Hoi,
Mifos is an initiative of the Grameen Foundation that provides a solid
footing for organisations who are involved in micro financing. The aim of
the Grameen foundation is that everyone has access to credit at affordable
rates. The Mifos initiative supports the administration of the microfinance
industry. It is Open Source and it is used in many countries both in Asia
and in Africa.
At translatewiki.net we support Mifos with its internationalisation and its
localisation. A great amount of work has already gone in making this
software ready. As the next release of the software is imminent, we are
looking for people who can help us with localisation in the languages of
Africa, India.
The rally that is needed to make the software ready for use has started and
there are signed books to be won for the people who help us make a
difference.
In my blogpost you find more details and background information.
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/11/mifos-localisation-rally-sprint…
Please forward this e-mail if you think you know someone who can help make
Mifos relevant for micro finance organisations near you.
Thanks,
GerardM aka Gerard Meijssen
In today's Bangalore Mirror 4/11 there is a story on how the Kannada
Sahitya Parishat wants to engage with Kannada Wikipedia on it's strategy
to make internet use in Kannada more vibrant. It's quite a well-written
story, not online as yet. Do you know these folks Hari? If there are
others interested in engaging with them, perhaps we can convene a
meeting with them and help. Cheers,
Achal
Hi,
I have put up the audio of Jimmy's Speech on 31st at this loc :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3#Audio
Audio of Q & A will follow a few days later once I return home from Mumbai.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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Warmest wishes,
Barry
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Hi,
I attended the Wikipedia India, Mumbai meetup at the Sophia College
on 31/10/2010 and I am a new member to the wikipedia India community.
My wikipedia user name is 'vivekvc'.
I was fortunate enough to meet Jimmy Wales, Bishaka, Arun, Hari Prasad Nadig
and seniors like Ashwin and Kundan and a few other members of the community
during the event.
Thanks for all the warmth showered on me during the event and also during
the dinner
outing with Jimmy.
I would like to actively contributing to the community. Kindly let me know
how to go
about the whole process.
A reference to a URL that has all the information that beginner needs would
also
be highly appreciated.
Besides if people want to organize monthly wikipedia meetups in Mumbai, I
can do
my bit to make it happen.
Regards,
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Vivek Varghese Cherian
Senior Systems Administrator
RHCT (# 605010995430406)
Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA
Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com
Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc
IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC
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