Dear Wikimedians of Nepal,
As you may be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation has started elections[1] for
community seats on the Board of Trustees. While previously there were three
community seats on the Board, with the expansion of the Board to sixteen
seats last year, community seats have been increased to eight, four of
which are up for election this year.
In the last fifteen years of the Board's history, there were only a few
candidates from the South Asian region who participated in the elections,
and hardly anyone from the community had a chance to serve on the Board.
While there are several reasons for this, this time, the Board and WMF are
very keen on encouraging and providing support to potential candidates from
historically underrepresented regions. This is a good chance to change the
historical problem of representation from the South Asian region in
high-level governance structures.
Ten days after the call for candidates began, there aren't any candidates
from South Asia yet[1], there are still 10 days left! I would like to ask
community members to encourage other community members, whom you think
would be potential candidates for the Board. While the final decision is
completely up to the person, it can be helpful to make sure that they are
aware of the election and the call for candidates.
Let me know if you need any information or support.
Best
--
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candida…>
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candida…
Hello everyone / Sat Sri Akal / Namaskar / Adaab,
The third session of Stay safe, stay connected will take place on Sunday, 20 June 2021 at 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm IST. In this session, we are inviting Wikimedians from neighbourhood countries to participate. Wikimedians from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc. are expected to participate.
For more details, feel free to see the event page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_III
In this neighbourhood community solidarity session, the participants can���
1. share about the projects and exciting events they are doing in the countries;
2. learn what is going on in other regions in the neighbourhood;
3. possibly think or discuss past cross-border collaboration or collaborative projects;
4. possibly discuss any point of tension among the Wikimedia projects;
(Please read more on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/08/stay-safe-stay-connected-session-iii-… )
Asaf Bartov will be the facilitator of this meeting. The session will be hosted on Zoom. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the talk: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
You may alternatively send an email to wmwm(a)cis-india.org if you have trouble filling the Google form or if you have any query.
P.S. Feel free to speak in your native language during the call. That's cool. We'll try to translate.
Regards
Jayanta
सबैलाई नमस्ते,
२०२१ को बोर्ड अफ ट्रस्टीको निर्वाचन
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
चाँडै
नै हुँदैछ। यसको लागि समुदायका उम्मेदवारहरूले उपलब्ध सिटहरू भर्न आवश्यक
हुन्छ।
विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन बोर्ड अफ ट्रस्टीले विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसनको सञ्चालनहरूको
निरीक्षण गर्दछ। सामुदायका ट्रस्टीहरू र नियुक्त ट्रस्टीहरूलाई मिलाएर बोर्ड
अफ ट्रस्टी बनाइन्छ। प्रत्येक ट्रस्टीको कार्यकाल तीन बर्षको अवधिको हुने
गर्दछ। विकिमिडियाका समुदायले समुदायका ट्रस्टीहरुलाई मतदान गर्ने अवसर
प्राप्त गर्छन्।
विकिमिडियाका योगदानकर्ताहरूले २०२१ मा बोर्डमा चार सिटको पूर्तीको लागि मतदान
गर्नेछन्। यो सामुहिक रूपमा रूपमा बोर्डको प्रतिनिधित्व, विविधता र विशेषज्ञता
सुधार गर्ने एउटा राम्रो अवसर हो।
सम्भावित उम्मेदवारहरू को हुन्? के तपाई सम्भावित उम्मेदवार हुनुहुन्छ?
