Dear Friends,
It was good to meet Nirmal, Nabin and Saroj on last Saturday at the
Sangam Cafe in New Baneswhor. The meeting took more than we expected
(around 3 hours) with a intense discussion. Unfortunately we could not come
online there, so apologies to Krish and Mahalaxmi, who might be waiting for
us to come online and work together in the meta page. We, however were
having more focused discussion about the proposed re-allocation from the
WLM and WLE rewarding program.
Here are my notes from the meeting in numbered order as per the topic. If
other meeting participants have any new action item that I might have
missed, could you kindly edit/add the same here. Also if I have
mis-represented or mis-appropriate any information here, please correct me
as well. Thanks for the correction in advance!
*ACTION ITEM 1*. As one of the decisions from our small (4 team
members), Nabin and Saroj will share the proposed plan and budget they had
prepared for re-allocation for WLM 2014 and WLE 2014 awarding ceremony with
the community at-large through this mailing list. Once we receive a
go-ahead signal, we will update the same information in the
grant-re-allocation wiki meta page for final approval from the WMF. We are
expecting it to accomplish this by the end of this weekend.
*ACTION ITEM 2*. Regarding the other topic that was raised for
re-allocation in my previous email and I Quote Ganesh's email on Wed,
Dec 24, 2014 at 9:43 AM "To my mind, we can have couple of outreach and
outreach enabling meetings in some cities out the valley. I suggest to
spend the unspent money in outreach activities." could not be discussed
further in this meeting. I hope, Ganesh will be able to share about this
proposal in detail in the mailing list or next face-to-face meeting and
meta-page for requesting re-allocation. Ganesh could you please take up
this action item as we also need to get a approval from WMF to take up this
activity if we intend to get support for the Wiki outreach activity out of
Ktm valley.
*ACTION ITEM 3*. There was a third idea as well, which came up as update
sharing from Ram Joshi and Ramesh Bhora's Kathmandu visit and some of us
meeting with them face to face (please follow anther email thread for that
call for meeting) in Jawalakhel on December 31, 2014. In that talk, Ram
Joshi and Ramesh Bohara have volunteer to work for a small information
sheet / brochure which will focus on enabling/teaching/guiding the mobile
users as how they can add/edit/view the Nepali Wikipedia content from
feature/smart mobile phone. Since NCell is currently supporting the Zero
Wikipedia along with Free (free as in beer) Wikipedia access in Nepal, it
could be a great guide for new /prospective Wikipedians in Nepal. Also if
we can highlight some collaboration possibilities, I see a greater
potential to reach out to a larger audience, who are primary accessing
Internet via Mobile only. Nepal is a great user potential for this category
of users. -> Hence, I would like to propose this as one anther work that
we can seek the re-allocation from the grant given to us by the WMF via
this email itself.
Here it would be great, if we could initiate a vibrant discussion among
the community members of Wikimedians of Nepal. If there are better proposal
than the above three, please shoot now (pour in your ideas). Even, if there
is some objection to these or any of these ideas, please raise it with the
community public mailing list. I hope this open and transparent
communication will help us to accomplish the mission and objective of the
grant that was made by the WMF to Wikimedians of Nepal.
Let us all work together
With kind regards,
Hempal Shrestha
G.P.O Box: 5501
1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
+977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
[image: --]
Hempal Shrestha
[image: http://]about.me/hempalshrestha
<http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Saroj Dhakal <lotusnagarkot(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Here it is in the heart of Kathmandu :
Thanks,
Saroj
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015, 13:14 Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Nabin Ji
>
> Great, so we have Nirmal and you as well. I will be there. Might be bit
> late now as I am on a bicycle today. Where is the Sangam Cafe ?
>
> Regards
> Hempal Shrestha
>
> Hempal Shrestha
> On Jan 17, 2015 12:54 PM, "Nabin Sapkota"
<nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Hempal ji,
>>
>> Thanks for queries. Lets meet up at Sangam Cafe at New Baneshower
>> around 2 pm onwards .
>>
>> I have been confirmed by Nirmal ji and Saroj ji to join the face to
>> face meeting with us.
