Hi,
Right from the time meeting outside the historic cafe in Mumbai along with Barry, it has been nice knowing you Hisham.
Through the difficult days of WikiConference India 2011 (for me) I thank you for the support you have given me.
For your contributions to the Indian Wikimedia movement, thank you. I hope you do keep editing and stay in touch.
Pradeep
User:Prad2609
Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
FYI. :-)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Siko Bouterse" <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Jul 31, 2012 3:36 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Wikimedia Fellows
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Fellows program will be holding IRC office hours in
#wikimedia-office this Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 21:00 UTC. Fellows
Tanvir Rahman, Peter Coombe, Jon Harald Søby, Steven Zhang, Sarah Stierch
and Jonathan Morgan will be there to discuss their current fellowship
projects (exact topics TBD based on who shows up with
questions/comments/feedback), and I'll take any questions on the
fellowships program that you may have.[1][2] As always, links to time
conversion and other office hour info is on Meta.[3] Hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Siko
1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News/Current, and this should
be even more current by Thursday :-)
2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships
3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
--
Siko Bouterse
Head of Community Fellowships
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia-l mailing list
Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
https://lwn.net/Articles/502488/
FOSS.in will take place from November 29th to December 1st at the
NIMHANS Convention Center in Bangalore.
I would love for the Indian Wikimedia technical community to propose
talks and tutorials and miniconferences! The CfP mentions specifically
wanting talks about "Education solutions for the 21st century" as well
as web development, mobile, privacy, and other topics.
http://foss.in/cfp
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
>
> *We are pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved a
> grant to the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore*
>
Without GAC review?
_____
*Béria Lima*
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>*
On 30 July 2012 07:48, Barry Newstead (WMF) <bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear global Wikimedia community,
>
> As a follow up to Hisham's message, I would like to thank Hisham for his
> efforts in support of Wikimedia in India. He has been a great partner to
> the Wikimedia Foundation team and has worked tirelessly to build the India
> Program. He has worked in a challenging environment trying to do work in
> the Wikimedia movement that hasn’t been done before. While there have been
> ups and downs, our work in India has broken new ground for the movement and
> taught us all valuable lessons that we are applying in India and around the
> world. There is an unprecedented level of activity happening in India with
> promising programs that position the movement for continued growth.
>
> Hisham also leaves behind an India Program that is working effectively
> with community members on a number of positive initiatives including
> community growth partnerships in several Indic languages, support for a new
> Malayalam education program, a GLAM partnership at the Crafts Museum, new
> wikiclubs at the British Council, ongoing efforts to leverage social media,
> and a dramatic increase in blog coverage of the India community’s work.
> There are also exciting developments on mobile that will be announced soon.
> This work will continue.
>
> Hisham’s departure coincides with another change in the India Program. We
> are pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved a grant
> to the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore to expand their
> Access to Knowledge programme to support the achievement of the Wikimedia
> mission in India. CIS is a leading organization in India working on
> Internet policy. They are part of the broad free and open community. CIS is
> a long time friend of Wikimedia, our community in Bangalore, and the
> Wikimedia India chapter.
>
> CIS has committed to sustaining and building upon the work of the India
> Program. They plan to hire the existing program consultants as staff and
> will conduct a search for a new programme director. The program team will
> be based in Delhi. CIS will be sharing their program plans shortly and will
> want to incorporate community feedback.
>
> The grant will be for two years in duration to complete the original first
> stage of the catalyst strategy. The first year’s grant will be for a total
> of INR 11,000,000 subject to final budget approvals. The second year will
> be for a similar amount plus inflation subject to a budget review in May
> 2013. The grant will be renewable via the Wikimedia Grants program (or the
> FDC, if CIS were to become an affiliated organization and meet eligibility).
>
> This is a shift in how the Wikimedia Foundation seeks to support work in
> India. Rather than hire consultants or open an office of our own, we think
> it is preferable to work with an established institution that can bring
> valuable relationships and capabilities to support our movement. CIS will
> be a partner to the Wikimedia Foundation, but will operate autonomously in
> accordance with the terms of the grant agreement.
>
> CIS will hire a programme director for the work. The recruitment process
> will draw on the best practices Wikimedia used in Brazil and incorporate
> active community participation in the process. They will share more info on
> this soon.
