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CIS-A2K Work Plan (Draft)
by Vishnu t 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Dear All, CIS-A2K Team would like to share with you it's draft Work Plan (2013-2014) for Indian language Wikimedia projects. The detailed work plan can be found here. [1] The main objective of this document is to present a detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme activities, during the next 15 months. The A2K team has, over the last two months, extensively engaged with various stakeholders in developing these plans. These include a) some Wikimedia India Community members across various Indian language Wikimedia projects; b) some English Language Wikimedia community members from India; c) Wikimedia India Chapter Executive Committee; d) some potential institutional partners; e) a few like minded advocates of free knowledge; f) A2K Programme Adviser Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana; and last but not least g) a few of the Wikimedia Foundation staff. We are extremely thankful to all of them who have taken time out in sharing their ideas and opinions and in actively giving feedback, which has helped us immensely in drawing up these plans. This document has been made keeping in mind the objectives, opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia projects. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to further refine these plans. However, for the sake of structured engagement, we would request you to *please read the following guidelines [2] on how to share your feedback.*We would deeply appreciate if you could share your valuable feedback in the next three weeks based on which we will revise the plans. Looking forward to receiving your inputs. Thank you, T. Vishnu Vardhan Programme Director Access to Knowledge<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge> The Centre for Internet and Society [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_20… [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_20…

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Resignation of Noopur Raval, Programme Officer, A2K Team
by Nitika Tandon 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Dear All, It’s with deep regret that I announce the resignation of Noopur Raval as Programme Officer CIS-A2K Team. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) would like to thank her for all her valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement. Noopur has been a great asset to the A2K team. We'd like to thank her for all her leadership and work in the past year around PR, communications, GLAM, outreach and social media. In her formal capacity Noopur has worked to promote Wikimedia movement in India for over a year. We're hoping that she'll continue to be a part of the movement as a treasured volunteer. It is with warmest regards that CIS wishes her best in all her future endeavors. Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to Noopur and and send her off with hopes for more success and fulfillment. I will personally retain many wonderful memories working with her. In a day or two CIS-A2K Team will send out an advertisement for the opening of Programme Officer which has been created due to Noopur's departure. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society

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The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
by noopur 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear all, Please find attached the Access to Knowledge bulletin for March 2013. For feedback, suggestions and queries please do write to us or you could respond to this thread. Thank you, Noopur Raval

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[A2K]: Indic Wikipedia Visualization Project #1
by noopur 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Dear all, Here is the link to the blog post by Sajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattopadhyay on the visualization of the growth of Indic Wikipedias: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/indic-wikipedia-visualisation-project-vi… The data obtained is for the period from January 2001 to December 2012 and has been visualized into motion charts and calendar charts. The parameters used have also been listed chart wise. I am not sure if Sajjad and Sumandro are on the mailing lists but I would be happy to connect you with them or take the community responses to them if any. Best, Noopur

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Re: [Wikihi-l] Wikihi-l Digest, Vol 28, Issue 2
by Vishnu t 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dera Anunad, Sorry for this slight delay in replying to your mail. I am Vishnu and I head the programme Access to Knowledge (funded by WMF) at CIS. Your proposal is very interesting and we would like to consider supporting this. Would like few more details before that. 1) Which will be these 5000 articles? (assuming that these will be from the Hindi Wikipedia) 2) Will you or friends from the Hindi Wiki community be able to curate this? 3) Do you have a clear understanding of where you would like to distribute this DVD? 4) Is it possible to capture (at least in couple of locations) the 'multiplying effect' you mentioned? 5) How shall we take this idea forward? Would be happy to hear your other friends thoughts on this. Should you prefer to speak to me, please feel free to directly call me on +91-9845207308. Look forward to hearing from you. Warmly, Vishnu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:11:58 +0530 > From: Anunad Singh <anunad(a)gmail.com> > To: Hindi Wikipedia <wikihi-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikihi-l] [A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - > February '13 > Message-ID: > <CACa+t=MaUEMY8WJ3BSEueDXV7CorJ= > 6Lh4GyyDhxEQo0mocnpQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It is a happy news that Wikimedia has granted some fund for development of > Indian language wikis. > > You might be thinking how best to spend this money. I would like to mention > one such venue. It is this: Let us make 1000 o 5000 DVDs of Indian language > wikis which have more than 5000 articles in Kiwix format. let us distribute > it for Rs 20/- in different cities/towns/villages. > > This will have a multiplying effect on development of wikis. people will > see wikis in action and understand their importance. Thus many new people > will join creation and development of these wikis. > > We can also include some other language softwares with it such as > Dictionaries, IMEs, language editors, open source word processors, font > converters, font files etc. > > -- ANUNAD > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikihi-l mailing list > Wikihi-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > > > End of Wikihi-l Digest, Vol 28, Issue 2 > *************************************** >

