[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania Talk Videos : Global South - Oral Citations
Hi all, The Wikimania videos are up online here[1]. I could find Achal's talk on Oral citation here[2] (First 15 minutes). There might be more videos, but titles dont help to find them easier. Please post others if you find them. (Konkani script and India Outreach programs were atleast 2 other talks which were presented IIRC) [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL [2] http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL#p/u/2/Ie4jUKQ0E1Y -- Regards Srikanth.L ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Wikimedia India New EC members: Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu
Hi Members of Wikimedia India and Wikimedian Indian Community, I am happy to introduce Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu who are elected to Chapter EC in the recent elections. Naveen Francis is a software QA engineer based in Bangalore. active in English Wikipedia from 2007 with special interest on Indian Education, Transportation, Railways and Roads Wiki projects. Sudhanwa Jogalekar is an IT professional with expertise in Information security, system administration, IT infrastructure management etc with over 26 years experience in the industry. He is a well known FOSS evangelist in India with contributions of Marathi free font to indic computing. His other passions include Photography. Cherian Tinu Abraham is a software professional based in Bangalore. He is one of the most active Wikipedians in India and one of top 5 Indian editors on English Wikipedia by number of edits. He is an administrator on English Wikipedia and contributor to Wikimedia Commons. He has been contributing to building Wiki communities in India and also has been working as a volunteer for Media relations/PR for Wikimedia. The new members bring in lot of diverse experience to the EC team, which I am sure will help in rapid growth of Wikimedia movement. You can read more about their profile and see their photos on wiki at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimedia_India_Chapter_Executive_Committee_Members Please join me in wishing the new EC members all the best. Sincerely, Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia India. http://wikimedia.in ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Wikimedia India New EC members: Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu
On 1 October 2011 14:57, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: I am happy to introduce Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu who are elected to Chapter EC in the recent elections. Congratulations and good luck! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Gautam John steps down from Wikimedia India board and Secretary's position
-- Forwarded message -- From: Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM Subject: Gautam John steps down from Wikimedia India board and Secretary's position To: wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com, Wikimedia India EC wikimedia-in-e...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi Chapter Members and Wikimedian Community, As you might have known, Gautam K John, stepped down from the Chapter EC and Secretary's position recently. On behalf of Wikimedia India EC, I would like to thank Gautam for all his contributions in bootstrapping the Chapter for nearly three years. He has been great source of strength and wisdom to the EC specially over the last nine months, as Chapter raced to grow membership, conduct AGM and EC elections in a systematic manner. As he is deeply committed to free culture projects including Wikimedia, the members and the community can always count on him for any support and advice. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Sincerely Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia India http://wikimedia.in ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Gautam John steps down from Wikimedia India board and Secretary's position
On 1 October 2011 15:35, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Thank you very much Arjuna. It has been a pleasure being associated with the Wikimedia community in India, learning much over the last three years and in building new friendships. I do hope I was able to provide something of value to the community and am happy that I had the privilege of knowing and working for all of you. The Chapter is in safe hands. But never forget that the Chapter is only as active as its members and I would urge you all to become members and have a say in its future and directions. Good luck! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
Dear All: Tele conference of Wikimedia India (Wikimedia chapter) and Wikimedia Foundation took place on 28 Sep 2011. Here is an update Chapter Update General: Naveen, Sudhanwa, Tinu who are elected in the recent EC elections introduced themselves. Naveen has rich experience on several India focussed wikiprojects, Sudhanwa is a well known name among FOSS projects in India and Tinu has done a lot to promote wikimedia communities across India. Detailed profile at http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimedia_India_Chapter_Executive_Committee_Members Asaf gave a brief introduction of his role. He works on supporting communities and chapters in emerging countries such as India and heads up the Wikimedia Grants program globally. Asaf and Hisham welcomed the new members. They thanked Gautam, outgoing Chapter Secretary for his excellent contributions to the movement. Arjun explained that FCRA application will be initiated now that the AGM is done and EC elections are completed. He said that Chapter is in close touch with Wiki Conf India team and is extended the best possible support. Initiatives/Projects Update 1st WikiAcademy with the Department of Public