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Quark 2013 at BITS Goa
by Anirudh Bhati 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

FYI. Those of you from Mumbai and Pune are interested in joining BITS Goa for a techno-management fest to organize a workshop/hackathon during their annual, please get back to me. The institute can sponsor bus travel and accommodation for up to 5 participants. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vishal Jain Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:42 PM Subject: Workshop during Quark 2013 To: "Anirudh Bhati" <anirudh(a)wikimedia.in> Dear Sir, Hope you are having a great day. Foremost we would like to express our gratitude for the interest that you have shown to our proposal. We are aware of the Hackathon that was organized by Wikimedia during Atmos at BITS Pilani- Hyderabad. We would like to have a workshop for 2 days which can be followed by a Hackathon on the third day. This will ensure that students learn and then get to test their skills. It would be an added incentive to the participants if Wikimedia could provide certificates on completion of course. The participants of the workshop will be highly enthusiastic undergraduate science, technology and engineering students with keen interest in programming and development. The course content and the format of the workshop can be something that you deem fit for the participants with the above mentioned qualifications. We are expecting around 150 to 200 participants for the workshop. Hence we feel 5 volunteers will be more than sufficient enough to conduct the workshop. If you feel otherwise please let us know. We are willing to provide for travel expenses of the volunteers from Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore along with their accommodation during their stay here for Quark 2013. We would be happy to help you with any further queries. Thanking you in anticipation for positive response at the earliest. -- Regards, VISHAL JAIN Core Member,Quark 2013 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus -- Dear Sir/Madam, On behalf of BITS Pilani - K. K. Birla Goa Campus, I, Vishal Jain, take this opportunity to inform you of our upcoming National Level Techno-Managerial Festival QUARK 2013 which is scheduled to take place from 1st to 3rd of February,2013. BITS, Pilani is one of the India's top ranked universities in the fields of Science, Engineering & Technology and has a global reputation of creating leaders in fields as diverse as research & technology and entrepreneurship & management. Our technical festival Quark is a platform for the brightest and the best in India to innovate and compete in various dimensions of Pure & Applied Sciences and Technology & Management through Competitions, Workshops, Guest Lectures, Exhibitions, Symposiums ét al, whilst maintaining its usual levels of convivial festivities. With GOOGLE as one of the official sponsors for Quark 2013 and existing collaborations with Mahindra RISE and INK talks, we are one of the most anticipated technical festivals in the country We, at the Department of Controls- Quark 2013, invite WIKIMEDIA INDIA to conduct a workshop for the benefit of the Engineering and Science under-graduate students who will be attending the festival.Quark 2013 will be privileged enough to be associated with a company of such stature .Quark 2012 witnessed a phenomenal participation in the various Workshops it offered and for 2013 we wish to take the participation and quality of the workshops to a greater standards . I would hence request you to please mail your response. Please include any other detail or conditions you find appropriate. Thanking you in anticipation of a positive reply soon. -- Regards, VISHAL JAIN Core Member,Quark 2013 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus -- Sincerely yours, Anirudh Singh Bhati Treasurer, Wikimedia India Skype: anirudhsbh +91 9328712208 "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikimedia Language Engineering Meetups in Pune and Bangalore
by Sudhanwa Jogalekar 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:41 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikimedia Language Engineering Meetups in Pune and Bangalore To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." < wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Pune, India" < wikimedia-in-pune(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hello all, The Wikimedia Language Engineering team[1] invites Indic wikipedians and people who are interested in language support for their wikiprojects for a meetup with us. Language teams are Wikimedia community members with a common interest (compare with SIG) to help improve, provide feedback and help educate our language communities of readers and editors about Wikimedia software enhancements and tools built by the langauge engineering team. This meetup is to get a face-to-face introduction to language technologies available on the Wikimedia websites and learn more about how to best use these. We will be in Pune[2] on the 4th November and Bangalore[3] on 11th November. (For a change a Bangalore Wikimeetup can be held in a different part of city :)). Please sign up on the page, looking forward to meeting you and working together on improving language support :) [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Language_Engineering_team [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Pune_Language_Engineering_Meetup_November_20… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bangalore_Language_Engineering_Meetup_Novemb… -- Regards Srikanth.L _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list Wikimedia-in-mum(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.

