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The Indian Copyright amendment act - 2010
by Shiju Alex 27 May '10

27 May '10

The Central Government of India is planning to amend the Copyright law of India (1957). The PDF file located at the Website of Rajyasabha<http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/bill/Committee%20on%20HRD/Co…>has details about the amendments that Central Government is planning. For a summary of the amendments, see the PDF of the press release<http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/press_release/press/Committee%20on%20HRD/P…> . The public can submit memorandum and meet the committee in person until *2010 May 31*. Please see the PDF files for details. Shiju Alex

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Fwd: Call for EOI - State Resource Groups (SRG) for InDG
by arjuna rao chavala 25 May '10

25 May '10

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: admin <indg(a)cdac.in> Date: 2010/5/24 Subject: Call for EOI - State Resource Groups (SRG) for InDG To: arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com [image: InDG] <http://www.indg.in> India Development Gateway Dedicated to the Empowerment of Rural India www.indg.in www.indg.gov.in Agriculture <http://www.indg.in/agriculture/> | Health<http://www.indg.in/health/>| Primary Education <http://www.indg.in/primary-education/> | Rural Energy<http://www.indg.in/rural-energy/>| Social Welfare <http://www.indg.in/social-sector/> |e-Governance<http://www.indg.in/e-governance/> Monday, 24 May 2010 Invitation to participate in State Resource Groups of InDG ------------------------------ India Development Gateway (InDG), C-DAC, Hyderabad is now in the process of establishing domain specific ‘State Resource Groups (SRG)’ for the following six states. Applications are invited from reputed organizations / institutions to be part of these SRGs. 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Assam 3. Gujarat 4. Jharkhand 5. Karnataka 6. Tamil Nadu ------------------------------ Who can apply? Any regional institution/organization with core competency and experience in the identified field and capable of coordinating with many other similar institutes/organizations in that region. Also, capable to provide region specific, dynamic and authentic content pertaining to their field of expertise. ------------------------------ How to apply? Interested Organisations / Institutions should submit an Expression of Interest in the prescribed format. Kindly read the SRG Guidelines made available in the portal before applying. ------------------------------ For guidelines and application process please visit - * http://indg.in/work-with-us/call-for-expression-of-interest* ------------------------------ Looking forward your participation and support ------------------------------ Disclaimer <http://www.indg.in/warranties-and-disclaimers/view?set_language=en> | About us <http://www.indg.in/about-c-dac/view?set_language=en> | Contact us<http://www.indg.in/contact-us/view?set_language=en> InDG Team -- To unsubscribe from this list visit this link<http://services.indg.in/indg-mlist/public_html/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=dd9…> To update your preferences visit this link<http://services.indg.in/indg-mlist/public_html/lists/?p=preferences&uid=dd9…> InDG <http://www.indg.in> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean.

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Wikimania 2010: Call for Participation Extended
by Casey Brown 23 May '10

23 May '10

Due to numerous requests we have extended the submission deadline for Wikimania 2010 as follows: * Abstract Registration: May 24, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) * Notification for workshops: May 29, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) * Notification for panels, tutorials, presentations: June 3, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) See the Call for Participation for more details: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/CFP Thank you for helping make Wikimania 2010 a successful event. :-) See you in Gdansk, July 9-11! With best regards, Wikimania Team -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

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Wikimedia Movement in Developing Nations and overall strategy of Wikimedia foundation...
by guru brahma 21 May '10

21 May '10

Pl. read a proposed agenda for the entire Wikimedia movement in developing nations (Arun Ramarathnam and Hari Prasad Nadig were a part of the team that formulated this) here - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proposed_Agenda_for_Wikimedia_in_Develo…. On a similar note, in order to get a bigger picture, I would also request you to read on the Wikimedia Foundation's strategy plan for next five years here - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Wikimedia_Foundation_Str…. Cheers, Srinivas. Unified login across all Wikimedia projects: Gurubrahma

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New Birthday Calendar
by Ravi Vaidyanathan 20 May '10

20 May '10

Hello Click on the link below and please enter your birthday for me. It will take less than one minute. http://www.birthdayalarm.com/bd2/715889a652008b1512402740c932701132d1386 Thank You, Ravi

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Support for Telugu in OmegaWiki
by Gerard Meijssen 19 May '10

19 May '10

Hoi, I am happy to report that a problem we had with Telugu in OmegaWiki has been fixed.. We now just need more names for languages in order to have a complete interface with labels. We found out after I had blogged about numerals and Wikipedia on my other blog and Veeven had added Telugu numeral as a concept and added several numbers for Telugu. The point is that there are few places where you find the numerals in a dictionary / encyclopaedic kind of setting like in Omegawiki. Thanks, GerardM http://omegawiki.blogspot.com/2010/05/support-for-telugu-in-omegawiki.html http://omegawiki.org http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/05/representing-numbers-in-wikiped…

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Indic Wikipedians attending Wikimania 2010
by Ravishankar 18 May '10

18 May '10

Hi, May I know the names of Indic Wikipedians attending Wikimania 2010? Could you please send the details to ravidreams at gmail dot com . Just to stay in touch regarding various things (like visa, travel etc.,) Mayooranathan and I plan to attend it on behalf of Tamil Wiki. Thanks, Ravi

