Wikimedia-IN-PUN June 2011

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Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations
by CherianTinu Abraham 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

I strongly support and congratulate the efforts of Mumbai-Pune community in planning & organizing the India Wiki conference this year. If I may speak on behalf of the Bangalore community, till now we have no plans of holding any such major event this year and would like to convey our heartfelt support for the Mumbai event. There have been lots of misunderstandings , tensions and confusions flying around this list and I humbly appeal to all the stakeholders to join hands and make this event a huge success. It is also imperative that the chapter , community and the Wikimedia India office to work together in the interests of the Wikimedia movement in the country. I also request the community members to be the actively part of the chapter and lead the chapter efforts. Wikimedia is also about free culture movement and we also have a unique diverse cultural wiki community and it is natural to have differences but let us "agree to disagree" when needed. I am sure the chapter may want to be seen "less bureaucratic" in future while equally aligning with its own responsibilities and charted goals. Let us also realize that the chapter needs our continued support and understanding. This is a national mailing list and possibly such flame wars may cause many leaving the list, so let us still keep this a very beautiful place :) All the best wishes , Mumbai-Pune ! Regards Tinu Cherian On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:53 PM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Arjuna, > > Thanks for your response. The issue here is time - and we dont have any of > it. We are running against time for the logistics. For the scale of the > conference we have planned, we should have had an Event Organising Committee > in place by now and have started locking the logistics. If we are to host > this we require ample time to ensure a successful event. > > We have made public our intention to host this conference way back in April > and even requested people to volunteer for the Organising Committee and > various sub-committees on this same mailing list last month. You yourself > came to Pune Meetup 14 in May and were given a presentation on the > preparations until then. The next we heard was only on this mailing list > earlier this week. All through this the chapter was silent and no other > community came forward with a rival bid. On the other hand, communities > across India have come forward supporting us and we are grateful for that. > Several people reverted to our volunteer appeal and several people pledged > remote support. > > It is not that Mumbai/Pune are against any possible rival bid, it is just > that time is against us at this point. We have done a lot of work this far > which will all go down the drain if things are not firmed up ASAP. *We > request that if there is anyone who wants to place a rival bid, they simply > email this list with "A non binding expression of interest" within the next > 24 hours.* We can then wait and give requisite time for you to formally > place something - and there can be a fair evaluation of all the proposed > hosts. If there isnt anyone else, let us not waste time and get going on > where we should have been right now - off the black board and onto the > ground. We have lost enough time as things stand. I hope this is fair enough > for all parties concerned. > > Kind Regards, > User:AroundTheGlobe > > > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:02:08 +0530 > > From: arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com > > To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Community-Chapter Relations > > > > > Hi Wikimedians, > > > > > > Thanks Ashwin, for initiating the feedback thread on the communication > > from the Chapter. As Chapter starts engaging with the Community, I > > look this as a positive sign to build the relationship > > ('storming'[1] part of a typical team building process). > > > > Of course, there are whole lot of stuff that EC has initiated > > (Donations, projects, City/Language SIG) and we look forward to the > > feedback on that as well and request that the feedback be not colored > > by the perception generated and shared on Wiki India Conference topic. > > > > Keep this discussion going, so that we can collect feedback for a day > > or two and address the same after discussions in EC. > > > > Let me assure you, that we value all your feedback and will revert > > to you with further updates on the communication in few days time. > > > > Thanks > > Arjuna Rao Chavala > > President, Wikimedia Chapter > > [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Ashwin Baindur > > <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The national chapter recently informed the community about its > Membership and Community engagement plan -June 2011. > > > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-June/003346.html > > > In that document, the regulatory framework for conduct of > Wikiconferences was released. > > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/India_Wiki_Conference_Framework > > > Shortly thereafter, a clarification was issued. > > > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-June/003378.html > > > Members of the community must be puzzled at the need for clarification > from the Chapter on the issues of its regulatory framework when there was no > discussion online. This is because the recent announcement of the framework, > in conjunction with other issues, led to the community believing that the > chapter had forsaken it. > > > A little history - the idea for a Wikiconference was mooted way back in > March by the Mumbai community and they asked the Pune community to co-host > it to which the Pune community agreed. As India now has a national chapter, > we naturally asked for their support more than two months ago. For more > than two months they were silent. Yesterday, they responded saying that the > community was invited to submit their proposal, duly modified as per the > said framework, and resubmit it for consideration with other bids. The > cavaliar treatment of the serious efforts put in to date by the communities > and the contents of the Framework of Regulations were disturbing to the > community. > > > At the face off it, one may just consider the Regulatory Framework as > just another logical and reasonable document, but its language, text