Dear Nichole,
I did not plan to attend the event for technical, family and work-related reasons.
I would like to use this to introduce Mr. Timerkhan Shaykhutdinov (User:Тимерхан),
recommend him for representing local Wikipedia+Education experience during
& invite you and
Sailesh to consider him as my replacement.
Timerkhan was my first & only student within
initiative back in 2016-2017 school year
and who now has successfully organized two sessions teaching his peers as well as many
presentations in various camps.
It was was mainly his & their team's efforts that lead
to
, as well as ongoing successful development since, whilst I mainly support him with my
experience, ideas and contacts, concentrating instead on moving
& other Wikimedia Russia related
initiatives forward.
If this is acceptable and possible, please help with an official visa invitation for
Timerkhan, as well as think if his airfare & other conference attendance related
expences can be covered using Wikimedia funds from outside of Russia (WMF is not sending
grants to Russia, Wikimedia Russia is currently unable to fund his trip either).
Copy goes to him and Wikimedia Russia.
regards,
farhad
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03:29, February 14, 2019, Nichole Saad <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hi Farhad,
Thank you so much for keeping us updated on all that you are doing. Do you plan to attend
the Wikimedia+Education conference? Sailesh and I are putting together a panel to discuss
the impact of the Wikimedia projects on mother language education. I think you would be a
great person to speak about this! I also think the conference would generally benefit from
having you there. I hope you will attend :)
best,
Nichole
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:33 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin
<frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
> Today Russian Wikinews published our report on 1st of October meeting with Mintimer
Shaimiev
>
https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Минтимер_Шаймиев_встретился_с_татароязычными_в…
>
> Ex-President (State Councillor of the Republic of Tatarstan & UNESCO Envoy
requested us to get prepared for the end of the month meeting with a working title of
"Preparing the population of Tatarstan and the Tatar speaking world for living in the
Industry 4.0 Global Economy: What Wikimedia projects have to offer".
> I have not yet have the time to identify which ministries, departments and other
organizations (Tatmedia, National Museum, National Library, Regional TV & Radio
company, etc.) are worth to be invited, so here I would very much welcome your
recommendation — it's a balancing act as we are limited on the volunteer time to
adequately support each of these players, but we certainly don't want to miss those
capable of demonstrating interesting results relatively quickly.
>
> Tatarstan Deputy Prime-Minister - Minister for ICT Roman Shaykhutdinov has today
inquired about possibility of engaging myself to deliver lectures on Advanced Uses of Wiki
(I guess it's best to engage volunteers with extensive experience of presenting at
various Wiki-conferences, Russian-speaking ones first of all). As for the open to the
public introductory level wiki-seminar about Wiki and related practical Use Cases from
various countries about using it in Education, GLAM, Wikidata applications, etc. - with
speakers connecting over the video-conference & simultaneous interpretation support -
it's offered to be organized locally in an IT-Park in a downtown Kazan during the last
week of November (I guess WMF staff would be best able to help me with identifying most
appropriate Use Cases and international volunteers that were responsible for their
implementation, plus we'd have to figure out the schedule for their connection &
possible overall routing - we might have plenty of folks around the world to benefit from
this video-conference, as well as professional Russian-speaking simultaneous
interpretation of the presentations). Plus Roman invited local Tatar Wikimedians to
include two Russian-speaking schools into the pilot run.
>
> I would go about translating the above Wikinews into Tatar & English (as well as
the report on 2018 Wikimedia Conference Russia
https://ru.wikinews.org/?curid=185095
sometime next week — as I have to finish my presentation plan and slides for 2018 CEE
Meeting shortly.
>
> Regards,
> farhad
>
> --
> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 /
skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>
> 01.10.2018, 22:54, "frhd(a)yandex.com" <frhd(a)yandex.com>om>:
>> Today I received an unexpected offer for me to think about launching a
Wiki-program on a publicly funded Tatar language satellite TV channel, and a request to
prepare for a meeting with a group of regional ministers (tentatively end of October) and
whomever I would like to invite if I can figure out how they can be of help in speeding up
penetration of Wikimedia projects & respective skills into the mindustry of peopl
having something with respective fields.
>>
>> This is a result of a two hour long meeting with the First President of Tatarstan
81 y.o. Mintimer Shaimiev, whom I visited with a high-school senior, who now heads Tatar
language Selet Wikischool project. The invitation came on the Friday afternoon, so I was a
little tense over the weekend but we managed OK (though I missed my Lviv CEE Meeting
Presentation Plan deadline I set for today).
