*passes chocolates* :D Felicitations Subha!
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Welcome, Subha!
Pradeep
Handheld
On 22/12/2011, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Folks,
As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be
filled
as part of the India Programs team.
(
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251…
.)
I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has
agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.
Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is
all
of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He
has a BE in
Biotechnology
from Sapthagiri College of Engineering,
Bangalore. He has worked for
about
1 1/2 years in business development and is
currently based in Bangalore.
He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia
10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha
then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living
room
apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since
then, he's been on
fire!
He's helped the Bangalore community organise
the monthly meet-ups, been a
central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and
has
conducted outreach programs for Odia projects
back home in Odisha as
well as
in Bangalore. He's also been helping out
other projects and communities;
a
couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai
conducting a WikiAcademy there.
He
is a fantastically inspiring example of a
complete outsider being
welcomed
into the family, having his hand held in his
growth as a newbie, charging
forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills &
knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have
ever
met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia
Dream.
His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and
handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that
last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing
and
get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He
has also been involved
with
campaigns for social work during the floods and
cholera outbreak in
Odisha
and been involved with a Odisha community
organisation,
eOdissa.com.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position
(
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_S…
)
was to manage the back-end aspects of India
Programs (basic accounting,
basic personnel management, office administration, travel support,
expense
statement management, logistics support for the
community, etc.) I have
been
looking at the actual work load involved and I do
not think this is a
full
time role. The functions listed are essential
and need to be done - but
there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's
value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant,
Team
Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community
& Program Support. I
envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end
work
listed above but 2/3 of time can be very
productively utilised supporting
community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and
supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have
for
this redesignation is after looking at the
specific skills that Subha
brings
to the table; I want to make sure that he has the
required space to
realise
his potential and to support the community and
movement.
Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for
and
as part of the Wikimedia community. The one
question that he emphasized
during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility
to
continue to pursue his personal passions on
Wikimedia; the answer he got
was
a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have
another community member
joining
the team.
He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.
Do join me in welcoming him.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
--
Pradeep Mohandas
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