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please unsubscibe me from the group
by Suresh Dhadve 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

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Progress in WLM
by Karthik Nadar 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

*Cross posting* Hi all, and thanks for all your support in WLM. Just sharing few statistics: With just a day completed, while second day is going on, India ranks second behind Spain in number of photos uploaded. Happily, India ranks number *ONE* in number of Uploaders with 194 contributors so far. 847 Images has been uploaded so far :) Shouldn't we aim for number one spot among 34 other countries??? ;) http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wlm/stats.php#detailed http://toolserver.org/~platonides/wlm/uploads.php?country=in&limit=100&orde… -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)

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Invitation to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments India 2012
by Karthik Nadar 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

*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 -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)

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Meetup in Pune on 18th August
by Sudhanwa Jogalekar 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

Dear Wikipedians, We have a meetup on 18th August 2012 at SICSR. Do join us. Abhishek has already posted this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Agenda : -Introductions of new members. -Background of Wikipedia and Pune Activities for newbies. -Discussions about future programs and events in Pune (WikiConference , WikiWomen Conference etc) -Farewell : Col. Ashwin Baindure (He is senior and most respected member of Wikipedia Pune community, and moving out of Pune due to his transfer, it will be "Come-back-soon" kind of program) -Brainstorming about new initiatives. "Anyone" can attend the meetup. Hope to see you there. For directions or any other help/query, you can contact - Abhishek Suryawanshi (07588551111). SICSR location map available here: http://sicsr.ac.in/contactus.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warm Regards, -Sudhanwa ps:Some Wikipedians are coming from Mumbai for this meetup to discuss some activities/events like WikiWomen Conference, WLM -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more.

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WLM Budget
by Karthik Nadar 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

*Cross posting to reach mass, sorry if you have already read them.* Hi all, this is to inform you that we are prepared with the budget for Wiki Loves Monuments in India<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_India> . Please find the budget details here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_Indi… You review, suggestions are welcomed at the discussion page here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monu… -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph- 9773608862)

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to Knowledge
by Noopur Raval 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

*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 -- 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. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Noopur Raval -- Noopur Raval

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director recruitment committee
by Noopur Raval 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org> Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director recruitment committee To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org Dear Wikimedians, I would like to request members of the Indian Wikipedia community to nominate themselves to serve on the CIS's A2K Programme Director recruitment committee. This programme will hopefully receive large grant from Wikimedia Foundation and we would greatly benefit from community input during the hiring process of the new Programme Director. The volunteer must be experienced Wikipedian, based in India [ as we cannot afford international travel for the interviews] and must have sufficient managerial experience [including experience with conducting interviews]. The volunteer should be able to spare time in September to review applications remotely and also conduct face-to-face interviews for 2 days either in Bangalore or Delhi. Those who fit the description are requested to nominate yourself by sending me an email with a profile and relevant URLs before COB 25th August 2012. I will publish a long list on cis-india.org on 29th August, after removing those nominations that don't have the required qualifications. The volunteer to serve on the recruitment committee will be selected from the long list by using IETF's Publicly Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection[1]. The other members of this recruitment committee will consist of 1. One of the existing independent consultants [Hisham, Nitika, Noopur, Shiju or Subha] 2. One member from the Wikipedia Chapter (Wikimedia India Program Trust) community. To be nominated by the Chapter Executive Committee. 3. Executive Director of CIS - me. The recruitment committee will be responsible for screening the long list of eligible applications and conducting one-on-one face-to-face interviews with the short list of applicants. Best wishes, Sunil [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3797.txt The random seeds will be the 30 August 2012 result for the following national lotteries - Australia (http://www.lotto.com.au/), UK (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk) and USA (http://www.powerball.com or http://www.usamega.com) _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Noopur Raval

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Farewell
by Hisham 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear Pune Community I'm writing to inform you that I plan to leave my current role supporting Wikimedia in India. I am going to be exploring opportunities and evaluating options that are closer to my career aspirations and my personal circumstances. I will be working through to ensure that there is a smooth transition - and this is likely to take 2-3 months. I am writing now because I felt it appropriate and opportune to inform you as early as possible. I want to start off by thanking the Wikimedia community and movement for giving me this extraordinary opportunity. Working on something like India Program has been something that has been professionally enriching and personally fulfilling. Over the past 1 1/2 years, I have been supported by so many of you - and I want to thank you for everything you have done! The passion and intellectual firepower of our community has been my constant source of drive and guidance. There are so many examples of powerful stories from all over the country: the incredible efforts put in by the IEP Campus Ambassadors in Pune; the army of volunteers that drove the outreach push across the country in the first few months of this year; the beautiful stories of fantastic community initiatives from far and wide across the country and sub-continent, and indeed the world; the remarkable stories from so many communities - large, small and tiny ones! I want to thank the team that I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with - Nitika, Noopur, Shiju & Subha. You guys have been wonderful. The work that we are doing is experimental and we have been innovating every day, and I know the circumstances have not always been easy. Take strength and inspiration from the large number of community members who have been touched by you and appreciate your efforts and value your work. I will send an actual "over and out" message later. In the meantime, I will continue to work on everything that needs working on. Happy Editing! Warmest Regards, hisham

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