Hi,
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I second Sudhanwa's comments? Why the silence? If
its bad news, let us all
know!
Sharing a bad news (if it is there) will help reduce stress. All of us can
then try to find some solution to it.
Moreover, there are many people like Ashwin, Arun, Arjuna, myself and many
more across the country who want to help out WMIN and take it further.
If nobody speaks up and tells us the current situation, their experience
and energies are not utilised at all.
Regards
-Sudhanwa
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
<sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Except for "Wikimedian for the month", there is hardly anything on the
activities of WMIN.
What is the current status of EC members, what is the fiancial situation,
what are the projects being worked out?? Absolutely nothing is coming
out
from EC for the last few months.. rather for an
year or so.
Can EC send updates on these.
Regards
-Sudhanwa
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Priyanka Tiwari <
priyankatwr90(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Greetings from Wikimedia India!
>
> Wikimedia India would like to share the monthly report of March 2016.
> Looking forward for your valuable feedback.
>
>
> EVENTS
>
>
> SETTING UP OF ADVISORY COUNCIL AT WIKIMEDIA INDIA:
>
>
> The primary objective of setting up an advisory board at Wikimedia India
> is to receive support, suggestions, guidance, advice and help in
achieving
> chapter’s objective from distinguished
individuals having excelled in
their
> respective fields and mission. The advisory
board members would provide
a
> non-binding advice to the Executive Committee
Members, Wikimedia India
Staff
> and the community comprising of long list of
editors across different
> language groups.
>
>
> The function of the advisory board would be to offer assistance to the
> chapter with anything from legal advice to management of finances to
carry
> forward the goals of the chapter. Advisory
board members would provide
the
> chapter with new knowledge, development of
strategic thinking and
possible
> alternatives based on their expertise from
different fields.
>
>
> The advisory board would in turn strengthen the executive committee and
> wikimedia staff to better execute their work, but does not interfere
with
> either the executive committee or wikimedia
india staff regarding the
> disclosure of confidential documents or forceful execution of their
advices.
>
>
> Community members volunteered for Advisory Committee including Dhaval,
> Sripathy, Yann, Bodhisattwa Mandal, Satdeep Gill, Adethya, Karthik
Nadar.
> The long discussion on the appointment
process, views and opinions from
> various community members and Mr. Arun Ramarathnam made it a worth for
> inputs and amendments to be taken further.
>
>
> WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION AFFILIATE BOARD SELECTION:
>
>
> The Wikimedia chapters and thematic organizations select two members for
> the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. We, as the members of
Wikimedia
> India have to accordingly vote for two
members for the organisation.
>
>
> Community members poured in their views in the mailing list. Suggestions
> were rolling in for support to different candidates. Siska Doviana and
Jan
> Ainali were the major names in support for
from the community.
>
>
> We request the community members to kindly express their opinions and
> suggestions for the same. Please visit the links below to find more
relevant
> details.
>
> 1.) About Affiliate Board
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats
>
> 2.) Nominated Candidates
>
>
> 3.) Timeline
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016
>
>
>
>
>
> FEATURED WIKIMEDIAN:
>
>
> Featured Wikimedian for the month of March 2016 - Baljeet Dhaliwal.
>
>
> Baljeet Dhaliwal is a Punjabi Wikimedian currently studying in the ninth
> grade. Inspired by Charan Gill, father of another Wikimedian Satdeep
Gill,
> Baljeet began editing in mid June 2015 and is
now one of the youngest
and
> most active editors of Punjabi Wikipedia. He
mostly edits articles
related
> to computers and has created the articles of
almost all the basic
components
> of computer in the Punjabi Wikipedia.
>
>
> A source of inspiration for his fellow Wikimedians, he is often
described
> as a quick learner. Baljeet was one of the
most prolific contributors
at the
> Wikipedia Asian Month drive with 42 articles
and was honored as a
Wikipedia
> Asian Ambassador. Baljeet says he feels proud
to see his mother tongue
grow
> on the internet and vows to contribute more
for its growth.
>
> For more details, please visit -
>
>
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2016
>
>
>
>
> NEWS
>
>
> 1. Scholarships for Wikimania 2016 have been announced. For more
details,
> please visit -
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2016_WMF_Wiki…
>
>
> 2. Katherine Maher (
https://goo.gl/QwRJTa) takes over as the Intermin
> Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation effective 14 March 2016
> (after Lila Tretikov resigned in Feb 2016). Full announcement can be
found
> at
https://goo.gl/42NfC8 and
https://goo.gl/uFhAzk
>
>
> 3. The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program
is
> accepting proposals from March 14th to April
12th for new ideas to
improve
are
> available (up to $30,000 USD) to support
individuals or teams of up to
four
> people to implement promising ideas, whether
focused on building a new
tool
> or gadget, organizing a better process on
your wiki, researching an
> important issue, or providing other support for community-building.
Ideas
> from the current Inspire Campaign on content
curation and review are
very
> welcome.
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire)
>
>
>
>
> IN THE MEDIA
>
>
>
> 1. Ashutosh Desai & Savio DSouza (13 March 2016). "13 ways to make your
> Wikipedia experience better".The Times of India.
>
>
> 2. Prahari (30 March 2016). "Wikipedia – Is it ReallyIndependent?". The
> Times of India.
>
>
> 3. Biz Carson (13 March 2016). "The first words on Wikipedia were a
nerdy
> programmer in-joke". The Business
Insider.
>
>
> 4. "Wikipedia developing speech engine for users". The Times of India.
13
March
2016.
5. Himanshi Dhawan (10 March 2016). "MP tells Lok Sabha Wikipedia killed
her, assassinated character".The Times of India.
6. Namrata Sahoo (5 March 2016). "A Bot That Gets Wiki Content to Your
Phone". The New Indian Express
Regards,
Priyanka Tiwari
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