Hello, everyone.
Following the community nominations (where available), we have now posted the almost-final invitee list for the upcoming Bangalore consultation, here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014#Participat...
If your name appears, please do confirm accepting the invitation AND e-mail me, to make sure I have your up-to-date address to handle travel arrangements. I will also be following up in a couple of days with anyone who may not be on this list.
See the page for more context on how delegates were selected. Bear in mind that we're already past 40 people total, which is nearing the limit of effective conversation, so we couldn't invite absolutely everyone.
Let me reiterate that the meeting is not secret, and will be adequately documented.
Also, that the goal is not to make any decisions that would bind communities or launch new initiatives. Rather, it is to come up with a shared vision and strategic direction for the (multiple, different!) initiatives in diverse communities and regions, and by various groups and means. Ideally, the proposals and agreement reached at the meeting would be a basis for wider discussion and, IF agreeable to the wider communities, a basis for future work by the various groups and individuals.
I look forward to a productive meeting, and to meeting some of you for the first time! :)
Asaf
Asaf,
Thanks for the update.
We will try our best to gather more opinions and official community recommendations at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Agend...
before we enter the October 4 meeting.
Ravi
Thank you! I'm traveling in the coming 24 hours, but will engage afterwards.
I do join you in encouraging our fellow Wikimedians to offer thoughts and prospects in that talk page.
Cheers,
A. On Sep 17, 2014 1:51 AM, "Ravishankar" ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Asaf,
Thanks for the update.
We will try our best to gather more opinions and official community recommendations at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Agend...
before we enter the October 4 meeting.
Ravi
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Thanks very much, Ravi and all the community members who are participating in this process, both virtually and in Bangalore. I look forward to meeting and learning from you all.
Two important pieces of additional information: * *Please rsvp your participation by noon on Friday September 19* so that we can confirm travel and lodging as soon as possible. If any of you are nominated, but uncertain about your attendance, do let us know as well, so we can support you as you need. * As requested, we will put up a draft agenda over the next few days, so that we can design the meeting together. We have asked the facilitator to work with us on this, as requested by some community members. ** Overall, the agenda for the meeting is likely to cover these issues:
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Introductions, expectations, ground rules -
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis and sharing stories of individual contributors, diverse language communities and projects -
SWOT for India and Indic languages across South Asia -
Visioning for the movement in India -
Strategies and action plans for the movement going forward (next six months, next year, next two years) - Roles, responsibilities and rules of engagement between the different actors in India
However, as different language communities mobilise to offer their thoughts (thanks very much, Ravi!), we'll obviously work with all your suggestions.
Here's to a productive conversation, Anasuya
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thank you! I'm traveling in the coming 24 hours, but will engage afterwards.
I do join you in encouraging our fellow Wikimedians to offer thoughts and prospects in that talk page.
Cheers,
A.On Sep 17, 2014 1:51 AM, "Ravishankar" ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Asaf,
Thanks for the update.
We will try our best to gather more opinions and official community recommendations at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Community_Consultation_2014#Agend...
before we enter the October 4 meeting.
Ravi
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