Hello Ankry, Thanks for initiating this. With many issues around wikisource and much chance of learning from each other community it is right time we have a separate conference dedicated for wikisource.
Please count me in for any help regarding organising the conference. Regards, J. Balaji. User:Balajijagadesh On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:24 AM Mardetanha <mardetanha.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >
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