*विशेषता*
विकिमेडिया एक विश्वव्यापी कदम हो र यसले बृहत्तर समुदायबाट उम्मेदवार खोज्छ।
उम्मेदवारहरूले उनीहरूले बोर्डमा कस्तो अनुभव र दृष्टिकोण राख्छन् भनेर सोच
राख्नु पर्छ। आदर्श उम्मेद्वारहरू विकिमिडिया मिशनको साथमा पङ्तिबद्ध हुनाका
साथै विचारशील, सम्मानजनक र समुदाय तर्फ उन्मुख हुन्छन्। बोर्ड
कम-प्रतिनिधित्व भएका र हाम्रो कदममा राम्रो भूमिका निर्वाह गर्न सक्ने भन्ने
दृष्टिकोण र आवाजको खोजिमा छ। तिनीहरूले नयाँ ट्रस्टीबाट विकिमिडियालाई आवश्यक
पर्ने कुराहरू ल्याउनु पर्छ।
*प्रतिबद्धता*
ट्रस्टीहरूको सेवा अवधि तीन बर्ष हुन्छ र लगातार तीन सर्तहरू सम्म रहन सक्दछ।
यात्रा अवधि बाहेक समय प्रतिबद्धता प्रति वर्ष १५० घण्टा हुन्छ। यस अवधिको
अवधि एकै बर्षमा वर्षमा विभाजित हुँदैन। सामान्यतया यो समय अनुदान बैठकको
दौरान आवश्यक छ। ट्रस्टीहरूले कम्तिमा बोर्डको एउटा समिति
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_committees#Boa…>मा
सेवा गर्नेछन् भन्ने अपेक्षा गरिन्छ।
*आवश्यकताहरू
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>*
बोर्डको लागि व्यवसायिक भाषा अङ्ग्रेजी हो। उम्मेदवारहरूलाई अङ्ग्रेजीको
आधारभूत ज्ञान आवश्यक छ तर समर्थन र प्रशिक्षण पनि उपलब्ध हुनेछ। उम्मेदवार
आवेदन मतदाताहरूको विस्तृत श्रृंखलासम्मको पहुँचको लागि धेरै भाषाहरूमा अनुवाद
गरिनेछ।
*आवेदन*
विकिमिडिया ट्रस्टीको आवश्यकता पूरा गर्ने सबै परियोजनाहरू र समुदायहरूबाट
आएका उम्मेदवारहरूलाई स्वागत छ। यदि तपाई राम्रो ट्रस्टी हुन सक्ने कसैलाई
चिन्नुहुन्छ भने उनीहरूलाई निर्वाचनमा भाग लिनको लागि प्रोत्साहन गर्नुहोस्।
उम्मेदवारहरूले उम्मेद्वारको लागि आवेदन
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
पृष्ठमा
गएर जानकारी हासिल गर्न र आफुलाई नामाङ्कन गर्न सक्दछन्।
तपाईको सहयोगको लागि धन्यवाद !
विकिमिडिया फाउन्डेसन बोर्ड अफ ट्रस्टी
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…>
--
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
Board Governance Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation
Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, CIS-A2K will provide support with access to counselling services to community members, in order to address mental health concerns resulting from the stress and anxiety of coping with the pandemic The A2K team has collaborated with the Institute of Psychological Health <https://www.healthymind.org/> to provide the counselling support. A2K would endeavour to provide support under this component of the programme as follows :
1) *Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic. This session will be organised online and will be open to all Wikimedians in India looking to understand more about mental health concerns that are prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. The details of the session will be announced here shortly, with a link to a separate event page.
2) *Individual Counselling Sessions Interested Wikimedians who wish to apply for this support may fill out this application form. https://forms.gle/WXLj2cR4jie6r1pc6
For more details of this programme, please visit this meta page -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/COVI…
With best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
On behalf of A2K team,
Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the COVID 19 pandemic, CIS-A2K has organised 'Awareness/orientation session on Mental health and pandemic.
This online session is open to all Wikimedians in India to understand more about mental health concerns that are prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and trauma. This interactive session would ideally aim to:
create awareness and sensitisation about mental health in general
deliberate on the variety of issues faced by people at this particular time
demystify/address any misgivings/stigma related to mental health issues and counselling/therapy/treatment
and encourage people to avail counselling services in case they feel the need for the same.
The details of the session are as follows -
Date: Saturday, 12 June 2021
Time: 4 to 6 pm (IST)
Expert: Dr. Anand Nadkarni, Psychiatrist and founder of IPH
- More about Dr. Anand Nadkarni - http://iphpune.org/wp/about-me/
- LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-nadkarni-41a290129/?originalSubdomain=in
- Videos on Avahan channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/AVAHANIPH/videos
Registration link - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-GgrzsiHNN88GTyKAwpSdP82FAI6lCi
We kindly request you to book your time slot for this important session, register on the above link and promote the event in your communities as well.