>>
>> Regards
>> Nabin Sapkota
>> Contact:977-9803922331
>>
>> On 17 January 2015 at 11:46, Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Nabij ji,
>>>
>>> Looking forward for your confirmation on time and venue for the
>>> meeting today? Can others also join us face to face meeting? Otherwise it
>>> seems that its just me and Saroj for today' meeting
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>> On Jan 16, 2015 8:33 PM, "Mahalaxmi Silwal"
<malulaxmi7(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all
>>>> I will try to be present online . All are doing good .
>>>> anyway, good luck .
>>>> regards
>>>> Mahalaxmi Silwal.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Krish Dulal
<krish.dulal(a)gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I will be present in Meta page. Good luck to all.
>>>>> Krish
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> From: Saroj Dhakal <lotusnagarkot(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: 16/01/2015 06:08
>>>>>
>>>>> To: Hempal Shrestha <hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com>om>; Nepali
Wikipedia
>>>>> <nepaliwiki(a)googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Cc: Nabin Sapkota <nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com>om>; Alex Wang
>>>>> <awang(a)wikimedia.org>rg>; Promisha Mishra
<swadikshya(a)gmail.com>om>; Indiver
>>>>> Badal <indiver(a)gmail.com>om>; Krish Dulal
<krish.dulal(a)gmail.com>om>; Nirmal
>>>>> Dulal <nrmldulal(a)gmail.com>om>; Srijana Timsina
>>>>> <timsinasiru(a)gmail.com>om>; Mahalaxmi Silwal
<malulaxmi7(a)gmail.com>om>;
>>>>> wikipedia-ne(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nepaliwiki] Re: Grant report reallocation
>>>>>
>>>>> Sound good to me . what about New Baneswor Area ? 2 PM ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Saroj
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 16:34 Hempal Shrestha <
>>>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Nabin ji,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure, tomorrow Saturday will be fine with me. How are others
>>>>>> placed for tomorrow. Can other working committee members also
join us for
>>>>>> the meeting?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, can we meet for an hour or two in the second half. Say
>>>>>> after 1:30 PM. Any area in the ktm downtown (durbar marg or so)
of the city
>>>>>> would be great for me. If preferred we can have a meeting in my
office in
>>>>>> Putalisadak area as well. Do suggest about suitability and
timing. If
>>>>>> needed please call me or text me at my number 9851077031. Also,
can you
>>>>>> please share your contact number as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
>>>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: --]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>> [image: http://]about.me/hempalshrestha
>>>>>> <http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Ganesh Paudel
<gpaudel(a)gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>> In person meeting is good idea. But I am a bit sick with flu
due
>>>>>>> to cold. I don't seem to be able to meet for Saturday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's start writing on Meta page and discussion will
kicks off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Ganesh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Nabin Sapkota <
>>>>>>> nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the confirmation Hemal ji. With respect to
the
>>>>>>>> re-allocation of the grant budget for the aforementioned
two
>>>>>>>> initiatives and others , I strongly support the idea to
have a face-to-face
>>>>>>>> meeting before writing up in meta page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to suggest coming Saturday afternoon for
meet-up
>>>>>>>> anywhere in Kathmandu.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nabin Sapkota
>>>>>>>>
<https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE:Nabin_K._Sapkota>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Coordinator, Wiki Loves Earth 2014, Nepal
>>>>>>>>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_Nepal>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14 January 2015 at 12:32, Hempal Shrestha <
>>>>>>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Alex and Team,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for clearing the confusion. So, now we can
move ahead
>>>>>>>>> with planning for the final re-allocation for the
above two initiatives.
