Hey everyone,
We are currently in the planning process to figure out how we can take the India Education Program (IEP) forward i.e. what can we do better in the next semester, avoid some of the fall outs we had during this semester, making sure we have a good number of campus ambassadors and online ambassadors to handhold students, etc. etc. One of the other decisions we have to make is whether (a) we continue the program only in Pune (b) do we continue the program in Pune and start the program in one more city. If we go with option (b) we also need to figure out which city it would be?
If at all, we're thinking of launching the program in one of the metropolitan cities (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai) as we'll find better quality of schools/students/professors from these cities. Apart from several other determinants one of the most important factors to answer 'which city it would be?' is to figure out how many existing wikipedians from each of these cities would be able to volunteer as Campus Ambassadors for the IEP.
I would like to ask you all (existing wikipedians) if you'd be willing and able to volunteer for the IEP during the school hours (9am -4pm) from Mon -Fri. Main role of CAs is to co-ordinate with professors, conduct in-class presentations for students, introduce students to wikipedia, conduct editing workshops in classes, take refresher sessions in classes etc etc. As you'll notice most of the work that a CA is required to do takes place during working hours and not over the weekends or not in the evenings after working hours.
So for us to take this decision of 'which city it would be', we'd like to know how many of you would be able to actively contribute towards IEP as Campus Ambassadors if we do launch the program in your city. Here is a link to a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtsrCZ_fInBPdG… that you can fill in. Please note that there are different sheets for Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai. Please put in your names here if you'd like to volunteer as CAs and also mention how many working hours during a week will you be able to volunteer. I have added another sheet named 'Additional Comments' if you'd like to discuss some more thoughts/ideas/suggestions/criticism etc.
It will be great if you could fill in this sheet by 14th Nov, Monday 9am IST.
Thank you so very much for taking out time to read my long mail and helping us out with the India Education Program.
Thanks
Nitika
Changed the date on the subject too :)
-TC
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhashish(a)gmail.com
> wrote:
> Oh, sorry, its *13 November 2011.*
> *
> *
> My apologies :(
>
> Subha
>
> On 27 October 2011 09:30, Gautam John <gautam(a)prathambooks.org> wrote:
>
>> When is it again? 23 November?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Gautam
>> (handheld)
>> On Oct 27, 2011 9:27 AM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" <psubhashish(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The Bangalore Wiki Community announces the 19th monthly meetup for
>>> November on 23 October 2011 Sunday. The details for the meetup can be found
>>> at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore39.
>>>
>>> You all are welcome to sign up here<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangal…>and participate.
>>>
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Hi All,
Bangalore WIki Community is happy to announce its 38th WikiMeetup scheduled
on 23 Oct, 2011 at 3.00 PM IST and invite you to join and share your views.
Venue:Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MBL38
The Wikipedia Bangalore meetup is a monthly get-together of wikipedians
(contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out
and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. Bangalore Wiki community is
entering 2 years of regular monthly meetups as the first Bangalore
meetup<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore3>
was
started on August 2009.
As discussed in the Bangalore Meetup
3<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore3>
in
August, Wikipedians in Bangalore (Bangapedians) will meet up every month on
the 2nd or 3rd Sunday at 3 PM. The meetups are intended to be structured as
follows —Introductions, a few focused talks by Wikipedians to share
experience / expertise followed by demos and open discussions on topics of
common interest.
Pre-Meeting discussions can be on the talk
page<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Bangalore/B…>
please.
Please share your views for the main agenda. Expecting whoever available on
that day to be present for the meetup.
Best!
*
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cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other mailing lists.
Hi Folks,
A few months ago, the Foundation asked Tory Read to travel to India and listen and learn and write about the movement in India. The objective was to harvest experiences and learnings and to have an open discussion around what we could all do to further the movement.
This isn't in the form of a (possibly) long & boring report - but in the form of a story. (Tory's a professional researcher, writer and former journalist.) To put this together, Tory travelled for a couple of weeks across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and across towns in Kerala - attending community meet-ups and meeting up/speaking with a host of individual community members (in these cities and indeed beyond.)
