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Fwd: [WMF Staff] [press] CNN on india's $35 laptop
by Barry Newstead 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

Interesting article. A couple of top of mind thoughts: 1. Wouldn't it be great to have a preloaded version of Wikipedia on all of these computers...and a simple tutorial for how to edit Wikipedia when they get these computers online. Anyone want to coordinate on this? 2. It would be great to meet with the Human Resources Development Minister and possibly other relevant government officials when I'm in India in September. Anyone have warm connections for us to start a dialogue? Best, Barry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WMF Staff] [press] CNN on india's $35 laptop Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:54:04 -0700 From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: WMF Staff Mailing List <staff(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: WMF Staff Mailing List List <staff(a)lists.wikimedia.org> (sorry it's CNN, I know... but interesting read) http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/india.thirty.five.dollar.la… India unveils $35 computer for students By *Harmeet Shah Singh*, CNN *STORY HIGHLIGHTS* * India: Connectivity to all colleges is key to achieving education goals. * Officials say the price would gradually fall to $10 a piece * The country's literacy rate stands at 65 percent *RELATED TOPICS* * India <http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/India> * Computer Technology <http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Computer_Technology> *New Delhi, India (CNN)* -- India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its students and teachers at affordable prices. Kapil Sibal, the country's human resources development minister, displayed what he called a low-cost computing and access device in New Delhi on Thursday. The ministry said the price would gradually fall to $10 a piece. India said connectivity to all its colleges and universities is key to achieving its education goals. Home to a billion-plus population, the country's literacy rate stands at 65 percent, according to the 2001 census figures. Nevertheless, the South Asian nation has made giant strides in various areas since it opened up its economy in the early 1990s. The country ushered in a telecom revolution that delivered mobile telephony to nearly 600 million people in just a little more than a decade with highly competitive call tariffs. Now, India is preparing for another leap into the digital world. Recently, it auctioned off its airwaves for third-generation services to enable super-fast multimedia streaming of wireless. The move is aimed at bringing India's online market on a par with its booming cell-phone business through Internet penetration with technology allowing quick access, data transfer and entertainment on mobile handsets. The country has announced plans to link up all its 250,000 village councils by 2012 in a bid to plug massive broadband divides between rural and urban communities as it emerges as one of the world's few growth markets. Authorities say technical institutions involved in designing the new device are now setting up research to address price and quality issues in developing budget gadgets for students. "The aim is to reach such devices to the students of colleges and universities, and to provide these institutions a host of choices of low-cost access devices around Rs 1,500 ($35) or less in near future," the human resources ministry said at the launch of the computer. Ministry spokeswoman Mamata Varma said the government aimed to introduce the new touch-screen computing tool at higher educational institutions in 2011. The ministry, she said, is expected to tender out contracts to private companies for mass production of its prototype. The Linux-based computer is equipped with an Internet browser, a PDF reader and several other facilities, she said. -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org <http://WikimediaFoundation.org> blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Kicking off the 2010-2011 fundraiser
by Bishakha Datta 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Philippe Beaudette <pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:57 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] Kicking off the 2010-2011 fundraiser To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikinews-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wiktionary-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Mailing list for Wikiversity <wikiversity-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikiquote-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikibooks-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, the free library discussion list for Wikisource <wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> [[Please distribute widely to various language communities, projects, and chapters]] Hi All, I'd like to begin a conversation about the 2010-2011 Fundraiser, which isn't slated to launch for a few months, but for which we'd like to get community involvement early and often. As you no doubt are aware, the strategic plan calls for the "many small gifts" model to be the centerpiece of our funding strategy, so our community fundraiser is one of the key methods by which we finance and underwrite the operations of the projects. The fundraiser this year will probably, as in earlier years, be primarily banner driven. We're going to have a strong emphasis on testing and iterating ideas, with a defined methodological testing plan. But the most important part of what we - all of us - are going to need to do is what this community has always been good at: thinking, researching, and iterating. With that in mind, it's important to identify people who want to help. Of course, anyone's welcome to join in and help at any time, but there's a definite need for people who are willing to be deeply involved from now to the wrap up... people who want to be creative but rigorous, innovative but willing to learn from the past, and most of all, to serve as an active part of the team working on this fundraiser. There will, of course, be Foundation staff deeply involved in this, but there's a real need for people from the community to step up and help us design this thing. If you're willing to help, would you add your name to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Committee ? We'll be in contact - soon - to get things started. Thanks, Philippe ____________________ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation philippe(a)wikimedia.org ofc: +1 415 839 6885 (x 643) mobile: 918 200 WIKI (9454) Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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Fwd: Wikipedia Malayalam Academy , Palakkad , Kerala
by CherianTinu Abraham 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

