Hello Wikimedians,
We are all passing through a very difficult time as the second wave of
COVID-19 has hit hard throughout the country. It is a bitter and hard truth
that many of us have lost our loved ones, close friends, relatives,
neighbours already. Some of us have faced economic difficulties due to loss
of jobs, losses in businesses, huge hospitalization expenses etc.
In the midst of this crisis, a support program has been initiated to
provide some reliefs to our Wikimedia volunteers residing in India. The
program will support the following -
1. Reimbursement of vaccination costs
2. Sending of COVID-19 protection kits
3. Counseling by experts
The support will be provided by CIS-A2K. The vaccination expenses will be
reimbursed as early as April 30, 2021. The COVID-19 protection kits will
get couriered within a week or more, depending on various logistical
factors. The team will try to support the more vulnerable section of the
community first.
Volunteers are requested to fill up this Google Form to request support -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYcjEeuT7vUxP3NJg7KfIiZaude9IXLyC…
If you do not need this kind of support but you know some volunteers from
your community who are in dire need, you can nominate them too through this
form or mail the support team directly. Affiliate contacts and community
leaders are also kindly requested to help identify the volunteers who need
the support the most.
You can find more details about the support program here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India
Please read the FAQ subpage too -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/FAQ
The support team would also like to emphasise that,
a) there might be some delay in sending support as there are lockdowns in
different parts of the country and there is scarcity or non-availability of
different items in the market,
b) there might be some unintentional or unexpected errors from the team, as
this is the first time, this kind of support is being set up for Indian
Wikimedia volunteers and the team does not have prior experience to deal
with this kind of global health situation before.
c) the team members are also facing the same critical situation like
everyone else; there are possibilities that they can become sick sooner or
later, which might hamper the support to some extent.
That's why the team would like to request you to understand the limitations
and assume good faith that any failure to serve sometimes would be due to
situations beyond control.
If you want to contact us directly for any questions, concerns,
suggestions, help etc. you can mail us directly at wmwm(a)cis-india.org .
Let's join hands to overcome this situation.
Regards,
Jayanta
On behalf of the COVID-19 support team
મિત્રો,
આપને જણાવતા આનંદ થાય છે કે ગુજરાતી વિકિસ્રોત પર ૩૦ અને ૩૧ મું શ્રાવ્ય પુસ્તક (ઑડિયો બુક) ઉપલબ્ધ કરવાવામાં આવ્યું છે.
ગાંધીજી લિખિત ચળાવળ ઇતિહાસ "દક્ષિણ આફ્રિકાના સત્યાગ્રહનો ઇતિહાસ" ને મોર્ડન ભટ્ટના ધ્વનિમાં નીચેની લિંક પર સાંભળી શકાશે. શ્રી. મોર્ડન ભટ્ટના યોગદાનની વિકિસ્રોત સરાહના કરે છે.
પ્રથમ ખંડ - https://w.wiki/3B8h
દ્વિતીય ખંડ - https://w.wiki/3BkM
આભાર
સુશાંત સાવલા
મિત્રો,
આપને જણાવતા આનંદ થાય છે કે ગુજરાતી વિકિસ્રોત પર ૨૯મું શ્રાવ્ય પુસ્તક (ઑડિયો બુક) ઉપલબ્ધ કરવાવામાં આવ્યું છે.
ગિજુભાઈ બધેકા લિખિત બાળ સાહિત્ય "ઋતુના રંગ" ને વૈદ્ય રાજલ શુક્લના ધ્વનિમાં નીચેની લિંક પર સાંભળી શકાશે. બહેન રાજલ શુક્લના યોગદાનની વિકિસ્રોત સરાહના કરે છે.
https://w.wiki/3Ax6
આભાર
સુશાંત સાવલા
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From: Iolanda Pensa <iolanda(a)pensa.it>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021, 20:36
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2021 Updates: Save the date and Core
Organizing Team
To: Wikimania <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wiki Community,
It is with great pleasure that we - the Wikimania Steering Committee[1] -
announce that Wikimania will be hosted virtually from August 13-17th, 2021
[2] and that the Core Organizing Team (COT) has been selected and fully
onboarded. Since 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia, Wikimania
2021's theme is 20 years of Wikipedia and all the humans that make it
possible. We'll look back at our history and celebrate our future.
We thank everyone who applied to the call for volunteers [3] - it was a
tough selection process given the impressive number of strong applicants we
received. However, The Wikimania Steering Committee is pleased to announce
that after due deliberation and assessment, we selected a total of 9
individuals from our broad community who will lead the way in organizing
the first ever virtual Wikimania.
The official Core Organizing Team members are the following:
1. Vanj Padilla
2. Anna Torres (Anna Torres (WMAR)
3. Susanna Mkrtchyan (WikiTatik)
4. Winnie Kabintie
5. Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
6. Yamen Bousrih (Yamen)
7. Gnangarra
8. Bodhisattwa
9. Lodewijk (Effeietsanders)
We trust that each COT member has the skills, dedication and willingness to
come together and bring to life our very first virtual edition of Wikimania
and to help create the necessary spaces for our community to continue to
thrive and work together. We had originally foreseen the need for 4-6
individuals to form the COT but after such strong applications, we decided
to extend that number to 9 individuals, given the great team that we
identified could work together and flourish.
