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Today's Topics:

   1. WMF Blog post (Saqib Qayyum)
   2. Re: Declining contribution s on Indian Wiki (Manoj Khurana)
   3. Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update (Jayantilal Kothari)
   4. Membership Card (Jayantilal Kothari)
   5. Re: FreeTamilEbooks.com - Creative Commons licensed Tamil
      Ebooks for Android, iOS and ebook devices (arun vm)
   6. Re: My resignation as President and EC member of Wikimedia
      India chapter (Jayantilal Kothari)
   7. Re: Fwd: [Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India
      (Nkansah Rexford)
   8. Call for Papers - FUEL GILT Conference 2014 (Rajesh Ranjan)
   9. Re: Fwd: [Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India
      (Adethya Sudarsanan)
  10. Re: Future of Work in India: Bangalore it is (Pradeep Mohandas)
  11. Re: Membership Card (Pradeep Mohandas)
  12. Re: My resignation as President and EC member of  Wikimedia
      India chapter (Pradeep Mohandas)
  13. Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update (Sudhanwa Jogalekar)
  14. Re: WMIN EC in minority (Sudhanwa Jogalekar)


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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 07:55:25 +0000
From: Saqib Qayyum <saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
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Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Blog post
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Hi,
This is Saqib from Pakistan. WMF has wrote a blog post about us and it mentions Karthik Nadir and Indian Wikimedians community.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/03/wiki-loves-monuments-pakistan-for-the-first-time/
best,
S.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:20:35 +0530
From: Manoj Khurana <hello@manojkhurana.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contribution s on Indian
        Wiki
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Hi. I'm more active on Hindi Wikipedia. My observation is that many people
who come from english wiki to local wikis tend to enforce quality too much.
Its like forcing diet of a body builder upon a kid. This takes toll on new
contributors who do have good intentions and may be groomed. Keeping in
view the life-cycle thing, we have to compromise a little on quality till a
critical mass is reached and  enforce the quality slowly and steadily.

I've been here for last one year and i think hindi wiki is showing a steady
growing trend.
As far as new tech like tablets, smartphones are concerned, i feel they are
helpful as local language typing apps are more easy to operate on tablets
etc than on a pc.
Regards.
Manoj.
On Jul 30, 2014 5:49 PM, <wikimediaindia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org>
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>    1. Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias (Ravishankar)
>    2. Re: Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias (ansuman)
>    3. Re: Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias (Ravishankar)
>    4. Re: Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias (ansuman)
>    5. Re: Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:09:03 +0530
> From: Ravishankar <ravidreams@gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian
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> Hey,
>
> I have been noting declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias for the
> last few months.
>
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat/article6255633.ece
>
> triggered to write this mail.
>
> This is my view on what's happening:
>
> 1. Most of the Indian Wikipedias have crossed 10 years. Many of the active
> and first generation contributors are burnt out, taking a leave or have
> left for good. If you are not creative, intentional and consistent in your
> efforts to replenish and nurture the next generation, you will see a
> declining trend.
>
> 2. Malayalam Wikipedia which once had 30 contributors who made 100+ edits a
> month registered only 10 such editors in May 2014. The last time they had
> activity this low was during May 2011. At the same time, their Wiki Source
> is registering a phenomenal growth. So, some resources could be split
> between projects too. This is a good reason to not start too many projects.
> Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource should be good enough unless you have a
> huge community.
>
> 3. Focus on offline projects like events, celebrations. While they are
> good, over doing can stress few active contributors. In my experience,
> every time after organizing some offline event, there is too much burn out
> and people return after months.
>
> 4. Things that plague all global Wikipedias - archaic editor, social media
> distractions, increasing use of tablets / smart phones.
>
> Future will be quite challenging :)
>
> Ravi
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:09:22 +0530
> From: ansuman <ansumang@gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian
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> A large amount goes to experiments...if one third of that amount used
> appreciating editors, we would have been a much better scenario.
>
> On 29-Jul-2014 7:09 pm, "Ravishankar" <ravidreams@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > I have been noting declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias for
> the last few months.
> >
> >
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat/article6255633.ece
> >
> > triggered to write this mail.
> >
> > This is my view on what's happening:
> >
> > 1. Most of the Indian Wikipedias have crossed 10 years. Many of the
> active and first generation contributors are burnt out, taking a leave or
> have left for good. If you are not creative, intentional and consistent in
> your efforts to replenish and nurture the next generation, you will see a
> declining trend.
> >
> > 2. Malayalam Wikipedia which once had 30 contributors who made 100+ edits
> a month registered only 10 such editors in May 2014. The last time they had
> activity this low was during May 2011. At the same time, their Wiki Source
> is registering a phenomenal growth. So, some resources could be split
> between projects too. This is a good reason to not start too many projects.
> Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource should be good enough unless you have a
> huge community.
> >
> > 3. Focus on offline projects like events, celebrations. While they are
> good, over doing can stress few active contributors. In my experience,
> every time after organizing some offline event, there is too much burn out
> and people return after months.
> >
> > 4. Things that plague all global Wikipedias - archaic editor, social
> media distractions, increasing use of tablets / smart phones.
> >
> > Future will be quite challenging :)
>
> I'm sure more experiments coming our way to make the future less
> challenging.. ;)
>
> >
> > Ravi
> >
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:00:26 +0530
> From: Ravishankar <ravidreams@gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian
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> Ansuman,
>
> Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)
>
> Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
> manage things themselves.
>
> If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
> projects.
>
> Ravi
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:52:38 +0530
> From: ansuman <ansumang@gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
> And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
> On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, "Ravishankar" <ravidreams@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ansuman,
> >
> > Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)
> >
> > Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
> > manage things themselves.
> >
> > If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
> > projects.
> >
> > Ravi
> >
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> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 09:00:25 +0530
> From: Moksh Juneja <moksh@wikimedia.in>
> To: Wikimedia India Community list
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian
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> In my suggestion/ recommendation we need to create vertical projects within
> wiki-projects. It could be Indian space Environment, local destinations in
> your city, etc. With this we should tap into colleges, schools and the
> senior editors can look into inspiring the new and junior editors.
>
> I am saying this in my personal capacity as a contributor to Wikipedia.
>
> --
> Moksh Juneja
> Wikimedia India
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:52 PM, ansuman <ansumang@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
> > And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
> > On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, "Ravishankar" <ravidreams@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ansuman,
> >>
> >> Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)
> >>
> >> Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
> >> manage things themselves.
> >>
> >> If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
> >> projects.
> >>
> >> Ravi
> >>
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:17:31 +0530
From: Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update
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Why you are annoying others with these mails. No one is interested to know
who is Bishakha Dutta.

