dogs of data: Wikipedia and the gender gap

[Gendergap] Listening to the dogs of data: Wikipedia and the gender gap

Dear all, In June this year, I attended the Info-Activism Camphttps://camp2013.tacticaltech.org/run by Tactical Technology, on the theme of Evidence and Influence. Following this, I was asked to contribute a piece on wikipedia's gender gap, which has just been published:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update: Wiki Loves Monuments India 2013

Always impressed by the monumental effort behind this - and the huge number of participants and photos it generates. Congratulations to everyone who is involved! Bishakha On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.inwrote: Did I forgot to attach the link where all

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Few concerns

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com wrote: * Wikiculture - Deal with issues not the persons raising them - what matters more than who. I want to strongly endorse this in my personal capacity and urge that when questions are raised on this public list, they be

Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] Visiting Kolkata

? Regards Jayanta On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: Coincidentally, also in Kolkata 24, 25 Sept on my own work. Do let me know too if any evening meetups are planned. Cheers Bishakha On Sep 22, 2013 4:38 PM, Vishnu T visdav...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the Board post-Wikimania

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Hey all, During Wikimania's QA panel, the Board lamented that, as always, they did not have enough time to answer all the questions from the audience and posted beforehand on-wiki. They did say they were accessible

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Board(EC) Elections-2013 - Results

Congratulations, Moksh and Jayanta. Nice to see chapter board members from different parts of the country. Best Bishakha On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Omshivaprakash | Wikimedia omshivaprak...@wikimedia.in wrote: Congratulations Moksh Jayanta. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Ashwin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [WMIN-Members] NCERT portal goes CC-BY-SA

Great going, Pranav and co. Congratulations to all who made this happen in ways big and small. Cheers Bishakha On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM, satyaakam goswami satyaa...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Vishnu t visdav...@gmail.com wrote: This is excellent!! Many

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members

-- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:26 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi

[Wikimediaindia-l] Konkani: The Script Controversy

I remember Hari Prasad Nadig presenting on this at Wikimania Haifa in 2011, and found it fascinating. http://www.epw.in/web-exclusives/konkani-script-controversy.html Best Bishakha ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] WMF 2013 elections post-mortem

Dear all, Risker has prepared a detailed report of the 2013 elections outlining several of the challenges that the Elections Committee faced this year. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Post_mortem/Report_from_Risker#Discussion_6 My report as board liaison is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Hi Phoebe, thanks for pointing to this! I see that this year we only have one hour of board QA. I have always seen a lot of value in these board discussions, especially when it can come to actually that:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] [press release] Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

-- Forwarded message -- From: Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:45 AM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] [press release] Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero To:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

Dear all, As board liaison to the Election Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to heartily congratulate the successful candidates for the Board of Trustees, the Funds Dissemination Committee, and for the FDC Ombudsperson elections. I would also like to thank all those who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] On now: European Dialog on Internet Governance

Here's a call from ISOC for applying for funding to attend the Internet Governance Forum to be held 22-25 October in Bali: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme Deadline: 24 June. 2013 calendar of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in jail!

Fantastic - and fascinating. Would love to see a blog post by someone from the chapter or by one of them. Bravo for reaching out to forgotten people. Bishakha On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Charles - How beautiful. Thank you for doing and sharing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish!

Dear Milos, No! But understand. Also now understand why you withdrew your Board candidacy. Thank you for writing so honestly. It touched a chord in me (having gone through similar cycles in other worlds). One of my earliest memories of the wikimedia movement is having a smoky chat with you in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Fundraising 2013] Wikimedia France stepping back from payment processing

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I'm hoping that the WMF can set a lead by publishing a calculation of admin ratio for themselves. ;-) PS staff salaries are not all automatically 'admin', I hope we can agree that some program activities are entirely justifiably

Re: [Wikimedia-l] movement partners

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:33 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here is a question that came up during today's US GLAM consortium meeting: what's the current status of the 'movement partners' affiliation?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Grant and FDC

