Hi Vickram,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Vickram Crishna <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:vvcrishna@radiophony.com" target="_blank">vvcrishna@radiophony.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Great. Just one question - do we have a cross-country statistic on per capita contribution for wlm?</p></blockquote>

<div>Stats on WLM are @ <br><a href="http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wlm/stats.php#countries">http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wlm/stats.php#countries</a> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<p>And a request to list members – please circulate key parts of Naveen&#39;s report to journalists of your acquaintance.</p>
<p>-- <br>
Vickram<br>
Fool On The Hill<br>
&quot;The cameras were all around. We&#39;ve got you taped; you&#39;re in the play. <br>
Here&#39;s your I.D. (Ideal for identifying one and all.) <br>
Invest your life in the memory bank; ours the interest and we thank you.&quot;<br>
Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (1973)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Oct 13, 2012 8:40 AM, &quot;Naveen Francis&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:naveenpf@wikimedia.in" target="_blank">naveenpf@wikimedia.in</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"></div>

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<p>Dear all,
</p><p>Greetings from Wikimedia India !
</p><h2><span>Organisational Updates</span></h2>
<p>The second Annual General body meeting was held on 23 Sep 2012. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMIN-Annual-Report2011-2012TwoUp.pdf" target="_blank">Annual report for 2011-12</a> was released on the occasion.<br>






</p><p><b>Elections</b><br>
Elections were conducted during the AGM. Karthik Nadar
Nikita Belavate, Pranav Curumsey, Srikanth Ramakrishnan and  Viswa Prabha were declared elected.
</p><p><b>Membership:</b><br>
Membership as of 30 Sep, 2012 is  126.
M/s Arnion Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad became the first 
institutional member, following the grant of membership on 19 Sep 2012. 
</p><p><b>Donations:</b><br>
Amount of donations processed during the month is  Rs Nil.
</p><p><b>Board Meetings:</b><br>
Board did not have in person meetings in September.However AGM was attended by five EC members. 
</p><p><b>WikiConference 2011</b><br>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:MumbaiConf2011AuditedR-P-Statement.pdf" target="_blank">Conference Audit Report</a> published along with Chapter Audit report during AGM  on 23 Sep 2012
</p><p><b>Executive Manager</b><br>
EC after an exhaustive search and selection process has appointed 
Sowmyan Tirumurti as Executive Manager of the organisation. This is the 
first position to be staffed. Mr Sowmyan  has over 40 years of 
experience in Aerospace, and Computer peripherals industry. He has 
worked with Indian Space Research Organization, DCM Data Products, ORG 
Systems, TVS Electronics, and Honeywell Technology Solutions in India. 
He has held roles related to R&amp;D management, Quality improvement, 
Cost improvement, Marketing, Sales and service support, Strategy 
planning, Supply chain management, Contract management, and Compliance 
monitoring.
</p><p>After retiring from Honeywell Technology Solutions in 2008, he 
has explored many web based content delivery methodologies meant for 
continuing education. He has promoted webcasting at low bandwidth, 
created a web site for lessons on Six sigma and Hoshin kanri, taught 
Japanese language through a Youtube channel, and attended Massive Open 
Online Courses (MOOC) on Coursera and Udacity.
</p><p>Sowmyan joined Wikimedia India on 1st October 2012 as Executive 
Manager based in Bangalore. His primary role is to support the members 
and the community in organizing and running the various promotion 
programs.
Sowmyan&#39;s photo is at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Staff" target="_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Staff</a>
</p>
<h2><span></span> <span>Wiki loves monuments</span></h2>
<p>Here are some statistics and updates from India:
</p>
<ul><li>16,796 photos have been uploaded from India thanks to Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.
</li><li>There were 2,230 participants from the country, meaning India had by far the most participants.
</li><li><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Anupamg" title="commons:User:Anupamg" target="_blank">Anupamg</a>, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thamizhpparithi_Maari" title="commons:User:Thamizhpparithi Maari" target="_blank">Thamizhpparithi Maari</a>, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sthitaprajna" title="commons:User:Sthitaprajna" target="_blank">Sthitaprajna</a>, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Darwinacitizen" title="commons:User:Darwinacitizen" target="_blank">Darwinacitizen</a> and <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vu2sga" title="commons:User:Vu2sga" target="_blank">Vu2sga</a> were the top five contributors from India.
</li><li>Taj Mahal(Indian Monument N-UP-A28-a) is the world wide winner -
 a monument which was clicked by maximum no of photographers. It was 
photographed by 114 different users in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.
</li></ul>
<p>First round of filtering is going on and it is expected to be completed by Oct 15,2012.
</p>
<h2><span></span><span>Community &amp; Special Interest Groups</span></h2>
<p><b>Events:</b><br>
</p>
<ul><li>AGM,23 Sep 2012 See <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/09/29/wikimedia-india-annual-report-2011-12-released-in-2nd-agm/" target="_blank">blog post</a>
</li><li>Wiki Academy at IIT, Madras, 6 Oct 2012.
</li></ul>
<p><b>Upcoming Events</b><br>
</p>
<ul><li>50th Bangalore Meetup.
</li><li>New EC induction program is being planned for 13-16th at 
Bangalore. New office bearer election and  induction of new EC members 
by  outgoing EC members on various aspects of running the organisation 
and planning for 2012-13 are the expected major outcomes from this 
meeting.
</li></ul>
<p>A round-up of Wikimedia events, academies and initiatives around the nation are updated <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Events" target="_blank">here</a>.
</p>
<h2><span></span> <span>Media Coverage</span></h2>
<p>No much media coverage this month.
</p>
<h2><span>Grants Funded</span></h2>
<p>No grant requests. 
</p><p><br>
We look forward to your continued support and active participation.
</p><p>Best,<br>
On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India)<br>
</p><p>Naveen Francis<br>
Secretary</p>
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