We invite you all to participate in Wikimania 2021 and to contribute to its
content and success. The COT will be reaching out to some applicants who
marked their availability to be volunteers in their application, but we
also encourage you to let us know if you would like to be considered for
volunteer roles and opportunities for Wikimania 2021.
With this said, as the functioning Wikimania Steering Committee, we would
like to make public our endorsement of the Core Organizing Team and our
trust that they will move forward with the great responsibility and
excitement of bringing to life Wikimania 2021.
The COT will soon be announcing more information around Wikimania 2021 and
how you can get involved - so please stay tuned. Please save the dates in
your calendars, we hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
The Wikimania Steering Committee
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021
[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Call_for_volunteers
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From: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 16:51
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Community Board seats: Draft report of
the call for feedback
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikipedia-ne(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-mai(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikimedia-bd(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-lk(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sorry,
The report link in the previous email seems to be invalid; here is the
correct link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:18 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
kcvelaga-ctr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> As many of might already know, the call for feedback
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…>[1]
> process WMF Community Board seats ended on March 14. The the first draft of
> the six weeks long consultation is ready for review at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…. We
> are still planning to update the appendix with some metrics about the Call
> for Feedback. Also, we might make minor improvements for more consistent
> wording across the document.
>
> Community members can provide feedback until the end of next Monday, March
> 29. You can post your comments/suggestions on the talk page, or write to me.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Regards,
> Krishna Chaitanya
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
>
>
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ભાઈઓ અને બહેનો,
ગુજરાતી વિકિપીડીયાના ચોતરા અને વિકિસ્રોતના સભાખંડમાં ઉપરોક્ત વિષય પર મૂકેલા
સંદેશા અનુસાર વિકિમીડિયા ફાઉન્ડેશન આ વર્ષે તેના બોર્ડ ઓફ ટ્રસ્ટીઝમાં
'''કમ્યુનિટિ બોર્ડ સિટ્સ''' એટલે કે ફાઉન્ડેશનના બોર્ડમાં વિવિધ સમુદાયોના
કેટલા સભ્યો હશે તેના પર વિચારણા કરી ને કુલ બોર્ડ મેમ્બરોની સંખ્યા વધારવા જઈ
રહ્યું છે. આ પ્રસ્તાવની સાથે સાથે જુદાજુદા ભૌગોલિક વિસ્તારો અને સમુદાયોનું
યોગ્ય પ્રતિનિધિત્વ કેવી રીતે થઈ શકે અને ચૂંટણી પ્રક્રિયા કયા પ્રકારે કરવી
તે અંગે વિકિપીડિયનોનો અભિપ્રાય જાણવા માટેની કવાયત થઈ રહી છે. મેટા પર આ
અંગેની ચર્ચા તમે અહિં [1] જોઈ શકશો.
આપણે ગુજરાતી વિકિપીડિયાના અને વિકિસ્રોતના સભ્યો રવિવાર, ૭ માર્ચને દિવસે
ભારતીય સમય મુજબ બપોરે ૧૨ વાગે ગુગલમિટ દ્વારા ભેગા મળીને આ અંગે પોતપોતાના
મંતવ્યો રજૂ કરીએ એવો મારો પ્રસ્તાવ છે. એ મિટિંગમાં વિકિમીડિયા ફાઉન્ડેશનના
પ્રતિનિધિ User:KCVelaga [2] આપણી વચ્ચે ઉપસ્થિત હશે.
મિટિંગ આ રવિવાર, ૭ માર્ચ ૨૦૨૧ની બપોરે ૧૨ વાગ્યે યોજાશે
મિટિંગમાં જોડાવા માતે ગુગલમિટની આ કડી https://meet.google.com/ocv-stgm-syb.
[3] પર ક્લિક કરશો.
અને હા, મિટિંગમાં બધા જ ભાગ લઈ શકે તે માટે ચર્ચાની ભાષા ગુજરાતી રહેશે.
આશા રાખું કે આપણે સહુ સક્રિય સભ્યો આ મિટિંગમાં જોડાઈએ.
સાભાર,
ધવલ સુ. વ્યાસ
[1].
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KCVelaga
[3] https://meet.google.com/ocv-stgm-syb.
Dear Wikimedians,
CIS-A2K is in a process of writing 2021–2022 work-plan. To design the
programs based on the needs of the community and volunteers, we invite your
valuable suggestions and thoughts. We would like to improve our working
continuously taking into consideration the responses/feedback about the
events conducted previously. We request you to go through the various
sections in the form and respond.
Google form link - https://forms.gle/WQ73j4AbjCgwCdEs5
Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if
needed. Contact tito+2020(a)cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for
further details or detailed comment.
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
On behalf -
Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)