Delighted to hear, and look forward to the next round of activities! Cheers, Bishakha On Mar 16, 2013 8:18 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: That's great news, Congratulations WMIN! On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Pranav Curumsey pra...@wikimedia.inwrote: Hiya, This is to inform

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair

Nice! Congratulations, Rohini, and look forward to more wiki women workshops and other related stuff. Best Bishakha On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote: Congrats Rohini!! All the best wishes to you!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: 3) I am still curious about some of the relationships here. As far as I know achal still serves on your board? because I have a distinct memory of there being some association here. He also still serves on the Advisory board

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: Re: [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13

A big +100 to Ravishankar's message. Welcome aboard, Vishnu and Dr Niranjana. And to all on this list: can we please give the new A2K team the space, the good faith, and the openness so they can start to do what they need to do without feeling like people are nipping at their heels? Can we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: Re: [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: There are 2 separate issues here . Please address them seperately 1. Blaming community for the organizational management failures of WMF India program (read Ravi once gain : Indian Wikimedia office was burnt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: Re: [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13

wrote: Hi Bishakha, I am amazed to see how beautifully something is ignored to be answered. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: There are 2 separate issues here

Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fw: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

; wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org; * Subject: * [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee * Sent: * Fri, Dec 28, 2012 3:39:27 PM I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee on the WMF Board for another two-year term. The Board resolution

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fw: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

; wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org; * Subject: * [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee * Sent: * Fri, Dec 28, 2012 3:39:27 PM I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee on the WMF Board for another two-year term. The Board resolution

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

wrote I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee on the WMF Board for another two-year term. The Board resolution may be found here: http://wikimediafoundation.**org/wiki/Resolution:Bishakha_** Datta_Reappointment_2012http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales

And relatedly: http://www.news24.com/Technology/News/SA-learners-lobby-for-free-Wikipedia-20121210 (from wikimedia-l). I think there's a misquote though about the rollout of wikipedia zero in India. Best Bishakha On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Alpha version of the VisualEditor now available on the English Wikipedia

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: The future just got a little more real. Congratulations, all - this is really huge. Just did a few quick edits to test it out. Much easier adding text in this format, and also ran into some glitches which I reported.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The story of a Maths teacher contributing to Tamil Wikipedia

It's great. Showed it to the audience during the recent wiki workshop at the US consulate in Mumbai. Bishakha On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The story of a Maths teacher contributing to Tamil Wikipedia:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2K]: Access to Knowledge Bulletin – October 2012

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:36 PM, noopur noo...@cis-india.org wrote: ** Shiju Alex http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team, Programme Manager, Access to Knowledge is leaving the organisation. November 16, 2012 will be his last working day. We wish him success in all his future

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia Women Workshop in Mumbai Report

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:21 PM, koltzenb...@w4w.net wrote: Hi Krutikaa Jawanjal, how interesting! thank you very much for your report I have three questions: * how and where was this workshop announced? Here's a link to the page where we announced it:

[Wikimedia-l] Board vote on narrowing focus

Dear all, At its in-person meeting on 26 October, the board unanimously agreed to accept the recommendation to narrow focus as presented by the Executive Director. This vote has been published at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus Best Bishakha

[Wikimedia-l] Board resolutions on bylaw amendments and appointment of Foundation staff officers

Dear all, At its in-person meeting of 26 October, the Board of Trustees also approved the two following resolutions: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amended_Bylaws This resolution approved the revised and amended Foundation bylaws. The updated Bylaws are being adopted to ensure

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board vote on narrowing focus

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Thanks Bishakha, while I can understand the move of the WMF to do what they are best at, for me it is always a bit confusing when the Board (or Sue) is talking about the Foundation, and when about the movement. I hope

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board resolutions on bylaw amendments and appointment of Foundation staff officers

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: Please note the substantive change in Article V: Officers and Duties. As per the amendments, the Secretary and Treasurer are now non

