[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay Safe Stay Connected: Session III: Neighbourhood Community Solidarity discussion

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Sorry to inform you that this session is cancelled/postponed at this moment
because of logistical reasons. I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience
caused.
Regards



বৃহস্পতি, ১০ জুন, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:৩৩ PM টায় এ Satdeep Gill <
satdeepg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello everyone / Sat Sri Akal / Namaskar / Adaab,
>
> The third session of Stay safe, stay connected will take place on *Sunday,
> 20 June 2021 *at *7:00 pm to 8:30 pm IST*. In this session, we are
> inviting Wikimedians from neighbourhood countries to participate.
> Wikimedians from *Bangladesh*, *India*, *Nepal*, *Pakistan*, *Sri Lanka*
> etc. are expected to participate.
>
> For more details, feel free to see the event page here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_III
>
> In this neighbourhood community solidarity session, the participants can—
> 1. share about the projects and exciting events they are doing in the
> countries;
> 2. learn what is going on in other regions in the neighbourhood;
> 3. possibly think or discuss past cross-border collaboration or
> collaborative projects;
> 4. possibly discuss any point of tension among the Wikimedia projects;
>
> (Please read more on Diff:
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/08/stay-safe-stay-connected-session-iii-neighbourhood-community-solidarity/
> )
>
> *Asaf Bartov *will be the facilitator of this meeting. The session will
> be hosted on Zoom. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to
> attend the talk: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>
> You may alternatively send an email to w...@cis-india.org if you have
> trouble filling the Google form or if you have any query.
>
> P.S. Feel free to speak in your native language during the call. That's
> cool. We'll try to translate.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for your question. The call details are sent over email and not
posted publicly for this call for two reasons: a) to avoid possible
Zoombombing, b) to have an understanding of who is willing to attend
(username).
Regards.

শনি, ২২ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:১৫ AM টায় এ Jayantilal Kothari <
jayantilal...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Dear Tito,
> Why can't sign up be on Meta and chat be open.
>
> Even WMF does Office Hours open for all.
>
> This Google Form sign up with collection of email, name and other personal
> details.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 at 08:02, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> The call will take place today, Saturday 22 May 2021. We'll start exactly
>> at 7 pm IST.
>> We have sent invitations to them who have registered.
>> In case, if you have registered and have not received an invitation
>> please let us know by sending an email to w...@cis-india.org
>> If you have not registered yet, you can still register filling this form:
>> https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>> Note, the registration will close at 6 pm, an hour before the talk begins.
>> Stay safe, stay connected,
>>
>>
>>
>> বৃহস্পতি, ২০ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ৩:০৩ PM টায় এ Jayanta Nath <
>> jayanta...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> The meet will take place on 22 May 2021 at 7 pm IST. We'll use the Zoom
>>> platform. Thanks to everyone who has registered so far. Note, for
>>> logistical purposes, registration will close at 6:00 pm, 22 May 2021. We'll
>>> send the Zoom details to the registered participants tomorrow (Friday) and
>>> Saturday.
>>>
>>> You can see the event page here:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
>>> If you have not registered yet, and wish to attend the talk, please fill
>>> this form: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>>>
>>> Stay safe, stay connected,
>>> Jayanta Nath
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>
> Jayantilal
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The call will take place today, Saturday 22 May 2021. We'll start exactly
at 7 pm IST.
We have sent invitations to them who have registered.
In case, if you have registered and have not received an invitation please
let us know by sending an email to w...@cis-india.org
If you have not registered yet, you can still register filling this form:
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
Note, the registration will close at 6 pm, an hour before the talk begins.
Stay safe, stay connected,



বৃহস্পতি, ২০ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ৩:০৩ PM টায় এ Jayanta Nath <
jayanta...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> The meet will take place on 22 May 2021 at 7 pm IST. We'll use the Zoom
> platform. Thanks to everyone who has registered so far. Note, for
> logistical purposes, registration will close at 6:00 pm, 22 May 2021. We'll
> send the Zoom details to the registered participants tomorrow (Friday) and
> Saturday.
>
> You can see the event page here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
> If you have not registered yet, and wish to attend the talk, please fill
> this form: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>
> Stay safe, stay connected,
> Jayanta Nath
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

 Hello,
Hope this email finds you safe in this difficult time. Many people and
Wikimedians have been affected or have suffered a loss. In an effort to
ensure community solidarity where Wikimedians can meet and talk to each
other, we are starting a lightweight interaction zone for the Wikimedians
in India. This interaction zone is named "Stay Safe Stay Connected".