Libraries, Karnataka for their senior Library professionals was held on 12 Sep 2011. Over 30 people attended the event. Report of the event Some leads have been generated as a result of the sharing of the report of first wiki academy. EC team is planning to conduct more such events and requested for the support of Wikimedians across India and India Program office staff. Foundation Update Hisham gave an update on Education Program. He talked about the increase in number of Campus Ambassadors and enrolling Online Ambassadors to extend support to the students to produce quality articles and to help them understand Wikimedia content guidelines. He mentioned that Shiju has started work and will soon be sharing an update to the community on how he will be developing an Indic languages plan. There are plans for workshops to understand indic language wikipedia learnings, challenges opportunities. The objective is to identify potential project pilots. Arjun suggested to include wiki academies as part of the workshops with the support of Wikimedia members or senior Wikipedians from the community as the same can be beneficial for the objectives. Independent public trust setup is in progress Collaboration on projects Wiki Conference India. Team reviewed the status of the planning for conference and agreed to extend additional help to the conference team. Hisham said that he has been mentoring Pranav and Pradeep on several conference planning topics and also wanted the EC to provide additional timely help on priority areas like payment process and program. Arjun clarified that Gautam and Arun, Chapter representatives on Conf organising committee have been participating fully in various discussions and extending timely help. Chapter also had a call with Conf OC to understand the priorities and provide additional support as required. Thank You. hisham ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Gautam John steps down from Wikimedia India board and Secretary's position
Dear Gautam, This is a double blow, first Pradeep, now you. Though I knew it was to come, but it still staggers one. Thank you for the good advice, steady support to me and Pune community, for all your contributions to WikiConference and most important thank you for standing by the Chapter through thick and thin. I trust our friendship and association will continue regardless of your changing course in life. I wish you success in all your endeavours and happy times. Lets have a drink together the next time we meet. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 1 October 2011 15:35, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Thank you very much Arjuna. It has been a pleasure being associated with the Wikimedia community in India, learning much over the last three years and in building new friendships. I do hope I was able to provide something of value to the community and am happy that I had the privilege of knowing and working for all of you. The Chapter is in safe hands. But never forget that the Chapter is only as active as its members and I would urge you all to become members and have a say in its future and directions. Good luck! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Wikimedia India New EC members: Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu
Congratulations to all of you and welcome to your new roles in the Chapter and by inference the Community. Please count on my support at all times. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 1 October 2011 14:57, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: I am happy to introduce Naveen, Sudhanwa and Tinu who are elected to Chapter EC in the recent elections. Congratulations and good luck! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 16:47, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear All: Tele conference of Wikimedia India (Wikimedia chapter) and Wikimedia Foundation took place on 28 Sep 2011. Here is an update Thanks for the update Hisham. General: - Arjun explained that FCRA application will be initiated now that the AGM is done and EC elections are completed. Aside from the Chapter, did the office also plan something like this? IIRC you mentioned something similar on the lines in the last fundraising thread. Can you please share some update on it? 1. Office being registered as a non profit. 2. Office having a bank account and applying FCRA as well. Correct me if i got it wrong, these things before 2011 fundraiser? (Though i felt it was tough ask back then itself) -- Regards Srikanth.L ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
On Oct 1, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: General: Arjun explained that FCRA application will be initiated now that the AGM is done and EC elections are completed. Aside from the Chapter, did the office also plan something like this? IIRC you mentioned something similar on the lines in the last fundraising thread. Can you please share some update on it? 1. Office being registered as a non profit. 2. Office having a bank account and applying FCRA as well. Correct me if i got it wrong, these things before 2011 fundraiser? (Though i felt it was tough ask back then itself) I'll be sending out an update on these in a few days time. Do bear with me until then. hisham___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex
Dear Indic wikimedians, Thank you very much for the welcome messages and for making me feel at home. Over the past few years I have interacted with many of you for the various Indic Wiki related activities and we have done many successful projects. Thank you very much for all those wonderful projects. Now when we are moving to a different phase of growth of Wikimedia in India, I request more support from your side. To get started we shall together develop a plan for Indic language wikis and design few pilot projects to gain learnings to drive growth. I propose to develop this plan collaboratively and openly - in true wiki style. This will include focused Indic language meetups, virtual meetings, desk research and constantly synthesizing the findings from all of these into learnings. These learnings will then flow into pilots that we will implement and review and learn from. For this purpose, I will be using the following page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages. It is very preliminary right now - but will keep updating it. The page will give you a flavor of the kind of process and methodology I plan to use - and also give you a hint of the end output. However, I stress that is nothing more than a stub right now. So please provide your suggestions. I will be in touch soon and regularly on the next steps and I will keep you constantly posted on progress - both positive and whenever we face setbacks. The task is huge. The potential is even more massive. I will need a lot of your help. I invite and welcome and urge all of you to contribute to this process - during physical meetups, in virtual meetings, one-on-one conversations or meetings, on the talk page to the Indic Languages page and in any and every manner that you can imagine. As part of the India Programs of WMF, my official ID is sh...@wikimedia.org. You can reach me anytime regarding any WMF's Indic wiki related topic. Thanks Shiju On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists. Dear All As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages initiatives. In this mail ( http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html), I had indicated that he would join around September-October. I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on September 24th.) Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to start work on this urgently. He'll be in touch shortly on this matter. Welcome aboard, Shiju! Warmest Regards, hisham ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: - Independent public trust setup is in progress Hi Hisham, Thank you for this update. A minor linguistic issue I am having: can you please give a little bit more context or background on the independent public trust? (As in what is an independent public trust and what is it for, why is it needed for the WMF.) Thanks, Bence ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] About Photo Identity
Is PAN card used as Photo id? My passport and my voter-id card both are in middle of processing and I don’t have any photo id like Passport and Voter-id bt have PAN card which is as well authentic and issued by Govt. Of India. Its very kind of you all if you consider this and let me in with my PAN card as my Photo id. I already done my registration to attend wiki-2011 conference. Seeking answer from ur side. ASAP Thank You Shivam Mishra email-theulti...@gmail.com Contact No.9454967117 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] About Photo Identity
AFAIK PAN Card is used as only a Photo/Identity/DoB Proof. It does not have any other details printed, hence it should work. Having said that I would leave it to be commented on further by the Wiki Conference officials. Abhi On 10/2/2011 5:42 AM, Sachin Ambani wrote: Is PAN card used as Photo id? My passport and my voter-id card both are in middle of processing and I don't have any photo id like Passport and Voter-id bt have PAN card which is as well authentic and issued by Govt. Of India. Its very kind of you all if you consider this and let me in with my PAN card as my Photo id. I already done my registration to attend wiki-2011 conference. Seeking answer from ur side. ASAP Thank You Shivam Mishra email-theulti...@gmail.com mailto:email-theulti...@gmail.com Contact No.9454967117 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Arjun explained that FCRA application will be initiated now that the AGM is done and EC elections are completed. Do the May 2011 amendments to FCRA allow new non-profits to apply for registration under the Act? (Earlier, a non-profit had to be atleast 3 years old before applying.) Curious, since this would apply both to the chapter and to the public trust. Cheers Bishakha ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Chapter Foundation : Sep 2011 : Meeting Update
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: Arjun explained that FCRA application will be initiated now that the AGM is done and EC elections are completed. Do the May 2011 amendments to FCRA allow new non-profits to apply for registration under the Act? (Earlier, a non-profit had to be atleast 3 years old before applying.) Curious, since this would apply both to the chapter and to the public trust. We are not going for permanent registration, which I think requires 3 years. We are going for prior permission route. Cheers Arjun ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Gautam John steps down from Wikimedia India board and Secretary's position
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 1 October 2011 15:35, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Thank you very much Arjuna. It has been a pleasure being associated with the Wikimedia community in India, learning much over the last three years and in building new friendships. I do hope I was able to provide something of value to the community and am happy that I had the privilege of knowing and working for all of you. Thanks for all you've done, Gautam - in one of the toughest phases of any entity, from seed to legal to fledgling. And of course, you dealt with a lot of the nightmarish paperwork etc needed to get the chapter registered. I assume and hope we will stay in touch, and that your exit from the EC does not also mean an exit from the wikimedia community. Cheers Bishakha ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe / mailing option visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
