Oh Congratulations to Mr. Mundol. Don't forget to pass on my regards to Mr. Achal Prabhala.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Barry Newstead <bnewst...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > > > Barry Newstead wrote: > > > As I have mentioned in the past, we have a lot of momentum in India but > > we > > > have a long way to go to achieve our full potential as a movement. > > Indians > > > represent 4% of the world¹s Internet users today (and this share is > > > growing), yet they only represent 1.5% of page edits on Wikipedia. We > > should > > > be able to rapidly increase this share - across all projects - and > expand > > > readership in a corresponding fashion. > > > > To what end? What's the virtue of going after India? > > > > The end is the achievement of Wikimedia's vision and the movement's > priorities of increasing participation and reach. India represents a > significant share of all human beings and a larger share of all human > beings > living in a relatively free and uncensored environment. > > > > > > Hisham¹s title will be Consultant, India National Programs. He will > > report > > > to me. His role will be to design and implement specific pilot > programs > > > that encourage many more Indians to become contributors to our projects > > in > > > Indic languages as well as English. > > > > Is this position a staffer or a contractor? > > > > Contractor/consultant > > > > > > As a newcomer to the Wikimedia movement, Hisham¹s first task will be to > > > deepen his understanding of us: our history, goals, values, culture and > > > mission. To that end, he will be spending the coming weeks (not > months!) > > in > > > learning mode: Hisham and I will be meeting with community members in > > > Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore on Feb 23-25 and then Hisham will join > > community > > > meetings across the country as they occur. Hisham will also spend time > in > > > San Francisco with the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as > with > > > other like-minded individuals and organizations and he will attend the > > > chapter conference in Berlin. > > > > So Hisham has never edited a Wikimedia wiki? I'm curious how much of a > > factor "having a familiarity with Wikimedia" was in choosing an > individual > > for this role. Can you elaborate? > > > > We had very few candidates from the Wikimedia community apply, so in the > end most of the candidates we were looking at had some familiarity, but > that > was limited and didn't differentiate them from each other in a way that was > meaningful vs. other dimension such as the ability to design and implement > national scale programs or the ability to work in an environment with a > range of stakeholders. These dimensions were big differentiators. > > > > > > Hisham will be creating a workspace on strategy wiki where he will > share > > > what he is learning and develop the core elements of the action plan > > going > > > forward. We encourage active community engagement on this wiki. We aim > to > > > move to action quickly and welcome input and guidance from across the > > > community. > > > > The strategy wiki was intended to be used to create a five-year strategic > > plan for Wikimedia. He should be using Meta-Wiki for cross-project > > coordination, right? > > > > WMF has been using strategy wiki for some of our ongoing projects. I'm > open > to alternatives, so long as we are on public wikis, which Meta is. > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > Elizabeth -- Sorry my karma ran over your dogma. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l