Please see the event page here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected

The first talk will be on Saturday, 22 May 2021, 7 pm to 8 pm IST (1:30 pm
to 2:30 pm UTC). Asaf Bartov will be the guest of the session. Asaf is a
familiar name and he has been a mentor to many Wikimedians in India. This
will be a lightweight discussion on general Wiki-topic (note the exact
agenda will be updated on the event page before the event)

We invite you to join the first talk. The session will be hosted on Zoom.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the first
interactive talk on 22 May 2021
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7

Please follow the event page for updates. Stay safe, stay connected!

Regards,
Tito Dutta
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] First round of Movement Strategy Implementation Grants

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Here is an update from the Wikimedia Strategy team. Interested community
members from India may have a look.

The Movement Strategy team has also started weekly "updates". 5 May and 12
May updates (and the upcoming updates) may be seen here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Updates

ইতি,/Thanks
টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta


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প্রেরক: Quim Gil 
Date: শুক্র, ১৪ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:০৫ PM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First round of Movement Strategy Implementation
Grants
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , <
wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>


The first call for Movement Strategy Implementation Grants is open. These
grants can support short-term planning activities with a budget of up to
$2,000 USD.

*Apply by the end of June 15
*!
We look forward to reading your applications. We are available for any
follow-up questions or clarifications via strategy2...@wikimedia.org.

-- 
Quim Gil (he/him)
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Indeed the news has been disturbing. I pray for Siddique's recovery.

I agree that it is important to have a legal support system in the Indian
Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard Wikimedia volunteers for their Wikimedia
contribution/activities, or to provide necessary advice. As a member of
Access to Knowledge (A2K), I initiated a discussion sometime ago, to work
on a legal support model in India. I think we should work on it with
Wikimedia Foundation and the community to provide necessary support.
Suggestion is welcome.
Regards
Tito Dutta
Member, Access to Knowledge



রবি, ৯ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:৫৬ AM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hi Praveenp,
>
> First of all, thanks for your courage to bring this incident openly in the
> mailing list. This was one of the most disturbing news from last year. The
> overall incident of how Siddique was arrested and charged for sedition
> while trying to report a gang rape case, how he was treated in the prison
> and in the hospital was extremely distressing.
>
> I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are always
> in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support system
> present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent Wikimedia
> volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested for any
> controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was not
> charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
> but something should be there.
>
> At present, as volunteers, we are so helpless that we can only pray that
> everything will be fine someday automagically, but that is just to console
> ourselves. The fact is we are too powerless to condemn the incident or
> issue a statement or even bring this topic to the mailing list. Personally,
> I feel helpless like everyone else. I just hope that someday this
> discussion will help build a legal support system whom we can approach
> while in distress.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2021, 08:56 Abhinav srivastava 
> wrote:
>
>> I pray for User:Sidheeq speedy recovery. Having known and worked with
>> him. This is deeply concerning.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 9 May 2021, 01:36 praveenp,  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested
>>> by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His
>>> wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active
>>> in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest.
>>>
>>> Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of
>>> Hathras rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's
>>> family members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA
>>> charges against him.
>>>
>>> Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital
>>> only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it
>>> was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's
>>> news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google
>>> "Siddique Kappan")
>>>
>>> As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just
>>> wish to share the information.
>>>
>>> Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy.
>>>
>>>
>>> User:Praveenp
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Fundraising campaign India cancelled

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for the update and the good wishes. Thanks a lot for sharing the
support for Wikimedians details.
Regards,


রবি, ৯ মে, ২০২১ ১:৩৭ AM তারিখে Julia Brungs  লিখেছেন:

> Dear all,
>
> We informed you about our fundraising test back in March [1] and I just
> quickly wanted to follow up on this initial message. Due to the COVID 19
> situation in India we have decided to not run the fundraising campaign. The
> campaign will happen at some stage in the future and I will be in touch
> with more details in plenty of time.
>
> Our thoughts are with you all and for those of you who are not aware yet,
> there is COVID 19 support available for Indian Wikipedia volunteers [2].
>
> In case you have not met me yet, hi, I am Julia, the new Community
> Relations person in the Advancement Department. If you have any questions
> or comments, please do get in touch and I will help you further.
>
> All my best,
> Julia
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-March/014944.html
>
> [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-April/014978.html
>
> --
> *Julia Brungs*
> Senior Community Relations Specialist
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] A2K Annual Proposal is submitted

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The annual proposal of A2K has been submitted for the program year
2021–2022. You can see the proposal here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2020-2021_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form
Thanks for your support.
Tito Dutta
Member of Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

The CAC meeting is on 13 May. Please read details below.

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এনার থেকে: Shani Evenstein 
Date: শুক্র, ৩০ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ ২:১৬ AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May
13
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello, everyone.

TLDR:

The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee

(CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC (check
for your local time )!

Now in more details:

What are we announcing?

The CAC is a new Board of Trustees

committee established to assess, explore and address current and future
community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter

lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this
coming year.

