Hello Nitika
Hope you have received following email from Guj.Wiki. admin.
Will you please clarify as to why Guj.Wiki. was NOT considered?
Regards,
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I do not recollect being contacted for any such thing
and don't even
remember any discussion on Chotaro (village pump) where community would
have concluded so.
User:dsvyas
Admin: gu.wp, wu.ws
On 30 Apr 2014 16:15, "વિહંગ વ્યાસંગી" <ornithologistbhatt(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Nitika for the update,
>
> I went through the link that you have provided.
>
> Regarding language selection criteria, one of the point out of four given
> points, is:
>
> >>*Willingness of that particular language community to interact and
> engage with the A2K team.* Though we tried approaching other language
> communities,
> >>we were given to understand that they would like to consider engaging
> with us at a later point. We have respected the community's decision and
> are open to
> >>work with a couple of language areas later in time.
>
> Did you approach Gujarati Wikipedia in similar manner? I have kept two
> admins of Guj. wiki. so that they also come to know about my question.
>
> *>>Familiarity of the A2K team members with the language.* Each of us
> are editors/can edit in most of the above language Wikipedias.
> >>This will give us an insider's perspective of what is happening in that
> particular language community and the Wikimedia projects.
>
> that is mentioned as the last point, it sounds like this was the only
> criterion that worked towards selection of languages. and I feel it is nice
> way to say that "these are the languages that we like and hence we started
> working on it.
>
> Awaiting some lights on this.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:31 PM, <
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>> Dear All,
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>> CIS-A2K had a two day meeting with WMF & FDC visiting team in its
>> Bangalore office on 11th & 12th Feb 2014. The main agenda of the meeting
>> was:
>> Understanding current state of A2K -- basic facts (finance snapshot,
>> organizational context within CIS)
>> Financial review of CIS-A2K, per grant agreement
>> Reflection on past year - successes and challenges in activities
>> Reflection on past year - spending vs. plan
>> Discussion of the preparation for funding via the FDC process; Q&A
>> Reflection on relationship with various communities - successes;
>> obstacles; gaps
>> Discussion of A2K's current resources: staff, funds, engaged volunteers;
>> discuss actual plans; discuss path according to roadmap
>> Meeting minutes can be found here.[1]
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>> Thanks
>> Nitika
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>> [1]
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Meetings/Minutes_…
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