>>
>> I am now returning to Kazan after interpretation work in Naberezhnye Chelny some
200 km east of my hometown, so Russian Wikinews article will have to wait till tomorrow,
but I already uploaded the pictures I took with my smartphone when Timerkhan was
entertaining our State Councillor & UNESCO Special Envoy on Intercultural Dialogue.
>>
>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Frhdkazan
>>
>> regards,
>> farhad
>>
>> --
>> Sent from Yandex.Mail for mobile
>>
>> 00:35, September 29, 2018, Jorge Vargas <jvargas(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>>> Hi Farhad,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick update! We'll disregard any potential visit
happening this year based on your comments. Great to hear the relationship for you and
this relevant stakeholder is growing stronger.
>>>
>>> Have a great weekend.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Jorge
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 4:32 PM frhd(a)yandex.com <frhd(a)yandex.com>
wrote:
>>>> Dear Jorge and all,
>>>>
>>>> At this stage WMF Headquarters visit by the current President of
Tatarstan seems to be very unlikely to happen this year. I learned that Tatarstan
delegation will be visiting Silicon Valley around the 20th of October and not November as
I was told in early August.
>>>>
>>>> I am proceding with an assumption that it's not the specific date
(this year or next) that something materializes, but that all parties see a dynamically
evolving relationship growing stronger with every step.
>>>>
>>>> Monday will be a courtesy visit to a respected influential elder to be
followed by many more working visits to many younger statesmen of different caliber. We
will be mainly listening and responding to questions about Wikimedia movement globally, in
the Russian Federation and within the Republic of Tatarstan, discussing areas where our
efforts are complementary to those of the regional government, possibly getting a chance
to touch some issues where they would be willing and ready to help us to be more
effective. Probably no dates here, it will be about building trust.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> farhad
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sent from Yandex.Mail for mobile
>>>>
>>>> 23:47, September 28, 2018, Jorge Vargas <jvargas(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>>>>> Hi Farhad,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a clarifying point regarding the visit of the current President
of Tatarstan to WMF. This is not yet confirmed on our end for anything related to this (as
there are different things that need to be assessed and planned to figure something out on
this regard). What I meant to say is that the sooner you know about their intentions the
better, just to assess the situation with proper timing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Jorge
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 3:44 PM Jorge Vargas
<jvargas(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Farhad,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you so much for keeping us updated, and congratulations on
all the great work. The earliest you can confirm if there is an intention for a WMF visit
the better, in order to inform and plan whoever should be involved. I'm cc-ing
Gretchen Yen, Katherine's assistant, who can support us in reviewing her schedule to
see what could be done based on their timeline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fantastic work with UNESCO, and I saw you were recently
interviewed again. Thanks for being such a great ambassador for the movement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Jorge
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:46 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad
Fatkullin <frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Monday, our high school Senior User:Тимерхан & myself
are meeting with the First President of Tatarstan, State Councillor of the Republic of
Tatarstan, UNESCO Special Envoy on Intercultural
Dialogue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Conversation is likely to be around Tatar Wikipedia, growing
Wikimedia movement in the region, using it as a channel to promote knowledge about
cultural heritage, lifelong open learning and other issues related to my upcoming
presentation at CEE Meeting 2018 in Lviv
>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2018/Programme/Submis…
>>>>>>> & Lightning talks as
well
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2018/Programme/Submis…
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I provided his staff with a review of my activities on &
around Wiki, as well as copies of my correspondence with Tatarstan counterparties about
Education, GLAM, Wikidata etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> farhad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.S. This might speed up WMF Headquarters visit by the
current President of Tatarstan, Wiki-Seminar over videoconference to downtown Kazan
location & other steps around what I called Wikimedia Tatarstan project. Wikimedia
Russia colleagues have started giving me advice on ow to steer the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sent from Yandex.Mail for mobile
>>>>>
>>>>> 10:55, September 10, 2018, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad
Fatkullin" <frhd(a)yandex.com>om>:
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was recently informed that First (Founding) President, current
State Councillor of the Republic of Tatarstan & UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural
Dialogue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev (for more details see
http://shaimiev.tatarstan.ru/eng ) expressed his desire to meet with myself to discuss
some of the ideas I shared with the Russian & Tatar language regional press in
Tatarstan, which he seemed to like very much. This or coming week I'll be meeting with
his aide to discuss more about Free lincenses-Education-GLAM-UNESCO-Wikidata-etc.
opportunities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During Sept.4-7 UNESCO Intercultural Dialogue Forum in Kazan
(dedicated to the 65th Anniversary of UNESCO Associated Schools Network), I had a chance
to meet & discuss possible avenues for local & Russia-wide cooperation with Ms.