As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the
Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community
members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC
will be hosting its first Office hours.

When & Where?

The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your
local time ) via Zoom. At least
3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The
session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate
live will be able to watch later.

How will it work?

The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of an
“open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of
structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent
by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us
anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live
YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group
 and the Wikimedia General
Chat Telegram group  and the talk page on
Meta
.
The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community
on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the
community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work.

Setting the agenda with your Questions

In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that some
questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging community
members to send questions in advance. Please send all questions to
ask...@wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, whatever time zone you
may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on the main topics related
to the questions received. We will share this agenda on Meta

on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance.

How to register?

For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing
, we will be sending the Zoom
link only to people who have registered in advance close to the meeting. In
order to register, please send an email to ask...@wikimedia.org, indicating
your name, username, affiliation if you have any. The title should be:
“Registration for the May 13th CAC Office Hours”.

Please note --

   -

   This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of the
   sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people are
   interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc --  and make
   decisions about future meetings / changes to format accordingly.
   -

   The session will be moderated based on the Universal Code of Conduct
   
   -

   Universally blocked users will not be allowed in the room, but can still
   participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time.


Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local /
online communities.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov


Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

A brief update has been posted while answering a question on Wikimedia-l.
The page is under construction, and an announcement on the India mailing
list will be made separately with details in a few days.


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প্রেরক: Bodhisattwa Mandal 
Date: বুধ, ২৮ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:১৬ PM টায়
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most
valuable movement asset
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello Andreas and all,

There is some good news. Wikimedia Foundation Community Resources team has
given permission to CIS-A2K to allot funds to reimburse vaccines, send
COVID protection kits and provide counselling for Wikimedia volunteers in
India. CIS-A2K has consulted Foreign Currency Regulation Act expert lawyers
and got confirmation that the program can be executed as per the law of
India. With this progress, we are now good to go. We had formed a 5-members
committee of physicians (4 of them) from the Indian Wikimedia volunteer
community. They had their first meeting almost an hour ago to decide the
next steps to provide support as quickly and efficiently as possible. The
action points are noted from the meeting and within a few days, we are sure
that we will be able to provide support to the volunteers.  A meta page is
also being drafted, which will undergo expansion and modification in the
next few years. The lnk is here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India

Regards,
Bodhisattwa




On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 20:24, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Dear Bodhisattwa,
>
> Could I ask you to please keep us up to date on the further Wikimedia
> response to your request?
>
> I would love to hear about anything good that is happening as a result of
> your having asked here – and if nothing useful is happening, I would love
> to hear about that too – here or by private email, if you prefer.
>
> I am very aware that the WMF ran its first fundraising campaign in India
> this fiscal year, and that one of the fundraising banner messages asked
> people ... "to donate. Show the volunteers who bring you reliable neutral
> information that their work matters."[1]
>
> And as you can read in my other post today, it's not like the Wikimedia
> Foundation is poor.
>
> Be safe.
> Andreas
>
> [1]
> https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/wikipedia-makes-an-awkward-request-for-donations-in-india-71596125951781.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
>
> We (the community resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation) have been in
> contact with colleagues from the Wikimedia movement in India and wanted to
> share some of the preliminary outcomes of our discussions.
>
>
>
> Firstly, we want to acknowledge the disastrous effect COVID-19 has had on
> Wikimedia communities and its members across the movement. The COVID-19
> pandemic has affected many of us in both direct and indirect ways.
>
>
>
> As has been noted by others on this email chain, we all agree that
> Wikimedia volunteers are the most valuable assets of our movement.  As
> mentioned in the previous email, providing insurance support to Wikimedia
> volunteers in India would not have been possible due to regulatory and
> legal challenges. However, we are committed to provide other help and
> service to ensure that the movement is supported.
>
>
>
> As discussed on this chain, we feel that our partners are the best placed
> to understand the needs locally and regionally. We are therefore working
> with colleagues from India directly to provide practical help and support
> to the movement there including access to vaccines, PPE kits, disseminating
> knowledge and fighting misinformation. We will continue to partner with
> them and others to establish criteria in line with our mission to support
> the communities. These are exceptional times, indeed but together we will
> be able to make a difference and support each other.
>
>
>
> For any questions about this initiative please feel free to contact:
> communityresour...@wikimedia.org
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> On behalf of Community Resources Team,
>
> Tanveer Hasan
>
>
> ಗುರು, ಏಪ್ರಿ 22, 2021 ರಂದು 02:41 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ರಂದು Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> ಅವರು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > COVID-19 has hit hard in India again making it the leading epicentre of
> > the disease caused by the new mutated strains. The infection and death
> > tolls have reached record high and the health system in different parts
> of
> > the country is on the verge of collapse.
> >
> > Like other common people, many Wikimedians might have lost their jobs
> last
> > year. Like last year, this year too, many volunteers have been infected
> and
> > hospitalised. Some of them have lost their family members, relatives,
> > friends and other dear ones.
> >
> > Volunteer online community is the heart of our movement and every
> > dedicated, experienced and long-term volunteers are our most valuable
> > asset. It is not at all exaggerating to say that many language 

