Dear Proofreaders,
CIS-A2K is in a process to community survey and being conducted as part of a pilot study to collect baseline data on infrastructural needs of Wikisource platforms in India. The objective of the study is to identify current challenges and knowledge gaps in technological capacity, resources and training on Wikisource platforms in selected languages. Through an analysis of this data, the study aim will provide learnings and recommendations on potential strategies to address these gaps, including through collaborative intervention and training. You may read more about the study here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Research/Study_on_Infrastructural_N…
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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemIo2Ioc7vF-ksKNiPv3sYyXsSkfUvo0X…
Please write in detail. We would like to discuss over phone/email also if needed. Contact sneha(a)cis-india.org if you have a question(s) or for further details or detailed comment.
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
Centre for Internet & Society
Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)
Hello everyone,
As per the general feedback received in the last meeting (December), it is
preferable to have bi-monthly meetings about various agendas. Therefore,
for the first meeting of 2022, Biplab & I will co-host the conversation
around the upcoming Board of Trustee elections for which a “Call for
Feedback” has been announced. [1]
Few seats will be open for election this year and the Board of Trustees
wishes to know your opinion about:
1.
What is the best way to ensure more diverse representation among elected
candidates?
2.
What are the expectations for the candidates during the election?
A 3rd question will be added.
I firmly believe & I hope you will agree as well that community
participation is important in governance discussions especially as the
outcome impacts the community 100%, I encourage you to attend the meeting
with us.
Also, I would further like to receive details about members who have
contributed to the NE / MAI / DTY projects extensively so that we could
write about them on the Diff blog. [2]
Meeting Details
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Saturday, 22 January · 5:45pm – 7:00pm IST (6pm NPT) (add to calendar
<https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MDByZGZ2azYxZTY2MTg…>
)
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Google Meet joining info
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Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zgd-xsoa-say
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Or dial: (US) +1 240-617-0102 PIN: 573 465 539#
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More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/zgd-xsoa-say?pin=6841085470766
Citations
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
[2] https://diff.wikimedia.org/
Regards,
Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>)
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance>,
SAARC, Wikimedia
Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Hello everyone,
The Board of Trustees is preparing a Call for Feedback about the upcoming
Board Elections, from *7 January - 10 February 2022*.
While the details will be finalized the week before the call, we have
confirmed at least two questions that will be asked:
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What is the best way to ensure fair representation of emerging
communities among the Board?
-
What involvement should candidates have during the election?
While additional questions may be added, the Movement Strategy and
Governance team wants to provide time for community members and affiliates
to consider and prepare ideas on the confirmed questions before the call
opens.
We apologize for not having a complete list of questions at this time. The
list of questions should only grow by one or two questions.
The intention is to not overwhelm the community with requests, but provide
notice and welcome feedback on these important questions.
Do you want to help organize local conversation during this call?
Contact the Movement Strategy and Governance team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Strategy_and_Go…>
on Meta, on Telegram <https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat>, or via email at
msg(a)wikimedia.org.
Kindly reach out if you have any questions or concerns. The Movement
Strategy and Governance team will be minimally staffed until 3rd January.
Please excuse any delayed response during this time.
We also recognize that some community members and affiliates are offline
during the December holidays. We apologize if our message has reached you
while you are on holiday.
Regards,
Chitraparna Sinha (Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>)
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance>,
SAARC, Wikimedia
Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Dear Wikimedians,
Greetings for the New Year 2022!
We are excited to announce that submission for session proposals has been opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2022, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be conducted from 18 – 20 February 2022 during the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The submission will remain open until 23 January 2022.
You can submit your session proposals here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022/Submissions
A program team has been formed recently from highly experienced Wikimedia volunteers within and outside India. It is currently under the process of expansion to include more diversity in the team. The team will evaluate the submissions, accept, modify or reject them, design and finalise the program schedule by the end of January 2022. Details about the team will come soon.
Guidelines for submissions:
* The sessions will be on any Wikimedia related topics.
* Submissions are not restricted to India. Wikimedians from outside India are also welcome to submit proposals.
* The decision to accept or reject a submission will depend on the Program Team. Their decision will be final.
* The event will have different formats of sessions, like presentations, workshops, panel discussions and 5-minutes lightning talks.
* All sessions will be conducted online.
* The organisers will provide the support to help the presenter understand the use of online platforms like Zoom etc prior to the event..
* The organisers will also communicate with the presenter prior to the event to help understand the entire process, or for general preparation.
* A session can be around 20 minutes long or more. A lightning talk should be no longer than 5 minutes.
* There can be more than one presenter in one session. Feel free to make a group for your session.
* The presenters for long duration sessions must ensure that they will be available for the preparation and during their sessions.
* The presenters for lightning talks however can pre-record their sessions earlier, if they want and send it to the organizers to play the recording during their allotted time.
* A session will be conducted in English or any Indian language.
* Similar topics may be grouped together, or format may be changed by the program team. The program team will contact the session presenters if those decisions are taken.
We are sure that you will share some of your most inspiring stories and conduct some really exciting sessions during the event.
Our fist newsletter also is published here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2022/Newsletter/20…
Best wishes for your submissions!
Regards,
Jayanta
(On behalf of WMWM India 2022)