Wonderful news, Hasive! Keep us posted on how it's going and if you need any help.
Happy New Year! Shani. On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive <nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > I just recently join this foundation. From last Wikimania Mexico, I'm > trying to engage a group of doctors to contribute WikiMed project. > Especially my focus on translate in Bengali. After that recently I meet > with a group of doctors who are agree to contribute, especially in Bengali. > Hope this year we may able to start this work. > > Happy New Year! > > > Hasive > WMBD > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> We'll be happy to have you, Mossab! >> >> Happy new year, >> Shani. >> >> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 2:44 AM, مفتاح المعرفة <mossab...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Verey very nice info. Looking forward to join all of you alive. >>> Regards--mossab >>> >>> بتاريخ ٠١/٠١/٢٠١٨ ١٢:٢٩ ص، كتب "Shani Evenstein" <shani.e...@gmail.com >>> >: >>> >>>> Dear WikiProject Medicine enthusiasts & friends, >>>> >>>> It's been a long time since we last updated the list about what we've >>>> been up to this year (sorry about that -- it's on our list for improvements >>>> for next year :)). >>>> >>>> As we are wrapping up 2017, we thought you might appreciate an update >>>> with some highlights. It's a bit long, but worth the read and getting >>>> involved. >>>> >>>> Wishing you and your families a happy, fruitful and joyous 2018! >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> >>>> Shani Evenstein >>>> Chair, WikiProject Medicine Foundation. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> --------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> *==What did we achieve in 2017?==* >>>> 2017 has been extremely busy - >>>> * We *collaborated with like-minded organizations*, like Cochrane, >>>> Translators Without Boarders, The World Health Organization (WHO), The >>>> International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Osmosis, to name a few. >>>> * We have continued our *collaborations with Universities *around the >>>> world, where Medical students wrote medical-related articles as part of >>>> their academic curriculum. >>>> * Around *70 new members,* who share our passion to make high-quality >>>> medical information available to the world, joined us. >>>> * We *participated in conferences* and *published academic >>>> peer-reviewed articles in *respected journals. >>>> * We have further *developed our Offline Medical Wikipedia App*. >>>> * And -- we're *released Internet-in-a-box!* >>>> >>>> To read more about each of these, please check out our 2017 report >>>> draft <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMMED/Reports/2017>. >>>> And don't forget -- it's a wiki, so please feel free to click on the >>>> "edit" button and add what you did this year! >>>> >>>> *==Board Activity & Composition ==* >>>> In Jan 2017 a new board of 12 was elected and started operating, and as an >>>> organization,* we have made some great progress *- >>>> * We have started a routine of having monthly meetings, which helped >>>> the board work closer together; >>>> * We have been involved in the movement's strategy process and have >>>> supported and strategic direction. >>>> * We have been active in internal conferences, like WikiConference >>>> 2017, Wikimania 2017 and Wikidata Conference 2017 and were invited to speak >>>> in local ones as well. >>>> * We have greatly improved our process for accepting new members to >>>> our user group >>>> * We have started a long process of managing our finances and donations >>>> better >>>> * And -- we have made some important changes to our bylaws, as well as >>>> administrative decisions, such as having elections *only every 2 years >>>> instead of yearly*, to make sure board members have enough time to >>>> actually have a positive impact before they change. >>>> >>>> *That said, we have also had our share of challenges -- * >>>> Our main challenge had to do with the fact that we are an international >>>> group. As such, finding a time that suited all 12 of us every month has >>>> proven more of a challenge than we anticipated. Wrapping up a year of >>>> working together as a board, it has become clear to us that we must change >>>> our board composition in order to operate smoothly as board. >>>> Our solution to this challenge was as follows - >>>> 1) We have set up *clear guidelines *as to what is required from a >>>> board member in terms of time commitment. >>>> 2) Based on that, during December, *board members* who felt they could >>>> not invest the necessary time, *have stepped down* from the board and >>>> will continue their involvement as Special Advisers to the board. >>>> 3) We have also decided to r*esize our board and keep it to a smaller >>>> number of 7.* >>>> 4 members of the original board remained, 2 new members have been added >>>> to the remainder of the term (2018) and 1 more potential board member has >>>> been approached, so we will hopefully become 7 again. >>>> To see a list of the current board and our special advisers, please >>>> see this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board>. >>>> >>>> Finally,* to increase our transparency*, as well as involve more >>>> members who are not on the board, *we have decided to broadcast our >>>> monthly meetings live.* This means that every interested member of the >>>> user group can either join us live, watch us live, or watch the recording >>>> later. In case of meetings where sensitive issues are discussed, the >>>> meetings will have an open part that will be recorded and a closed part to >>>> board members only, which will not be recorded. >>>> Our coming meeting will be before Jan 15 and we'll post the date & >>>> time, as well as a link, as soon as we set it. >>>> >>>> >>>> *==Renewing Membership for 2018 == * >>>> Of the decisions the board has made this year was regarding membership >>>> in our organization. >>>> Till this year, anyone who wanted to join us had to fill out a google >>>> form once, but we did not have a process for renewing membership or >>>> tracking it yearly. The board has decided to change that, and *set up >>>> a process, in which membership has to be renewed yearly for existing >>>> members.* *This is how it will work as of 2018 --* >>>> ** New members* will continue to sigh up via the general membership >>>> form, after which they will be added (or not) to our group and mailing >>>> list. ** Existing members* will be asked to *renew their membership* >>>> yearly, which for now still means only filling out a google form with >>>> personal details and showing involvement in our cause. There is no >>>> membership fee, but filling out the form is essential for those who wish to >>>> be part of the user group formally. >>>> Doing this we will be achieving 2 things -- >>>> 1) It will help the organization have an up-to-date report on its >>>> number of members, as required by authorities. >>>> 2) It will help the organization track the eligibility for voting >>>> during elections to the board. >>>> >>>> We will therefore be *asking all those interested in remaining part of >>>> the User Group, to sign up the renewal membership form for 2018.* >>>> A separate email with a link to the form will be sent separately in the >>>> coming week. >>>> >>>> *==Get involved!==* >>>> Finally, we will be working on a proper 2018 yearly plan, but can >>>> already say that one of our goals for this coming year is to involve more >>>> people from our community, i.e. members of the user group who are not >>>> members of the board, in our activities. In other words -- *you don't >>>> need to be on the board to be involved*, and we need help from as many >>>> people as possible! >>>> >>>> We are looking for people who are either interested in getting involved >>>> with specific tasks, or have specific skills the board recognized as ones >>>> that could be helpful to the advancement of the organization in the coming >>>> year. >>>> >>>> *Please contact me privately if you'd like to get involved with - * >>>> * Selling Internet-in-a-Box locally >>>> * Helping map Wikidata items with Mix'n'match >>>> * Running medical-related educational collaborations >>>> * Facilitating a collaboration with a like-minded organization >>>> >>>> *Please also contact me privately if you have one or more of these >>>> skills - * >>>> * Programming, writing Wiki Tools, Wiki bots or generating statistics >>>> of specific pages across different languages. >>>> * Fundraising experience >>>> * Accounting experience (and in the US) >>>> >>>> >>>> *That's it for this time. Happy 2018, everyone!* >>>> *Shani.* >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list >>>> Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list >>> Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list >> Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine >> >> > > > -- > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* > User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | > GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 > > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia > <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> > Board Member | Wikimedia Bangladesh <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd/> > fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive > <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | www.nhasive.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list > Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine > >
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