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[A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - February '13
by noopur 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Dear all, Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of February, 2013. Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program [1] of CIS. In the second issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [2]. The A2K team [3] consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan [4], Nitika Tandon [5], Subhashish Panigrahi [6] and Noopur Raval [7], and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [8] who works from Bangalore office. Archives of our newsletters are here [9]. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [10]. # New Team Member * Dr. U.B. Pavanaja [11] joined the A2K team as Programme Officer, India Language Initiatives on March 4, 2013. Dr. Pavanaja holds a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. He was a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years. He is one of the oldest editors of Kannada Wikipedia. He has to his credit many firsts, viz., first Kannada website, first Kannada online magazine, first Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS, first Indian language (Kannada) editor for WinCE device (HP Jornado 720), first Indian language version (Kannada) of universally popular Logo (programming language for children) software, etc. His Kannada logo won the Manthan Award for the year 2006. He was a member of the technical advisory committee setup by the Govt. of Karnataka for Standardization of Kannada on Computers (2000). He is also a member of the Kannada Software Committee of Govt. of Karnataka (2008-current). # Events Organised by CIS * Creative Commons comes to India [12] (Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore, February 1, 2013). Meetings were held in Pune and Bangalore. The Access to Knowledge team participated in two meetings organized in Bangalore. * Knowledge Sharing through GLAM at Bangalore [13](Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore, February 25, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. * Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore [14] (co-organized with Radhakrishna Arvapally, Special Interest Group, Solutions IQ and Wikimedia India Chapter, Indian Institute of Management, February 25, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on accessibility and knowledge. Noopur Raval participated in the event. # Event Participated * GNUnify 2013 [15] (organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research, Pune, February 15 - 17, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event. # Education Program * Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal [16] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, February 28, 2013). # Event Reports CIS organised one Wiki workshop in the month of February 2013, and also brings you the report from an event organised in the month of January: * Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary [17] (organized by the Odia Wiki Community with support from CIS and Academy for Media Learning, January 29, 2013, Bhubaneswar). Few glimpses of the event are available as an audio podcast. * Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University [18] (by Nitika Tandon, February 5, 2013). # Media Coverage * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ନ‌ବମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ଅବସରରେ କର୍ମଶାଳା: ଇମିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ର‌ୟୋଗ [19] (Odishan.com, February 4, 2013). * ସମ୍ବାଦ:_ _ଲିପି ବ୍ୟାକରଣ ଓ ମାନକ ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଜରୁରୀ [20]. (Sambad, February, 2013). * Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media [21] (e India Bureau, March 2, 2013). * Odia Wikipedia's 9th anniversary [22] (fullOrissa News, February 13, 2013). * Odisha: Workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia language: Application of Odia language in e-media [23] (India Education Diary.com, March 2, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted. * Odia language workshop organized on 9th Anniversary of Odia Wikipedia: Application of Odia language in e-media [24] (Odishaviews.com, February 5, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted. # Ongoing Events * Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa [25] (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, March 7, 2013, 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.). * A Wikipedia Editing Workshop in Goa [26] (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, March 8, 2013, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.). # Announcement * Sanskrit Wikiquote -- Now Available [27]!: The Access to Knowledge team at CIS is happy to announce the availability of Sanskrit Wikiquote. Shiju Alex, an ex-team member played an active role in bringing this out. For more info see http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R [28]. *About CIS [29]* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [30] with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [31], Thinkathon Position Papers [32] and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report [33] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties [34], Copyright Bill [35], NIA Bill [36], etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities [37] from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award [38]. *Follow us elsewhere* * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [39] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [40] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [41] *Support Us* Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 5600 71. *Request for Collaboration* We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil(a)cis-india.org [42] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org [43] _CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects._ Thank you, Noopur Raval __ Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [4] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [5] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team [6] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team [7] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/people/our-team [8] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [9] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters [10] http://bit.ly/TOcXId [11] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [12] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/creative-commons-comes-to-india [13] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/knowledge-sharing-through-glam [14] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/fifty-fourth-bangalore-wikimedia-meetup [15] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-wikimedia-under-one-roof-gnunify [16] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-education-program-iimc-dh… [17] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-odia-wikipedias-ninth-annive… [18] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/digital-literacy-workshop [19] http://odishan.com/?p=2534 [20] http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=36615|+|amp|+|boxid=23625437 [21] http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odisha-workshop-organized-9th-anniversar… [22] http://news.fullorissa.com/odia-wikipedias-9th-anniversary/ [23] http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Orissa/Shownews.asp?newsid=19485 [24] http://www.odishaviews.com/odia-language-workshop-organized-on-9th-annivers… [25] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa [26] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-goa [27] http://cis-india.org/news/sanskrit-wikiquote [28] http://bit.ly/Y9OY9R [29] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/ [30] http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-hand… [31] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook [32] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers [33] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-… [34] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disa… [35] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012 [36] http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback… [37] http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award [38] http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award [39] https://twitter.com/cis_india [40] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [41] http://cis-india.org [42] mailto:sunil@cis-india.org [43] mailto:nishant@cis-india.org