http://twitpic.com/285kmd Photo of Wikipedia Malayalam Academy , currently happening in Palakkad , Kerala. Heard there were over 140 attendees. More detailed report later. Thanks to Habeeb for the photo. Kudos to Habeeb, Abhishek and other organizers ! Regards Tinu Cherian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Habeeb | ഹബീബ് <lic.habeeb(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/7/24 Subject: [Wikiml-l] പാലക്കാട്ടെ വിക്കി പഠനശിബിരം To: Malayalam Wikimedia Project Mailing list <wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> തൽക്കാലം ഫോട്ടോ നോക്കിക്കോളൂ,.... ഞങ്ങൾ എണ്ണം എടുത്തുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയാണ്... വിശദാംശങ്ങൾ പുറകേ..... _______________________________________________ Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects email: Wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l

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Different strategies for Wikimedia in India
by Gerard Meijssen 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Hoi, I am really happy with Salmaan Haroon writing as a guest on my blog. I asked him and others at Wikimania to be my guest. I am grateful for the quality of his work and for him taking up my invitation. I can imagine that not everyone agrees with Salmaan. If you want to react to his vision in a thoughtful way, I am happy to host you as well. I try to indicate this by the title of the blog post "The state of the Wiki in India (part 1)" Thanks, GerardM http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/

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Fwd: Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Palakkad , Kerala - 24 July 2010
by CherianTinu Abraham 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Resending , as the earlier mail with embedded photos was not accepted by the mailing list. Academy: http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%… Images of the Press conference : http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%… http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%… http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%… Regards Tinu Cherian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/7/20 Subject: Fwd: Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy - Palakkad , Kerala - 24 July 2010 To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Please find below the photos of the press conference related to Malayalam WIkipedia /Wikimedia Academy @ Palakkad , Kerala. ML-Wikipedians Habeeb and Abhishek Jacob led the press conference on behalf of Malayalam Wikipedia. Major newspapers and TV-channels attended the conference. http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%… Date: 24 July 2010 Venue : Govt Victoria College, Palakkad Regards Tinu Cherian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Habeeb | ഹബീബ് <lic.habeeb(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/7/20 Subject: [Wikiml-l] മലയാളം വിക്കി പഠനശിബിരം – പാലക്കാട് - പത്രസമ്മേളനം To: Malayalam Wikimedia Project Mailing list <wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> പഠനശിബിരത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ച് പാലക്കാട് പ്രസ്സ് ക്ലബ്ബിൽ വച്ച് 20 ജൂലൈ 2010 -ന് വിക്കിപ്രവർത്തകരായ അഭിഷേക്<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%…>, ഹബീബ്<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%…>എന്നിവർ പത്രസമ്മേളനം നടത്തുകയുണ്ടായി. മലയാള മനോരമ, മാതൃഭൂമി, ദേശാഭിമാനി മുതലായ പ്രമുഖ പത്രങ്ങളിലെ ലേഖകരും, ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ് കേബിൾ വിഷൻ, യു.ടിവി മുതലായ പ്രമുഖ ടെലിവിഷൻ ചാനലുകളിലെ പ്രതിനിധികളും പത്രസമ്മേളനത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തു. വിക്കി, വിക്കിപീഡിയ, മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ മുതലായവയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള മാധ്യമപ്രവർത്തകരുടെ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾക്ക് മറുപടി നൽകുകയുണ്ടായി.