Sabine Detzel (International Coordinator of
http://aspnet.unesco.org/ ) & Mr. Tao Zhan
(Director of
http://iite.unesco.org/ ). National UNESCO Coordinators from Armenia &
Canada were very much impressed to hear how proud we are in Tatarstan & throughout
Russia of their respective chapters' achievements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I learned that President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will be
visiting California in the last decade of October, but I'm yet unable to confirm if he
will have time to pay a visit to Wikimedia Foundation Headquarters this year. As for
Education-GLAM-UNESCO-Wikidata-etc. videoconference for larger Tatarstan public, late fall
or winter months might be easier to arrange it. I'll keep you posted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>> farhad
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. Younger generation of Tatar Wikimedians got ready &
filed for recognition of
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tatar_language_Wikimedia_Community_User_Gro…. I will have
a high-schooler Timerkhan & another college Freshman/Sophomore attending and speaking
@
https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_Russia 2018 in St.Petersburg on
September 22-23 & they have a plan of doing school visits in & around Kazan before
that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад
Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 30.08.2018, 22:45, "Stephen LaPorte"
<slaporte(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>>>>>>> Farkhad, nice work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 12:31 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad
Fatkullin <frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> tatarstan.ru moved to CC-BY 4.0
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-August/090955.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад
Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 30.08.2018, 22:02, "Samantha Lien"
<slien(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm also looping in Stephen LaPorte to this
thread.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:45 PM, Jorge Vargas
<jvargas(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Farhad,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> First of all, I appreciate all of your time,
energy, and enthusiasm with everything coming in and how busy you've been. Your
family, life, and personal well-being should always be your priority.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Based on the thorough list of updates and
activities you shared, there's support we can provide particularly on the third point
you mention on the "I need help" section. I note that there are *a lot of
things* happening and going on, and it is completely reasonable and understandable that
it's basically impossible for you (or anyone, including the Foundation) to do
everything. You're doing already a lot of amazing things - last thing needed is you
burning out. With this, I'm saying that prioritizing and looking into what can be
supported first could be good, and I'm happy to discuss where the Partnerhsips &
Global Reach team can provide some level of support.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll send a separate note to discuss a
scheduling of a call to avoid noise for the rest (although email is totally fine if you
don't want to add yet one more call to your schedule).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>> Jorge
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, Фархад Фаткуллин /
Farkhad Fatkullin <frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Nicole, Jorge & everybody,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is my progress report for what I've
done over the course of the last 2 weeks or those not mentioned previously:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> PUBLIC ENTITIES
>>>>>>>>>>> Initial introduction meetings with Tatarstan
government officials, all of which request follow up seminar in Russian on global best
practices in their fields & are ready to consider pilots in respective areas with
publicly funded institutions
>>>>>>>>>>> * Ministry for Youth Affairs
http://minmol.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm , talked with the Minister
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/rus/pravit/ministr-min-molodezhi - great interest in any
extracurricular projects that help kids to grow into independent thinkers, questioning
whatever they see in the media
>>>>>>>>>>> * Archives Board -
http://arhiv.tatarstan.ru/ , talked with the head of the agency
http://arhiv.tatarstan.ru/rus/nachalnik-glavnogo-arhivnogo-upravleniya-pri.… -
interested in promotion & increasing visibility of archived materials
>>>>>>>>>>> * Built Cultural Heritage Board - talking to
the head of the agency
http://president.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm/news/1232033.htm -
attracting attention to built heritage etc.
>>>>>>>>>>> * Education coordinator at the Tatarstan
Government level -
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/rus/about/apparat/structure?department_id=39 -
talking with the head of the department, ready & willing to organize my meeting with
Deputy Ministers for Education responsible for Higher & Vocational, as well as
Secondary School & Kindergarten programs.
