Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
As I wrote originally, we'd ideally invite people nominated by their respective communities. Those communities that have not managed to have a discussion and come up with nominated delegates will be represented by our best estimate, based on relevant background (like past service in the EC, in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
Which doesn't seem to be the case for Gujarati community anyways. On 15 Sep 2014 17:54, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: As I wrote originally, we'd ideally invite people nominated by their respective communities. Those communities that have not managed to have a discussion and come

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Ravishankar
Hi Asaf, People editing English Wikipedia from India is a huge but not so organized community. So far, I haven't seen them nominating anyone for anything like the way other language communities do understandbly due to the way en wiki community operates. So, I request you to include as many from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Asaf, Why only Hindi and Marathi? Why not Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Sanskrit? And yes, as Ravi pointed out English as well. On 15-Sep-2014 10:33 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Asaf, People editing English Wikipedia from India is a huge but not so organized community. So

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread ansuman
On 15-Sep-2014 10:24 pm, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: As I wrote originally, we'd ideally invite people nominated by their respective communities. Those communities that have not managed to have a discussion and come up with nominated delegates will be represented by our best

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dhaval, please show a little more maturity and don't resort to dark insinuations. Everyone, what Dhaval meant to say was: I am upset that the Foundation is only funding domestic travel to this consultation, as that prevents me from coming (from the UK), despite being one of the nominees of the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
Certainly, Ravi. We're working on it. A. On Sep 15, 2014 10:03 AM, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Asaf, People editing English Wikipedia from India is a huge but not so organized community. So far, I haven't seen them nominating anyone for anything like the way other

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-15 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
My apologies Asaf and there is nothing to sympathise about. Kind regards, Dhaval On 15 Sep 2014 19:23, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dhaval, please show a little more maturity and don't resort to dark insinuations. Everyone, what Dhaval meant to say was: I am upset that the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-14 Thread Abhinav Garule
Thanks Ravi and Pradeep for clearing the doubts. And yes keeping in mind, the logistics and other requirements Bangalore is convinient location. @Pradeep:- I didn't get this There are a few people who have been nominated by other community members and were neither self-nominated nor community

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-14 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Hi, I meant that a few community members have been nominated by fellow community members. This has happened without the said community member knowing about it and that said nomination did not happened within language community wikis. Warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas Sent from my iPhone On

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-13 Thread Abhinav Garule
Dear Asaf, Considering the vote count before the midnight of 10th of September Mumbai was the prefrred location for meeting. Vote count Mumbai - 20 Bangalore - 18 (Before Midnight, 10th of Sept.) History:-

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-13 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
hi Abhinav, I don't think they asked for the community input to decide the location for the consultation, that seems to have sprung up on its own somehow. The idea was always that it would be in either of the two cities and people would be supported to come for the Consultation by the WMF if

[Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is

2014-09-11 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. This is to inform everyone that the community consultation planned for Oct 4th-5th will be held in *Bangalore*. See here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Venue_choice I will be following up in the coming day or so with more information on