I am also happy to hear such good news. and Thanks for WMPL for support and help. Mardetanha
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 12:28 PM Garád, Claudia <claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at> wrote: > Hi all, > > this is great news - I'm really excited by the prospect of a Wikisource > Conference in Warsaw! > > WMAT has already had a long call with Nathalia to share our experiences > from organising the 2015 edition and of course we are here to support the > next conference as best as we can! > > Cheers > > Claudia > > > Am 17.12.2019 um 05:43 schrieb Bodhisattwa Mandal: > > Hi Ankry, > > Thanks for taking up the initiative to organise the much needed > conference. Wikisource is now a much more visible project in India compared > to 2015, when we participated in the last conference. It's gaining > importance within the Indian academic and librarian circles. We already > have some partnerships in different parts of India and hopefully there will > be a major partnership news coming soon regarding Wikisource . > > Anyway, in this regard, I personally feel 2021 is bit far away. If this is > not much a problem for WMPL or the user group, we can go for Autumn 2020 as > it would be great for Indian communities to interact with the larger > community and gain more knowledge at this vital time of growth. Please be > assured, that any help needed from our side as Indian Wikisource > communities and affiliates supporting Wikisource projects will be provided > whenever needed. > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 04:51 Ankry, <ankry.w...@onet.pl> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> As some of you already noticed, we were talking on Saturday not only >> about Wikimedia Summit, but also about plans concerning Wikisource >> Conference sequel. The first Wikisource Conference took place in Vienna in >> 2015. Maybe, five years later, it is good time to organize the next event? >> >> The only way for this to happen is to receive a grant from WMF. Recently, >> I have got a confirmation from my chapter that Wikimedia Polska is >> willing to help us to apply for the grant and to organize Wikimedia >> Conference in Warsaw as a fiscal sponsor >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Fiscal_sponsorships>. (AFAIK >> this is the same procedure that was applied to the conference in Vienna). >> >> What they need from us? We need: >> >> - to organize various commitees (Organizing Commitee, Program >> Commitee, Grant Comission, etc); the discussion on Saturday showed that >> there are people among us who want help in theese. Of course the more >> people, the better >> - to decide *when we want the Conference*. There are two possible >> dates: Autumn 2020 (likely September) and Spring 2021 (likely May); we >> need >> to decide which one is preferred and the decision is a bit urgent as for >> the near term the deadline for grant application is 10 February (however >> it >> is a realistic plan). At the moment this question is crucial >> - to estimate how many people wish to participate in the Conference >> >> The person supporting us from WMPL is Natalia. >> >> We have prepared a short survey that should help us to find response to >> the above questions. The survey is here: >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-0WGvjrt1UcHhAl-CMtNps85m28R22a6CFkai_cH86k44rw/viewform >> >> Please, fill it if you are interested in participating the Conference. >> >> Best, >> Ankry >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing > listWikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >
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