Regards,
Jayantilal.


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for this lovely email, Theo. It means a lot. Flashed me straight
> back to all the fun we had together, all of which helped balance out the
> tough debates. :)
>
> In case people are wondering, my term ends December 2014 - I'll be active
> until then, but am not seeking re-appointment for another two-year term.
> Being on the WMF board is extremely rewarding but a significant time
> commitment - one that I'm finding increasingly hard to fulfil, which is why
> I'm stepping down at the end of the year.
>
> But I'm going to continue to do other (less time-consuming) stuff in the
> movement after my term ends, so this is nowhere near goodbye.
>
> Cheers
> Bishakha
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Theo10011 <de10011@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am forwarding this update from the board below, in case this was
>> overlooked. It seems relevant to the Indian community. It's sad to learn
>> that Bishakha will not be seeking re-appointment to the board at the end of
>> the year. The board, the community and the movement at large was always
>> better for having her in it.
>>
>> I want to thank her for a lot of things, but I'm not sure if this is the
>> right time or if I'll be online at the right time. In any case, I want to
>> say I'm so grateful for her years of service and perseverance through many
>> contentious topics. I'm the first to admit that we've certainly had our
>> share of disagreements, and passionate debates over the year, but we also
>> shared more than a few good laughs in person. I still remember when
>> Bishakha was trying to tell me the correct pronunciation of "Entschuldigen
>> sie bitte" over dinner, I'm sure my pronunciation didn't improve but she
>> tried patiently and resiliently for more than an hour. Our disagreements
>> stemmed mostly from relatively professional topics related to the board and
>> the direction things were going, and I'm probably at fault for a lot of
>> negativity during those times - I'm sorry about that Bishakha. She joined
>> the board at a difficult time when the foundation was expanding and going
>> through a lot of big changes, there weren't a lot of female Indian members
>> around the board or the community back then but she always represented the
>> Indian community with a smile, grace and resilience and tried to be as
>> inclusive as possible along the way. I have nothing but the highest opinion
>> of her personally, she was always warm and good-natured in all our personal
>> interactions. I'm sure I'm not the only one in the Indian community who
>> feels the same.
>>
>> Thanks for all the hard-work Bishakha. You will be missed, Ma'am.
>>
>> Warm regards
>> Theo
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede@wikimedia.org>
>> Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update
>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>
>>
>> Hello Everyone
>>
>> While the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting will arrive in due
>> time I wanted to update you on some internal matters at this point because
>> there have been some changes in the board composition.
>>
>> Ana Toni joined our board last year but unfortunately the time demands
>> placed upon a Wikimedia Board member were not compatible with her other
>> commitments. This has given the board something to think about. We aim to
>> be a board that is able to incorporate outside expertise to increase our
>> effectiveness and possible candidates are often not able to commit the time
>> which we currently require.. In the coming period we want to have a look at
>> the time which is demanded of a board member (especially our in person
>> meetings which require a lot of travel) and look at which activities we
>> need to perform as a board. We want to thank Ana for her contributions. The
>> insights gained from her position as Chair of Greenpeace International were
>> especially useful to us as a board. We are sad to see her go, but we hope
>> to keep her in “our space”.
>>
>> Bishakha Datta joined our board in March 2010 and has indicated to us
>> that she is not available for re-appointment after her term runs out in
>> December of this year. We will take the time to properly thank her for her
>> great contributions when her term formally ends in December.
>>
>> While these things are part of of the normal turnover of the composition
>> of the board (and are also an opportunity to attract new fields of
>> expertise as needed) there is a matter of board stability during the first
>> year of the tenure of our new Executive Director. In response to Lila's
>> request for stability the board has decided the following:
>>
>> 1) Alice Wiegand was appointed to finish out Ana's term ending December
>> 2014.  We also appointed Alice to carry out the subsequent term ending
>> December 2016.
>>
>> 2) Last year at Wikimania I was appointed to the board for a two year
>> period, but I tendered my resignation effective the end of this year.  At
>> the Board's request I reconsidered that resignation, and will serve out the
>> rest of my original two year term ending December 2015.
>>
>> This does mean we will start the search process for a new board member
>> for the appointed seat that Bishakha will vacate at the end of this year.
>> And hopefully we will be able to also identify potential candidates to fill
>> the seats of both Stuart West and me, which will become vacant at the end
>> of 2015.
>>
>> Secondly we have appointed the two officer positions as follows for the
>> coming fiscal year
>>
>> Chair - Jan-Bart de Vreede
>> Vice-Chair - Patricio Lorente
>>
>> The foundation has a great opportunity to grow under the guidance of our
>> new Executive Director and realize our ambitions. The board is looking
>> forward to a year of supporting Lila and providing direction for our
>> strategic goals.
>>
>> Jan-Bart de Vreede
>> Chair
>> Board of Trustees
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> PS: All the relevant resolutions will be published on meta in the coming
>> days
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:19:58 +0530
From: Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
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Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership Card
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Hello Somwyan!
When will I get my Wikimedia India Membership card?