and > subtext upset the community, in light of Chapter's attitude. > > > The first and over-riding issue was the type of language used and its > indication of the relation between chapter and communities. We all know that > the Wikimedia Foundation encourages national chapters so that the community > and creation of knowledge by them is facilitated. However, the language > herein clearly gives a message - that the Indian chapter is boss and all > Indian wikimedian communities are subservient to it. > > > While that is a great inequity in itself, the community was also > aggrieved that the framework has been foisted on them without discussion, > without any attempt to get them to participate and buy in into the plan, > without community consensus and without any consideration of the community's > interests. This feudalistic attitude is considered to be an anachronism in > volunteer driven communities of the 21st Centuries especially in India. So, > no matter whether the framework is good or bad, sensible or not, the > approach to the community taken by the chapter is to be firmly objected to > and resisted. > > > The Mumbai & Pune community supports the chapter, and have defended the > chapter on number of occasions in email discussions. Members of the two > communities have enthusiastically joined the chapter once membership opened. > A member of the Mumbai and a member of the Pune community are the first two > members to join by NEFT and physical cheque. To the best of my knowledge 24 > members from Pune joined the chapter in response to Arjuna Rao Chavala's > appeal for member ships when he came last month to our Pune meetup. > > > We earnestly believe that India needs an active, sympathetic, > facilitative and supportive chapter. We look forward to heartily cooperating > with such a chapter - alas, the chapter's latest tune was nothing of that > kind. It seemed to be indicative of wanting power and to dominate. > > > The third issue, were the "black" provisions of the framework. Each of > the sentences seemed to imply negative connotations for the community. > > > To give you some examples of the "black" provisions - > > > Example one - Finance > > > The responsibilities of the Host city team included "Fund raising", > whereas the corresponding responsibility of the Chapter Team was > "Responsible for facilitating financial operations and accountability for > finances for the event". > > > The message conveyed was that the community was responsible for > raiising funds but only the chapter was allowed to decide how it was spent. > No commitment of raising monetary support was made by the chapter for the > event. > > > Example two - Logistics > > > The responsibility for the "Host city team" is mentioned as being > "responsible for City logistics in terms of Venue, local transportation, > stay assistance". However, the city community was to be given no say in the > decision-making i.e. organisation of the programme, guest list, expenditure > etc. The OC head was to be some person of chapter Executive Committee. That > meant, the community had to do the hard work but the chapter would take > credit. If the conference succeeded, it was the chapter's moment of glory. > Whereas if the conference failed, the communities would be blamed. > > > Example three - Venue > > > After three months of spade work by Mumbai-Pune, when no other city had > shown any inclination to take up the project, the chapter thanked the city > community for the "proposal", came up with this framework, asks the city to > make changes as per the framework and resubmit it for consideration within > two weeks or so. Then, all proposals/bids would be considered by the chapter > and the decision communicated. > > > For two months, the community waited with bated breath for the > chapter's response and was floored when it eventually came. There were no > emails of encouragement, no saying "we support you", no saying "great job > guys, lets give it to Mumbai-Pune this time, next time, cities can bid". The > community, not surprisingly, were forced to construe such a response as lack > of support by the chapter. > > > So what was to be done? The community was furious at being treated this > way. They could not acquiese to this kind of 'fatwa' type of decision-making > by the chapter. It was felt that if the community accepted this state of > affairs this time around, it would act as a precedent and set the tone for > all future interactions between community and chapter. > > > So, we indicated to the chapter informally through various people that > this sort of thing just will not do. We were prepared for a confrontation on > matter of principle. However, thanks to various third party > back-of-the-scenes attempts, the chapter is now beginning to realise this. A > member of the chapter Executive Committee has given a clarification. You can > read it here - > > > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-June/003378.html > > > The community's demands are few and equitable. > > > Firstly, treat us like equals and stakeholders. Amongst us, chapter > will then be first among equals. The community will not accept any other > form of relationship. > > > The second request is always ask our opinion before issuing policy > especially for a thing like Wikiconference which has not been conducted > before. The chapter must be consultative and facilitative of the community. > The community will not accept orders by fiat. > > > Lastly, this present framework will not do. We need a framework which > gives autonomy to the Organising Committee to successfully pull off an event > of this scale and nature. While organising this Wikiconference, the > community is willing to develop a sensible, practical framework which can be > debated and finalised after the event is over. In this manner best practices > and lessons learnt will be incorporated. > > > We felt that you as a community member should know what was going on > and what happened and how we responded to it. Our next step is to list the > issues concerning how the Wikiconference should be conducted and discuss > them on the list. At present, an active discussion on this is going on > between Pune and Mumbai communities off-list. In the meantime, we invite the > chapter to Mumbai where these issues can be discussed amicably face to face > and resolved. > > > We thank all those who spoke out in favour of the community. > > > Please write back with your views and support as this concerns every > one of us. > > > Ashwin Baindur > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >

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Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimediaindia-l] Workshop on Creative Commons in Mumbai, India on June 18, 2011
by wheredevelsdare＠hotmail.com 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Just to confirm - this will take place at National College, Bandra on 18 June 2011 from 5pm to 8pm. Follow the Mumbai Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wikipedia-in-Mumbai/112915472127887#!/pages/… Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:05:19 +0530 From: pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com To: cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Workshop on Creative Commons in Mumbai, India on June 18, 2011 hi, The Mumbai Wikimedia community will be hosting a Creative Commons workshop involving a talk by Shishir Kumar Jha followed by an interactive session. Shishir Jha is the Project Lead, Creative Commons (India project) and an Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) - more here: http://www.som.iitb.ac.in/~shishir/fac12.html The need for this workshop was felt during Liam Wyatt's visit to India when we found ourselves explaining about Creative Commons to various Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM in wikispeak) before we could even get to the GLAM idea. Since Shishir was involved with Creative Commons and was in Mumbai we took the opportunity to invite him for the talk. In addition to the Wikimedia community, we will also be inviting members from the GLAM community so that they are also exposed to the idea of Creative Commons. You can sign up for the event here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Mumbai_Workshop_1 You can revert to me if you have any questions/suggestions or leave a note on the talk page. warm regards,Pradeep MohandasMumbai Wikimedia Community _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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[Press] : Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool"
by CherianTinu Abraham 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

*Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as teaching-learning tool"* http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-07/pune/29629403_1_onli… *PUNE: Wikipedia.org, the largest online encyclopedia in the world, has invited teachers and students in India to incorporate Wikipedia as teaching and learning tool in classrooms through its Wikipedia India Education Programme. The initiative coincides with the start of this academic year, with Pune as its pilot project. Various colleges and universities are being united to participate in the initiative, with students having the opportunity to contribute by editing articles related to their syllabus on Wikipedia, in lieu of conventional paper or report submissions.* * * *Hisham Mundol, who leads India Programmes, said, "Information about India and that which is contributed by its people is not adequately represented on Wikipedia. We want to change that by increasing the number of editors from India. The Wikipedia India Education Programme will promote this by encouraging teachers in Pune to join a global community of educators who use Wikipedia as teaching and learning tool in classrooms."* * * *The Wikipedia team has therefore chosen 22 campus ambassadors in Pune to help them in this programme.* * * *"The campus ambassadors are essentially volunteers who would work with teachers to incorporate Wikipedia and train students on how to write articles on Wikipedia. They would support both students as well as teachers, during the course of the semester. During the course of the initiative, we will provide teaching material and example lesson plans, expecting the professors to assign their students Wikipedia articles to write or improve, as part of the class," said Mundol, adding that the project will cover a wide range of subjects such as engineering and economics and media and law and architecture and medicine and biology and any other area of academic interest.* * * *The team proposes to replace student reports and papers with Wikipedia articles. "We will thus work with teachers and professors through campus ambassadors to identify potential articles on Wikipedia that can be created or improved through class work for that particular semester. Through the initiative, we also hope to create educational materials in the form of quality articles, including those about topics important to Indians, as well as people all across the globe," said Mundol.* * * *According to Mundol, Pune was chosen as the pilot city for having the world's largest number of colleges and universities, which are attended by more than 200,000 students. "The pilot project in Pune is being used to experiment and learn from before any roll-out of a large-scale program throughout India," added Mundol.* * * *The Wikipedia team feels that students would get a lot out of the editing assignments. "As opposed to writing a paper that they work on alone and that which is seen by a single person, the students will now work collaboratively with other Wikipedia editors. Thousands of people all over the world could then refer to their contributions for educational purposes. As for the educators who participate, they would engage and become part of a wider global community of educators who are on the forefront of implementing new teaching and learning practices, thus engaging with a larger, global academic community," said Mundol.* Regards Tinu Cherian http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#June_2011

