*Cross-posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read it.*
Hi all,
greeting from Wiki Loves Monuments India core team.
We are happy and please to let you informed that the global photography
contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 (WLM) kicks off today, while India
participates along and competes with other 35 nations. On behalf of the
core team and Wikimedia India chapter, we are inviting you to participate
in the month long contest, which runs from *1st of September to 31st of
September*.
- List of monuments in India is now ready, which qualifies for the
contest.[1]
- All the images should be uploaded under a different upload campaign
created for WLM in India.[2]
- All the photos participating in the contest must be self taken. Images
can be old, but should be uploaded before 30th of September.
- Participants must have their email-id enabled in Wikimedia Commons to
be eligible for prizes
- Creativity, natural, and importance to Wikipedia will be given prime
importance by Jury
- The default license will be CC-BY-SA 3.0
- Remember, this is a contest, hence *prizes are to be won*.
- We also have a Facebook group[3] and a Facebook page[4]
Do participate and share among your friends to make the contest big in
India. It will be our pride, if we showcase our heritage globally, being
very much patriotic :) All the best to all.
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monumen…
2.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaig…
3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilovesmonumentsindia/
4. https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsIndia
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Thanks and regards,
(User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>)
*Karthik Nadar.*
(Ph: 91-9773608862)
*Cross posting!*
*
Hi all,
We’re calling for volunteers to help in the global contest to be held in
India; Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, to be held from 1st of September to 30th
of September. We warmly invite interested volunteers to step forward to
contribute to this global contest.
Something about Wiki Loves Monuments 2012:
Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 will be a global public photo contest around
monuments, organized by Wikimedia chapters and groups. In 2010, this was
organized for the first time in the Netherlands , and in 2011 it was
organized in 18 European countries . In total, more than 165,000 pictures
of European monuments were uploaded in 2011.
The following will be the tasks involved:
1. Prepare lists for every states/cities
2. Co-ordinate small events to be held in your local
city<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Organizing_a…>
3. Coordinating and volunteering on-venue task, etc
4. Indic languages translations
Do sign-in here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_Indi…
*
Also join-in our Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilovesmonumentsindia/
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Thanks and regards,
(User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>)
*Karthik Nadar.*
(Ph: 91-9773608862)
Dear all,
While at Wikimania, we all had a small India - Nepal team meet up. Here is
a brief summary of what we discussed. All the Indian and Nepali Wikimedians
were enthusiastically gathered by Malayalee Wikipedian Viswa Prabha in the
ballroom at Wikimania.
Since it was an informal meet up, we had the opportunity to discuss
anything and everything! It was awesome to see Wikipedians of all ages,
from various places in India and Nepal, all coming together to discuss the
stuff they were doing! Actually, the first team meet happened on the plane
itself - somewhere above Russia I was told :-)
>From mobile to Indic languages, GLAM, outreach in states of India, OCR for
Indian languages to some ideas that could make communication between
communities and entities easier as well as IEP, we truly learned the best
practices that have been tried and tested by fellow community members.
*OCR for Indic languages:*
Kul, Viswa Prabha, Dr Rajasekhar and Ganesh from the Nepali community had
discussions on whether OCR could be integrated and functional for Indic
language Wikiprojects since that would make the work a lot easier for many
editors. Viswa Prabha is currently working on something and his energy is
really infectious. :-)
Anyone interested can take lead for their communities as well. This would
also help the Malayalam education program in its next phase to get more
student editors on Wikisource.
*Reviving Offline/CD project:*
Harriet, who has been involved with OLPC was also present and asked
questions about the offline/CD initiative and whether the project had an
India specific section. It was suggested that although there is no scalable
tech solution to filter content appropriate for children depending on their
age groups, it could be done manually depending on the age group we're
looking at.
*Announcement page:*
By this time we all agreed that there are so many small and big projects
are happening across communities! Bishakha suggested there should be a more
central place to list out new announcements and more importantly contact
details of people who can help out with various activities. This could be
done on Meta ideally.
*
Using social media to keep vandals at bay!*
There was a brief discussion on how social media can be utilized more
effectively. Viswa Prabha weighed in saying how these social network
platforms could be avenues to deal with vandalism as well as diverse
discussions while keeping Wikipedia related discussions focused on talk
pages.
*GLAM national coordinator:*
Wikimania had a panel discussion on GLAM coordinators following which it
was also discussed whether India community or chapter should have such a
position in order to guide and coordinate and help out new folks who want
to start GLAM projects. Similarly, for WLM or such photo events, I do
recall there being a talk for valid press cards that could be given to SIGs
to help folks out in case of police trouble.
*
Outreach:*
Last but not the least, Yuvi suggested how hackathons could be an excellent
way of outreach (citing the Bangalore and Chennai examples). Nitika also
gave an update on the British Council Wikiclubs. User:Rangilo_Gujarati who
was also present there has volunteered to help with the British Council in
Pune.
It was heartbreaking to see that a lot of our fellow members could not make
it due to visa problems but hopefully, we'll have bigger meetups soon!
Attaching a photo of the meetup (photo curtsy: Rangilo_Gujarati) and a
special mention to Viswa Prabha for winning the Raffles!
Thank you,
Best,
Noopur
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Noopur Raval
*FYI*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to
Knowledge
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
This is the announcement that we have published on the jobs sections
of the CIS website for the Director of the Access to Knowledge
Programme. Please share with interested friends, colleagues and
communities.
Please send me feedback if any, I am happy to make some incremental
changes to the announcement.
Best wishes,
Sunil
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Vacancy for Programme Director (Access to Knowledge)
http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for
the post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi
office. The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the
Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.
Position summary
The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme
which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of
Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free
knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large
Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages
and will manage a team of four staff members.
Responsibilities
Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by
designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and
cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore
innovative approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of
state encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums (GLAM) institution partnerships.
Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of
India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as,
university outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant
thematic contribution campaigns, etc.
Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by
developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and
Wikipedia (offline).
Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to
the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social
media.
Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can
inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other
countries.
Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the
programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing
communications and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the
Wikimedia Foundation.
Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and
build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge
communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software,
Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing,
etc.
Characteristics of the Director
High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be
strongly committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and
objectives of the programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS
and Wikimedia projects in the Indian context, exude enthusiasm for the
mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.
Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling
difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge
into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves
learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.
Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be
comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and
feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know
what she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things
are off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a
mature fashion.
Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as
a partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will
continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The
Programme Director must be willing and able to work with a diverse
array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds
and have a fervent commitment to Wikipedia’s community-led nature.
Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement
and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of
India.
Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of
initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in
use of resources (financial and human).
Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English
projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as
those of the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing
things that prove to be ineffective based on the data.
Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate
partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and
English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions
across the public, NGO, philanthropic and private sector.
Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel
within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach
activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year.
Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be
available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange
some evenings on a weekly basis.
Candidate background:
At least seven years of professional experience with a strong
track record of success in high performance organizations.
Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally
online) or organizational setting.
Strong academic results from highly-regarded university.
Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin
the success of Wikipedia.
Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset,
though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge
of how Wikipedia works in interviews).
Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team
environment.
Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in
at least one Indic language and English.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior
compensation at CIS.
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