Hi Folks

I've updated and detailed out all the sections on the India Plan. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs

Thank you so much to all who've engaged and contributed to this - on the talk pages and 1-on-1.  

Some key highlights of what I've added:

• Based on queries I've received, I've added a "Strategic Thinking" section that sets out the some guiding ideas for the plan.
• Updated the various initiatives with learnings and experience from around the world (e.g., Public Policy Initiative, Wiki Guides, incubation or "greenhouse" as used in Russian & Hebrew Wikipedias)
• Detailing out the Campus Program, including a proposed pilot city
• Updated the sections on Outreach Impact and Digital Outreach (formerly titled Social Media)
• Updated team structure / roles  & responsibilities
• Updated timelines.  (These continue to remain somewhat ambitious, but using it at as a starting point.)

Please do take time out and read the page.  As always, I'd love to hear from you.  Please feel free to share your views on this mailing list or on the talk page or offlist with me or any other channel you prefer!

Something that I think would be useful would be to present this plan face-to-face with as wide a group as possible.  If you could let me know (offlist please) when your next community meet-ups are scheduled (across the country), I'd love to be able to come down and share the plan with you in person.

(Also, as agreed in the first India Programs' IRC, there's a monthly IRC scheduled for this Thursday evening India time.  We could discuss the India Plan in addition to anything else.  I'll send out a note on that separately)

Kind Regards,

Hisham Mundol

India Programs - Wikimedia Foundation

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs

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