>
> We have prepared an FAQ on Meta[1] and ask that questions or comments be
> posted there. I will endeavour to respond in a timely fashion, though I
> will be on a flight until 20:00 UTC tonight and will be in meetings in
> Dubai on Tuesday morning.
>
> Finally, I'd like to wish Hisham all the best in his future endeavours. He
> has taken us through a critical first stage of our work in India and set us
> up for significant progress during the next stage. He will be missed and I
> hope he will stay a part of the Wikimedia community in India.
>
> Best regards,
> Barry
>
> [1]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/India_Program_Announcement_and…
>
> --
> Barry Newstead
> Chief Global Development Officer
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia-l mailing list
> Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
>
Dear India Wikimedia community,
As a follow up to Hisham's message, I would like to thank Hisham for his
efforts in support of Wikimedia in India. He has been a great partner to
the Wikimedia Foundation team and has worked tirelessly to build the India
Program. He has worked in a challenging environment trying to do work in
the Wikimedia movement that hasn’t been done before. While there have been
ups and downs, our work in India has broken new ground for the movement and
taught us all valuable lessons that we are applying in India and around the
world. There is an unprecedented level of activity happening in India with
promising programs that position the movement for continued growth.
Hisham also leaves behind an India Program that is working effectively with
community members on a number of positive initiatives including community
growth partnerships in several Indic languages, support for a new Malayalam
education program, a GLAM partnership at the Crafts Museum, new wikiclubs
at the British Council, ongoing efforts to leverage social media, and a
dramatic increase in blog coverage of the India community’s work. There are
also exciting developments on mobile that will be announced soon. This work
will continue.
Hisham’s departure coincides with another change in the India Program. We
are pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved a grant
to the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore to expand their
Access to Knowledge programme to support the achievement of the Wikimedia
mission in India. CIS is a leading organization in India working on
Internet policy. They are part of the broad free and open community. CIS is
a long time friend of Wikimedia, our community in Bangalore, and the
Wikimedia India chapter.
CIS has committed to sustaining and building upon the work of the India
Program. They plan to hire the existing program consultants as staff and
will conduct a search for a new programme director. The program team will
be based in Delhi. CIS will be sharing their program plans shortly and will
want to incorporate community feedback.
The grant will be for two years in duration to complete the original first
stage of the catalyst strategy. The first year’s grant will be for a total
of INR 11,000,000 subject to final budget approvals. The second year will
be for a similar amount plus inflation subject to a budget review in May
2013. The grant will be renewable via the Wikimedia Grants program (or the
FDC, if CIS were to become an affiliated organization and meet eligibility).
This is a shift in how the Wikimedia Foundation seeks to support work in
India. Rather than hire consultants or open an office of our own, we think
it is preferable to work with an established institution that can bring
valuable relationships and capabilities to support our movement. CIS will
be a partner to the Wikimedia Foundation, but will operate autonomously in
accordance with the terms of the grant agreement.
CIS will hire a programme director for the work. The recruitment process
will draw on the best practices Wikimedia used in Brazil and incorporate
active community participation in the process. They will share more info on
this soon.
We have prepared an FAQ on Meta[1] and ask that questions or comments be
posted there. I will endeavour to respond in a timely fashion, though I
will be on a flight until 20:00 UTC tonight and will be in meetings in
Dubai on Tuesday morning.
Finally, I'd like to wish Hisham all the best in his future endeavours. He
has taken us through a critical first stage of our work in India and set us
up for significant progress during the next stage. He will be missed and I
hope he will stay a part of the Wikimedia community in India.
Best regards,
Barry
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/India_Program_Announcement_and…
--
Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>
You will be missed, Hisham, and it's really good to know that you are
around for the next few months.
Take care,
Achal
On Monday 30 July 2012 04:07 PM, Hisham wrote:
> Dear Bangalore Community
>
> I'm writing to inform you that I plan to leave my current role
> supporting Wikimedia in India. I am going to be exploring
> opportunities and evaluating options that are closer to my career
> aspirations and my personal circumstances. I will be working through
> to ensure that there is a smooth transition - and this is likely to
> take 2-3 months. I am writing now because I felt it appropriate and
> opportune to inform you as early as possible.