Regards,
Jayantilal.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 19:03:16 +0530
From: arun vm <arunwebber@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FreeTamilEbooks.com - Creative Commons
        licensed Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS and ebook devices
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We have a projects we are making educational contents under cc
noncomercial 3.0 if you peopels are intrested take a look
www.eduladder.com

On 8/30/14, Ravishankar <ravidreams@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> http://freetamilebooks.com/ is an initiative that releases Creative Commons
> licensed ebooks (epub. mobi and pdf formats) for Android, iOS and ebook
> devices. This is a non-profit, volunteer driven effort with participation
> from Tamil FOSS enthusiasts and Tamil Wikipedians.
>
> Reently, we celebrated releasing our 100th ebook on the project's first
> birthday.
>
> In the context of content donations happening across the country, I thought
> it would be appropriate to bring this to Indian Wikipedia community's
> notice since this has helped us create awareness and discussion about Open
> Knowledge movement.
>
> If any other language community is interested in creating a similar
> project, we would be glad to help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi
>


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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 00:41:21 +0530
From: Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
        <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My resignation as President and EC
        member of Wikimedia India chapter
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Dear Moksh!
You have a 3 months baby which means you were already execpting a child a
year ago. It was not a natural calaminity or something like that which
occured suddenly. Having 3 months old baby is just a fake reason behind
your resignation. I haven't seen any work or activity done by you or your
EC in your tenure till date.

Regards,
Jayantilal.


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Ashwin Baindur
> <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry to hear that, Moksh. Please ensure a smooth transition to whomever
> is
> > to take up the reins of this organisation. Wishing you all the very best
> in
> > your private and professional life!
>
> +1
>
> I hope Moksh will not leave without closing the pending things
> mentioned by Jayanta and he continues till the time a new EC takes
> over.
>
> Regards
> -Sudhanwa
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for your work toward our shared mission.  Enjoy the precious time
> >> with the little one. :)
> >>
> >>     A.
> >>
> >> On Aug 27, 2014 7:34 AM, "Moksh Juneja" <moksh@wikimedia.in> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> It's with a heavy heart that I would like to announce my resignation
> from
> >>> as the President and Executive Committee of the Wikimedia India
> Chapter with
> >>> immediate effect. With this, my respect for all of your contributions
> to the
> >>> Movement has only increased, knowing about all the sweat and blood
> that goes
> >>> into the creation of the community that defines the Movement as we
> know it,
> >>> today.
> >>>
> >>> The reasons for my silence on the public list are for the same reasons
> >>> that I am quitting today. They are personal. As a Person grows, the
> >>> responsibility also grows and a point comes where the personal becomes
> more
> >>> important than the public.
> >>>
> >>> I've had a hard time balancing work, life and my interests. In the
> >>> balancing act, it is my family that has missed out the most,
> especially now
> >>> that I have become a father of a 3 month old girl. The demands on me
> have
> >>> grown and I find that I can no longer contribute usefully to the
> Movement or
> >>> that someone else can do more justice to the role.
> >>>
> >>> I thank you all for your love, help and support. I hope to keep
> >>> contributing to the Movement when I can.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Moksh Juneja
> >>> Wikimedia India
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
> >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
> >>>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Ashwin Baindur
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
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>
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 06:56:00 +0200
From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
        <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth
        winners in India
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I was also part of jury for WLM 2012 in Ghana.

Lemme know if I can be of assistance.

Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone
On Sep 9, 2014 4:32 AM, "Adethya Sudarsanan" <adethyasjce@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I have been on the jury for Wiki loves public art as a part of
> wikimedia Sverige.
>
> I would love to be on the jury to choose photos from India.
>
> Let me know if I can be of any assistance
>
> Best,
> Ade
>
> On Tuesday, 9 September 2014, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> FYI
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From:* Viswanathan Prabhakaran <viswaprabha@wikimedia.in>
>> *Date:* 8 September 2014 23:23:58 IST
>> *To:* wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Manoj Karingamadathil <
>> manojkmohanme03107@gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* *[Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India*
>> *Reply-To:* viswaprabha@wikimedia.in, Malayalam Wikimedia Project
>> Mailing list <wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Mykola Kozlenko <mycola-k@ukr.net>
>> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:00 AM
>> Subject: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India
>> To: karthikndr@wikimedia.in, jayanta@wikimedia.in, arkrishna@wikimedia.in,
>> viswaprabha@wikimedia.in, nikita.sb@wikimedia.in
>>
>>
>> Dear Board members of Wikimedia India,
>>
>> I am a member of Wiki Loves Earth international team, and I am contacting
>> you concerning the winners of Wiki Loves Earth in India.
>>
>> The issue is that we are going to submit all national winners of Wiki
>> Loves Earth to the international jury pretty soon (approximately 10-15
>> September), and we still have no information about winners from India
>> (winners from other countries can be found here:
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Finalists ).
>> At the moment India is the only country without any activity: among
>> countries without list of winners there the Netherlands already have a list
>> of winners but just don't want to publish it, while Ghana already has an
>> active jury and will have their top-10 photos in just a few days.
>>
>> Unfortunately, both organisers of WLE in India (
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_India )
>> seem to be inactive at the moment, and Clockery (main organiser) seems to
>> be a 14-year old girl who is busy at school and who can use only her
>> mother's computer, thus we are not sure she had really contacted anyone to
>> form the Indian jury.
>>
>> Could you please do any of the following:
>> * try to reach any of local organisers (Clockery or Manojk) and help them
>> reaching jury members and organising top 10 selection. I do not know if you
>> have any contacts of these users however - they have not responded to our
>> emails, and I am not sure they are more active on their home wikis...
>> * find some people to form an Indian jury yourselves and submit top-10
>> Indian photos for the international contest. Given that India is already
>> very late, you can form a jury of virtually anyone who can evaluate quality
>> of pictures (even a group of chapter members would be fine)
>> * if you are lacking jury members - we may try to find some people to
>> help you (e.g. we can ask some Commons administrators or active
>> photographers who are not participating in the international jury). But
>> please write us as soon as possible if you will need some additional people
>> for the Indian jury.
>>
>> In any case we hope that you will be able to submit winners pretty soon
>> (you have just 526 photos, not that great deal) - in at most a week, until
>> 15 September - otherwise we may have to proceed without Indian images,
>> which will mean Indians will not be able to be in the international top.
>>
>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Mykola Kozlenko (User:NickK)
>> WLE International / Wikimedia Ukraine
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects
>> email: Wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>> Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l
>>
>> To stop receiving messages from Wikiml-l please visit:
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/wikiml-l
>>
>>
>
> --
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 22:18:46 +0530
From: Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshkajha@gmail.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for Papers - FUEL GILT Conference
        2014
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FUEL GILT Conference 2014
November 14-15, 2014
Pune, India

http://fuelproject.org/gilt2014/index#paper

Welcome to the 2nd FUEL GILT Conference - the largest event of FOSS
language technology - its challenges, solutions, best practices and its
conventions. FUEL GILT Conference is all about language technology world,
all about GILT industry - G11N, I18N, L10N, and Translation world. The
event is showcase of the efforts of volunteer communities and different
organizations in the field of language technology. This event also tells us
the pain and conflicts of different cultures and languages. All things are
revolved around the language - related to words! We Worship Words!

The organizers of FUEL GILT Conference are Red Hat and C-DAC GIST. Thanks a
lot to both the organizations for their continuous support and helping hand.

FUEL is growing only because of the support of volunteer communities
world-wide and several well known organizations! The power of the event is
the power of collaboration, the power of sharing, the power of
volunteerism! Currently, almost 60 language communities are working with
the FUEL Project across various domain including desktop, mobile, cloud,
web, agriculture, health etc.

Since 2008, FUEL Project is consistently working with the different
language communities to provide standard linguistic resources eg.
terminologies, style guides, assessment methods etc to the world. Like last
year, please collaborate and cooperate to make the event a huge success!

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the Call For Papers for FUEL GILT Conference
2014. Abstracts are invited for presentation/workshop on substantial,
original and unique research on all aspects of GILT Industry
(Globalization, Internationalization, Localization and Translations) with
special focus on linguistic resources, standardization, e-governance and
language technology.

The areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Language Technology; Corpus Linguistics; Machine Translation; Natural
Language Processing; Globalization; Language and Translations; Technical
Terminology; Dictionary; Style Guide; Unicode/CLDR; Script Grammar;
Translation Editor; Rendering Systems; Quality Assessment; Fonts; Input
methods; FOSS and Localization; Computational Linguistics; Language &
Culture; Endangered Language; Internationalization

Please visit the page for detailed information:
http://fuelproject.org/gilt2014/index

Thanks!