Tory's tale is called, "The India Chronicles", and is available on Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_(150dpi).pdf
Do have a read through and do share your views on it - positives and negatives - and do feel free to comment on any aspect of it. It would be wonderful to have an engaging conversation on this.
Warmest Regards,
hisham
Dear Indic wikimedians,
Thank you very much for the welcome messages and for making me feel at home.
Over the past few years I have interacted with many of you for the various
Indic Wiki related activities and we have done many successful projects.
Thank you very much for all those wonderful projects. Now when we are moving
to a different phase of growth of Wikimedia in India, I request more
support from your side.
To get started we shall together develop a plan for Indic language wikis and
design few pilot projects to gain learnings to drive growth. I propose to
develop this plan collaboratively and openly - in true wiki style. This
will include focused Indic language meetups, virtual meetings, desk research
and constantly synthesizing the findings from all of these into learnings.
These learnings will then flow into pilots that we will implement and review
and learn from.
For this purpose, I will be using the following page
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_….
It is very preliminary right now - but will keep updating it. The page will
give you a flavor of the kind of process and methodology I plan to use - and
also give you a hint of the end output. However, I stress that is nothing
more than a stub right now. So please provide your suggestions.
I will be in touch soon and regularly on the next steps and I will keep you
constantly posted on progress - both positive and whenever we face setbacks.
The task is huge. The potential is even more massive. I will need a lot of
your help. I invite and welcome and urge all of you to contribute to this
process - during physical meetups, in virtual meetings, one-on-one
conversations or meetings, on the talk page to the Indic Languages page and
in any and every manner that you can imagine.
As part of the India Programs of WMF, my official ID is shiju(a)wikimedia.org.
You can reach me anytime regarding any WMF's Indic wiki related topic.
Thanks
Shiju
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other
> mailing lists.
>
> Dear All
>
> As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed
> by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages
> initiatives. In this mail (
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html),
> I had indicated that he would join around September-October.
>
> I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on
> September 24th.)
>
> Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to
> start work on this urgently. He'll be in touch shortly on this matter.
>
> Welcome aboard, Shiju!
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> hisham
>
>
cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other
mailing lists.
Dear All
As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed
by so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages
initiatives. In this mail (
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html),
I had indicated that he would join around September-October.
I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on
September 24th.)
Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to start
work on this urgently. He'll be in touch shortly on this matter.
Welcome aboard, Shiju!
Warmest Regards,
*hisham*
Hi everyone!
I wanted to let you know about a survey that I am running for female
contributors to any Wikimedia project. It is being ran by me as an
independent volunteer, *not* on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dDR3a3JfaTd0a…
If you are a female contributor and you are comfortable working in English,
please participate, and if you know any female contributors, please share it
with them.
Thanks so much!
Sarah Stierch
[[User:SarahStierch]]
--
GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia <http://www.glamwiki.org/>
Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American
Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>
and
Sarah Stierch Consulting
*Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.*
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http://www.sarahstierch.com/
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Hiya Indian Wikipedians!!
This is to announce that Registrations for WikiConference India 2011 are now open! WCI 2011 will take place on 18, 19, 20 November 2011 in Mumbai. We have been receiving unprecedented amount of attention and thank everyone for their attention and patience to wait for registration to open.
Fee Patern:
Registration entitles you to entry for all three days of the conference[1], attendee party, lunch on all days and evening snacks on the first and second day.
Early Bird Individual [2][3] = 750 (+ 25 Processing Fee)Individual = 1500 (+ 50 Processing Fee)Institutional = 5000 (+ 170 Processing Fee)[1]: there may be some programs open only to certain audience such as Wikimedia Chapter members.[2]: denotes limited by number.[3]: additional 10% discount for Wikimedia Chapter members.
This discount is only applicable on Registration Fee and not on
Processing Fee.
Registration Link:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Registration
All Wikipedians are requested to register ASAP to take advantage of Early Bird Registration.
Hope to see all of you @ WCI 2011!!!
Kind Regards,