>
> I want to start off by thanking the Wikimedia community and movement
> for giving me this extraordinary opportunity. Working on something
> like India Program has been something that has been professionally
> enriching and personally fulfilling. Over the past 1 1/2 years, I have
> been supported by so many of you - and I want to thank you for
> everything you have done! The passion and intellectual firepower of
> our community has been my constant source of drive and guidance.
> There are so many examples of powerful stories from all over the
> country: the incredible efforts put in by the IEP Campus Ambassadors
> in Pune; the army of volunteers that drove the outreach push across
> the country in the first few months of this year; the beautiful
> stories of fantastic community initiatives from far and wide across
> the country and sub-continent, and indeed the world; the remarkable
> stories from so many communities - large, small and tiny ones!
>
> I want to thank the team that I have had the pleasure and privilege of
> working with - Nitika, Noopur, Shiju & Subha. You guys have been
> wonderful. The work that we are doing is experimental and we have
> been innovating every day, and I know the circumstances have not
> always been easy. Take strength and inspiration from the large number
> of community members who have been touched by you and appreciate your
> efforts and value your work.
>
> I will send an actual "over and out" message later. In the meantime,
> I will continue to work on everything that needs working on.
>
> Happy Editing!
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> */hisham/*
> */
> /*
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list
> Wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr
Dear all,
We are participating in the 5th elephant event in Bangalore focused on big
data, analytics and visualization.
http://fifthelephant.in/2012/http://fifthelephant.in/2012/#partners
The organisers have given us a fee stall and space to participate as a
community partner.
Team of volunteers would be showcasing Wikimedia projects, Wikidata and
also creating awareness about volunteering, the India chapter and
membership.
Wikipedia techies Arun Ganesh, Yuvi, Srikant (logic) will be participating.
They will be supported by Arjuna, Naveen, Radhakrishna and self.
regards
Arun
*Details about the Event (from Organisers)*
The Fifth Elephant <http://fifthelephant.in/> is a community-powered
conference organized by HasGeek <http://hasgeek.com/> to demystify the big
data ecosystem in India. The conference takes place on 27 and 28 July at
the NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore. It brings together speakers who
have worked extensively with technology, statistical and mathematical
tools, and user interfaces for mining, analyzing and representing data.
The conference attempts to showcase the technology landscape which today
makes it possible to work with data and leverage on its predictive powers.
On the first day, participants will get an understanding of the
technologies available for managing big data, analytics and visualization.
On the second day, the conference will showcase talks that explain how
technology is being applied / can be applied in retail, medicine, IT,
finance and governance to manage and analyze data.
The Fifth Elephant features speakers from Red Hat, Splunk, Google, Strand
Life Sciences, IBM, Flipkart, HP Analytics, Mu-Sigma, Amazon, PayPal,
MediaNama, Open Knowledge Foundation, among others. Keynote talks will
cover topics such as how Google crunches big data at Google scale,
community architecture and big data at Red Hat, the genomics project and
challenges of big data in personalized medicine, and the process of
building Watson and natural language processing.
Apart from keynotes, the conference features talks on building search
engines, messaging architectures, use of Hadoop in mining and managing data
collected under the Aadhar/UID project, data explosion in medical imaging,
open data in life sciences, financial market and economic data, to name a
few. To view the event schedule, visit:
http://fifthelephant.in/2012/schedule <http://fifthelephant.in/2012/schedule>
The conference also brings together community partners such as the
Wikimedia chapter, the Internet Archive, the Open Knowledge Foundation and
the Centre for Internet and Society. The presence of these partners expands
the horizons of our understanding of data not only in the context of open
data, but also the systems and frameworks that exist for data gathering,
sharing and licensing.
For more details, write to info(a)hasgeek.com
Communication on Chapter Accomplishments and EC vacancies
Dear Members & Wikimedia India Community,
Greetings from EC.
As we are getting started for this year's AGM and Elections, here is a
summary of the Chapter accomplishments from the time of last AGM and also
update on the EC vacancies.
