Reminder
Today is last date for Nomination.
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From: "Yohann Thomas" <yohannvt(a)gmail.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2017 00:13
Subject: [WMIN-Members] Election Notice for Wikimedia Chapter Executive
Committee Elections-2016
To: "Wikimedia Chapter India Google group" <wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com>,
"Wikimedia India Community list" <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
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From: Abhijeet Safai <abhijeet.safai(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 12:04 AM
Subject: [WMIN-Exec 18366] Election Notice for Wikimedia Chapter
Executive Committee Elections-2016
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com
Cc: Lu Kishore AnnamThyagraraja Wiki <annamthyagarajakishore(a)gmail.com>,
Yogesh <csyogech(a)gmail.com>, EC Wikimedia India <wikimedia-in-exec@lists.
wikimedia.org>
Dear Member,
The Election Committee appointed by Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee
(EC) for notifying and conducting the Election to Wikimedia Chapter EC
election, hereby announces the election to the Wikimedia Chapter EC for the
two year term.
A detailed ‘Rules & Regulations for the Election’ is available on wiki (
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WMINElectionAndAppointmentRules.pdf) which
includes the Nomination Form for Candidature (at Page 7). Approved Members
who are on the membership roll as on 23rd Jan 2017 are eligible to
participate in the Election and contest the Election (as per by-laws, based
on the date of election and Annual General Meeting scheduled for 23rd Apri
l 2017. This will include updates if any to the members list which will
be used for finalizing the slate of candidates as well as for mailing
ballots.
Please note the following details:
1. Date of election:
23
Apr
il
2017.
2. Place and timing for voting in person: As per AGM Agenda which will be
communicated by Chapter later.
3. Place of for sending postal communication:
Wikimedia Chapter, No.194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Dommaluru 2nd stage, Bangalore
560071. India.
4. Last date and time of receiving nominations:
24
Mar 2017, 11:59PM IST
Elections
5. Scrutiny and Publishing Draft slate of candidates:
25
March
2017
5. Last date for withdrawal of nominations:
1
Apr
il
2017 11:59PM
6. Publishing final slate of candidates:
2
Apr
il
2017
The Executive Committee and the Election Committee will host an IRC on
19
Mar
ch
2017 between 9PM and 10.30PM on IRC channel #wikimedia-in. All potential
candidates and WMIN members are requested to make use of this for any
clarifications on rules and procedures with Election Committee and
Executive Committee.
There will be second IRC meeting on
9
Apr
il
2017 between Candidates and the Voters. Voters can make use of this
opportunity to interact with each candidate in WMIN election. Attendance by
candidates is mandatory. Voters can share a list of questions earlier to
help manage time.
Election
-
Kishore AT: Polling Officer
-
Dr. Abhijeet S
afai
: Polling Officer
- Yogesh KS: Returning Officer
You can contact us via Talk:Elections 2017
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections_2017> for any clarifications or
discussions.
Also, keep track of the Election process on http://wiki.wikimedia.in/
Elections_2016
Thanks in advance for your cooperation to conduct the election in free and
fair manner.
- Dr. Abhijeet Safai
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From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM
Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called
the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to
donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to
community members who would put it to good use.
The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta,
here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program
Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay
attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of
the decisions we'll be making.
We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated.
Applications are welcome.
The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be
an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to
approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd
encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this
e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the
program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media
channels or other communication forms you use.
Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea
of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired
this program.
Mini-FAQ:
Q: Why are you doing this?
A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly
replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working machines,
that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San
Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to
deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better.
Q: Am I eligible?
A: Read the fine program documentation.
Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop?
A: no.
Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others?
A: yes, eventually.
Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes?
A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of
Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once
donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't
enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment.
Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through
this program?
A: No. Read the fine program documentation.
Q: I'm really happy about this!
A: So are we! :)
Q: I'm really angry about this!
A: So it goes.
Q: I have more questions!
A: Hit 'Reply'. :)
Cheers,
Asaf
Hey Soni,
Thanks for the queries.
1. All the content will be under creatives commons - We believe that no single
organization has the right to control the sum of all human knowledge.
2. We are currently in closed beta to take the feedback of Wikipeidans in
building the software. We are 3-4 months away from launch. On launch , it will
be accessible to everyone.
Hope that clears all your doubts. Feel free to ask me any other questions.
On Mar 21, 2017 6:26 PM, "Soni" <the.original.soni(a)gmail.com
[the.original.soni(a)gmail.com]> wrote:
Hi Pratik,
I see no licensing or relevant information regarding VideoWiki. Will all videos
there be public domain? Under CC-by-SA or other appropriate licenses?
Also, is there any specific reason why the current project is under closed Beta,
as opposed to be open to all? These are necessary conditions before it can be
considered similar or open to any Wiki communities.
Regards,SoniMessage: 2
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:39:31 +0000
From: Pratik Shetty <pratik.shetty(a)tlrfindia.com [pratik.shetty(a)tlrfindia.com]>
To:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org [wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org]
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia 2.0 - Building VideoWiki
Message-ID: <dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4(a)getstrike.co
[dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4(a)getstrike.co]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hey Wikipedians,
Have you ever wondered why there isn't a video version of Wikipedia? It's 2017,
streaming images and videos isn't a big deal but Wikipedia is still a
predominantly atext-based encyclopedia.
* Okay, times up *
The reason for this is because videos once uploaded on the internet cannot be
edited again and Wikipedia relies on being continuously edited.
We have cracked this problem and are building VideoWiki. VideoWiki is a free
multi-media encyclopedia built by the people using VideoWiki Software. In
simpler words, we are building the video version of Wikipedia.