>>>>>>>>>>> * In April I also met with the Tourism Board
http://tourism.tatarstan.ru/eng/index.htm , talking with the head of the agency
http://tourism.tatarstan.ru/eng/head.htm - interested to promote Wikipedia in Education
& various contests about Tatarstan
>>>>>>>>>>> * Next week I am likely to meet with the
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars
http://tatar-congress.org/en/about-congress/structure/presidium-of-executiv…
& Tatarstan Deputy Prime-Minister named into the Board of Trustees
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/eng/pravit/3.htm - Wikimedia projects for Tatar Diaspora (only
25% live in Tatarstan, 20% outside of Russia).
>>>>>>>>>>> * In early to mid-September I will be
invited to the Republic of Tatarstan Cabinet level meeting, being organized by the
Prime-Minister's
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/eng/premier.htm Office
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/rus/about/apparat/structure?department_id=21
>>>>>>>>>>> * In late September to early October time
frame I am likely to meet with the First President of Tatarstan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev who is now championing Tatarstan's
relationships with UNESCO to promote local tangible & intangible cultural heritage
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> PRIVATE ENTITIES
>>>>>>>>>>> *
http://school.balacity.ru/ - private
education institution (kindergarten through grade 7, Cambridge International School type
institution) - has identified areas of interest & people on staff to be the pioneers
diving into Wikipedia Education Program opportunities & best practices to be brought
into the classroom or a Wiki-Club to begin with (I met with Founders, Director and his
Deputies)
>>>>>>>>>>> *
http://tat-i.net/ru/about - Tatar Internet
Development Foundation - "Jewels of Knowledge" Award is to have a nomination set
up for Tatar language Wikimedians most active over the course of the year (they have a
similar partnership for Tatar-language groups in
Vk.com , prizes being provided by the
social network company)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION & AFFILIATES
>>>>>>>>>>> * I just had a Hangouts/Facebook Messenger
meeting with
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astinson_(WMF) of GLAM team
>>>>>>>>>>> * I am looking forward to online meetings
with Susanna Mkrtchyan of
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Armenia (on Saturday,
Aug.25) &
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JVargas_(WMF) sometime this week (@12pm
SF time any day he can manage)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I NEED HELP
>>>>>>>>>>> * To develop a program & schedule a 1-2
day videoconference seminar to introduce local public & private players to how
engaging with Wikimedia movement can help to promote valuable Education / GLAM / Heritage
/ Wikidata / Outreach etc. opportunities, to be implemented somewhere in late September-
early November time frame (to be coordinated with the Deputy Prime-Minister - IT Minister
http://mic.tatarstan.ru/eng/minister.htm (up to 200 people, with simultaneous
interpretation where needed)
>>>>>>>>>>> * To make sure that this success can later
be sealed by hosting the President of Tatarstan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustam_Minnikhanov @ the Wikimedia Foundation during a late
November visit to California - I see this as a presentation of best practices,
introduction of key WMF figures for respective areas, a formal MOU / Letter of Intent on
Cooperation between some Tatarstan Regional party, such as Tourism Board or a Ministry of
Culture
>>>>>>>>>>> * To develop a framework, an action plan
& a capacity building plan to have a Tatarstan & Tatar language oriented regional
Russian-speaking NGO setup to serve as a coordinating body / point of contact / center of
Wiki-competencies (I see it as a blend of WMDE, Wikimedia Armenia & Amical Wikimedia,
as all players I talk to request guidance & organizational support for programs &
projects, contests etc., whilst Public Authorities are willing to provide grant or other
support)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> MY MOTIVATION
>>>>>>>>>>> * I would like to see Wikimedia Russia as a
constellation of regional thematic organizations - a planned
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Languages_of_Russia_Community_Use… could
certainly benefit from a working model of engaging local & regional public into
actively contributing in Wikimedia projects
>>>>>>>>>>> * I would like to get my Wikipedia editing
time back
>>>>>>>>>>> * I would like to get back to translating
news from International Wikimedia communities into Russian & those inside Russia into
English (on FB, mailing lists, newsletters)
>>>>>>>>>>> * I would like to be able to concentrate on
doing my paid simultaneous or consecutive interpretation work well (which I thoroughly
enjoy & pride myself in)
>>>>>>>>>>> * I would like to have my family life,
fitness & sleep time back (no hard feeling for Jimmy's announcing myself as the
2018 Wikimedian of the Year, I know this will eventually pass as well)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад
Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 17.08.2018, 02:45, "frhd(a)yandex.com"
<frhd(a)yandex.com>om>:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jorge,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 7-10pm MSK (outside daytime job working
hours local timezone) is best for me —which is 9am-12pm SF time.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Following printed media storm, I started
receiving more invitations for discussion from various interested Tatarstan regional govt
funded agencies (GLAMs, Education, UNESCO cooperation body).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Coming Sunday & Tuesday I will be
recording two different programs with Tatar satellite TV channel, meeting with a private
school Monday, and follow up working meeting with ICT Ministry sometime during the week. I
know nothing about cooperation with GLAMs, so Alex Stimson agreed to brief me Tuesday