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Creative Commons talk in Mumbai on June 18
by Pradeep Mohandas 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

hi, The Mumbai Wikimedia community will be hosting a Creative Commons workshop involving a talk by Shishir Kumar Jha followed by an interactive session. Shishir Jha is the Project Lead, Creative Commons (India project) and an Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) - more here: http://www.som.iitb.ac.in/~shishir/fac12.html The need for this workshop was felt during Liam Wyatt's visit to India when we found ourselves explaining about Creative Commons to various Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM in wikispeak) before we could even get to the GLAM idea. Since Shishir was involved with Creative Commons and was in Mumbai we took the opportunity to invite him for the talk. In addition to the Wikimedia community, we will also be inviting members from the GLAM community so that they are also exposed to the idea of Creative Commons. You can sign up for the event here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Mumbai_Workshop_1 You can revert to me if you have any questions/suggestions or leave a note on the talk page. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas on behalf of the Mumbai Wikimedia Community

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[Press]: The Indian Express : "Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors Pilot Project to begin in Pune"
by CherianTinu Abraham 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

* The Indian Express : "Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors Pilot Project to begin in Pune"* http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wikipedia-campus-ambassadors-pilot-projec… *The Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors Project, which involves volunteers providing face-to-face support to university students on how to edit Wikipedia and work with professors to incorporate Wikipedia assignments into classrooms, will see its pilot project in the country take off from Pune.* * * *The project that will start in tandem with the academic year has been implemented successfully in the US. Hisham Mundol, consultant, India Programs, said, “Pune was chosen because of the large number of colleges and universities and the student population. The programme in the US has been successful in terms of both the amount of information added to the English Wikipedia (1.4M characters - 900 pages - in March alone) as well as quality of information (an estimated 60 per cent increase in quality on edited articles).”* * * *While the execution and format of the programme might differ, similar success in India is the objective, said Mundol. “Given the strength of the education system and the drive of students and faculty alike, we are confident of thoughtful, quality contributions,” he said. The project will cover a wide range of subjects and train volunteers to work on them. Mundol cites the vast opportunity for volunteers to contribute to Wikipedia. He says, “This way, as the programme grows, professors from any subject area will have the opportunity to enhance their curriculum with a tool to teach their students to contribute information.” The initial Campus Ambassador training programme will take two days, but ongoing training is provided if the ambassadors stay involved from semester to semester. As of now, there is no set number of Campus Ambassadors for the programme.* * * * Mundol said this will be determined both by the quality of applicants as well as the number of classrooms that will pilot the programme. The project will not be going beyond Pune till September. “The campus programme has great potential, but we also want to make sure to start the effort in a manageable way in order to ensure proof-of-principle and to iron out details. A more controlled programme at the outset will help ensure that supports are properly established and will also help provide opportunities for programme evaluation,” he added. * Regards Tinu Cherian http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#June_2011

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Pune community member in Grants Advisory Board
by Ashwin Baindur 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

Sudhanwa Jogalekar, a member of the Pune has been accepted as a member of the Grants Advisory Committee! Great going - Sudhanwa! http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/06/03/gac-it-up-introducing-the-grant-adviso… http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee Heartiest congratulations, Sudhanwa! We are sure you will serve really well on the committee. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Visits to Pune Campus Ambassadors - regrets
by Ashwin Baindur 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Hello friends, We had hoped to have Bishakha Datta, Trustee over for the Campus Ambassador program/ Pune meetup on 04 June 2011. Previous commitments have forced her to regret our invitation. She has wished the community well. We have also been informed by Arjuna Rao Chawala that due to previous commitments, it would not be possible for any board member to attend the pilot campus ambassador training. However, they have passed on their wishes for a successful conduct of program. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Update on Meetings
by Hisham Mundol 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