Stay safe, with best wishes,
Jayanta Nath
Hello all,
We hope that you are doing well. We wanted to inform you that A2K has started an internet support program for the Wikimedians in India from 1 June 2021. This will continue till 31 August 2021. It is a part of Project Tiger, this time we have begun with the internet support, writing contest and other things that will follow afterwards.
You can visit the event page ink: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India
You may also see the FAQ section: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India#F…
For reviewing the applications, there is a committee that will make decisions for the applications. After the committee's response, support will be provided. For more information please visit the event page (linked above). Before applying, please read the criteria and the application procedure. Please go through the page and apply if you find you are eligible for applying. Please also share this information with others as well.
Stay safe, stay connected,
Thanks & Regards,
Jayanta
Dear Wikimedians,
As part of its ongoing program to support Wikimedians in India during the
COVID-19 pandemic, CIS-A2K will provide support with access to counselling
services to community members, in order to address mental health concerns
resulting from the stress and anxiety of coping with the pandemic The A2K
team has collaborated with the Institute of Psychological Health
<https://www.healthymind.org/> to provide the counselling support.
A2K would endeavour to provide support under this component of the
programme as follows :
1) Awareness/Orientation Session on Mental Health and the Pandemic
This session will be organised online and will be open to all Wikimedians
in India looking to understand more about mental health concerns that are
prevalent at the present time, due to pandemic-related anxiety, stress and
trauma. The details of the session will be announced here shortly, with a
link to a separate event page.
2) *Individual *Counselling Sessions
Interested Wikimedians who wish to apply for this support may fill out
this application
form. <https://forms.gle/WXLj2cR4jie6r1pc6>
For more details of this programme, please visit this meta page -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/COVI…
With best wishes,
Jayanta
On behalf of A2K team,
Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
Hello,
The second session of Stay Safe Stay connected, a lightweight interaction
zone for the Wikimedians in India, will take place on Saturday 5 June 2021
at 5 pm to 6:30 pm IST (11:30 am to 1:00 pm UTC). Please see the event page
here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_II
This will be a Wikisource community fraternity meeting where Wikisource
editors can meet and talk to each other. We may speak about the ongoing and
upcoming Wikisource projects, share interesting news and updates around
Wikisource.
Wikisource editors from all around India are expected to be attending the
call. User:VIGNERON, French Wikisource editor, and User:Samwilson, from
English Wikisource, will be attending. If you are a Wikisource editor or
enthusiast, please join this Wikisource community call.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend:
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
For any query, please email wmwm(a)cis-india.org
Stay safe, stay connected.
Regards,
Jayanta
Note:
1) The session will be hosted on Zoom and this session will be recorded.
2) Please feel free to speak in your native language during the call.
That's cool. We'll try to translate.
3) In the open session or during the discussion, you may speak about
your/your community's Wikisource work. If you want to show any page/project
keep the link handy.
Hello,
Hope this email finds you safe in this difficult time. Many people and
Wikimedians have been affected or have suffered a loss. In an effort to
ensure community solidarity where Wikimedians can meet and talk to each
other, we are starting a lightweight interaction zone for the Wikimedians
in India. This interaction zone is named "Stay Safe Stay Connected".
Please see the event page here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
The first talk will be on Saturday, 22 May 2021, 7 pm to 8 pm IST (1:30 pm
to 2:30 pm UTC). Asaf Bartov will be the guest of the session. Asaf is a
familiar name and he has been a mentor to many Wikimedians in India. This
will be a lightweight discussion on general Wiki-topic (note the exact
agenda will be updated on the event page before the event)
We invite you to join the first talk. The session will be hosted on Zoom.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the first
interactive talk on 22 May 2021
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
Please follow the event page for updates. Stay safe, stay connected!
Regards,
Jayanta