Hello,
Third IRC discussion of 2018 will be conducted on 6 April 2018 at 8:00 pm
Indian Standard Time.
Possible topics of discussions are but not limited to:
Wikisource OCR issue
General Wikipedia discussion
Focused Project Area
+(Please suggest topic)
The channel will be #cis-a2k at Freenode, may be accessed from any chat
client or using the web version:
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
Thanks
Tito Dutta
Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
me over email or phone call.
FYI, there are two job openings for the next phase of the Strategy project.
A.
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From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 8:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy core team news: We're recruiting
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
I am happy to share another update on the movement strategy process. As we
resume work, we’re planning to put together a team to design and facilitate
the next phase of the movement strategy process. This team will be
responsible for shaping the overall process in a way that supports
participation and engagement of the diverse constituents and stakeholders
of our movement.
As I mentioned in my last email, I’ve asked Nicole Ebber of WMDE to take on
the role as Process Lead for this next phase. She has been busy mapping out
the team and skills we will need to move forward, including writing
descriptions for each role, which you can find on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Team>
[1].
In clarifying these roles, it became evident that there are some people who
have played a major role in the process to-date and who bring much-needed
skills and insight to the team. As a result, we’ve asked two people from
the first phase to formalize their collaboration in the Strategy Process
Architect and Process Support Lead capacity and join this next phase as
core team members. *We’re still finalizing details, but I look forward to
announcing them soon!*
We are still looking for people for two of the other roles in the core
team. In the first phase of the process, last year, we worked with a number
of consultants from outside the movement.
For this phase, *I am very interested in building a team from within our
movement* -- bringing together people with a passion for our movement, the
necessary skills for the work we need to do, and an interest in helping us
solve some of our most challenging questions. I believe that this is an
exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role, develop their skills,
and work on an essential priority for the future of our movement. *I
strongly encourage people from all across the movement to apply. *
*We are looking for candidates for these two positions: *
- *Information & Knowledge Manager* - A person with experience in
managing the flow of large amounts of qualitative information. They will
be
responsible for ensuring the effective, yet inclusive, collection of
inputs
from movement stakeholder discussions around key questions and themes of
Phase II. They will be responsible for making sure community has clarity
about the process itself and its goals, for ensuring a steady information
flow to critical stakeholders, and for effective communication of the
status and results through movement-wide communication. (Application link
<
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096509?gh_src=cclqxfvl1#.WsT-D…
>
[2]
<
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096509?gh_src=cclqxfvl1#.WsT-D…
>
)
- *Project Manager* - A person with experience in project management and
evaluation. They should be comfortable with navigating high-volume
information flows, multiple competing stakeholders, and situational
ambiguity and complexity. This person will be responsible for
coordinating
and managing human and financial resources, coordinating activities
within
the strategy team, as well as strategy process related activities within
the wider Wikimedia movement. This person will be in charge of tracking
progress against goals, deliverables and milestones, as well as managing
timely status updates and reporting and is expected to ensure fluent work
streams within the process as well as managing the overall process
budget. (Application
link [3]
<
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096480?gh_src=3pmbq6q21#.WsT-H…
>
)
*We strongly encourage applications from members of our extended Wikimedia
community. *Some additional notes:
- Both of these roles are meant to be 40 hours/week for a period of
approximately 24 months.
- Contractors in both roles can be located almost anywhere, with support
for travel as appropriate.
- Because we want people from across the movement to consider applying,
please note that these roles require you be comfortable working in
English,
but do not require English as a native language. Particularly for the
Project Manager role, the emphasis is on functional comfort, rather than
fluency.
- We are especially interested in candidates from our emerging
communities.
If you are interested but uncertain and would like to know more, please
reach out to me or Nicole. If you know someone who would be a perfect fit
but might not think they are eligible, please encourage them to apply. We
are hoping to finish hiring for both these roles by the end of April, with
the plan that they will continue through mid-2020.