You can enhance your Wikipedia articles and create a VideoWiki article by simply
dragging and dropping images to the relevant Wikipedia text. You can check out
the 1st ever VideoWiki article on Elon Musk as demo at -
https://www.videowikipedia.org/
[https://t.getstrike.co/l/9425cb86-32a4-a067-189a-1c3c4e1b6ffe]
We will be launching VideoWiki in the next 3-4 months and would love your
valuable feedback on the ease of use of the VideoWiki Software.
Will keep you updated with the progress and let you know when you can beta test
the product.
Meanwhile, would love your thoughts and opinions on the demo multi-media
article. Is it something you would love to see happen to all the Wikipedia
articles?
Love, now and always,
Pratik Shetty
Creator of VideoWiki and a open-content enthusiast
Email -pratik.shetty(a)tlrfindia.com [pratik.shetty(a)tlrfindia.com][
https://t.getstrike.co/t/dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4
[https://t.getstrike.co/l/6ab56151-3f45-c69c-5353-d524ebf27411]]
Hi Pratik,
I see no licensing or relevant information regarding VideoWiki. Will all
videos there be public domain? Under CC-by-SA or other appropriate licenses?
Also, is there any specific reason why the current project is under closed
Beta, as opposed to be open to all? These are necessary conditions before
it can be considered similar or open to any Wiki communities.
Regards,
Soni
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:39:31 +0000
> From: Pratik Shetty <pratik.shetty(a)tlrfindia.com>
> To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia 2.0 - Building VideoWiki
> Message-ID: <dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4(a)getstrike.co>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hey Wikipedians,
>
> Have you ever wondered why there isn't a video version of Wikipedia? It's
> 2017,
> streaming images and videos isn't a big deal but Wikipedia is still a
> predominantly atext-based encyclopedia.
>
> * Okay, times up *
>
>
> The reason for this is because videos once uploaded on the internet cannot
> be
> edited again and Wikipedia relies on being continuously edited.
>
>
> We have cracked this problem and are building VideoWiki. VideoWiki is a
> free
> multi-media encyclopedia built by the people using VideoWiki Software. In
> simpler words, we are building the video version of Wikipedia.
>
>
> You can enhance your Wikipedia articles and create a VideoWiki article by
> simply
> dragging and dropping images to the relevant Wikipedia text. You can check
> out
> the 1st ever VideoWiki article on Elon Musk as demo at -
> https://www.videowikipedia.org/
>
>
> We will be launching VideoWiki in the next 3-4 months and would love your
> valuable feedback on the ease of use of the VideoWiki Software.
>
>
> Will keep you updated with the progress and let you know when you can beta
> test
> the product.
>
>
> Meanwhile, would love your thoughts and opinions on the demo multi-media
> article. Is it something you would love to see happen to all the Wikipedia
> articles?
>
>
>
> Love, now and always,
>
> Pratik Shetty
> Creator of VideoWiki and a open-content enthusiast
> Email - pratik.shetty@tlrfindia.com[https://t.getstrike.co/t/
> dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4]
>
Dear Member,
*Subject: First IRC for Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee
Elections-2016*
First IRC for Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee Elections-2016 is
scheduled on 19-March-2017 9:00PM - 10:30PM.
This session is for potential candidates and members to clarify election
rules and procedures with Election Committee and current EC.
The announcement for the same can be found on
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats#Upcoming_Planned_Session .
The above link also provides details on how to participate.
The link to the IRC is as below:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/March_19,_2017
*Following guidelines will help facilitate the smooth conduct of the **IRC*
*:*
- Please be on-time, IRC starts at 9:00 PM.
- If you have not participated in IRC earlier, it is recommended that you
go through the following in advance
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats#How_to_participate
- Participants to identify themselves on joining
- Please go through the election rules and related documentation available
at
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Elections_2016#Related_documents
- Questions may be posted on
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Talk:Elections_2016#Questions_for_IRC in advance.
These will be taken up first.
- Please await confirmation from facilitator before putting up new topics
during the IRC. Topics will be taken up one by one to allow everyone to
contribute.
Regards,
Yohann Thomas
Wikimedia India
Hey Wikipedians,
Have you ever wondered why there isn't a video version of Wikipedia? It's 2017,
streaming images and videos isn't a big deal but Wikipedia is still a
predominantly atext-based encyclopedia.
* Okay, times up *
The reason for this is because videos once uploaded on the internet cannot be
edited again and Wikipedia relies on being continuously edited.
We have cracked this problem and are building VideoWiki. VideoWiki is a free
multi-media encyclopedia built by the people using VideoWiki Software. In
simpler words, we are building the video version of Wikipedia.
You can enhance your Wikipedia articles and create a VideoWiki article by simply
dragging and dropping images to the relevant Wikipedia text. You can check out
the 1st ever VideoWiki article on Elon Musk as demo at -
https://www.videowikipedia.org/
We will be launching VideoWiki in the next 3-4 months and would love your
valuable feedback on the ease of use of the VideoWiki Software.
Will keep you updated with the progress and let you know when you can beta test
the product.
Meanwhile, would love your thoughts and opinions on the demo multi-media
article. Is it something you would love to see happen to all the Wikipedia
articles?
Love, now and always,
Pratik Shetty
Creator of VideoWiki and a open-content enthusiast
Email - pratik.shetty@tlrfindia.com[https://t.getstrike.co/t/dca2e8d1-9a79-503d-3cf7-675fbeaefdd4]
Wikimedia India advocates use of the images from the Indian Army and the
Air Force under Commons acceptable licenses. The goal of this idea is to
get the images from the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force released under
one of the compatible creative commons licenses. See more at Wikimedia
India page
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Request_for_use_of_files_by_creative_commons>.