evening.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The earlier we can talk, the better will I
be able to steer all the opportunities I can spot.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> farhad
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from Yandex.Mail for mobile
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 20:35, August 16, 2018, Jorge Vargas
<jvargas(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Farkhad,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Firstly, congratulations again!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My name is Jorge Vargas, and I'm
with the Partnerships and Global Reach team of the Foundation. I'm happy to be point
of contact with you as you explore all the different opportunities that are coming in, and
guide you through how a process can be done and where could we support.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Would you like to set up a call some
time next week? Let me know what your availability is - I'll be in San Francisco that
week, if that helps for time zone coordination.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Lookng forward to your comments.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jorge
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, August 10, 2018, Nichole Saad
<nsaad(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Farkhad,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> First, my apologies for taking
longer than expected to get back to you. I wanted to touch base with a few others to
better understand the needs and opportunities here. I think, since you are looking at
partnerships with your local government, that Global Reach should be the first point of
contact for you. I've had a conversation with Jorge Vargas, and shared some of my
initial ideas about the opportunities for education: I think we may be able to plug into
some efforts we are currently undertaking to promote awareness of the benefits of reading
Wikipedia in the classroom. He'll be getting in touch with you to explore these
partnership opportunities further, and will bring me in again later once we have a better
idea about what kind of programmatic support will be needed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd also like to encourage you
(if you haven't already) to join the Wikipedia & Education user group.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nichole
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 2:45 PM
Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin <frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sirs,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is from Farhad,
User:frhdkazan (ComCom member, now a.k.a. 2018 Wikimedian of the Year) with some proposals
about how to leverage a fleeting opportunity I got. Please read the text below this letter
ASAP & think how you can help seize the moment. I'm looking forward to first ideas
within 24 hours from now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any support of yours would be
greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a million.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> farhad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P.S. More on where I'm
coming from can later be discovered @
http://frhd.narod.ru/resume-en.htm (dated, stopped
my retainer contract with the Office of Tatarstan President in September 2013) & more
up-to-date but in Russian @
http://sikzn.narod.ru/index/0-4 . I have previously translated
& provided digital media with the link to Russian text of Wikimedia Blog post about
Jess Wade
https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/?curid=176108 , & now contacted Asian
colleagues to get similar content about Nahid Sultan & Wikimedia Bangladesh. Also on
my agenda is to record a video-interview in Turkish for Wikimedia Turkey's
communication campaign - I speak the language, User:Basak provided the questions & we
talk via FB-Messenger. I also need to get back to interpreting into Russian videos of
Wikimania-2018 available on YouTube - maybe later this week, before I join my family for a
few days off & then a week-long interpretation assignment in Singapore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад
Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TRIGGER
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Following Jimmy's unexpected
pass during Wikimania-2018 Closing Ceremony, I became an instant celebrity of sort -
myself alone I've seen over 40 articles with positive PR about Wikipedia & wider
body of Wikimedia projects,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * one by RT in Russian
collecting over 1.1 million Facebook likes in under 8 hours from publication
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * short positive ones from
Russian Federation government's Official gazette & Russkiy Mir Foundation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * first ever mention that people
can donate to Wikimedia Russia volunteers organization for us to be able to fund local
Wiki-seminars, conferences & contests (WMF is not funding Wikimedia Russia &
can't allow us to use donate link from Russian Wikipedia or place a link to
"Thank you, but we don't accept donations from Russia" page where users from
Russia are being routed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * about to get one with links
published to various WMF & Wikimedia Russia projects, including promoting free
licenses, Education & GLAM programs, etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm periodically collecting
these @
https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия:Безнең_турында_матбугатта#Ел_викиме…
when time permits, but there's more in my Facebook Messenger.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CONTEXT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is also generating very
positive attention on behalf of the Republic of Tatarstan government, as well as our
regional NGO partner, Selet Youth Education Foundation, with whom yet unrecognized Tatar
Wikimedians are jointly running Selet WikiSchool project.