*Next steps*
Each step of the process will be created with and enriched by, individuals
and groups from across and beyond the movement. This means that in the
course of the process, we will again be calling for a steering committee,
advisors, and liaisons to take many different perspectives and experiences
into account.
I am excited that we can now kick off the first steps of the process with
these team members and prepare for the first essential milestone in the
upcoming phase - the Wikimedia Conference and its movement strategy track.
We will share more information and details about that in our next update.
*Okay, that’s it -- don’t forget to apply!*
Cheers,
Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Team
[2]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096509?gh_src=cclqxfvl1#.WsT-D…
[3]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1096480?gh_src=3pmbq6q21#.WsT-H…
--
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 <(415)%20839-6885>
+1 (415) 712 4873 <(415)%20712-4873>
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
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Greetings,
As you are aware that the Conference and Event Grant for "Wikigraphists
Bootcamp (2018 India)" has been proposed for training on SVGs,
illustrations, digital cartography etc. earlier in March. After review and
discussion, a few changes have been suggested to the program. Please go
through the changes, and comment at: https://goo.gl/tdmMGo.
Also, kindly put forward the kind of illustrations that you or your
community is in need of. For example; illustrations of animals, scientific
instruments, automobiles etc. This help us frame the program and also
understand the need of illustration skills required.
As the suggestions are to assessed, and relevant changes are to be made to
the proposal, this discussion will be open till seven days from now i.e. 12
April 2018.
Best,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
congratulations Sangram Keshari Senapati.
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> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 09:31:38 +0530
> From: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)wikimedia.in>
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> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Featured Wikimedian] April 2018
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> Greetings,
>
> I am happy to introduce you to the Featured Wikimediam for April
> 2018, Sangram Keshari Senapati (User:Ssgapu22
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ssgapu22>) from Odia
> Wikimedia community.
>
> Sangram is an active Odia Wikimedian from Bhadrk, Odisha. Sangram was
> introduced to Wikipedia by his senior at college. He later signed up, and
> created two articles on English Wikipedia. Upon knowing about Odia
> Wikipedia, he started contributing to it. But as his writing skills were
> not good, he used to proofread works on Odia Wikisource, and from that
> experience he learnt the exact pattern of writing in Odia. He recalls that
> users MKar and Psubhashish greatly helped him during his initial days.
>
> >From his contributions, it can be said that Sangram is an ambassador of
> #100Wikidays challenge. After having participated in Rathajatra
> Edit-a-thon, Nabakalebara Edit-a-thon, and Wikipedia Asian Month in 2016 &
> 2017, he decided to regularly commit himself towards improving the coverage
> of information on Odia Wikipedia. His first challenge was #100WikiWomanDays
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100WikiWomenDays>, which he
> started on 8 March 2017 i.e. International Women's Day. Having successfully
> completed it on 15 June, he took up another #100Wikidays
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(2nd_Challenge)>
> on 13 July. Immediately after its completion 20 October, he took up his
> third challenge
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(3rd_Challenge)>
> on 21 October, and completed it on 28 January 2018. As this journey
> continues, he is now amid of his fourth Challenge
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ssgapu22/100wikidays(4th_Challenge)
> >,
> which was started on 29 January. With these, he aspires to complete his
> WikiYear some day.
>
> Sangram is a graduate in Computer Science and Engineering, and is now
> working as an editor at an Odia magazine. He also an avid photographer, and
> maintains a photography club. He advocates that new editors need to focus
> on learning the rules of Wikipedia, and contribute to good quality
> articles.
>
> Wishing him all the best to to complete his WikiYear;
>
> Best,
> Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
> *on behalf of* *Wikimedia India*
>
Hello,
CIS-A2K has submitted annual proposal and work-plan to the communities,
Wikimedia Foundation and FDC (Funds Dissemination Committee)
Please see the proposal here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2017-2018_round_2/The_Centre_
for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form
Work-plan:
Please see the work-plan here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2018_-_June_2019
Please feel free to ask questions. Feedback and comments are welcome.
Thanks
Tito Dutta
Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind
me over email or phone call.