Hi Harriet,

  Thank you for the mail. I was asked by the participants if India would be willing to host the WikiWomencamp next year. I did not reply positively as there were only around 5 women in India at present who would be willing to take part in the organisation process. For an international camp, we would require the presence of at least 20 women, out of which at least 3 of them should be residing at the national capital to take care of the visa requirements.

 If you know a group of women who would be happy to assist us in organising the camp, I will be happy to put you in touch with Beria Lima and Laura Hale, the organisers of the WikiWomenCamp.

Looking forward to hear from you!


Netha Hussain

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Outofindia <outofindia@gmail.com> wrote:
Netha


Awesome to hear from you!
Like the others, will wait to hear the details.

Count me in for any WikiWomenCamp India!

Mangalore is close enough and if anyone wants to organise anything here..I will be happy to coordinate and organise.

Harriet









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www.womenofindia.net

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  4. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires,    Participation
     (Anirudh Bhati)
  5. Re: WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires,    Participation
     (Netha Hussain)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 19:56:22 -0300
From: Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com>
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Hola!

 Greetings from Buenos Aires!

I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was
lucky to represent India  in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here
from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by
Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been
fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from
different parts of the world.

The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space
technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are
created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from
all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this
methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which
are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues,
edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about
the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the
participation of women in administration.

 I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most
participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I
also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap
session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also
explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any
women member in the chapter ever since.

We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing
with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on
perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a
WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year.

At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote
address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in
local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4).
At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different
parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my
knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain
(2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp
(3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda
(4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012

Gracias!


Sincerely

Netha Hussain



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On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hola!
>
>   Greetings from Buenos Aires!
>
> I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was
> lucky to represent India  in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here
> from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by
> Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been
> fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from
> different parts of the world.
>
> Am so glad you could be there - after seeing the photos, I'm even more
regretful I couldn't attend!

I would very much like to hear in greater detail the ideas that came up at
the camp.

Do get in touch when you're back - let's see how we can seriously take this
forward in India.

Cheers
Bishakha
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 10:49:26 +0530
From: Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta@gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Theo10011 <de10011@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Bishakha
>
> I am not sure if you are intentionally leaving out Pranav or if that was
> an oversight.
>

Not sure what you mean - could you clarify?


>
> I don't know how you can think reporting itself was the problem, I'm
> really confused how you formed that impression. We can of course, start
> lying, avoid any cautionary tales and keep repeating "all is great", or you
> can actually confront the situation.
>

Hey, I'm never in favour of whitewashing, ignoring or turning a blind eye
to shortcomings - but it is important to be constructive in giving feedback
and to take personal responsibility as well. I'm totally in favour of all
that, as is evident from my questions. Certainly not advocating 'no
reporting'; I'm in favour of strengthening the reporting.

If, as Srikanth suggests, others who worked on WCI 2011 write in with their
comments and suggestions, this would help greatly in analysing what worked,
what didn't, and what we can carry with us to the next conf.

Cheers
Bishakha
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 12:37:14 +0530
From: Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh@gmail.com>
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       Aires,  Participation
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thank you for the report, netha!  hopefully, we'll see more women
participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown
soon! ;-)

best,
anirudh

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hola!
>
>   Greetings from Buenos Aires!
>
> I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was
> lucky to represent India  in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here
> from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by
> Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been
> fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from
> different parts of the world.
>
> The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space
> technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are
> created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from
> all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this
> methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which
> are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues,
> edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about
> the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the
> participation of women in administration.
>
>  I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most
> participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I
> also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap
> session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also
> explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any
> women member in the chapter ever since.
>
> We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing
> with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on
> perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a
> WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year.
>
> At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote
> address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in
> local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4).
> At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different
> parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my
> knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience.
>
> (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain
> (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp
> (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda
> (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012
>
> Gracias!
>
>
> Sincerely
>
> Netha Hussain
>
>
>
> --
> Netha Hussain
> Student of Medicine and Surgery
> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
> Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com
> swethaambari.wordpress.com*
>
>
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 09:04:23 -0300
From: Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com>
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Thank you, Bishakha and Anirudh.

We missed the presence of a Board of Trustee member here. I shall be very
happy to share my experiences with you in detail. The other participants
and chapters have also extended their help in launching gender sensitive
projects in India. I will be writing my experiences in detail on my
personal blogs also.

We have already got an offer from a Public library in Kerala to conduct an
outreach program. Will try to get more women into it!


Netha

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh@gmail.com> wrote:

> thank you for the report, netha!  hopefully, we'll see more women
> participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown
> soon! ;-)
>
> best,
> anirudh
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hola!
>>
>>   Greetings from Buenos Aires!
>>
>> I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was
>> lucky to represent India  in the WikiWomenCamp (2) and WikiGenero held here
>> from 23-26 May 2012. My travel and accommodation were sponsored by
>> Wikimedia Germany and Wikimedia Austria. The past four days had been
>> fabulous, and I enjoyed being in the company of amazing women from
>> different parts of the world.
>>
>> The conference was held in open space format with no agenda. Open space
>> technology is called the 'wiki-way' of conducting conference as ideas are
>> created by the way of discussing in groups and accepting contributions from
>> all participants. I loved this, and I think we must try and use this
>> methodology in Indian conferences too. We discussed about many issues which
>> are primarily of concern to women, including mapping gender issues,
>> edit-wars, GLAM, attracting women to Wikiprojects etc (3). We learned about
>> the many projects launched in different countries for the increasing the
>> participation of women in administration.
>>
>>  I could present the Indian perspective of issues at the conference. Most
>> participants were amazed to know about the diversity of Indian languages. I
>> also spoke about the WikiConf-Mumbai 2011 and the results of the gendergap
>> session organized in the conference. The working of the chapter was also
>> explained, but it was disappointing to reveal that we did not have had any
>> women member in the chapter ever since.
>>
>> We created a private mailing list for women to get support when dealing
>> with harassment, took steps to create WikiChix, decided to print books on
>> perspectives of women in various countries and discussed about conducting a
>> WikiWomencamp with more participants the coming year.
>>
>> At WikiGenero which happened on 26th May, Sue Gardner delivered a keynote
>> address which was very inspiring. The news about the camp was published in
>> local newspapers. The notes are available on meta and photos on commons(4).
>> At the conference, I could build contacts with many women from different
>> parts of the world. I could learn many new things could also share my
>> knowledge. It was a highly rewarding experience.
>>
>> (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain
>> (2) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp
>> (3) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/Agenda
>> (4) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_2012
>>
>> Gracias!
>>
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Netha Hussain
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Netha Hussain
>> Student of Medicine and Surgery
>> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode
>> Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com
>> swethaambari.wordpress.com*
>>
>>
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