Wikimedia-in-mum August 2011

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Agenda for the August meetup
by Pradeep Mohandas 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

hi, Would be great to have suggestions for agenda items besides the WikiConference India 2011 updates. What would you guys like discussed? warm regards, Pradeep -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9

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Oral Citations mentioned in the New York Times
by Ashwin Baindur 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Hi everyone, I am a subscriber to NYT online for almost ten years (its free so far at least but about to change). I was most pleasantly surprised to find this : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/media/a-push-to-redefine-knowled… Great exposure & great publicity. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Conference Weekly Meet
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Hiya, Just letting everyone know that the weekly planning meet for WikiConference India will take place at 210 Degrees (Churchgate) this Thursday at 10am. Do look forward to meeting some of you then. Kind Regards,

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Weekly meet and Mumbai University visit
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hiya, Just to remind everyone that we will be having a Weekly Meetup in Mumbai on Thurdsday 4 August 2011 (day after) at Tea Center, Resham Bhavan (Churchgate) at 10am. This will be followed by a visit the Mumbai University Fort Campus (on the request of the Logistics Team, WikiConference India 2011). Anyone who wishes to join can just land up at Tea Center on Thursday at 10am. Kind Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe

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Welcome to the India Team! : Shiju & Nitika
by Hisham Mundol 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

cross-posting pan India (apologies if you got/get this through other mailing lists.) Hi Folks, I'm really pleased to send out this email welcoming the first 2 new members of the India Programs team. Just before I introduce them, I thought I'd share with you the background of their selection. Context As you might be aware, the Foundation had decided to undertake a catalyst operation in India to promote the growth of the community and projects here. The team is expected to be a small, nimble 5 person group. We had put out 2 job postings - for Indic Initiatives and for Participation. (Please refer: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-May/003007.html) We posted them on linkedin and on the Indian FOSS community list as well as announcing them on various Facebook pages and Twitter feeds. The response was wonderful. >110 applications for Indic Initiatives and nearly 175 applications for Participation. These were short-listed to 10 (3 for Indic Language and 7 for Participation.) These were a mix of existing & previous Wikipedians, Wikipedia newbies and open source advocates. In June, the shortlisted 10 were interviewed and further down-selected to 4. These 4 were then further interviewed by a group of other staff members from the Foundation. I am pleased to inform the community of the final selected 2. Shiju Alex - Indic Initiatives Most of you already know Shiju. For those who don't, Shiju is a long-time Wikipedian [User: shijualex] and is active on Malayalam Wikipedia, English wikiprojects and Wikimedia Commons, as well as Wikisource and offline. He has been passionately involved with the establishing and building of Indic language Wikipedias. He's participated in a series of outreach activities and is also (jointly) undertaking a grant from the Foundation for outreach across India. He's a regular member of the Bangalore community. Shiju is from Palakkad, Kerala and is married with a 2 year old baby. He currently works as a Senior Technical Writer with ABB in Bangalore. Even those of you who know him might not know the following 2 things that I was lucky to discover during the selection process. Shiju is an MSc in Physics with a specialisation in Astronomy and Astrophysics - and he retains a deep interest in anything astronomical. Feel free to quiz him vigorously on this! He also enjoys trekking and misses his time in Pune where he could be up & close the gorgeous Sahyadri Hills. Shiju is going to lead our work on promoting Indic language projects across India. The challenges are enormous - from technical constraints to low levels of awareness of these projects to vibrant but nascent communities. However, these only point to the massive size of the opportunity for Indic language projects - which is the joint top-2 strategic priority of the movement in India. After he joins, he'll collaboratively put together a plan for Indic language projects and work towards quality execution of high-impact initiatives. Shiju is currently serving out his notice period so will be able to join us only around September - October. Nitika Tandon - Participation Nitika [User:nitika.t] is relatively newer to the community - and has been brushing up her editing. She's been immersing herself in the Wikimedia world and attended community meet-ups as well as reviews of the Wikipedia India Education Program. She is from Delhi - and is currently based in Mumbai - where she works as a Strategic Partnerships Manager with Directi. (If you're not aware, they are one of the most prominent internet domain & solutions providers in India.) Nitika has an MBA and has also worked on research analytics. A fascinating detail I discovered about a previous assignment of hers - and you must ask her about it - is how African drums can be used for management coaching! She also reliably informs me that there are 7 Spanish dance forms and she instructs in all of them! Nitika is going to be working on Participation - which is primarily focussed on increasing the contributor base of non-Indic language projects, primarily Wikipedia. One of her first tasks will be to expand the Wikipedia India Education Program from the Pune pilot to a more national footprint. She'll also work on other initiatives to promote participation - and I can foresee Wikimedia Commons being a potential initiative. Nitika will join us on August 1st. Introductions I'm going to be scheduling the August Monthly India Programs IRC on Thursday August 18th to introduce them both to you. Please do join us. I'll send a reminder closer to the date. Also, needless to say, they'll be attending a series of community meet-ups over the next months. In the meantime, please do join me in welcoming them onboard. I'm really excited because this means that we will now have the capacity and capability to dramatically accelerate our activities in India. Warmest Regards, Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!

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Official Page: WikiConference India 2011
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

**Cross Posted on India/Mumbai/Pune Lists** Hiya, We received feedback last week on the official WCI 2011 page on meta not being up to date. We have been working on it since and the page is now up to date with relevant information. Things like registration are not up yet as it is still to open, watch out for official announcements on the same in the coming weeks. For any information on WCI 2011 kindly refer to: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011 We will appreciate any feedback in this matter, kindly respond to this email privately with your feedback. Kind Regards,

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