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[A2K]: Introducing Dr. U.B Pavanaja, Consultant - Indian languages
by noopur 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Dear all, I take immense pleasure in (re)introducing Dr. U.B Pavanaja to the entire Wikimedia community! Dr. Pavanaja has joined the Access to Knowledge team at CIS as a consultant from March 4 onward. Those associated with Indian language computing and especially that in Kannada may know him already for having started the first Kannada website: Vishvakannada.com, the first Kannada online magazine, the first Indian language (Kannada) website to receive Golden Web Award, the first Indian language (Kannada) editor for Palm OS and many more firsts. Dr. Pavanaja holds a Master's degree from Mysore University and Ph.D. from Mumbai University. He was a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, for about 15 years and has done advanced research in Taiwan. He resigned from BARC in 1997 and dedicated himself fully for the cause of Computer and Indian languages. You could read more about his contributions here [1]. Prior to this he has also worked at Microsoft Research Labs and has been a long time contributor to Kannada Wikipedia. We are very fortunate to have him on board. You can reach him at pavanaja [at] cis-india [dot] org. Please join me in welcoming him to our community :) Thank you, Noopur Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/pavanaja-profile.pdf

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[A2K]: The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - January '13
by noopur 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear all, Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program [1] of CIS. In the first issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme director, Vishnu Vardhan, provide you an update of the Access to Knowledge (September to December 2012) Report, the Indic Languages Wikipedia Statistical Report 2012 and reports of the events organised in Goa in the month of December 2012. Archives of our newsletters are here [2]. Wikipedians from various communities can reqDeuest for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [3]. # CIS Office in Delhi * The A2K team [4] consists of four members: T. Vishnu Vardhan [5], Nitika Tandon [6], Subhashish Panigrahi [7] and Noopur Raval [8]. # New Project Director for Wikipedia Project * T. Vishnu Vardhan [9] is the new Programme Director-Access to Knowledge at CIS. Vishnu has over the last 11 years worked in various capacities as researcher, grant manager, teacher, project consultant, information architect and translator. Vishnu managed the Art, Crafts and Culture [10] portfolio of Sir Ratan Tata Trust [11] and also worked as Research Coordinator at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society [12] in Bangalore. # Distinguished Fellow * Tejaswini Niranjana [13], a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, and Visiting Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is joining our team as an Adviser to the 'Access to Knowledge' programme. She will guide the A2K team in expanding the Indian language Wikipedias and in increasing the number of active editors through strategic partnerships with Higher Education institutions across India. # Events Organised by CIS: Note: The events in Goa were organized in the month of December 2012. However, reports were published the following month. * Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction [14] (by Nitika Tandon, January 15, 2013). * Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa [15] (by Nitika Tandon, January 19, 2013). * Promoting GLAM in Goa [16] (by Nitika Tandon, January 24, 2013). * Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator -- Taking it to the Next Level [17] (by Nitika Tandon, January 25, 2013). * A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad [18] (RKGIT, Ghaziabad, January 17, 2013). * Odia Education Program [19] (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, January 26, 2013). * Odia Wikipedia 9th Anniversary Celebration [20] (Academy of Media Learning, Samantha Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, January 29, 2013). # Meeting * Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain [21] (by Nitika Tandon, January 22, 2013). # Event Participated * Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 [22] (organized by Wikipedia Club, Pune, January 12 - 13, 2013). # Media Coverage * First Odia Wikipedia Education Program concludes at IIMC, Dhenkanal [23] (Odisha Diary Bureau, Dhenkanal, January 27, 2013). * Odia Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary and Workshop on Application of Odia in Media [24] (Sambad, January 30, 2013). *About CIS [25]* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [26] with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [27], Thinkathon Position Papers [28] and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report [29] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties [30], Copyright Bill [31], NIA Bill [32], etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities [33] from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award [34]. *Follow us elsewhere* * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [35] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [36] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [37] *Support Us* Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of 'The Centre for Internet and Society' and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 5600 71. *Request for Collaboration* We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil(a)cis-india.org [38] or Nishant Shah, Director - Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org [39] _CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects._ Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters [3] http://bit.ly/TOcXId [4] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [5] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [6] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [7] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [8] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [9] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [10] http://www.srtt.org/institutional_grants/arts_culture/overview.htm [11] http://www.srtt.org [12] http://www.cscs.res.in [13] http://cis-india.org/about/people/distinguished-fellows [14] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/two-day-wiki-workshop-in-goa-university [15] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-in-st-xaviers-college-goa [16] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/promoting-glam-in-goa [17] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/konkani-in-wikipedia-incubator [18] http://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-workshop-at-rkgit-ghaziabad [19] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-education-program-at-iimc-dhenkan… [20] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odia-wikipedia-9th-anniversary-celebra… [21] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-… [22] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/celebrating-the-success-of-wikipedia-in-… [23] http://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-january-27-2013-first-odia-wikipedia… [24] http://cis-india.org/news/sambad-e-paper-january-30-2013-odia-wikipedia-wor… [25] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters/ [26] http://cis-india.org/about/advocacy/accessibility/blog/e-accessibility-hand… [27] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/dnbook [28] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/position-papers [29] http://cis-india.org/about/digital-natives/front-page/blog/digital-natives-… [30] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/cis-analysis-july2011-treaty-print-disa… [31] http://cis-india.org/about/a2k/blog/analysis-copyright-amendment-bill-2012 [32] http://cis-india.org/about/internet-governance/front-page/blog/cis-feedback… [33] http://cis-india.org/about/accessibility/blog/national-award [34] http://cis-india.org/about/news/nirmita-nivh-award [35] https://twitter.com/cis_india [36] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [37] http://cis-india.org [38] mailto:sunil@cis-india.org [39] mailto:nishant@cis-india.org

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Wikimedia India needs your support: Our First Fundraiser
by Karthik Nadar 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this! * * *Dear all,* * * *On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers among others.* * Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :) Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this current time. Link to the donation page on our website: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate Thanking you, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India. *Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013) A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF. Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time. The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us. It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in India.* * * * * * * *--* *Thanks and regards,* *Karthik Nadar,* *Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*

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Wikimedia India needs your support: Our First Fundraiser
by Karthik Nadar 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this! * * *Dear members,* * * *On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers among others.* * Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :) Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this current time. Link to the donation page on our website: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate Thanking you, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India. *Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013) A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF. Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time. The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us. It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in India.* * * * * * * *--* *Thanks and regards,* *Karthik Nadar,* *Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*

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