--
Rajesh Ranjan
www.rajeshranjan.in
@kajha <https://twitter.com/kajha>

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:33:54 +1000
From: Adethya Sudarsanan <adethyasjce@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
        <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth
        winners in India
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Thanks for the offer Rexford. We have completed this activity now. But if
anything pops up in the future, we will post it in the mailing list and you
may involve yourself.

Thanks again for coming forward,
Ade S


On Tuesday, 9 September 2014, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was also part of jury for WLM 2012 in Ghana.
>
> Lemme know if I can be of assistance.
>
> Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone
> On Sep 9, 2014 4:32 AM, "Adethya Sudarsanan" <adethyasjce@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','adethyasjce@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have been on the jury for Wiki loves public art as a part of
>> wikimedia Sverige.
>>
>> I would love to be on the jury to choose photos from India.
>>
>> Let me know if I can be of any assistance
>>
>> Best,
>> Ade
>>
>> On Tuesday, 9 September 2014, Pradeep Mohandas <
>> pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> FYI
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> *From:* Viswanathan Prabhakaran <viswaprabha@wikimedia.in>
>>> *Date:* 8 September 2014 23:23:58 IST
>>> *To:* wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Manoj Karingamadathil <
>>> manojkmohanme03107@gmail.com>
>>> *Subject:* *[Wikiml-l] Fwd: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India*
>>> *Reply-To:* viswaprabha@wikimedia.in, Malayalam Wikimedia Project
>>> Mailing list <wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Mykola Kozlenko <mycola-k@ukr.net>
>>> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:00 AM
>>> Subject: Wiki Loves Earth winners in India
>>> To: karthikndr@wikimedia.in, jayanta@wikimedia.in,
>>> arkrishna@wikimedia.in, viswaprabha@wikimedia.in, nikita.sb@wikimedia.in
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Board members of Wikimedia India,
>>>
>>> I am a member of Wiki Loves Earth international team, and I am
>>> contacting you concerning the winners of Wiki Loves Earth in India.
>>>
>>> The issue is that we are going to submit all national winners of Wiki
>>> Loves Earth to the international jury pretty soon (approximately 10-15
>>> September), and we still have no information about winners from India
>>> (winners from other countries can be found here:
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Finalists ).
>>> At the moment India is the only country without any activity: among
>>> countries without list of winners there the Netherlands already have a list
>>> of winners but just don't want to publish it, while Ghana already has an
>>> active jury and will have their top-10 photos in just a few days.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, both organisers of WLE in India (
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_India )
>>> seem to be inactive at the moment, and Clockery (main organiser) seems to
>>> be a 14-year old girl who is busy at school and who can use only her
>>> mother's computer, thus we are not sure she had really contacted anyone to
>>> form the Indian jury.
>>>
>>> Could you please do any of the following:
>>> * try to reach any of local organisers (Clockery or Manojk) and help
>>> them reaching jury members and organising top 10 selection. I do not know
>>> if you have any contacts of these users however - they have not responded
>>> to our emails, and I am not sure they are more active on their home wikis...
>>> * find some people to form an Indian jury yourselves and submit top-10
>>> Indian photos for the international contest. Given that India is already
>>> very late, you can form a jury of virtually anyone who can evaluate quality
>>> of pictures (even a group of chapter members would be fine)
>>> * if you are lacking jury members - we may try to find some people to
>>> help you (e.g. we can ask some Commons administrators or active
>>> photographers who are not participating in the international jury). But
>>> please write us as soon as possible if you will need some additional people
>>> for the Indian jury.
>>>
>>> In any case we hope that you will be able to submit winners pretty soon
>>> (you have just 526 photos, not that great deal) - in at most a week, until
>>> 15 September - otherwise we may have to proceed without Indian images,
>>> which will mean Indians will not be able to be in the international top.
>>>
>>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Mykola Kozlenko (User:NickK)
>>> WLE International / Wikimedia Ukraine
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Wikiml-l is the mailing list for Malayalam Wikimedia Projects
>>> email: Wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>>> Website: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiml-l
>>>
>>> To stop receiving messages from Wikiml-l please visit:
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/wikiml-l
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>>

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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:32:42 +0530
From: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
        <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Future of Work in India: Bangalore it
        is
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Hi,

I meant that a few community members have been nominated by fellow community members. This has happened without the said community member knowing about it and that said nomination did not happened within language community wikis.

Warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas

Sent from my iPhone

> On 14-Sep-2014, at 7:46, Abhinav Garule <abhinavgarule@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Ravi and Pradeep for clearing the doubts.
> And yes keeping in mind, the logistics and other requirements Bangalore is convinient location.
>
> @Pradeep:- I didn't get this
>
> There are a few people who have been nominated by other community
> members and were neither self-nominated nor community nominated.
>
> So, Aren't  other community members part of community?
>
>
>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi Abhinav,
>>
>> I don't think they asked for the community input to decide the
>> location for the consultation, that seems to have sprung up on its own
>> somehow. The idea was always that it would be in either of the two
>> cities and people would be supported to come for the Consultation by
>> the WMF if needed.
>>
>> There are a few people who have been nominated by other community
>> members and were neither self-nominated nor community nominated.
>>
>> warm regards,
>> Pradep
>>
>> On 12 September 2014 11:57, Abhinav Garule <abhinavgarule@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear Asaf,
>> >
>> > Considering the vote count before the midnight of 10th of September Mumbai
>> > was the prefrred location for meeting.
>> > Vote count
>> > Mumbai - 20
>> > Bangalore - 18
>> > (Before Midnight, 10th of Sept.)
>> >
>> > History:-
>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014&action=history
>> > (*some votes added this morning)
>> >
>> > And some Board Members (List) have casted their votes for the location.
>> > Board Members Vote count
>> > Bangalore:- 1
>> > Mumbai:- 1
>> >
>> > And 2 Board Members are from Mumbai. So we can consider count for Mumbai as
>> > 3.
>> >
>> > Kindly consider it as query regarding Preferred Location for meeting and let
>> > us know your views on it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks & Regards,
>> > Abhinav Garule.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello, everyone.
>> >>
>> >> This is to inform everyone that the community consultation planned for Oct
>> >> 4th-5th will be held in Bangalore.
>> >>
>> >> See here:
>> >>
>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Venue_choice
>> >>
>> >> I will be following up in the coming day or so with more information on
>> >> confirmed attendees, taking community nominations into account.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >>    Asaf
>> >> --
>> >>     Asaf Bartov
>> >>     Wikimedia Foundation
>> >>
>> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
>> >> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best Regards,
>> >
>> > Abhinav Garule
>> > +91 9404 9636 60
>> > Coursera Language Co-ordinator.
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Abhinav Garule
> +91 9404 9636 60
> Coursera Language Co-ordinator.
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:39:13 +0530
From: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership Card
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As per https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2014-September/011610.html, please raise issue related to the Chapter at appropriate forum.

Warm regards,
Pradeep

Sent from my iPhone

> On 18-Aug-2014, at 17:19, Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Somwyan!
> When will I get my Wikimedia India Membership card?
>
> Regards,
> Jayantilal.
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:39:46 +0530
From: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
        <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My resignation as President and EC
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Wow! So much for assume good faith!

As per https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2014-September/011610.html, please raise issue related to the Chapter at appropriate forum.