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Fwd: Wikimedia's community department is hiring
by Bishakha Datta 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:CommunityHiring <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:CommunityHiring> *Deadline for first round of submissions: 9:00 PDT (17:00 GMT), August 2.* (Another round will begin immediately with a new deadline.) Go to the Job openings <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings>page for positions in other departments. The Wikimedia Foundation's Community Department collaborates with and serves the broad Wikimedia community -- including readers, donors and editors/contributors -- to encourage the health and growth of Wikimedia communities and the projects they create and manage. This year, the Community Department will be hiring for a series of important senior and entry level positions. All positions will involve collaborating and communicating with Wikimedia project contributors and users intensively and publicly, grappling with many problems that no one has ever solved before, navigating technological and social challenges and opportunities, and dealing with a high level of complexity and uncertainty. Candidates should have extremely high levels of skill and comfort in communication (especially writing), qualitative and quantitative analysis, management and self-management. Candidates who are not already deeply immersed in online collaborative communities will have to show an aptitude for quickly gaining a deep understanding of our communities' technologies, practices, traditions and culture -- and to become trusted and productive members of the Wikimedia community and movement. We are looking for candidates from all over the world. Wikimedia Foundation has a policy of hiring without regard to locale. If eventually accepted for a position, Wikimedia Foundation will assist with work visas and relocation costs. Read more about what we're looking for below. If you think you'd be a good match for the Community Department, use the form below to tell us about yourself. This is not a formal application, it is the first step in an outreach process designed to identify some great candidates for Wikimedia Foundation positions. Your information will be kept completely confidential and will only be viewed by hiring managers, human resources staff and possibly assisting consultants who are covered by confidentiality agreements. Because we have such a small staff, we cannot guarantee a response. Submitted data will not be retained for longer than a year. Besides the data below, we are also recording the timestamp and your IP address at the time of submission. *Who we're looking for* We are especially looking for: - Current Wikimedia community contributors and leaders, - Insightful observers of Wikimedia and other collaborative communities, - People with specialty skill sets (e.g. statistics, ethnography, and probably a lot other things we've never thought of), - People belonging to language communities of new and growing Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects, - People with insight into reaching groups currently underrepresented in Wikimedia contributor communities. Ideal candidates for positions at Wikimedia Foundation's Community Department: - Have a passion for online communities, self-organizing systems, open and collaborative enterprises, democratic and consensus based societies, and emergent and participatory governance structures -- and desperately want to see them succeed and prove the cynics wrong. - Have thought enough about this stuff to have their own opinions and theories on various problems and opportunities facing Wikimedia and other online communities. - Are equally strong dealing with qualitative and quantitative knowledge and research. - Are self-directed, self-motivated, efficient, upbeat, optimistic, and extremely good with people. Wikimedia Foundation staff face intense pressures in highly-demanding roles. While the Wikimedia Foundation team strives to be mutually supportive, it only works when each individual is self-driven to overcome the challenges they face. - Are knowledgeable about software development processes and with database and web technologies. - Are creative non-linear thinkers who will sometimes fight for seemingly crazy ideas by backing them up with logical argument and data. - Are systems-thinkers who love to think about workflow and technology systems inside organizations. - Are multilingual, especially in major world languages and languages with large or growing Wikipedias. - Have insights and experience reaching groups currently underrepresented in Wikimedia communities.

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WIkimania Poland and Indian Wikipedias on newspapers
by CherianTinu Abraham 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

Some articles on Indian Wikipedias and WIkimania Poland on newspapers *"Madness with a Message " on Bangalore Mirror* Page12 ( 18July 2010, TODAY) article by Srinivas Gunta ( User:Gurubhrama ,Member, EC, Wikimedia India Chapter ) on Wikimania Poland and Indian language Wikipedias http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archiv… *"Wikipedia , growing Local" on Indian Express* (17July 2010) Gautam John ( Member, EC, Wikimedia India Chapter) on Wikipedia's growth and linguistic diversity challenges http://epaper.indianexpress.com/IE/IEH/2010/07/17/ArticleHtmls/17_07_2010_0… http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Wikipedia--growing-local/647803 *"How Can Wikipedia Grow? Maybe in Bengali" on New York Times* http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/business/media/12link.html?_r=1&src=busln Dont forget to see to mention of Bishakha Datta and A. Ravishankar ( Tamil Wiki) *"Wiki learns a lesson in Bengali" The Telegraph *July 14 , 2010 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100714/jsp/frontpage/story_12681775.jsp Some photos : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AA1_Indian_contingent.JPG Indian contingent @wikimania ( Missing Achal Prabala & Salman from Delhi) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-07-11-gdansk-by-RalfR-008.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-07-11-gdansk-by-RalfR-009.jpg Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, displaying the malayalam wikipedia CD at wikimania during his key note address http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-07-11-gdansk-by-RalfR-001.jpg You can find more photos at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2010 Very glad to see India and Indic language Wikipedias of strategic importance to Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimania 2010. Special Thanks to Bishakha & Achal for helping us sort out our visa related issues in attending the Wikimania Thanks Tinu Cherian

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Contact info for bengali wikipedians
by Ravishankar 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Does any one have contact numbers for Bellayat or anyone from bengali wiki? a press reporter needs ASAp. ravi

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Lunch plan
by bnwikimedia＠gmail.com 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Hi - Sorry for the late info. I have been waiting to confirm a room. Let's plan on meeting in the Oak Room (no one confirmed, but we can try) after we pick up our lunch. Please pass on the message. Barry Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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India lunch @ Wikimania
by bnwikimedia＠gmail.com 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi everyone, I'm the new Chief Global Development Officer at the foundation. As Sue mentioned this morning, a key priority of my work this coming year is to support your work. For those of you at Wikimania, let's have an India lunch on Saturday at 13:00 at the venue. I'll find a room and send info. Anyone interested is welcome. For those who are not here, please post any thoughts for us you have on the mailing list. I look forward to working with all of you and to visiting India soon (likely in September). Best regards, Barry Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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