Dear Friends,
@Abhijith - Thank you for succinctly sharing the key points of our meeting.
It was amazing to see the energy all of you guys and gals have. It was a
very useful discussion we had. We will surely ensure that we meet these
plans one by one.
To give an update... We have been successful in getting an institutional
partner English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) to schedule an
outreach event in March 2013. This will be a focussed training workshop for
Researchers working/using Telugu material as part of their research. Telugu
Wikipedians Dr. Rajashekar, Rahim and Veeven will be conducting the
training. Our objective is to explore a long term and sustained
relationship with the researchers (potential wikipedians) at EFLU.
Thanks to CIS-A2K adviser Dr. Niranajana for providing this lead.
More updates on this anon.
Best wishes,
Vishnu
On 15 February 2013 15:28, Abhijith Jayanthi <abhijith(a)wikimedia.in> wrote:
Hi All,
The following are the minutes of the meeting:
*In Attendance: *
Mr. Vishnu - CIS A2K Programme Director
Mr. Abhijith Jayanthi
Mr. Rahimanuddin Shaik
Dr. Rajasekhar
Mr. Tausif
Mr. Sai Anudeep
Ms. Akhila Thumma
Mr. Veera Venkata Chowdary (User: Veevan)
*Minutes of Meeting:*
(1) The meeting opened with a round of introductions about self and then
Mr. Vishnu introduced CIS and A2K Programme - little history and his
proposed ideas for shaping up the future course of the Programme and open
up for discussions. The summary of the presentation and
comments/suggestions that followed as indicated below:
*Summary*
(1) Greater Coordination is envisaged between CIS/ India Chapter + SIGs
and the Wiki Community at large
(2) Volunteering efforts of Wiki Community (snow balls) and the engagement
needs to be better utilized with the support of CIS (positioning the start
point for the snow ball to start rolling) so that impact is better
captured.
*Suggestions/Comments*
Two approaches to volunteer engagement were suggested - merits/demerits
need to be evaluated and are indicated below
(a) Recognition in terms of participation certificates/ appreciation
letters and setting an hierarchy of achievement will motivate the
volunteers and engage them better.
(b) Wiki Volunteering should stem out of passion for knowledge and should
be structured on a ''No - Expectations-in-Return" Model
(3) Mr. Vishnu gave an update on the institutions in Hyderabad that he is
trying to connect with (initial level)
(4) Few proposals were discussed as part of the initiative:
(a) Engaging on a Mobile Model for Wiki Academies: With volunteers and
SIGs taking active role in engaging on a small-groups/local setup
structures - making Wiki Academy a more sustained dialogue rather than
touch and go activity (one day engagements); move towards a longer
engagement pattern
(b) WikiRTI#: A platform/initiative was discussed and received support
from everyone present - to create a repository for anyone to upload RTI
responses and thus move towards a general archive/knowledge bank schematic.
# Mr. Tausif and Mr. Abhijith will be coordinating on creating a template
design for this platform - anyone who is interested and wants to be part of
this activity may contact Mr. Abhijith at abhijith(a)wikimedia.in
(5) Mr. Vishnu proposed a tentative plan to engage a staff member based
out of Hyderabad to roll-out activities in Hyderabad and around the state
of Andhra Pradesh; proposal for which is expected to be discussed before
taking forward. Mr. Abhijith expressed interest to make a necessary
donation for the same post finalization
The meeting concluded with all the participants seeking to have a greater
engagement with A2K Team in Hyderabad involving various languages.
regards
Abhijith