The FDC grants process has begun. We have already sent in a letter of intent. We are now moving to the next phase of making the application.
For those who do not know about the FDC grant, this provides for staff, office, and infrastructure. We have considered opening a office in Bangalore, with a meeting room cum training center, where about 10 computers will be available for users / trainees. We can use this for city community meets, wikiacademies, editathons, hackathons, etc.
This measure is to provide for a formal office for the Chapter in India, and give ourselves a exclusive address to meet compliance issues better. The facility is also expected to be more centrally located within the city so that members and other Wikimedians do not find it difficult to visit the office.
Yet another infrastructure proposal that has been considered is to have a scanning facility to meet digitization requirements that can enable wikisource, and other wikimedia commons file generation
We invite the community's suggestions towards major initiatives that can be taken as part of our activities in the Calender year 2014. Kindly send in your suggestions in the next 10 days. We will have discussions on the suggestions through this period. We will add financial measures to the proposals and submit to WMF.
This is an open brain storming. Every one can build on the ideas of every one else. Here is the webpage where you can add your suggestions.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013
Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore +91 96329 11650
Hi all,
would just add to what Sowmyan has said. We would appreciate if you can send us a detailed proposal of what you are planning for. Everyone would understand how the process will look like. Also, it will help in drafting the budget very much in detail. The FDC committee and WMF would really love to see a detailed plan.
Regards, Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. http://wiki.wikimedia.in
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowmyan@wikimedia.inwrote:
The FDC grants process has begun. We have already sent in a letter of intent. We are now moving to the next phase of making the application.
For those who do not know about the FDC grant, this provides for staff, office, and infrastructure. We have considered opening a office in Bangalore, with a meeting room cum training center, where about 10 computers will be available for users / trainees. We can use this for city community meets, wikiacademies, editathons, hackathons, etc.
This measure is to provide for a formal office for the Chapter in India, and give ourselves a exclusive address to meet compliance issues better. The facility is also expected to be more centrally located within the city so that members and other Wikimedians do not find it difficult to visit the office.
Yet another infrastructure proposal that has been considered is to have a scanning facility to meet digitization requirements that can enable wikisource, and other wikimedia commons file generation
We invite the community's suggestions towards major initiatives that can be taken as part of our activities in the Calender year 2014. Kindly send in your suggestions in the next 10 days. We will have discussions on the suggestions through this period. We will add financial measures to the proposals and submit to WMF.
This is an open brain storming. Every one can build on the ideas of every one else. Here is the webpage where you can add your suggestions.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013
Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore +91 96329 11650
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Folks,
Would really appreciate community input by tomorrow. We can only prepare a plan you want if we have your input, do cooperate. We would like you to give ideas for our annual plan/ five year plan/ dream outcome after five years.
Link: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Karthik Nadar karthikndr@wikimedia.inwrote:
Hi all,
would just add to what Sowmyan has said. We would appreciate if you can send us a detailed proposal of what you are planning for. Everyone would understand how the process will look like. Also, it will help in drafting the budget very much in detail. The FDC committee and WMF would really love to see a detailed plan.
Regards, Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. http://wiki.wikimedia.in
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowmyan@wikimedia.inwrote:
The FDC grants process has begun. We have already sent in a letter of intent. We are now moving to the next phase of making the application.
For those who do not know about the FDC grant, this provides for staff, office, and infrastructure. We have considered opening a office in Bangalore, with a meeting room cum training center, where about 10 computers will be available for users / trainees. We can use this for city community meets, wikiacademies, editathons, hackathons, etc.
This measure is to provide for a formal office for the Chapter in India, and give ourselves a exclusive address to meet compliance issues better. The facility is also expected to be more centrally located within the city so that members and other Wikimedians do not find it difficult to visit the office.
Yet another infrastructure proposal that has been considered is to have a scanning facility to meet digitization requirements that can enable wikisource, and other wikimedia commons file generation
We invite the community's suggestions towards major initiatives that can be taken as part of our activities in the Calender year 2014. Kindly send in your suggestions in the next 10 days. We will have discussions on the suggestions through this period. We will add financial measures to the proposals and submit to WMF.
This is an open brain storming. Every one can build on the ideas of every one else. Here is the webpage where you can add your suggestions.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/FDC_Proposal_2013
Regards, Sowmyan Executive Manager Wikimedia Chapter, Bangalore +91 96329 11650
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If I can make a suggestion as non-member of the chapter it might be useful to consider a plan to encourage India librarians and archivists to be active on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RX and respond to requests for literature - if librarians in India are motivated only by monetary inducement, the Chapter could also consider becoming a paid member of a library services network within India (such as http://delnet.nic.in/)and handle requests for literature aimed to improve content quality. If the latter service can be handled well, I might even consider becoming a India chapter member!
best wishes Shyamal
Sure, you need not be a chapter member to comment. It is open to the community at large. Please add your comments with details on the page itself so everything is in one place.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Shyamal L. lshyamal@gmail.com wrote:
If I can make a suggestion as non-member of the chapter it might be useful to consider a plan to encourage India librarians and archivists to be active on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RX and respond to requests for literature - if librarians in India are motivated only by monetary inducement, the Chapter could also consider becoming a paid member of a library services network within India (such as http://delnet.nic.in/)and handle requests for literature aimed to improve content quality. If the latter service can be handled well, I might even consider becoming a India chapter member!
best wishes Shyamal
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I looked at the page some days ago, but for some reason it did not allow me to edit anything. On reflection, though, I did not find anything positive to suggest. I assume the monetisation of the projects is a separate exercise, and must confess I have not researched the purpose of this part of the planning.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Pranav Curumsey pranav@wikimedia.inwrote:
Sure, you need not be a chapter member to comment. It is open to the community at large. Please add your comments with details on the page itself so everything is in one place.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Shyamal L. lshyamal@gmail.com wrote:
If I can make a suggestion as non-member of the chapter it might be useful to consider a plan to encourage India librarians and archivists to be active on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RX and respond to requests for literature - if librarians in India are motivated only by monetary inducement, the Chapter could also consider becoming a paid member of a library services network within India (such as http://delnet.nic.in/)and handle requests for literature aimed to improve content quality. If the latter service can be handled well, I might even consider becoming a India chapter member!
best wishes Shyamal
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Hi Vickram,
you need to register at the site to edit. Please create your account through this link: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&a...
Regards, Karthik Nadar. Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. http://wiki.wikimedia.in
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.comwrote:
I looked at the page some days ago, but for some reason it did not allow me to edit anything. On reflection, though, I did not find anything positive to suggest. I assume the monetisation of the projects is a separate exercise, and must confess I have not researched the purpose of this part of the planning.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Pranav Curumsey pranav@wikimedia.inwrote:
Sure, you need not be a chapter member to comment. It is open to the community at large. Please add your comments with details on the page itself so everything is in one place.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Shyamal L. lshyamal@gmail.com wrote:
If I can make a suggestion as non-member of the chapter it might be useful to consider a plan to encourage India librarians and archivists to be active on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RX and respond to requests for literature - if librarians in India are motivated only by monetary inducement, the Chapter could also consider becoming a paid member of a library services network within India (such as http://delnet.nic.in/ )and handle requests for literature aimed to improve content quality. If the latter service can be handled well, I might even consider becoming a India chapter member!
best wishes Shyamal
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