---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jayanta Nath jayantanth@gmail.com Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018, 18:58 Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. < wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>

Hello Indic Wikimedians,

A Community Consultation on Indic Wikisource will take place on 24-25 November in Kolkata. Pre-event session is on 23 November early evening.

The objectives of the consultation are:

1. Share views and preferences on the most effective ways to pursue our shared vision of creating and sharing free knowledge in India and in the Indian languages (including English Wikisource) around the world through Indic Wikisource Project. 2. Attempt to come to agreement on a roadmap for a future where our resources are better utilized, our volunteers are better served, and progress on our mission is more steadily attained.

In summary, the current state of affairs in supporting the growth, health, and motivation of Wikisource volunteers in India leaves much to be desired. Recently, some specific developments in Google OCR, have led us to decide we should attempt to facilitate, and hopefully rebuild, a *shared vision* for the future of Wikisource work in India. We intend to be open to any of a *wide range* of possible futures, with both formal and informal ways to create shared identity and purpose.

We have selected and invited *one potential* active volunteer from each Indic Wikisource language Community.Focusing on *active contributors* with (ideally) a longer track record, to maximize the amount of experience and context in the room while retaining the legitimacy that can only come from including active contributors. That said, we *did* one active contributors.

Please see the event page here: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community_Consultation_2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Community_Consultation_2018*

Note: We will organize Community Consultation/Workshop programme on each Indic language Wikisource community in coming month. If you are interested to do the same for your Wikisource language community, please let me know and mail me at jayanta@cis-india.org

Thanks Jayanta Nath _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l