Dear Ansuman and Wikimedians,
Thanks for engaging with our plans. We have replied to some and in
the process of replying to some more of your questions on Meta here
[0] and it will be good to continue the discussions there. Some
replies to questions not raised on Meta.
On Tuesday 15 April 2014 12:07 PM,
ansuman wrote:
It also claims that it works with WMIN here [2], but
has anyone from WMIN involved in making the corresponding
plans/proposals?
We had invited WMIN EC to share their inputs and feedback on the
plans on March 22, 2014. It would have been nice to have shared
these a bit more early (after knowing how stretched the EC members
are), however, it took more time than anticipated in putting up the
plans.
Here[3] it's written, "Based
on the protocol agreed upon by the WMIN, CIS-A2K will in
consultation with WMIN continue to support and serve the
Wikimedia communities in India."
What protocol? How come it's not been out yet? CISA2K needs
support from WMIN and Communities in India.
During the first meeting with the WMIN Chapter EC, held on February
24, 2013, we had mutually agreed upon certain protocols of working
together. Detailed minutes of this meeting are available here [1].
CIS-A2K has mostly adhered to these protocols. There were some
unintentional lapses in communication, which were raised by the EC
during our recent meeting in February 2014. During this meeting we
have also discussed how the complementarity between us could be
further improved.
At least here in this sentence, CISA2K should write
that it will collaborate with WMIN and work with Wikimedia
communities in India!!
About collaborating with WMIN... We have extended help to WMIN
whenever asked for and the Executive Committee (EC) of WMIN has been
generous to give us inputs and feedback on our plans and activities
since September 2012, when the WMF gave a grant. During the last 18
months we reached out to the WMIN EC periodically [2] and had
consulted the EC before executing key activities and extending
significant support to volunteers and communities in India. We also
collaborated with the WMIN and in organizing events like the
Creative Commons India re-launch. CIS will continue to engage and
collaborate with the WMIN. For the coming year we specifically
propose to more actively work with WMIN in the following activities.
- * One out of the 7 Language Area Plans which would be Bangla.
- * In extending general
support and service to the movement in India.
- * Med GLAM Project
- * Gujarati
Wikisource Project
- * Wiki Loves Public
Arts, India
Best,
Vishnu
[0]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015
[1]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j6xofnVk59WT7rh8FcytsOBRAW6uA8hJxov0EEkXHhs/edit?usp=sharing
[2] For instance, (based on a quick look at my Sent folder) after I
took over as the Director of CIS-A2K in February 2013 I have written
to them 62 times.