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/May_2018/Selet_WikiSchool The latter
want to introduce this joint initiative, as well as Wikimedia Russia executive director
Stanislav Kozlovsky (Ph.D. in Psychology, Researcher & a Senior lecturer at Moscow
State University) and myself to the President of Tatarstan during his visit to their
Annual International Forum of Tatar-speaking High-School Age Youth on August 6th.
Unrelated to that I was yesterday called up by a good acquaintance of mine (Tatarstan Vice
Prime-Minister, Minister for IT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Shaykhutdinov ), who
invited me to have a talk with him tomorrow about how promoting Wikimedia projects in
wider Tatar-speaking world (only about 25% of Tatars live in Tatarstan) can help him get
whatever current President wants him to do to develop Tatar language use online. There are
some other Tatarstan Prime-Minister Office level things in the pipeline, & I am also
waiting for a call from Russian Federation ex-IT Minister
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Nikiforov , whom I know from his years in Tatarstan
government as well (until 2012). FYI: Wikimedia movement is still unknown in Russia, with
local mass media outlets are predominantly speaking about Wikipedia in Russian when there
is some lapse that can be exploited to show one's Russian patriotism & thus score
some points (basically same political circus, as what we are seeing in U.S. with
Russia-collusion story in the overdrive, just opposite direction), and here we get
something to reverse the situation big time, explaining to the wide public that it's
not only Ok, but even desirable they engage with Wikimedia projects.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IDEA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keeping in mind that Tatarstan
President is the head of both Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group &
Association of Innovative Regions of Russia, Jimmy gave me a-hell-of-an-opportunity for an
elevator pitch for Wikimedia movement in Russia and some adjacent counties (think Turkey
& Central Asia), and I would really hate seeing it go unused. I will do my part here
(about CC-BY for regional government controlled websites, Wikipedia Education Program as
an extracurricular activity in all secondary school & universities, GLAM, as well as
some locally funded carrots for participants), but I also want your help in driving this
to a home-run. Every fall Tatarstan President & the delegation is visiting Silicon
Valley & other places of interest in U.S. & it would be great if we could set-up a
physical visit to Wikimedia Foundation, with a first hand presentation of best
international practices the movement if proud of & have some MoU on cooperation signed
(as a bureaucratic basis for continuing the conversation) with either some department in
Tatarstan government, just like the one you signed with the Mexican Ministry of Culture
www.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/secretaria-de-cultura-y-wikimedia-firman-con….
To set the context, Tatarstan has such formal documents with a number of American
companies & institutions, with our private English-speaking IT Univesity @
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innopolis having been developed jointly with Carnegie Mellon
University (with consultancy fees paid by Tatastan),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Commission certified hospitals & plenty of U.S.
investors @ our
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabuga_Special_Economic_Zone . On top of
this, we could benefit from having Selet Yough Educational movement
http://selet.biz/en/
to embrace Wiki even further, so maybe a similar MoU on collaboration between them and
Wikiedu.org signed simultaneously would be great (I met LiAnna and Jami in Montreal last
year & was really impressed with what these guys are doing).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REQUEST
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please shoot something my way
before the same time tomorrow, for me to handle the meeting with Tatarstan VP more
effectively to progressively open other opportunities I've touched on. On top of what
I described above & my last year's ideas @
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frhdkazan/Wiki4RegionalDevt (in Russian), I'll be
bringing to the table topics of:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Wikidata
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OSM, as well as a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * WOK-like project for all
things in Tatar (I was contacted by a local 9th grader who, on his own initiative with a
help of a teacher, did something similar for students who want to train for
Russian-language SAT/ACT type exam
www.kakprav.com & now offered to develop such or
bigger thing for Tatar). For more on WOK, see
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/wikipedia-wok-seek-nigerian-content-onl…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * whatever else you or anybody
else can help me think of until then & or later opportunities
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nichole Saad
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Program
Manager, Education
>>>>>>>>>>>> nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>>>>>> user: NSaad (WMF)
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> Jorge Vargas
>>>>>>>>>> Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach
>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>> jvargas(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>>>> +1 415.310.5922
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach
>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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>>>>>>>>> +1 415.310.5922
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>>>> Jorge Vargas
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>>>> Jorge Vargas
>>>> Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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>>>> +1 415.310.5922
>>>
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>>> Jorge Vargas
>>> Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> jvargas(a)wikimedia.org
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