Dear all,
This is to invite all the women editors and contributors on Wikipedia and
other sister projects from India to *WikiWomenCamp*. I'd like to invite all
our fellow women members from the chapter and contributors outside to
attend the conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in May 2012. While the
conference is largely aimed at women involved in the Wikimedia movement,
the organisers feel that women editors from Wikipedia, helping on Indic
communities can also offer a unique perspective that can be of use to
female leaders inside the Wikimedia movement and help expand the movement
to make it inclusive for all. In turn, we hope that we can provide them
with contacts and assistance with their work related projects. Details
related to the conference can be found at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp
Do pass this on to the other lists concerned and hope to see substantial
participation from India.Let's do it! :)
Warmly
Noopur
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Noopur Raval
Student
Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Ph: 9650567690
[cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from some other mailing list.]
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….)
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.
Originally, the Consultant, Team Support position (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs#Team_S…) 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
This might be of interest to those of you in Bangalore.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
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From: Anja Kovacs
Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:19 PM
Subject: Event on online free speech on Wednesday
To: Gautam John
Free Speech Online in India under Attack? A Panel Discussion
When Minister of Communications and IT Kapil Sibal suggested
pre-censorship for a range of popular online platforms and social
networking sites, this suggestion was soon met by a barrage of
criticism, which soon forced him to back down. Yet Sibal’s suggestion
is not the only threat to free speech on the Internet in India today:
legislation such as the Intermediary Due Diligence Rules and Cyber
Café Rules (also jointly known as the IT Rules) issued in April 2011
is equally dangerous for free speech online.
In this event, Achal Prabhala, Anja Kovacs and Lawrence Liang will
join moderator Sunil Abraham to discuss in more detail some of the
most direct threats to freedom of expression online that exist in
India today; the larger legal and social context of freedom of
expression and censorship, control and resistance in which they have
to be understood; and the steps that can be taken to ensure that
substantive protections for freedom of expression online will be put
into place.
Join us at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, on
Wednesday 21 December, at 5.30 pm.
Address: No. 194, Second 'C' Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560071
Phone: +91 80 4092 6283
About the speakers:
Achal Prabhala is a researcher and writer from Bangalore who works on
access to knowledge and access to medicine.
Anja Kovacs works with the Internet Democracy Project, which engages
in research and advocacy on the promises and challenges that the
Internet poses for democracy and social justice in the developing
world.
Lawrence Liang is a lawyer and researcher at the Alternative Law
Forum. He works on the intersection of law, technology and culture and
has worked closely with film makes and artists in a number of
anti-censorship campaigns.
About the moderator:
Sunil Abraham is the Executive Director of the Centre for Internet and
Society in Bangalore.
This event is jointly organised by the Internet Democracy Project and
the Centre for Internet and Society
Dear All,
After attending WikiConferenceIndia
2011<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011>,
Mumbai Hackathon 2011 <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/India_Hackathon_2011> and
couple of other Wiki Academies/meetups wikipedians of Bangalore Wiki
Community are gathering today at CIS, Domlur, Bangalore. Please find the
details of the meetup
here.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore40>
*Agenda:*
- *Talks*
Wiki Conference India 2011 - RadhaKrishna
- *Discussions*
1. Discussion around recently completed WikiConference India
2011<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011>
2. Wikipedia chapter updates. ?? (tentative)
3. WikiAcademy events in IT companies
4. WikiAcademy/presentation in Community meetups (like Marathi
MithraMandal etc). This is unlikely in their December Event (due to short
Event 10:30-1:00). More likely (95% probability) in their January Event
(full day event).
5. Other payment options to Wikimedia India chapter
- MMPS - Mobile to Mobile Payment System
- PayPal
1. Wiki Academy in Jaya engineering
college<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jaya_Engineering_College>
and
way forward by Subha
- *Updates*
- Networking
We can also connect you virtually if you are not in Bangalore though
skype/Google Hangout. (Skype name: psubhashish)
Your presence will be deeply appreciated.
*
regards
*
*
Subha
Wikimedia India Chapter <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>
[image: File:Wikimedia India logo.svg] <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>
reachout
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sum of all knowledge.That’s our commitment.
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