[Wikimediaindia-l] “Care”-ful and Effective Wikimedia Community Engagement process, especially during COVID-19 pandemic

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
I believe that it is a shared feeling that there are too many important
processes going on simultaneously or starting one after another, asking,
reminding and re-reminding for community inputs/involvement. This is not
only adding stress on the community, but the community input process is
also becoming ineffective gradually.
This is also alarming during the pandemic when people are already stressed
for various reasons.

We are currently having the Strategy2030 implementation process, at the
same time Wikimedia Board redesign process, and at the same time new grants
relaunch process, at the same time several other things such as UCoC, A2K
needs-assessment and various other things etc. In case you are not getting
a lot of response, I believe one of the major reasons is: there are just
too many things.

Thinking from a volunteer’s perspective, an editor gets an hour or two in a
day and has very limited time to make contributions to a Wikimedia project
such as Wikidata or Wikisource.

FOMO: We can’t really say that all the processes and RfCs are optional and
no one is forcing anything. There is a concept called “FOMO (Fear of
Missing Out)”. If there is an important process like Strategy2030, Board
redesign, grants redesign or some A2K RfC is going on, there will
definitely be a sense of guilt inside a Wikimedian that they did not
participate. More importantly, all these need maximum participation.

Think of this: If you want to put a Wikimedia central notice or banner, you
don’t go directly and put the banner. Isn't it so? But you go through a
process, discuss on a central noticeboard, where the Meta-Wiki
stewards/admins align things, place things in the queue and eliminate
excessiveness.
Let’s think of a situation when you open a Wiki(m/p)edia page and you see
there are four or five banners covering everything at the top asking for
inputs on various things. So many banners — how bad it would look like.
Unfortunately, something similar is happening with the community input
process now.

== Solution process ==
To ensure a) care towards the community, b) that we get the best inputs for
the most important processes, here are a few suggestions (I believe
collectively we can find a more detailed and better process)
* There should be a central body ensuring that there are not too many
overlapping things for a particular community, project or zone. Currently,
all the things are simultaneous, without noting or caring that there are
several other things.
* Please do a community health check: I am seeing everywhere there is not
much response/involvement these days. I believe Community involvement and
Community health need some serious study.
* During a pandemic, make a priority list, and please postpone/stop the
things which are not really urgent.

I am sending this email too to Wikimediaindia-l, I am more comfortable at
my home-mailing-list. I hope the message will be relayed if you think it
makes sense.

Wishing you a Happy Ugadi (Kn: ಯುಗಾದಿ, Te: ఉగాది), Pahela Baishakh (Bn:
পহেলা বৈশাখ, As: ৰঙালী বিহু) or greetings for your new year/festival.
Regards.
User:Titodutta
(Message sent in a volunteer capacity)

PS: You may also see a similar email sent “Open letter to Wikimedia
Foundation Board: COVID-19: Exceptional Situation Needs Exceptional
Measures”
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-April/014955.html
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Katherine Maher's farewell video - Participate before 12 April!

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Forwarding from Wikimedia-l mailing list.
This category might be useful:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Katherine_Maher_at_WikiConference_India_2016
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-- Forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Delphine Ménard 
Date: বৃহস্পতি, ৮ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ৭:৫৭ PM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Katherine Maher's farewell video -
Participate before 12 April!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear friends and colleagues,

As we announced a few days back, we're compiling a video farewell for
Katherine, and we would love for you all to participate and send her off
with a few words. This takes 30 seconds! Maybe a thank you or a joke in
your language, maybe parts of a song, maybe just a hand-held picture and a
few words, maybe a funny memory you have with her so that she gets to keep
a live feeling of all of her Wikimedia community friends and colleagues for
years to come.

Katherine’s last day as ED of the Wikimedia Foundation will be next
Thursday, April 15. If you’d like to share a short message, please record
the video via your phone or computer by going to the Tribute webpage
 [1]. Please keep your message
under 30 seconds! The deadline to submit a video is Monday, April 12.*

This will be shared with her and something she'll get to look at to recall
all the people who make our movement, beyond the nicknames and the
editcount.

Please share this message on other mailing lists as widely as you can!

Thank you for your participation!