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board resolutions on bylaw amendments and appointment of Foundation staff officers

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Dear Bishakha, could you please elaborate why the board has chosen for a secretive amendment procedure here, rather than sharing the proposed amendments with the community and asking their input on it? Especially

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board resolutions on bylaw amendments and appointment of Foundation staff officers

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bishakha, In my opinion, given the generally curious nature of our movement, it might be a good idea to make more preparatory material for the board meetings available publicly in advance. Not necessarily as a way

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board vote on narrowing focus

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: It would be nice if someone could export the linked presentation from Google Docs and upload it to wikimediafoundation.org (or Wikimedia Commons) as a PDF or ODP (or both). I don't think we should rely on external resources

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Democratizing the Wikimedia Foundation

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Dear all, I have set up a brainstorming page on metawiki ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democratizing_the_Wikimedia_Foundation) where I would like to invite you to think about ways to democratize the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Minutes of 11 July Board meeting, Agenda of 26-27 Oct Board meeting

Dear all, The minutes of our board meeting of 11 July 2012 were ratified yesterday, and have been published at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2012-07-11 The agenda of our board meeting of 26-27 October 2012 (ongoing) has now been published at:

Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Meeting to plan wiki workshop for women - Sunday 16 Sept

Please sign up on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai18 and all genders welcome at this meeting - it is not only for women! Cheers Bishakha On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Sorry for the short notice

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Meeting to plan wiki workshop for women - Sunday 16 Sept

Thanks, both - we need all the encouragement we can get. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai18 Do sign up here, and the meetup is open to all genders, not just to women. Cheers and more after we meet, Bishakha On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Netha Hussain

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Meeting to plan wiki workshop for women - Sunday 16 Sept

-- Forwarded message -- From: Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:29 PM Subject: Meeting to plan wiki workshop for women - Sunday 16 Sept To: Mumbai List Wikimedia wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, Sorry for the short notice

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost: Bangla-language survey

-- Forwarded message -- From: Wikipedia Signpost wikipediasignp...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:28 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 33 -- 13 August 2012 To: wikimediaannounce-l wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org News and notes:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.orgwrote: It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell

(Posted on India list and would like to share with larger wikimedia community) Dear Hisham, I’m thinking back on your time here and want to thank you for so much that you’ve done and built in these one and a half years. For setting up things from scratch when there was neither a team nor an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board appointments July 2012

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Beria, I am sure Bishakha will give a more thorough answer if I am mistaken, but from what I heard from Board members when I asked the same question: the new board members fully participated in the meeting on the 11

[Wikimedia-l] Board appointments July 2012

Greetings, all. And apologies. This resolution approving the Wikimedia Chapters' selections to the Board of Trustees was unanimously approved, in-person, on July 11, 2012. It took much longer to publish than it should have due to a procedural issue. It has finally been published at:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.comwrote: 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] on WCI, the report, and more

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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] on WCI, the report, and more

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.comwrote: Pradeep maintains a personal blog and wrote up his thoughts on the WCI report earlier shared with this list: http://pradx.me/2012/05/22/**wikiconference-india-2011-**

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing 2 Community Fellows

Forwarding to this list, since one of the fellowships relates to Bangla/Bengali wikipedia. And congratulations, Tanvir! Am very interested in seeing how this develops. Cheers Bishakha -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, May 17, 2012 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipatrika]: Announcing the third issue of Wikipatrika!

I've now read this from top to toe, or at least gone through everything I had not read before - congratulations to all those who were involved. It's brilliant! I found it interesting, useful, timely - and the layout is easy to navigate (specially the community news section, with each language

Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on the 16th Mumbai meetup!

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@gmail.com wrote: Going ahead with the Wiki project Mumbai, our focus this month would be Chor Bazaar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chor_Bazaar. We'd be going to Chor Bazaar in a weeks time for information, pictures and stuffs like that.

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