Congrats Noopur !!!
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Dear All,
I am pleased to announce that Noopur Raval
([
User:Noopur28<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noopur28>]
has been selected as Consultant to the Wikimedia
Foundation<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>me>,
and will support Communications for India
Program<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program>am>.
This position will perform 4 key functions. Firstly, it will support
communications with our community. This involves a regular set of updates
(such as newsletters) as well as specific communication projects such as
story-telling of local community initiatives (to document experiences,
celebrate successes and cross-pollinate ideas.) This is *not* for
day-to-day program communications - which is a core part of each of our
responsibilities in the India Program team. Second will be to support
media & PR for local community initiatives. The single biggest challenge
here will to be get more Indic language media coverage to support community
building efforts. This will be done directly with community members and
also in co-ordination with the India Chapter <http://wikimedia.in/>'s
Communications
Media & PR team <http://members.wikimedia.in/Communications>. The third
aspect is to build and expand existing community social networks (such as
WikimediaIndia <http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIndia> on facebook) and
to help with the use of social networks to support community building.
Lastly, there is untapped potential of using digital outreach - to augment
existing physical outreach efforts. We need to (very, very carefully)
explore if we can reach out to our large and growing reader base and
inform, encourage and enable them to become editors using online channels
and resources.
Noopur is a community member and has supported outreach activities (in
Ahmedabad<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Ahmedab…
& Delhi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi/Delhi6>),
is a member of Delhi
SIG<http://members.wikimedia.in/City_and_Language_Special_Interest_Groups> of
the Chapter, has participated in community collaborations like Collaboration
of the Month <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOTM> and has been
actively trying to start
GLAM<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Glam> in
India.
Noopur is from Gandhinagar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhinagar> and
is graduating from
JNU<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University>
with
a Master's in Arts & Aesthetics. She has a triple honors Bachelor's
in Media Studies, Literature and Psychology from Christ College,
Bangalore<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_College,_Bangalore>re>.
She has interned with Radio Mirchi, Times of India and the Centre for
Internet & Society (amongst others) - as well as done some teaching
assignments. She is an active blogger (including for the India Art Summit,
2011.) She has published a novella and co-authored an anthology of poems,
plays & short stories and has co-presented a paper on "Wikiwars" with
[User:Srikeit.] She is also an amateur photographer and has contributed to
Commons <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Noopur28> as
well as other platforms.
The Communications position has taken a long time to fill. The initial
call for selection was in
September<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-Sep…ml>.
I reported back to the community in
December<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-Dece…
that
I had failed to find the right candidate and hence the delay. There were a
number of deserving candidates and this selection has taken time because of
the need to find the most suitable profile for a complex role. This role
requires the right mix of an academic foundation in communications, domain
expertise as well as adequate familiarity with our community. It also
requires adaptability and strong learning skills - because so much of what
we are trying to do is pioneering. I am confident that she brings the
right level of experience and competencies - and I'm very excited by the
opportunity of making a step jump in the impact of communications for our
community.
Do join me in welcoming Noopur. She will start on March 12 and will be
based in New Delhi.
Best
hisham
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