Delphine

[1] https://www.tribute.co/katherine-maher/

*Tribute is a third party service based in the United States, with its own
terms of service [2] and privacy policy [3]. Please review their terms and
privacy policy before submitting your video. In order to submit your video,
you may need to provide Tribute with a name and email address. If you are
not comfortable submitting your real name or email, we recommend using a
username or pseudonym instead. By submitting a video, you are giving the
Foundation consent to include your segment in a video montage that will be
shared with Katherine.
[2] https://www.tribute.co/termsofservice/
[3] https://www.tribute.co/privacy/

-- 

*Delphine Ménard* (she/her)
Lead Orientation Specialist
User:Delphine_(WMF)
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Open letter to Wikimedia Foundation Board: COVID-19: Exceptional Situation Needs Exceptional Measures

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello Wikimedia Foundation Board,

In a part of this email, although I am recalling things as a Program
Person, I am writing this email entirely as a volunteer. I have been
contributing to the movement for several years now, and my questions and
comments are in my volunteer capacity. I request you to kindly assume good
faith.

In the first week of August 2020, when India started suffering from the
first wave of COVID-19, I, as a part of the A2K program in India, wrote to
Wikimedia Foundation and informed them that every year to conduct a series
of workshops, etc. This year the situation was different and the pandemic
was affecting many lives, definitely, the Wikimedians around were also
affected. We asked, as part of care, could we spend a part of the budget to
provide Corona insurances to Wikimedians and families in India?

Wikimedia Foundation wrote back to us after some time and informed us that
that was not possible for several reasons such as legal concerns regarding
insurance registration as well as settlement and liability issues, or it
will set up precedence which can not be continued with other affiliates
etc. I won't go into detail, however in brief the idea was not allowed.

Now, at the time of writing this open letter, India has started facing the
second wave (yesterday we have seen 100,000 confirmed cases in India for
the first time) count. "We never did" or "this will create precedence" can
not be the reason for not doing something. We, in the movement, have spent
quite a lot of money on different things including brand awareness.

We talk about WP:EXCEPTIONAL, an exceptional situation requires exceptional
measures and actions. This "is" an exceptional situation and needs
"exceptional attention".

Most probably the Wikimedia board is in a position to make a decision. I am
not sure what Wikimedia Foundation has done to "directly" support the
Wikimedians globally during this pandemic.

Is it possible that Wikimedia Foundation spends a certain percentage of
their revenue (such as 20% of the total annual revenue) to directly support
affected Wikimedians globally? I am not asking to support everyone, as that
might be out of scope, in the movement.

Can Wikimedia spend a certain percentage of the Wikimedia movement's total
annual revenue for the current and next year to plan various things to
support and compensate affected Wikimedians?

Otherwise, in any other major and sustainable way, it would be awesome if
the Wikimedia Foundation shows their care.

Please assume good faith.

Regards.

User:Titodutta
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India || International Mother Language Day || The Third Day: 21 February 2021

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We concluded the third day of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Thanks to all
the participants. We thank the Wikimedians who helped in designing the
program by commenting on the Meta-Wiki RfC[1], needs-assessment, mailing
list, village pump. We are thanking the program committee members,
organising committee members, event advisor, all the presenters/trainers,
moderators, and note-takers for your kind support and participation.

After the conclusion of the main event, we'll work on these things:
a) Feedback: Your feedback is important, we'll start the feedback process
very soon.
b) Presentations and videos are being uploaded, and please find those on
this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program (work
under progress)
c) We'll start working on the report, and the report will have multiple
layers.
d) The post-event first newsletter will be published in the first week of
March:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter
Thanks and regards.

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Request_for_Comments

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শনি, ২০ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:১০ PM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello, Namaste, Namaskara, Assalam ‘Alaykum, Sat Srī Akāl , Vanakkam*
> We just concluded the second day of the Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021.
> Tomorrow, 21 February 2021, is the International Mother Language Day. This
> is also our third day of the program.
> These are the details of three tracks and the sessions are below:
> * Language Track: Learn about Digital Archiving in Kannada and other
> languages, Spell4Wiki tool, LinguaLibre tool, Section translation on mobile
> devices
> * Community Track: Internship Program in Tamil Wiki Projects,
> 100wikidays, Rules that Every Wiki Needs, Relicensing initiatives in
> Maharashtra etc,
> * Skill building Track: Wikisource training, Wikivoyage training,
>  Building a diamond open access journal on Wikimedia platform etc,
>
> Tomorrow on the occasion of International Mother Language Day during the
> closing session, we'll talk about: "International Mother Language Day - The
> love for Language and a sound of silence "
> Please join the sessions,
> See the program schedule:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_3_(Sunday,_21_February)
> Instant registration option is open still for Wikimedians, see the
> procedure:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>
> Regards
>
> * "Greetings" (see in different languages:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45594 )
>
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India || International Mother Language Day || The Third Day: 21 February 2021

