[Wikimediaindia-l] Welcoming Subhashish Panigrahi

Fri Dec 23 06:31:13 UTC 2011

Wish you all the best Subha... !!!  Will miss you in Bangalore !!!

--
naveenpf

On 23 December 2011 11:44, Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Ansuman, Ashwin and RK for the wishes, there is lot more to do with
> the support of you all and I am very much glad that I would be working with
> all the communities. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
>
> Subha
>
> *Thanks Nitika for this warm welcome!*
> *
> *
> *I am looking forward to join all of you there in Delhi and drive forward
> the initiatives. And yes, would like to try my hand to treat you all (hope
> you don't complain about salt) :-)*
> *
> *
> *Wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year in advance and thanks a
> lot for this gift of inviting me as a teammate!
>
> Good day*!
> Subha
>
>
> On 23 December 2011 10:39, Nitika <ntandon at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Subhashish, :)
>>
>> We all are extremely excited to have you in the India Programs Team. I've
>> heard so many nice and sweet things about you - I'm sure working with you
>> would be a pleasure!
>>
>> And of course we are waiting for a delicious treat (I hear you're a
>> wonderful cook :)
>>
>> ...Welcoming you to 'sadi Dilli'
>> Nitika
>>
>>
>> On 22-Dec-2011, at 11:32 PM, ansuman wrote:
>>
>> Congrats Subha Paa. :) Special Welcome on behalf of Odia Community.
>> Thanks to WMF & Team.
>>
>> The community (bangalore) will miss you for sure. Thanks for your
>> support. Thanks for being my Roommate.
>>
>> Working with Wikipedia has been a wonderful experience. We started in the
>> same place, hope we never stop :)
>>
>> Welcome to Dilli and All the Best :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Ansuman
>> *
>> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
>> *
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur <
>> ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Subhashish, all the best in your new post.
>>>
>>> Warm regards,
>>>
>>> Ashwin Baindur
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM, RadhaKrishna Arvapally <
>>> radhakrishna.arvapally at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congratulations Subha!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -RadhaKrishna
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Hisham <hisham at 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.html.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 <http://eodissa.com/>.
>>>>>
>>>>> Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (
>>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_Structure) 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>> A.Radha Krishna
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna
>>>>
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