Hi I'm sharing an update that I just sent to the Pune community.
Warm Regards, Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmun...@wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmun...@wikimedia.org> > Date: May 18, 2011 3:51:00 PM GMT+05:30 > To: India Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune > <wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: PJ Tabit <pjta...@gmail.com>, Srikeit <srik...@gmail.com>, Jessie Wild > <jw...@wikimedia.org>, "Annie L. Lin" <a...@wikimedia.org>, Frank Schulenburg > <fschulenb...@wikimedia.org> > Subject: India Education Program: Update to Pune Community > > Dear Pune Community > > This is a long mail but there is much to cover. I'm writing with an update > on the India Education Program - and to ask for support from you as we roll > it out. > > a) Campus Ambassadors > > We have finished going through the ~70 applications we have received from > Pune for Campus Ambassadors. I have interviewed more than half of them. I > am pleased to report that we have asked 22 to join us at this stage in > becoming Campus Ambassadors. > > There are other opportunities for the other applicants, as well as the ~20 > others who enquired but didn't apply. We will be in touch with them shortly > regarding starting Student Clubs or WikiClubs or other means of > participation. In any case, we invited all of them the (very successful) > Pune community meet-up last Saturday. My guess is that at least 40 people > attended from the Campus Ambassador applicants/enquirers. > > This is the first batch of Campus Ambassadors and we will have subsequent > batches. Indeed, I have asked some people from the ones who applied to learn > more about Wikimedia projects, learn about Wikipedia editing, try their hands > at editing and (on your behalf) invited them to join the community - and then > consider reapplying if they are not currently ready. > > I'd like to thank Pune Community for making an incredible effort to invite > and welcome all applicants/enquirers into your fold. Ashwin in particular > has been amazing! I know many others have also helped out, so thank you to > everyone! > > b) Additional Support > > We have received 2 offers of help from PJ Tabit and Srikeit Tadepalli. PJ > [[User:Pjthepiano]] is from Georgetown University in the US, is an existing > Campus Ambassador for the Public Policy Initiative and is part of the Campus > Ambassador Council in the US. In between academic years, PJ has offered to > come down to Pune for 2 3/4 months starting June 2011 to support the India > Education Program. Srikeit [[User:Srikeit]] is a long-time Wikipedia and is > probably known to many of you. He is pursuing an academic course in Pune and > has offered to work part-time for 1 year starting June 2011. We are > extremely pleased to have both of them support us and you in what is an > exciting and challenging program. Please feel free to reach out to them! > > In addition, Jessie Wild supports Student Clubs at WMF and she's eager to > help establish them in India. Please feel free to reach out to Jessie! > > c) Campus Ambassador Training > > We plan to hold a 2 day Campus Ambassador training session on June 4-5. In > this, we hope to cover the basics of Wikimedia projects, "How to Edit > Wikipedia", how to teach students to edit Wikipedia, how to work with > professors to implement Wikipedia-editing assignments, tips around > conducting outreach on campus, public speaking & classroom management skills > as well as other subjects. > > d) Meetings & Visits > > I am planning to come down to Pune next week between May 17th to 20th to do > some more groundwork for the India Education Program. > > Frank Schulenberg (who heads up the Global Education Program for WMF) and > Annie Lin (who heads up the Global Ambassador Program for WMF) will be > visiting Pune from May 31st to June 7th. They are coming to help out with > the Campus Ambassador training as well as to hold meetings with education > authorities, professors & teachers as well as students to support the Pune > Pilot of the India Education Program. It would be really nice if I could > host a community get together while they are here. I'll be in touch on this. > Please feel free to reach out to them! > > Professor Bob Cummings is also visiting Pune between June 13th - 17th. He is > Director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric and the University of > Mississippi, has participated as a Professor in the Public Policy Initiative > and is also on the the Advisory Board for WMF's Public Policy Initiative. > He'll be here to hold meetings with education authorities, professors & > teachers as well as students to support the Pune Pilot of the India Education > Program. It will be useful to establish the credibility of the program with > authorities and teaching staff by having a Professor who has actually > conducted the program in his class talk to them about it. While he is here, > I am going to try and organise 1 or 2 mini workshops for authorities and > teaching staff that will help a larger group interact with Bob. > > (I'll be in Pune during the visits of Frank, Annie and Bob.) > > e) Community Requests > > It would be really really good if interested community members can volunteer > to help out on Campus Ambassador trainings planned for June 4-5. For > example, this could be how to conduct the "How to edit Wikipedia" sessions, > any other sessions or other help during the workshops. Please do get in > touch with and let me know. We need all the help we can get! > > Even if you can't actively support the training, please do attend the > sessions to get to know the Campus Ambassadors; I am sure they would love the > opportunity! I'll work out a convenient time slot for those who can't attend > the full 2 days. I'll be in touch shortly on this. > > Another aspect where we need help is in mentoring Campus Ambassadors and > students. This would be on part-time basis but for a relatively longer > period (both to be determined by your time availability.) Again, please do > get in touch with me and let me know of your interest. We need all the help > we can get!! > > A third area where we need help is on getting contacts and introductions to > as many education authorities (e.g., principals, deans, heads of departments, > etc.) as well as professors & teachers in Pune who might be interested. > Would you be kind enough to get in touch with me offline with these contacts > and we can work out the best way of reaching them? > > Please also let me know if there is any other way you would like to get > involved. If you want to get involved and don't know how, give me a shout > and I'm sure we can work something out. We need all the help we can get!!! > > f) Other Next Steps > > We are in the process of sending out formal notes to various colleges, > institutes and universities in Pune regarding this program. This will > outline the program and request time to have 1-on-1 meetings with them over > the course of the next 3 weeks. > > It is expected that we will start the actual work at colleges, institutes and > universities asap after the Campus Ambassador training. However, it is > likely that there will be some time and effort to onboard teachers and > students - and so actual editing might only start a few weeks after this. > > Warm Regards, > > Hisham Mundol > Wikimedia Foundation India Programs > skype: hisham.wikimedia > > gtalk: hmun...@wikimedia.org > twitter: @mundol >
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