Accomplishments since last AGM Statutory
Last AGM was conducted on 24 Sep 2011. All statutory reports were filed
with Registrar of Societies and Income Tax Department. Chapter applied for
FCRA prior permission and obtained the same. This gave financial stability
to the Chapter with no additional government applications required for 3
years. TAN was obtained, which is required for complying with Income Tax
when making payments to Consultants, any future staff etc.
Finances
Bank accounts for FCRA was set up with SBI Online operation of Bank account
was put in place.
Communication
Press page and kit were prepared. Updates and Interaction with members,
community, WMF and other stakeholders were maintained using various
mechanisms. Wikimedia India site is revamped with portal for all Wikimedia
India sites and Wiki project sites, advanced search facility, which was
well received.
Membership
Chapter membership reached a high of 197 at the end of Financial year
2011-12 There were 39 renewals and 61 new applications adding up to a total
current year membership of 100 as of 18 Jul 2012.
Projects and Events
Chapter co-hosted first national WikiConference India 2011 and helped in
organizing it successfully. Chapter supported over 15 Wiki Academies at
colleges and other institutions in India from Sep 2011 till March 2012
initiating around 600 people into Wiki editing Coordinated the conduct of
Wiki Academies along with India programs as relevant. Kick started Wiki
Loves Monuments 2012. Community meetups, Indian Langauge Wiki Anniversary
events were conducted with help of City/Language SIGs across India.
Supported WikiSangamotsav Malayalam Wiki Conf and Wiki Eleven Celebrations
at several places, Anniversary of Assamese and Kannada Wikipedia were some
of the prominent events.
Governance.
Chapter had a smooth induction of new EC members, revamped the structure
and assigned the responsibilities to support further growth. CIS support
for using their office as Chapter Address has been extended till end of FY
2012-13 Consultant, Auditor are appointed and have been offering their
services for smooth conduct of chapter operations Special Interest group
for Language and Cities were created. Special Projects team was formed for
GLAM Teams for Administration,Fundraising,Communications were started MoU
with Crafts Museum for GLAM project.. Policies for conduct of chapter
operations, elections, funding have been put in place. Wiki is used
effectively as the knowledge repository for the Chapter operations.
*As you can see from the above, Chapter bootstrapping is completed and it
now ready for the next phase of growth.*
EC Vacancies
>From the present EC, the following members (in alphabetical order of their
first names) have decided to step down from EC after the upcoming AGM.
- Arjuna Rao Chavala
- Arun Ramarathnam
- Naveen Francis
- Srinivas Gunta
- Tinu Cherian
Anirudh Singh Bhati and Sudhanwa Jogalekar will continue on the EC. Further
Anirudh will be continuing till his term ends, i.e Jan 2, 2013.
All the EC members who are stepping down will continue to perform their
roles till a revised EC is put in place following the Elections for EC.
We thank you for your support over the past few years and would request you
to continue the same to grow Wikimedia movement.
Regards
On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter Executive committee
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President
While I join Ashwin in thanking all the outgoing chapter board members, as well as Anirudh
and Sudhanwa for staying, as a chapter member myself, I would like to understand why
5 out of 7 members of a board are resigning, some in excess of 1 year of their term left,
and others with more than 6 months to go on their term. I know that some of the reasons may
well be personal, and some, not. However, this is an unusual situation, and if each one of
the departing chapter board members might write to this list explaining why they are leaving,
with some idea of what they learnt and things they wish to see in the future, that would be
very useful - and it would serve as a good record for this chapter's growth and future.
Best wishes,
Achal
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc at gmail.com <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>>wrote:
>/ Sorry, Here is a better readable version after fixing layout.. Arjuna
/>/
/>/ Communication on Chapter Accomplishments and EC vacancies
/>/
/>/ Dear Members & Wikimedia India Community,
/>/
/>/ Greetings from EC.
/>/
/>/ As we are getting started for this year's AGM and Elections, here is a
/>/ summary of the Chapter accomplishments from the time of last AGM and also
/>/ update on the EC vacancies.
/>/ Accomplishments since last AGM Statutory
/>/
/>/ - Last AGM was conducted on 24 Sep 2011. All statutory reports were
/>/ filed with Registrar of Societies and Income Tax Department.
/>/ - Chapter applied for FCRA prior permission and obtained the same.