Warm regards,
Pradeep

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> On 07-Sep-2014, at 0:41, Jayantilal Kothari <jayantilalkkd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Moksh!
> You have a 3 months baby which means you were already execpting a child a year ago. It was not a natural calaminity or something like that which occured suddenly. Having 3 months old baby is just a fake reason behind your resignation. I haven't seen any work or activity done by you or your EC in your tenure till date.
>
> Regards,
> Jayantilal.
>
>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Ashwin Baindur
>> <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sorry to hear that, Moksh. Please ensure a smooth transition to whomever is
>> > to take up the reins of this organisation. Wishing you all the very best in
>> > your private and professional life!
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I hope Moksh will not leave without closing the pending things
>> mentioned by Jayanta and he continues till the time a new EC takes
>> over.
>>
>> Regards
>> -Sudhanwa
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your work toward our shared mission.  Enjoy the precious time
>> >> with the little one. :)
>> >>
>> >>     A.
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 27, 2014 7:34 AM, "Moksh Juneja" <moksh@wikimedia.in> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Dear all,
>> >>>
>> >>> It's with a heavy heart that I would like to announce my resignation from
>> >>> as the President and Executive Committee of the Wikimedia India Chapter with
>> >>> immediate effect. With this, my respect for all of your contributions to the
>> >>> Movement has only increased, knowing about all the sweat and blood that goes
>> >>> into the creation of the community that defines the Movement as we know it,
>> >>> today.
>> >>>
>> >>> The reasons for my silence on the public list are for the same reasons
>> >>> that I am quitting today. They are personal. As a Person grows, the
>> >>> responsibility also grows and a point comes where the personal becomes more
>> >>> important than the public.
>> >>>
>> >>> I've had a hard time balancing work, life and my interests. In the
>> >>> balancing act, it is my family that has missed out the most, especially now
>> >>> that I have become a father of a 3 month old girl. The demands on me have
>> >>> grown and I find that I can no longer contribute usefully to the Movement or
>> >>> that someone else can do more justice to the role.
>> >>>
>> >>> I thank you all for your love, help and support. I hope to keep
>> >>> contributing to the Movement when I can.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Moksh Juneja
>> >>> Wikimedia India
>> >>>
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>> >
>> > Ashwin Baindur
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From: Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update
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 On Aug 18, 2014 9:04 PM, "Ashwin Baindur" <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bishakha, as one who benefitted from your advice and friendship, let me
> also add my word of thanks especially during the difficult days of
> WikiConference 2011. We trust we will find things to do in common so that
> we remain in touch! :)
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for this lovely email, Theo. It means a lot. Flashed me straight
>> back to all the fun we had together, all of which helped balance out the
>> tough debates. :)
>>
>> In case people are wondering, my term ends December 2014 - I'll be active
>> until then, but am not seeking re-appointment for another two-year term.
>> Being on the WMF board is extremely rewarding but a significant time
>> commitment - one that I'm finding increasingly hard to fulfil, which is why
>> I'm stepping down at the end of the year.
>>
>> But I'm going to continue to do other (less time-consuming) stuff in the
>> movement after my term ends, so this is nowhere near goodbye.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bishakha
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Theo10011 <de10011@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am forwarding this update from the board below, in case this was
>>> overlooked. It seems relevant to the Indian community. It's sad to learn
>>> that Bishakha will not be seeking re-appointment to the board at the end of
>>> the year. The board, the community and the movement at large was always
>>> better for having her in it.
>>>
>>> I want to thank her for a lot of things, but I'm not sure if this is the
>>> right time or if I'll be online at the right time. In any case, I want to
>>> say I'm so grateful for her years of service and perseverance through many
>>> contentious topics. I'm the first to admit that we've certainly had our
>>> share of disagreements, and passionate debates over the year, but we also
>>> shared more than a few good laughs in person. I still remember when
>>> Bishakha was trying to tell me the correct pronunciation of "Entschuldigen
>>> sie bitte" over dinner, I'm sure my pronunciation didn't improve but she
>>> tried patiently and resiliently for more than an hour. Our disagreements
>>> stemmed mostly from relatively professional topics related to the board and
>>> the direction things were going, and I'm probably at fault for a lot of
>>> negativity during those times - I'm sorry about that Bishakha. She joined
>>> the board at a difficult time when the foundation was expanding and going
>>> through a lot of big changes, there weren't a lot of female Indian members
>>> around the board or the community back then but she always represented the
>>> Indian community with a smile, grace and resilience and tried to be as
>>> inclusive as possible along the way. I have nothing but the highest opinion
>>> of her personally, she was always warm and good-natured in all our personal
>>> interactions. I'm sure I'm not the only one in the Indian community who
>>> feels the same.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the hard-work Bishakha. You will be missed, Ma'am.
>>>
>>> Warm regards
>>> Theo
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede@wikimedia.org>
>>> Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:54 PM
>>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Board Meeting Update
>>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Everyone
>>>
>>> While the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting will arrive in due
>>> time I wanted to update you on some internal matters at this point because
>>> there have been some changes in the board composition.
>>>
>>> Ana Toni joined our board last year but unfortunately the time demands
>>> placed upon a Wikimedia Board member were not compatible with her other
>>> commitments. This has given the board something to think about. We aim to
>>> be a board that is able to incorporate outside expertise to increase our
>>> effectiveness and possible candidates are often not able to commit the time
>>> which we currently require.. In the coming period we want to have a look at
>>> the time which is demanded of a board member (especially our in person
>>> meetings which require a lot of travel) and look at which activities we
>>> need to perform as a board. We want to thank Ana for her contributions. The
>>> insights gained from her position as Chair of Greenpeace International were
>>> especially useful to us as a board. We are sad to see her go, but we hope
>>> to keep her in “our space”.
>>>
>>> Bishakha Datta joined our board in March 2010 and has indicated to us
>>> that she is not available for re-appointment after her term runs out in
>>> December of this year. We will take the time to properly thank her for her
>>> great contributions when her term formally ends in December.
>>>
>>> While these things are part of of the normal turnover of the composition
>>> of the board (and are also an opportunity to attract new fields of
>>> expertise as needed) there is a matter of board stability during the first
>>> year of the tenure of our new Executive Director. In response to Lila's
>>> request for stability the board has decided the following:
>>>
>>> 1) Alice Wiegand was appointed to finish out Ana's term ending December
>>> 2014.  We also appointed Alice to carry out the subsequent term ending
>>> December 2016.
>>>
>>> 2) Last year at Wikimania I was appointed to the board for a two year
>>> period, but I tendered my resignation effective the end of this year.  At
>>> the Board's request I reconsidered that resignation, and will serve out the
>>> rest of my original two year term ending December 2015.
>>>
>>> This does mean we will start the search process for a new board member
>>> for the appointed seat that Bishakha will vacate at the end of this year.
>>> And hopefully we will be able to also identify potential candidates to fill
>>> the seats of both Stuart West and me, which will become vacant at the end
>>> of 2015.
>>>
>>> Secondly we have appointed the two officer positions as follows for the
>>> coming fiscal year
>>>
>>> Chair - Jan-Bart de Vreede
>>> Vice-Chair - Patricio Lorente
>>>
>>> The foundation has a great opportunity to grow under the guidance of our
>>> new Executive Director and realize our ambitions. The board is looking
>>> forward to a year of supporting Lila and providing direction for our
>>> strategic goals.
>>>
>>> Jan-Bart de Vreede
>>> Chair
>>> Board of Trustees
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>> PS: All the relevant resolutions will be published on meta in the coming
>>> days
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From: Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN EC in minority
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Dear Viswam,

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:41 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ)
<viswaprabha@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Kindly see this page on the public wiki of Wikimedia India Chapter
> announcing the newly reconstituted Director Board.
>
> As a matter of self-discipline, Wikimedia India Chapter will try to abstain
> from discussions on its own internal affairs in this forum / mail list to
> the maximum possible extend.
> Everyone is welcome to inquire and discuss any topics related to the chapter
> on appropriate pages or talk pages within the public wiki of the chapter
> mentioned above. From the chapter, we assure you prompt and responsible
> responses there, abiding by the very culture of Wikimedia missions.

