Bence,
The details on joining the SIG is now Public at :
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/City_and_Language_Special_Interest_Group_Chair
To nominate yourself OR someone and to vote you need to be a member of the
Chapter.
Becoming a member is pretty easy. It costs INR 100 to join and requires a
single form to be filled and sent across.
Details on joining the chapter, including the form is available at
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Join_us
SIGs can not only be created for cities and languages but also for other
special projects like GLAM, MediaWiki and Commons.
There is a nomination page for the position of a GLAM SIG already on right
now.
I hope this clears it up. Please let me know if anything else needs
clarification.
Cheers,
Happy Editing,
Srikanth.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Srikanth, looking forward to it!
Best regards,
Bence
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
srik.ramk(a)wikimedia.in> wrote:
Hi Bence,
The SIG process is currently located on the Members Wiki of the Chapter,
which is accessible only to Members. I think it's high time it is made
public so I shall port it to the Public Wiki.
While the Chapter does support volunteers of all kinds, the SIG chair has
to be a member.
This is for the following reasons:
1. The SIG Chair gets a Wikimedia.in email address.
2. The SIG Chair will be representing the Chapter.
3. As per legal obligations, the SIG Chair signs a Code of Conduct with
the Chapter.
Apart from this, the Chapter is open to supporting all volunteers.
Regards,
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Bence Damokos
<bdamokos(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In light of recent recommendations to set up an SIG instead of
> autonomous groups, I was wondering if there is any available documentation
> on the process and benefits of doing so?
>
> I was looking at
>
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/City_and_Language_SIG_subcommittee_chair,
> the only page I could find on the topic on the Wikimedia India wiki, but
> that did not seem to explain the process and nature of SIGs. (Also, I
> haven't seen them defined in Wikimedia India's bylaws.)
> What did I miss?
>
As I seem to recall, SIG roles weren't really fleshed out in terms of
real world implications. Majority of the chapter board that was working on
it resigned or left after their respective terms.
This new initiative to create user groups within India is being led by
WMF staff from my perspective.
I don't think it should be looked at in that way. I think the main idea
is to empower volunteers (and while many many are self-empowered, labels
and affiliation can still provide the final push) regardless of their
location. This is not about a top down imposition (or even if it was, the
costs are minimal, and the benefits could be big if the empowerment
happens).
The Indian SIG model could be a way to achieve the same goal, perhaps in
parallel, but as long as the process and requirements are not publicly
defined they might not be serving their purpose and it is difficult to
expect people excited by the idea of of the empowerment that comes from
affiliation to choose the (process-wise) undefined SIG model. That is why I
was wondering where the process and requirements are defined; what would a
regular Joe need to do to set up a SIG?
Best regards,
Bence
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