We have a couple of interesting meetings yesterday with 2 Symbiosis institutes (SIMC & SIBM) I know I had said we would write daily updates this week - but I'd like to change that to a weekly summary because that is probably going to be a better way of providing a comprehensive picture. Trust that's ok! Best Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media Contacts: Pune
by Hisham Mundol 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

cross posting for Pune Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Begin forwarded message: > From: Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org> > Date: June 2, 2011 12:13:32 AM GMT+05:30 > To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Media Contacts: Pune > Reply-To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > Thanks for this everyone! This is really helpful! > > Just so you know: we're hoping to schedule all press interviews for > Sunday after the training. We're trying to keep the number of > journalists small and organized so that the focus stays on the > community events and training the Ambassadors. We'll reach out to the > contacts you've sent us, but if you receive interest, please feel free > to send their contact info to me, Hisham and Tinu so we can work with > media directly and make sure they have some time to interview the > team. > > Tinu will be managing all of the press interviews during the weekend. > > Thanks again! > > Moka > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Noopur <noopur.raval(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey Hisham, >> there is this senior reporter with Sakaal times, a local newspaper. Her name >> is Akshata and she has given her email address to contact: >> akshata.shetty(a)gmail.sakaaltimes.com. She's promised to help. >> Will scout for more! >> Cheers >> N >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> Do any of you have contacts with local media in Pune? Would love to get >>> name of correspondents, name of publication / radio or TV channel as well as >>> email IDs or phone numbers. Could you share these with me and Moka >>> offline? >>> We are looking at providing a diverse mix of media with the opportunity to >>> cover the Wikipedia India Education Program - and the Campus Ambassadors who >>> are associated with this. >>> I'm particularly keen on getting local publications (especially Marathi) >>> and local radio channels. >>> Many thanks >>> Hisham Mundol >>> >>> Wikimedia >>> >>> India Programs >>> >>> skype : hisham.wikimedia >>> >>> gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org >>> twitter : @mundo >>> l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Noopur Raval >> Student >> Arts and Aesthetics >> Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi >> Ph: 9650567690 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Moka > > Moka Pantages > 415.839.6885 x 635 > @moka > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Fwd: India Programs IRC : Thursday June 2nd 2011 @ 9pm IST (GMT + 5:30) : #wikimedia-office
by Hisham Mundol 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

cross-posting pan India (apologies if you have got this through other mailing lists.) Hisham Mundol Wikimedia India Programs skype : hisham.wikimedia gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org twitter : @mundol Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham Mundol <hmundol(a)wikimedia.org> > Date: June 1, 2011 11:04:02 AM GMT+05:30 > To: wikimediaindia-l Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Annie Lin <alin(a)wikimedia.org>, Frank Schulenburg <fschulenburg(a)wikimedia.org>, PJ Tabit <pjtabit(a)gmail.com>, Srikeit <srikeit(a)gmail.com> > Subject: India Programs IRC : Thursday June 2nd 2011 @ 9pm IST (GMT + 5:30) : #wikimedia-office > > Hi Folks > > We conduct a monthly IRC on India Programs on the first Thursday of every month. I'm writing to invite you to attend tomorrow's IRC. I've scheduled it for 9pm IST - based on feedback I've gotten from the community when discussing this at the various meet-ups I've been attending that this time slot might be more convenient. > > Something different that I thought we would do in the IRC tomorrow is to have some guests. Specifically, I wanted to invite Frank, Annie, PJ & Srikeit - all of who are supporting the Wikipedia India Education Program's Pune Pilot. Frank & Annie are with the Foundation. PJ is from the Campus Ambassador program in the US - and has offered to come down to Pune to support this initiative for just under the next 3 months. Srikeit is an existing Wikipedia and has offered to support the program for the next 1 year. > > I thought it would be a great way of getting to know them and for you to interact with them and to discuss the (very early) signals that we would have on the program (given that we are starting formal outreach today.) We'd love to hear your views as well. > > As always, we will also give a quick summary of India Programs and discuss any other issues you'd like to. > > Do join us! > > Best > > Hisham Mundol > > Wikimedia India Programs > skype : hisham.wikimedia > gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org > twitter : @mundol >

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