The current messup has happened because of absolutely no response from
the EC to any members and/or community on any of the
forums-wiki/mailing list etc. Whatever you are telling about abstaing
from discussions is just a continuation of the same.

The wiki page about the new members of the EC was created just
yesterday and as Pradeep rightly pointed out, new members were
mentioned as delegates on the consultation page much earlier. Are you
hiding something here?


IIRC, there was a resolution earlier stating that all kind of
decisions taken by EC are to be made public. That has not been
followed for quite a long time. At least from the time I have asking
for updates. Can you please check the internal wiki and find that
resolution and work accordingly.

Please note that even though this mail is addressed to you, it is
meant for all in the EC. In one of the mails you had mentioned that
you will not respond to any mails other than directing to you. Thats
why this communication is addressed to you in a hope that at least one
person will read and act on it.

Regards
-Sudhanwa

>
>
> With regards,
> Viswanathan Prabhakaran
> Treasurer,
> (On behalf of the Executive Committee)
> Wikimedia India Chapter
>
> viswaprabha@wikimedia.in
> Wikimedia user:viswaprabha
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
> <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Srikanth,
>>
>> Looks like people are really having thorough knowledge of the MOA. I
>> wish if they could spend more time in actual working instead of
>> studying the MOA.
>>
>> From what ever you have said and considering the resignations of 3
>> members including the President in the recent past, on the face of it,
>> it seems to me that these 3 people were completely aware of the facts
>> about the number game and they wanted to stall the operations of WMIN
>> by deliberate resignations. None of the resignations have any strong
>> justifications given. In fact, Pranav has not uttered a word about any
>> reason.
>>
>> It is a shame that EC members are fighting like this on a public
>> mailing list and not updating the members (and the community at large)
>> on what is happening behind the scenes. ( I am following up with the
>> EC for more than a few months and not getting any response from them.
>> Probably, all of them were actually trying to do a shutdown that time)
>>
>> Whatever the current EC is doing, let them do the work in their own
>> way and instead of saying that their decisions are void, if you wish,
>> you can go to the authorities and file a complaint about it. If you do
>> not want to get into that, just keep quiet and do some positive work
>> for the chapter.
>>
>> Regards
>> -Sudhanwa
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
>> <rsrikanth05@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > To the remaining EC members,
>> > This is with reference to recent changes in the chapter.
>> >
>> > 1. As Viswa pointed out in the MoA, membership runs during the fiscal
>> > year,
>> > ie April to March. Thereafter, a 3 month grace period is given to
>> > reinstate
>> > membership. It is noted that Nikita Belavate did not renew her
>> > membership as
>> > on 1st of July, hence ceasing to be a member of the chapter. This was
>> > the
>> > first EC member lost. Sowmyan notified the EC of this in the first week
>> > of
>> > July itself.
>> >
>> > 2. On 27th August, Pranav and Moksh resigned from the EC. This was the
>> > second and third EC member loss out of seven.
>> >
>> > 3. An EC meeting was held on 31st August. Certain resolutions were
>> > passed
>> > regarding coopting a new member and appointing new office bearers etc.
>> > However a non EC member, Nikita, who ceased to be an EC member as of 1st
>> > July due to non renewal of membership was allowed to participate by the
>> > Chair, thus making both the meetings and resolutions illegal, null and
>> > void.
>> >
>> > 4. I resigned on the 3rd of September, making it the loss of EC member
>> > number 4. As per the MoA, Article VII, 1c, the board needs to have a
>> > minimum
>> > quorum of 4 members to function, hence with only 3 EC members left
>> > (Jayanta,
>> > Karthik, Karthik), no meeting can be held and no resolution can be
>> > passed.
>> >
>> > 5. Since the chapter is now in a limbo, I suggest that the three EC
>> > members
>> > now contact the Registrar of Societies, Government of Karnataka and ask
>> > them
>> > to appoint an administrator to conduct the Annual General Meeting and
>> > elections As Soon As Possible and run the organisation in the interim.
>> >
>> > 6. WMF employees, please take note that the Chapter EC is in minority
>> > and
>> > cannot take any decision at the moment.
>> >
>> > P.S: I understand a few days after the renewal of membership, Nikita put
>> > in
>> > a fresh application for membership. However, it was not put up to the EC
>> > prior to my leaving. Since the EC is now in minority, it cannot approve
>> > hers
>> > or any other new applications until elections are held. If an
>> > administrator
>> > is appointed by the Registrar of Societies, the administrator would have
>> > the
>> > power to approve new applications.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>> > What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce
>> > back.
>> >
>
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