Oops. Meetup's _15_ Feb. Today. :-) On 14 Feb 2014 12:46, "Anasuya Sengupta" <asengu...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> ...and to the community in Bangalore: please do join us for the meet-up > this evening (Saturday 14 Feb) at 5pm at TERI (The Energy and Resource > Institute) at 4th Main Rd, Domlur II Stage, Domlur, Bangalore, Karnataka > 560008. For those who've been to CIS, this is very close to CIS (at the > corner of the road you turn into to get to CIS). > > Please ping me if you have any trouble getting here. Looking forward to > seeing you all, > Anasuya > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Anasuya Sengupta <asengu...@wikimedia.org > > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Thank you to those who participated in Wednesday night's IRC session with >> all of us - the next IRC session is now. We're at #wikimedia-in if you'd >> like to join us. All questions and comments welcome - and we'd really like >> to get to know you better. :-) >> >> Warmly, >> Anasuya >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Anasuya Sengupta < >> asengu...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Many apologies but Sydney, Garfield and I are really jet-lagged, and are >>> in no state to hold an intelligible IRC session today. :-) However, please >>> do join us tomorrow or another time this week: I've put the timings for the >>> three IRC sessions we hope to hold this week (Wednesday, Friday and >>> Saturday), the time (8-9pm) and the channel (#wikimedia-in). In fact, on >>> Saturday, it will be a wonderful opportunity to have all the WMIN EC here >>> with us too, as we do both physical and virtual meet-ups. >>> >>> Please also let us know if any of you would like to speak with us >>> separately by phone or hangout, and we'll make sure to accommodate your >>> request. >>> >>> Again, our apologies to the Telugu community that we cannot be with you >>> in person at your well-deserved celebrations this weekend, though we will >>> certainly be there in spirit! It was logistically more convenient for the >>> WMIN EC to meet with us in Bangalore, and as they are all volunteers, we >>> wanted to make sure to accommodate their needs and convenience as much as >>> possible. >>> >>> Thanks very much, looking forward to good conversations this week. >>> >>> Warmly, >>> Anasuya >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Nurunnaby. >>>> >>>> Bangladesh is not planned to be part of this particular visit. I've >>>> heard about and appreciated the warm welcome your community gave our mobile >>>> team, though. :) >>>> >>>> We would be delighted to visit Bangladesh, given a suitable context. >>>> We don't just travel for fun... :) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Asaf >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury >>>> <n...@nhasive.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Asaf, >>>>> Nice to know. Is there any plan of this team to come Bangladesh? We >>>>> are very happy if the team able to come & meet with our Wikimedians. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Indian Wikimedians, >>>>>> >>>>>> I pleased to announce a group from the Wikimedia Foundation will be >>>>>> visiting India next week, staying in Bangalore from Feb 10th through Feb >>>>>> 16th. >>>>>> >>>>>> The group includes: >>>>>> 1. Garfield Byrd (WMF's Chief of Finance and Administration) >>>>>> 2. Anasuya Sengupta (WMF's Senior Director of Grantmaking) >>>>>> 3. Sydney Poore (volunteer member of the Funds Dissemination >>>>>> Committee [FDC]) >>>>>> and will be joined in India by WMF Trustee Bishakha Datta. >>>>>> >>>>>> (I had also been intending to come, but am prevented this time around >>>>>> due to unexpected issues securing a travelling visa to India.) >>>>>> >>>>>> WMF staff have been visiting partner organizations and communities >>>>>> over the past few months, to learn more about their context, achievements >>>>>> and challenges. More recently, FDC members have been joining them in >>>>>> this >>>>>> effort. Currently, WMF staff and FDC members are visiting Germany. >>>>>> >>>>>> One purpose of this visit is to conduct working meetings with the >>>>>> Foundation's two major partners and grantees in India: the Wikimedia >>>>>> India >>>>>> (WMIN) chapter and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), operating >>>>>> the >>>>>> Access To Knowledge (A2K) programme. >>>>>> >>>>>> Additionally, we would like to meet as many Wikimedians as we can, >>>>>> via a community meetup in Bangalore, and to make ourselves available over >>>>>> digital channels (at least taking advantage of being in the same >>>>>> timezone) >>>>>> to community members across India, via open group discussions over IRC. >>>>>> We >>>>>> are also open to discussion with any interested smaller groups or >>>>>> individuals, over Skype, Hangout, or telephone, time permitting. >>>>>> >>>>>> We have put up a rough agenda page up on Meta: >>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_India_Visit_Feb_2014 >>>>>> >>>>>> Please feel free to sign up for the meetup or the conversations, and >>>>>> to raise topics you would like to see addressed, on the talk page. >>>>>> >>>>>> We greatly regret that logistical issues are preventing us from >>>>>> visiting other communities in person this time around, and from attending >>>>>> the Telugu community's 10th anniversary celebrations in Vijayawada. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Asaf Bartov >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Asaf Bartov >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> >>>>>> >>>>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share >>>>>> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >>>>>> https://donate.wikimedia.org >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* >>>>> Administrator | Bangla >>>>> Wikipedia<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> >>>>> Social Media Interaction Expert & >>>>> Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> >>>>> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network >>>>> <http://www.okfn.org> >>>>> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN)<http://www.bdosn.org> >>>>> Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> >>>>> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: >>>>> nhasive | www.nhasive.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Asaf Bartov >>>> Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> >>>> >>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share >>>> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >>>> https://donate.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* >>> >>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >>> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >>> Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >> Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > >
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