>>>>>>>>> Nabin ji, Ganesh ji, can you please add the planned
writeup in the
>>>>>>>>> re-allocation meta page for review and approval by
the WMF.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, is there any other important activities that
might we can
>>>>>>>>> conclude within the re-allocation budget? If so,
please suggest.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Further, can we have a face-to-face meeting as well
soon to
>>>>>>>>> final out the details for completion of the
re-allocation. I would request
>>>>>>>>> confirm participation of At-least the Initiative lead
and the working
>>>>>>>>> comittee team members for this meeting. Please
suggest, what time, date and
>>>>>>>>> venue will be best suited for all.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>>>>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
>>>>>>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [image: --]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>> [image: http://]about.me/hempalshrestha
>>>>>>>>> <http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Alex Wang
<awang(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hempal,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I'm still not sure if the question is
directed at me or
>>>>>>>>>> your team?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please note that I will be on vacation January
1-11th. If you
>>>>>>>>>> would like me to review and approve a
reallocation request before then,
>>>>>>>>>> please post it on the discussion page of the
grant. Otherwise, we can
>>>>>>>>>> discuss it when I am back.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Hempal Shrestha
<
>>>>>>>>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Alex,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. Regarding confusion, I wanted to be
clear along with
>>>>>>>>>>> the community beforehand for planning and
implementing the award program.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As updated, the current status of the WLE
2014 and WLM 2014
>>>>>>>>>>> competition is completed. We have already
published the final 10 winners
>>>>>>>>>>> from both the competition.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> And in this stage, I want to seek input in
advance if there
>>>>>>>>>>> exist any inconsistency (if any) with the WMF
grants re-allocation process
>>>>>>>>>>> for rewarding the winners who have already
been selected and now being
>>>>>>>>>>> planned for their reward under this new
re-allocation process? Just don't
>>>>>>>>>>> want that this question arises in the later
stage of program
>>>>>>>>>>> implementation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With kind regards
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>> FOSS Solutions : A Knowledge Collaboration
Enterprise
>>>>>>>>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>>>>>>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
>>>>>>>>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>>>>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: --]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: http://]about.me/hempalshrestha
>>>>>>>>>>> <http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Alex Wang
<
>>>>>>>>>>> awang(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Hempal,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the info. Please let me know
what the confusion
>>>>>>>>>>>> is so I can help clarify.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Hempal
Shrestha <
>>>>>>>>>>>> hempalshrestha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Ganesh ji, Nabin ji, Alex,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your both suggestion for
possible re-allocation
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the remaining funds from our last
program on Wikipedia Expansion Program
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Nepal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Ganesh ji, Outreach activities to
the other cities
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (outside of Kathmandu Valley) would
be a good initiative. But for that we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will need to have commitment of
atleast 3-4 Nepali Wikipedians in advance
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the Wiki Travel outside Kathmandu
valley for the entire duration. Do we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have tentative lead and team members
who will be ready to travel to other
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cities for the Wiki-Travel?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Nabin ji, Awarding the Winners for
WLE 2014 and WLM 2014
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is indeed a good practice to continue
with. As you remember the last year's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WLM was coordinated by Saroj ji and
Mahalaxam ji and the winners of WLM
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2013 were also rewarded (Source:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Nep…)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as per the budgeted reward amount
incorporated in the expansion project in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The current situation of both the WLE
2014 and WLM 2014
>>>>>>>>>>>>> competition are completed and closed.
The submission of photos by the users
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is over for both the competition in
their due time. Selection and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> declaration of the top 10 winning
contributors for both WLE 2014 and WLM
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2014 has also been made. Now, we are
in the process of felicitating the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> winners of both the competition. And
hence we are looking forward for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> possible re-allocation of the
remaining funds for rewarding these winners.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here, I have a little confusion about
any constraints in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the process (if any) regarding
budgeting for the fund for rewarding the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> winners who are already selected and
declared. Hence, I would seek more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> clarity and suggestion from Alex and
fellow Wikipedians. Once we have more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> clarity on this constraints, we can
confidently move ahead with rewarding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the winners of WLE 2014 and WLM 2014
as we concluded for WLM 2013 winners.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nabin ji, I have followed following
links to verify above
>>>>>>>>>>>>> information, please correct me if
there are some more information to add to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Information for WLE 2014:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014_in_Nepal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Winners#Ne…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Information for WLM 2014:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014_in_Nep…
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2014_winners#Nepal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> With kind regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hempal Shrestha
>>>>>>>>>>>>> FOSS Solutions : A Knowledge
Collaboration Enterprise
>>>>>>>>>>>>> G.P.O Box: 5501
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share
Market,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +977-1-4261459 (O) /
+977-9851077031(M)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The entire original message is not
included.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [image: --]
<http://about.me/hempalshrestha>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>
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