/>/ This gave financial stability to the Chapter with no additional government
/>/ applications required for 3 years.
/>/ - TAN was obtained, which is required for complying with Income Tax
/>/ when making payments to Consultants, any future staff etc.
/>/
/>/ Finances
/>/
/>/ - Bank accounts for FCRA was set up with SBI
/>/ - Online operation of Bank account was put in place.
/>/
/>/ Communication
/>/
/>/ - Press page and kit were prepared.
/>/ - Updates and Interaction with members, community, WMF and other
/>/ stakeholders were maintained using various mechanisms.
/>/ - Wikimedia India site is revamped with portal for all Wikimedia India
/>/ sites and Wiki project sites, advanced search facility, which was well
/>/ received.
/>/
/>/ Membership
/>/
/>/ - Chapter membership reached a high of 197 at the end of Financial
/>/ year 2011-12
/>/ - There were 39 renewals and 61 new applications adding up to a total
/>/ current year membership of 100 as of 18 Jul 2012.
/>/
/>/ Projects and Events
/>/
/>/ - Chapter co-hosted first national WikiConference India 2011 and
/>/ helped in organizing it successfully.
/>/ - Chapter supported over 15 Wiki Academies at colleges and other
/>/ institutions in India from Sep 2011 till March 2012 initiating around 600
/>/ people into Wiki editing
/>/ - Coordinated the conduct of Wiki Academies along with India programs
/>/ as relevant.
/>/ - Kick started Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.
/>/ - Community meetups, Indian Langauge Wiki Anniversary events were
/>/ conducted with help of City/Language SIGs across India.
/>/ - Supported WikiSangamotsav Malayalam Wiki Conf and Wiki Eleven
/>/ Celebrations at several places, Anniversary of Assamese and Kannada
/>/ Wikipedia were some of the prominent events.
/>/
/>/ Governance.
/>/
/>/ - Chapter had a smooth induction of new EC members, revamped the
/>/ structure and assigned the responsibilities to support further growth.
/>/ - CIS support for using their office as Chapter Address has been
/>/ extended till end of FY 2012-13
/>/ - Consultant, Auditor are appointed and have been offering their
/>/ services for smooth conduct of chapter operations
/>/ - Special Interest group for Language and Cities were created.
/>/ - Special Projects team was formed for GLAM
/>/ - Teams for Administration,Fundraising,Communications were started
/>/ - MoU with Crafts Museum for GLAM project..
/>/ - Policies for conduct of chapter operations, elections, funding have
/>/ been put in place. Wiki is used effectively as the knowledge repository for
/>/ the Chapter operations.
/>/
/>/ *As you can see from the above, Chapter bootstrapping is completed and it
/>/ now ready for the next phase of growth.*
/>/ EC Vacancies
/>/
/>/ From the present EC, the following members (in alphabetical order of their
/>/ first names) have decided to step down from EC after the upcoming AGM.
/>/
/>/ - Arjuna Rao Chavala
/>/ - Arun Ramarathnam
/>/ - Naveen Francis
/>/ - Srinivas Gunta
/>/ - Tinu Cherian
/>/
/>/ Anirudh Singh Bhati and Sudhanwa Jogalekar will continue on the EC.
/>/ Further Anirudh will be continuing till his term ends, i.e Jan 2, 2013.
/>/
/>/ All the EC members who are stepping down will continue to perform their
/>/ roles till a revised EC is put in place following the Elections for EC.
/>/
/>/ We thank you for your support over the past few years and would request
/>/ you to continue the same to grow Wikimedia movement.
/>/
/>/ Regards
/>/
/>/ On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter Executive committee
/>/
/>/ Arjuna Rao Chavala
/>/ President
/>/
/>/
/>/ On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc at gmail.com <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>>wrote:
/>/
/>>/ Communication on Chapter Accomplishments and EC vacancies
/>>/
/>>/ Dear Members & Wikimedia India Community,
/>>/
/>>/ Greetings from EC.
/>>/
/>>/ As we are getting started for this year's AGM and Elections, here is a
/>>/ summary of the Chapter accomplishments from the time of last AGM and also
/>>/ update on the EC vacancies.