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello, Namaste, Namaskara, Assalam ‘Alaykum, Sat Srī Akāl , Vanakkam*
We just concluded the second day of the Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021.
Tomorrow, 21 February 2021, is the International Mother Language Day. This
is also our third day of the program.
These are the details of three tracks and the sessions are below:
* Language Track: Learn about Digital Archiving in Kannada and other
languages, Spell4Wiki tool, LinguaLibre tool, Section translation on mobile
devices
* Community Track: Internship Program in Tamil Wiki Projects, 100wikidays,
Rules that Every Wiki Needs, Relicensing initiatives in Maharashtra etc,
* Skill building Track: Wikisource training, Wikivoyage training,  Building
a diamond open access journal on Wikimedia platform etc,

Tomorrow on the occasion of International Mother Language Day during the
closing session, we'll talk about: "International Mother Language Day - The
love for Language and a sound of silence "
Please join the sessions,
See the program schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_3_(Sunday,_21_February)
Instant registration option is open still for Wikimedians, see the
procedure:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration

Regards

* "Greetings" (see in different languages:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45594 )


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Join us for Day 2

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

 Namaskara,
The second half of the day: Strategy track sessions are going to begin at
Wikimedia Wikimeet at 6:10 pm IST / 12:40 pm UTC (today).
There are important and interesting sessions today:
* Sustainability Initiative — User:Gnom
* Wikimedia Grants process in 2021 — User: THasan (WMF)
* Wikimedia Movement Strategy in South Asia — Anna Torres (WMAR), Hillun
Vilayl Napis (WMID), Kayode Yussuf, THasan (WMF), MPourzaki (WMF), RMerkley
(WMF)
* Distributed Leadership — MPourzaki (WMF), KVaidla (WMF), RMerkley (WMF)
Please join for the second half of the day.

Program schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

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শুক্র, ১৯ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:০৮ PM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> We just concluded day one of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Some of the
> participants, presenters attended the session during odd hours. Thanks for
> the support, and participation.
> Tomorrow (20 February) is day two and we have interesting sessions as
> well.
> * Special morning session: We have a special morning session: 10:30 to
> 11:00 am IST / 5:00 am to 5:30 UTC /10:30 am. Wikimedia Foundation
> Executive director Katherine Maher will share remarks about the future of
> the movement, movement strategy, and support for emerging communities. She
> will be joined by Amanda Keton, General Counsel, and a member of the
> Wikimedia Foundation’s Transition Team for open Q
> * Main session: Our Main Session starts at 2:00 pm IST and we have
> sessions in the Technical and Wikimedia Strategy track. Please see all
> programs of day 2:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_2_(Saturday,_20_February),
> All the sessions will be recorded.
>
> Hope to see a similarly enthusiastic response. You may see the "Quick
> registration" option:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Join us for Day 2

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We just concluded day one of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Some of the
participants, presenters attended the session during odd hours. Thanks for
the support, and participation.
Tomorrow (20 February) is day two and we have interesting sessions as well.
* Special morning session: We have a special morning session: 10:30 to
11:00 am IST / 5:00 am to 5:30 UTC /10:30 am. Wikimedia Foundation
Executive director Katherine Maher will share remarks about the future of
the movement, movement strategy, and support for emerging communities. She
will be joined by Amanda Keton, General Counsel, and a member of the
Wikimedia Foundation’s Transition Team for open Q
* Main session: Our Main Session starts at 2:00 pm IST and we have sessions
in the Technical and Wikimedia Strategy track. Please see all programs of
day 2:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_2_(Saturday,_20_February),
All the sessions will be recorded.

Hope to see a similarly enthusiastic response. You may see the "Quick
registration" option:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello Rajeeb,
We have sent an email to you regarding your application of registration.
The organising committee has made a decision regarding participation.
Regards.

বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ ১১:২৪ AM তারিখে Rajeeb Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
>
> I had registered myself before the registration last date, but failed to
> fill up the Google form to specify the program which I want to attend
> before the registration last date, is that is the reason I haven’t received
> any participation links yet? Or it will be send soon?
>
> Kindly clarify if anything else I need to do.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity).
>
>
> On 18-Feb-2021, at 11:17 AM, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello,
> The registration was open for a month. We wanted to keep this
> quick/instant registration option open for Wikimedians.
> Thanks for the suggestion. We have removed the edit count mention. You may
> suggest improving it further.
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>
>
> বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:০৮ AM টায় এ Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have some concerns about your criteria of experience. It is only
>> considering the online activity but is completely ignorant towards the
>> offline work. Following the information on meta, I wouldn't qualify for
>> instant registration. I registered earlier, but there might be others
>> interested but won't meet the criteria requirements.  If you are extending
>> the option of instant registration, it should be open to all wikimedians.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Manav
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 10:47 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bodhi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing the updates, and the program has interesting sessions.
>>>
>>> I just feel that the eligibility threshold for instant registration is
>>> too high - *5,000 global edits is too high for instant registration*. I
>>> believe it can be lowered, especially since it is an online event, and
>>> won't add too much to the costs. My reasoning is last minute registration
>>> may generally be by people who are not very involved, and may not know
>>> about the event. People from other movement-aligned groups such as Creative
>>> Commons, Mozilla or even GLAM institutions might want to attend, expecting
>>> them to have a lot of edits might not be reasonable. A lot of newcomers may
>>> also get excluded with this.
>>>
>>> Please see if this can be reconsidered.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> KC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow
>>>> and we have some updates for you.
>>>>
>>>>- The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the
>>>>title being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been
>>>>observing and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first 
>>>> as a
>>>>volunteer, and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer 
>>>> and
>>>>capacity builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the 
>>>> Indian
>>>>Wikimedia journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from 
>>>> his
>>>>perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
>>>>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>>>>- We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However,
>>>>for the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline
>>>>due to whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant
>>>>registration* at the last minute. For more details, please check
>>>>here -
>>>>
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>>>>- We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
>>>>selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
>>>>found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
>>>>w...@cis-india.org
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>> On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021
>>>>
>>&

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The registration was open for a month. We wanted to keep this quick/instant
registration option open for Wikimedians.
Thanks for the suggestion. We have removed the edit count mention. You may
suggest improving it further.

ইতি,
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বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:০৮ AM টায় এ Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hi
>
> I have some concerns about your criteria of experience. It is only
> considering the online activity but is completely ignorant towards the
> offline work. Following the information on meta, I wouldn't qualify for
> instant registration. I registered earlier, but there might be others
> interested but won't meet the criteria requirements.  If you are extending
> the option of instant registration, it should be open to all wikimedians.
>
> Thanks,
> Manav
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 10:47 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bodhi,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing the updates, and the program has interesting sessions.
>>
>> I just feel that the eligibility threshold for instant registration is
>> too high - *5,000 global edits is too high for instant registration*. I
>> believe it can be lowered, especially since it is an online event, and
>> won't add too much to the costs. My reasoning is last minute registration
>> may generally be by people who are not very involved, and may not know
>> about the event. People from other movement-aligned groups such as Creative
>> Commons, Mozilla or even GLAM institutions might want to attend, expecting
>> them to have a lot of edits might not be reasonable. A lot of newcomers may
>> also get excluded with this.
>>
>> Please see if this can be reconsidered.
>>
>> Best,
>> KC.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow
>>> and we have some updates for you.
>>>
>>>- The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the
>>>title being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been
>>>observing and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first as 
>>> a
>>>volunteer, and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer and
>>>capacity builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the Indian
>>>Wikimedia journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from his
>>>perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
>>>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>>>- We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However,
>>>for the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline due
>>>to whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant
>>>registration* at the last minute. For more details, please check
>>>here -
>>>
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>>>- We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
>>>selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
>>>found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
>>>w...@cis-india.org
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>> On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Correction: Katherine Maher's talk is on Saturday 20 February 10:30 am IST
/ 5:00 am UTC.
Please follow the event page/program page for up-to-date information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program


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বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:৪৪ AM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> We also want to inform you that Katherine Maher, the executive director of
> the Wikimedia Foundation, has kindly agreed to give a keynote speech on
> Sunday 21 February 2021, 10:30 am IST / 5:00 am UTC. You can have a look at
> the entire schedule:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
> Please also read the latest issues of the newsletter:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter/2021-02-16
> See you at the event. Please feel free to email w...@cis-india.org for
> queries/questions.
>
> Tito Dutta
> WMWM team member
>
>
> বুধ, ১৭ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:৪৫ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow
>> and we have some updates for you.
>>
>>- The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the
>>title being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been
>>observing and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first as a
>>volunteer, and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer and
>>capacity builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the Indian
>>Wikimedia journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from his
>>perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
>>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>>- We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However, for
>>the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline due to
>>whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant registration*
>>at the last minute. For more details, please check here -
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>>- We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
>>selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
>>found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
>>w...@cis-india.org
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
>> On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We also want to inform you that Katherine Maher, the executive director of
the Wikimedia Foundation, has kindly agreed to give a keynote speech on
Sunday 21 February 2021, 10:30 am IST / 5:00 am UTC. You can have a look at
the entire schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
Please also read the latest issues of the newsletter:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter/2021-02-16
See you at the event. Please feel free to email w...@cis-india.org for
queries/questions.