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity
by Jyothis E 13 May '10

13 May '10

All, FYI. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:48 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hi folks, Over the next day or so you'll be seeing some exciting changes to the Wikipedia user interface as Vector rolls out across English Wikipedia. In an earlier note on that topic, User Experience team project manager Naoko Komura mentioned another change - one that will bring some small improvements to the Wikipedia identity, namely the Wikipedia puzzle globe and the construction of the Wikipedia wordmark - the word and sentence underneath the puzzle globe. The first major change you'll see is a slightly different looking Wikipedia puzzle globe. Over a year ago the Foundation began to recognize the need to have the puzzle globe logo improved slightly - mostly because we had some errors in the type characters featured in the puzzle globe, and also because we needed a better quality version that could print better and at a larger scale. We also needed to do that without dramatically changing one of the most recognized and beloved logos on the internet. It seemed like an opportune moment to take our 2D globe, lovingly created by WP user:Nohat and improved/modified a cast of many other volunteers back in 2003, and take it to a truly 3D object. If we were going to undertake this process, we knew we would first need to populate the 'dark side of the puzzle globe' - and of course we turned to our volunteers to do just that. Cary Bass worked with a team of volunteers to begin that process, and to revisit the many suggested and improvised fixes to the globe that have taken place over the years. Most of that discussion played out on a meta page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/Logo The results are fantastic, and now you can see many new languages and scripts represented. The final state for our puzzle globe is quite similar to the original, fixes some errors, and has replaced the Klingon logo with an Amharic character. The actual 3D construction of the new mark was carried out by a professional 3D animator, art director, and graphic designer, Philip Metschan, who is based in the SF Bay Area. Through his career Philip has worked for Industrial Light and Magic and Pixar, and currently he's also a visualization and concept artist for the DIRECT program (not surprisingly, it can be learned about on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIRECT ). We've created a new page on the Foundation wiki that talks about the revised 3D globe as well as the other improvements underway to the wordmark: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks/About_the_offi… You'll notice that the new variation of the typeface uses Linux Libertine as an alternative to Hoeffler, the original typeface used to create the wordmark. In order to facilitate the creation of so many new variations of the Wikipedia identity it was important to find a viable alternative - Hoeffler is a commercial typeface that not every project would have access to, nor own. Linux Libertine is very close to Hoeffler in its shape and style, and for on-screen viewing is almost identical to Hoeffler. The User Experience team also investigated another minor improvement: replacing the italicized "The Free Encyclopedia" with regular typeface. This ultimately resulted in improved on-screen readability, particularly in non-roman character sets. Right now volunteers are working with the new localization guide to create the hundreds of new identities needed for each language variation of Wikipedia. You can see the Commons gallery filling up here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/2.0 If you're interested in supporting this effort you can simply follow the guide referenced on the page, or reach out to the Foundation's volunteer coordinator, Cary Bass, directly, cary(a)wikimedia.org. It will take some time to create all of the marks, and initially the ops and User Experience team are rolling out the new identity on English Wikipedia and then focussing on other languages as soon as possible. Hopefully the millions of dedicated users of Wikipedia will appreciate this minor improvement to the Wikipedia identity across all of the project languages. This is also a great new tool for chapter and volunteer representatives around the world - this scalable, crisper version of the new puzzle globe is easier to work with in a variety of situations, but retains the character and look of its predecessor. As with any important identity, I'm certain it will see further evolutions and improvements. We're open to hearing your thoughts and views for the next iteration. Later today we'll also be posting this news to the Wikimedia blog, alongside updated news about the Vector roll-out, scheduled to unfold over the next 12 hours. I'd like to thank again the dozens of volunteers who have worked over the last year+ to navigate the challenge of filling up this now 3D globe with new symbols and marks, and the countless others who have scrutinized the first drafts of the logo to suggest improvements (like proper orientation for characters). Cary Bass has been instrumental in mapping out all of these minor and major changes along with the volunteers, and the user experience team - particularly Parul, Naoko, Trevor, and Nimish, along with Hannes, should also be recognized for putting so much patience and dedication into this effort. Thanks as well to Philip Metschan for spending so much time and investing so much effort and detail into the design. We also have to recognize the dozens of (and next dozen of) volunteers who will continue to localize the new identity in different languages, as well as the original efforts of user:nohat and those early pioneers who brought this identity to life in 2003. This enormous and truly unique design effort astounds me, and it's one of the most impressive examples of our collaborative capacity outside of the work of Wikipedia itself. Thanks! jay -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. 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Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 announcement
by Jyothis E 12 May '10

12 May '10

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Chapter selected board seats - call for candidates
by Jyothis E 07 May '10

07 May '10

FYI. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:01 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Chapter selected board seats - call for candidates To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To whom it may concern, Can you, or someone you know, help guide Wikimedia Foundation through the next exciting steps of its strategic development and growth? The Wikimedia Chapters are looking for two candidates to sit on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for 2 years commencing in July 2010. The new board members will be faced with the challenge of helping decide the future direction of the only top-10 internet property that is run by a non-profit organisation. The Wikimedia websites are constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers world-wide, supported by a small but growing number of staff and an international network of chapters. The successful candidates will most importantly be committed to the Wikimedia mission and willing to work with the various stakeholders of the Wikimedia movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that provide essential support for the movement. They will have the time to do this, with the appropriate communication skills (including a good standard of English) and ability to work as a team. They will also be able and willing to travel, and have an international attitude. The candidates will ideally be open-minded with experience of international affairs and governance techniques. They will have good communication skills, as well the ability to think strategically and to work independently as well as part of a team. The process that will be followed for this selection can be viewed here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Process All nominations must be sent to the moderator (Thomas Dalton from Wikimedia UK) and deputy moderator (José Spierts from Wikimedia Nederlands) by 23:59 UTC 17th May. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the instructions here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Nominate The chapters wish to locate truly excellent board members and believe that can best be done if there are a large number of varied and quality candidates to consider. Therefore, the chapters ask that everyone that thinks they, or someone they know, would be a good board member submit a nomination. They also ask that this call for candidates be distributed as widely as possible on mailing lists, village pumps, blogs, etc.. Best regards, Thomas Dalton, Moderator _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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