/>>/ Accomplishments since last AGM Statutory
/>>/
/>>/ Last AGM was conducted on 24 Sep 2011. All statutory reports were filed
/>>/ with Registrar of Societies and Income Tax Department. Chapter applied for
/>>/ FCRA prior permission and obtained the same. This gave financial stability
/>>/ to the Chapter with no additional government applications required for 3
/>>/ years. TAN was obtained, which is required for complying with Income Tax
/>>/ when making payments to Consultants, any future staff etc.
/>>/ Finances
/>>/
/>>/ Bank accounts for FCRA was set up with SBI Online operation of Bank
/>>/ account was put in place.
/>>/ Communication
/>>/
/>>/ Press page and kit were prepared. Updates and Interaction with members,
/>>/ community, WMF and other stakeholders were maintained using various
/>>/ mechanisms. Wikimedia India site is revamped with portal for all Wikimedia
/>>/ India sites and Wiki project sites, advanced search facility, which was
/>>/ well received.
/>>/ Membership
/>>/
/>>/ Chapter membership reached a high of 197 at the end of Financial year
/>>/ 2011-12 There were 39 renewals and 61 new applications adding up to a total
/>>/ current year membership of 100 as of 18 Jul 2012.
/>>/ Projects and Events
/>>/
/>>/ Chapter co-hosted first national WikiConference India 2011 and helped in
/>>/ organizing it successfully. Chapter supported over 15 Wiki Academies at
/>>/ colleges and other institutions in India from Sep 2011 till March 2012
/>>/ initiating around 600 people into Wiki editing Coordinated the conduct of
/>>/ Wiki Academies along with India programs as relevant. Kick started Wiki
/>>/ Loves Monuments 2012. Community meetups, Indian Langauge Wiki Anniversary
/>>/ events were conducted with help of City/Language SIGs across India.
/>>/ Supported WikiSangamotsav Malayalam Wiki Conf and Wiki Eleven Celebrations
/>>/ at several places, Anniversary of Assamese and Kannada Wikipedia were some
/>>/ of the prominent events.
/>>/ Governance.
/>>/
/>>/ Chapter had a smooth induction of new EC members, revamped the structure
/>>/ and assigned the responsibilities to support further growth. CIS support
/>>/ for using their office as Chapter Address has been extended till end of FY
/>>/ 2012-13 Consultant, Auditor are appointed and have been offering their
/>>/ services for smooth conduct of chapter operations Special Interest group
/>>/ for Language and Cities were created. Special Projects team was formed for
/>>/ GLAM Teams for Administration,Fundraising,Communications were started MoU
/>>/ with Crafts Museum for GLAM project.. Policies for conduct of chapter
/>>/ operations, elections, funding have been put in place. Wiki is used
/>>/ effectively as the knowledge repository for the Chapter operations.
/>>/
/>>/ *As you can see from the above, Chapter bootstrapping is completed and
/>>/ it now ready for the next phase of growth.*
/>>/ EC Vacancies
/>>/
/>>/ From the present EC, the following members (in alphabetical order of
/>>/ their first names) have decided to step down from EC after the upcoming
/>>/ AGM.
/>>/
/>>/ - Arjuna Rao Chavala
/>>/ - Arun Ramarathnam
/>>/ - Naveen Francis
/>>/ - Srinivas Gunta
/>>/ - Tinu Cherian
/>>/
/>>/ Anirudh Singh Bhati and Sudhanwa Jogalekar will continue on the EC.
/>>/ Further Anirudh will be continuing till his term ends, i.e Jan 2, 2013.
/>>/
/>>/ All the EC members who are stepping down will continue to perform their
/>>/ roles till a revised EC is put in place following the Elections for EC.
/>>/
/>>/ We thank you for your support over the past few years and would request
/>>/ you to continue the same to grow Wikimedia movement.
/>>/
/>>/ Regards
/>>/
/>>/ On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter Executive committee
/>>/
/>>/ Arjuna Rao Chavala
/>>/ President
/>>/
/>/
/>/ --
/>/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia
/>/ Chapter, India Member's Group.
/>/ To post to this group, send email towmin-members at googlegroups.com <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>
/>/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
/>/ wmin-members+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l>
/>/ For more options, visit this group at
/>/ http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en
/>