<div dir="ltr">*passes chocolates* :D Felicitations Subha!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Welcome, Subha!<br>
<br>
Pradeep<br>
Handheld<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 22/12/2011, Hisham <<a href="mailto:hisham@wikimedia.org">hisham@wikimedia.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Folks,<br>
><br>
> As you might be aware, the Consultant, Team Support position is to be filled<br>
> as part of the India Programs team.<br>
> (<a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-September/004251.html</a>.)<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am really pleased and excited to announce that Subhashish Panigrahi has<br>
> agreed to join as Consultant, Community & Program Support.<br>
><br>
> Some of you might know Subhashish (or Subha as he's also called.) He is all<br>
> of 23 and a wonderful Wikimedian from Odisha. He has a BE in Biotechnology<br>
> from Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore. He has worked for about<br>
> 1 1/2 years in business development and is currently based in Bangalore.<br>
> He's been an active Wikimedian since a friend of his attended a Wikipedia<br>
> 10th event in Bangalore in January and told Subha about Wikipedia. Subha<br>
> then spent considerable time - quite a bit of it in Shiju Alex's living room<br>
> apparently :-) - learning about Wikipedia. Since then, he's been on fire!<br>
> He's helped the Bangalore community organise the monthly meet-ups, been a<br>
> central figure in building community & momentum for Odia Wikipedia and has<br>
> conducted outreach programs for Odia projects back home in Odisha as well as<br>
> in Bangalore. He's also been helping out other projects and communities; a<br>
> couple of weekends ago he was in Chennai conducting a WikiAcademy there. He<br>
> is a fantastically inspiring example of a complete outsider being welcomed<br>
> into the family, having his hand held in his growth as a newbie, charging<br>
> forward taking responsibility & ownership and then spreading his skills &<br>
> knowledge to others. He is also one of the sweetest human beings I have ever<br>
> met. He is a perfect example of the Wikimedia Dream.<br>
><br>
> His interests (outside of Wikimedia) are cooking, graphic design and<br>
> handwriting analysis. (I bet most of you who know Subha don't know that<br>
> last bit about him. So the next time you see him, show him your writing and<br>
> get him to reveal your deep dark secrets!) He has also been involved with<br>
> campaigns for social work during the floods and cholera outbreak in Odisha<br>
> and been involved with a Odisha community organisation, eOdissa.com.<br>
><br>
> Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position<br>
> (<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_Structure" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_Structure</a>)<br>
> was to manage the back-end aspects of India Programs (basic accounting,<br>
> basic personnel management, office administration, travel support, expense<br>
> statement management, logistics support for the community, etc.) I have been<br>
> looking at the actual work load involved and I do not think this is a full<br>
> time role. The functions listed are essential and need to be done - but<br>
> there is an opportunity to improve the richness of the position and it's<br>
> value to the community. I'm therefore proposing that the Consultant, Team<br>
> Support be redesignated to Consultant, Community & Program Support. I<br>
> envisage this position to have about 1/3 of time spent on the back-end work<br>
> listed above but 2/3 of time can be very productively utilised supporting<br>
> community efforts - such as helping community building & outreach and<br>
> supporting community-led initiatives. An important consideration I have for<br>
> this redesignation is after looking at the specific skills that Subha brings<br>
> to the table; I want to make sure that he has the required space to realise<br>
> his potential and to support the community and movement.<br>
><br>
> Subha will of course continue to pursue his personal voluntary work for and<br>
> as part of the Wikimedia community. The one question that he emphasized<br>
> during the selection process was whether he would retain the flexibility to<br>
> continue to pursue his personal passions on Wikimedia; the answer he got was<br>
> a loud Y-E-S!!! :-) I'm delighted to have another community member joining<br>
> the team.<br>
><br>
> He'll formally start in Delhi on January 9th 2012.<br>
><br>
> Do join me in welcoming him.<br>
><br>
> Warmest Regards,<br>
><br>
> hisham<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
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</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Pradeep Mohandas<br>
How Pradeep uses email - <a href="http://goo.gl/6v1I9" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/6v1I9</a><br>
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