Tito Dutta
WMWM team member


বুধ, ১৭ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:৪৫ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
> Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow and
> we have some updates for you.
>
>- The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the title
>being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been observing
>and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first as a volunteer,
>and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer and capacity
>builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the Indian Wikimedia
>journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from his
>perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>- We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However, for
>the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline due to
>whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant registration*
>at the last minute. For more details, please check here -
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>- We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
>selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
>found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
>w...@cis-india.org
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 - Registration closes in 36 hours

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The registration will be closed in ~17 hours.
Wikimedia Wikimeet India is sure to be exciting, check out the program (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Schedule
). Happy to announce that Asaf Bartov (User:Ijon) will be the opening
speaker.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

If you have not registered yet, you may do so.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration
The invitation link will be sent over email to the participants right after
the registration closes

Please also read or translate the Friendly Space Policy:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Friendly_space_policy
We invite you to read more about the event on Diff. with a new one from the
Movement Strategy team:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/02/16/movement-strategy-and-much-more-at-wikimeet-india-2021/
See you on 19, 20, and 21 February at Wikimeet India.

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সোম, ১৫ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:৫৯ AM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
> The participant registration for Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 event will
> close in 36 hours from now.
>
> If you have not registered yet, please do it from this Google form link. --
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejt2TdhMUEg34FUTpj6HnUe9d0Iv_1ncgOCkjvrsaHs6vP3g/viewform
>
> You can also check our tentative schedule here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of WMWM India 2021
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Program Schedule is Available

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021[1] will take
place from 19 to 21 February 2021 (Friday to Sunday). Here is some quick
important information:
* A tentative schedule of the program is published and you may see it here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program There
are sessions on different topics such as Wikimedia Strategy, Growth,
Technical etc. You might be interested to have a look at the schedule.
* The program will take place on Zoom and the sessions will be recorded.
* If you have not registered as a participant yet, please register yourself
to get an invitation, The last date to register is 16 February 2021.
* Kindly share this information with your friends who might like to attend
the sessions.

Schedule link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

Thanks
Tito Dutta
On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet and A2K team
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
Thanks for the message.
*>>Quotas. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure certain
types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be discussed
in this call for feedback).*
My personal thought is possibly some other word can be used instead of
"quota" or "quota introduction"? If it is related to encouraging diversity,
then calling "Diversity encouragement" might be an option.
Thanks for the consideration.

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সোম, ১ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৭:০৭ PM টায় এ Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন:

> *(long email incoming)*
>
> Dear Indic Wikimedians,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for
> feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March
> 14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the
> Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and
> feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are
> organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple
> languages.
>
> During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
> final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this
> report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of
> six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due
> for renewal and three are new, recently approved.
>
>
> *Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse and
> better performing Board of Trustees!*
> *Problems:* While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown
> about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes
> have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a
> problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the
> movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019
> governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.
>
> To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board
> size to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and
> diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What
> is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the
> diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform
> well on the Board of a complex global organization.
>
> Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats
> have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the
> leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and
> experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the
> ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a
> fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America
> and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more
> complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new
> and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our
> Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and
> promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.
>
> In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint
> three more community members in the new seats. What process can we all
> design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are
> prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees?
>
> *Ideas:* The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems
> mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some
> discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be
> considered as well. The ideas are:
>
>1. *Ranked voting system*. Complete the move to a single transferable
>vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is
>designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
>2. *Quotas*. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure
>certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be
>discussed in this call for feedback).
>3. *Call for types of skills and experiences*. When the Board makes a
>new call for candidates, they would specify types of skills and experiences
>especially sought.
>4. *Vetting of candidates*. Potential candidates would be assessed
>using the Trustee Evaluation Form and would be confirmed or not as eligible
>candidates.
>5. *Board-delegated selection committee*. The community would nominate
>candidates that this committee would assess and rank using the Trustee
>Evaluation Form. This committee would have community elected members and
>Board appointed members.
>6. *Community-elected selection committee*. The community would
>directly elect the committee members. The committee would assess and rank

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Last date for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
Other than submitting proposals (~24 hours left, submission closing on 24
January 2021 18:29 UTC or 23:59 IST), you may also show your interest to
participate in one/many sessions. Each submission has a section where you
can add your name as an "Interested participant". Note, participation is
not restricted to any country. Kindly feel free to join (presenter,
participant etc.).
Several important topics have been proposed such as sessions related to
GLAM, OpenRefine, Wikimedia Strategy, Grants process, Wikidata, User
scripts, etc.
You might be interested to have a look at the submissions:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions
Or
An alternative view (category):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021_submissions

Note: Submissions review process has not started yet.

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শুক্র, ২২ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:১০ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
> Tomorrow is the *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia
> Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be
> conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International
> Mother Language Day.
>
> If you are interested to present, run a workshop or organize a panel
> discussion, you can check this link and submit a session proposal.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of WMWM India 2021
>
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