A bigger question: On what basis did India Programs zero in on these topics for the pilots? Was the community asked whether this is what they want? I get the feeling that there is no community ownership whatsoever, which is what Pradeep was also talking of.
On a larger scale, I suggest that the community must decide what India Programs should do on a macro basis with India Programs then being free to design pilots/programs within that macro framework. i.e., an annual plan of what India Programs is expected to achieve, say in the next financial year. Thereafter next year we must have a way of community assessment to find out whether the parameters set have been met or not. If they have been met there should be some incentive for India Programs - and if they havnt there must be some penalty for them, as that will spur them to meet the targets set by the community. I am talking of the community at large and not for the Chapter EC or Board or Advisors - this must be done by the community as a whole.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:27:46 +0530 From: pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs
Hi Hisham, Could you also provide full links as reference like how Srikanth L suggested to Noopur yesterday? I cannot click through inline links when checking mails on my Nokia phone. The Story Telling and Wikipatrika initiatives that you list here as pilots were efforts undertaken by the Chapter. Instead of doing this seperately as a pilot, does not collaborating with the Chapter make more sense?
I would also suggest including in the pilot design itself ways for the community to feel ownership of the project so that these projects would continue despite the Chapter or the WMF. Also, a nudge to the Chapter to take more responsibility for and interest in the projects that (some very innovative) it undertakes. Pradeep
Handheld On Mar 29, 2012 10:36 AM, "Hisham" hisham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Folks
One of the aspects that India Program constantly works on is that the the work that your team does for and with our community is based on clear objectives, robust design and relevant progress parameters.
India Program has / is / will be undertaking a series of pilots. Pilots by nature indicate that we try innovative things out sometimes, and we may or may not always suceed. We must be bold and try them out - but we must also carefully build these pilots out and measure progress. On the main India Program meta page, I've created a tab that links to a new sub-page called Pilot Designs - where I have published 3 of these pilot designs. More will follow as they are ready, or as we undertake new work, so do add the page to your watchlists.
Basic Community Building is the work that Shiju is doing with small Indic communities - in this case, Assamese. It will show what steps can be taken to build such communities - from communication to collaboration to outreach. This work is especially relevant to small Indic communities - but there are pointers even for larger communities (including English.) Story-telling for Community Building is the work that Noopur just announced (and as illustrated by the profile on Netha) - where we want to celebrate the diversity and magic in our community. Supporting Community Communications Initiatives (Wikipatrika) for Community Building is the initiative just announced by Noopur to support our community's newsletter, Wikipatrika. The attempt is to see how Wikipatrika can become more participative, richer in content and more regular in publication. Do go through these. Do also add your comments on the respective talk pages.
The constant endeavor of all the work that we do is to help community members who want to take up the various initiatives that we are piloting (with them or with other community members.) Do go through these pilot designs and if you are interested in getting involved, or if you need clarification, or if you want support - please feel free to ask for it on the talk pages or offlist to any of us.
Best
hisham
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