Hi, everyone.

I apologize for not responding sooner.  Ravi has got it right:

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <ravidreams@wikimedia.in> wrote:
In my understanding, this consultation will predominantly focus on "WHAT" questions. 

WHAT is the potential, weakness, threats and opportunities for Wikimedia movement in India.

WHAT we should be doing and WHAT we should not be doing.

WHO does WHAT and HOW is also an important question but that can only come after we define the WHAT.


The idea is to turn over a new page in deliberate work in India (i.e. anything beyond individual volunteers' contributions according to their personal motivations, capacities, and fancy).  Deliberate work need not be _prescriptive_ work.  It can be, for example, the deliberate development and putting in place of certain support resources -- e.g. training opportunities, outreach materials,  Wikimedia merchandise.  Or it can be sustained coaching to a particular group on organizational technique and project planning.  Or hundreds of other possible approaches.

The purpose of the gathering is to gauge which of these WHATs would be most welcome, useful, and needed, and what challenges faced by Wikimedians in India remain unaddressed.  As Ravi says, after we figure out the WHAT we'll proceed to the HOW and BY WHOM.

Cheers,

   A.
  (from Frankfurt airport, en route to India)
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