http://lohere.net/kulkapedia/samuel/G._Devaneya_Pavanar - I came across an email thread mistaking this site to be a Wikimedia site. This is creating a bad name for Wikipedia which hurts smaller wikis like Tamil Wikipedia badly. Please take steps to dissociate them from Wikipedia, if possible.
Thanks,
Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
Apologies for the picture attachment. Here is the blog post link to the
meet up:
http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/08/06/wikimania-2012-india-nepal-community-me…
Thank you,
Best,
Noopur
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Noopur Raval <nraval(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> While at Wikimania, we all had a small India - Nepal team meet up. Here is
> a brief summary of what we discussed. All the Indian and Nepali Wikimedians
> were enthusiastically gathered by Malayalee Wikipedian Viswa Prabha in the
> ballroom at Wikimania.
>
> Since it was an informal meet up, we had the opportunity to discuss
> anything and everything! It was awesome to see Wikipedians of all ages,
> from various places in India and Nepal, all coming together to discuss the
> stuff they were doing! Actually, the first team meet happened on the plane
> itself - somewhere above Russia I was told :-)
>
> From mobile to Indic languages, GLAM, outreach in states of India, OCR for
> Indian languages to some ideas that could make communication between
> communities and entities easier as well as IEP, we truly learned the best
> practices that have been tried and tested by fellow community members.
>
> *OCR for Indic languages:*
> Kul, Viswa Prabha, Dr Rajasekhar and Ganesh from the Nepali community had
> discussions on whether OCR could be integrated and functional for Indic
> language Wikiprojects since that would make the work a lot easier for many
> editors. Viswa Prabha is currently working on something and his energy is
> really infectious. :-)
> Anyone interested can take lead for their communities as well. This would
> also help the Malayalam education program in its next phase to get more
> student editors on Wikisource.
>
> *Reviving Offline/CD project:*
> Harriet, who has been involved with OLPC was also present and asked
> questions about the offline/CD initiative and whether the project had an
> India specific section. It was suggested that although there is no scalable
> tech solution to filter content appropriate for children depending on their
> age groups, it could be done manually depending on the age group we're
> looking at.
>
> *Announcement page:*
> By this time we all agreed that there are so many small and big projects
> are happening across communities! Bishakha suggested there should be a more
> central place to list out new announcements and more importantly contact
> details of people who can help out with various activities. This could be
> done on Meta ideally.
> *
> Using social media to keep vandals at bay!*
> There was a brief discussion on how social media can be utilized more
> effectively. Viswa Prabha weighed in saying how these social network
> platforms could be avenues to deal with vandalism as well as diverse
> discussions while keeping Wikipedia related discussions focused on talk
> pages.
>
> *GLAM national coordinator:*
> Wikimania had a panel discussion on GLAM coordinators following which it
> was also discussed whether India community or chapter should have such a
> position in order to guide and coordinate and help out new folks who want
> to start GLAM projects. Similarly, for WLM or such photo events, I do
> recall there being a talk for valid press cards that could be given to SIGs
> to help folks out in case of police trouble.
> *
> Outreach:*
>
> Last but not the least, Yuvi suggested how hackathons could be an
> excellent way of outreach (citing the Bangalore and Chennai examples).
> Nitika also gave an update on the British Council Wikiclubs.
> User:Rangilo_Gujarati who was also present there has volunteered to help
> with the British Council in Pune.
>
> It was heartbreaking to see that a lot of our fellow members could not
> make it due to visa problems but hopefully, we'll have bigger meetups soon!
> Attaching a photo of the meetup (photo curtsy: Rangilo_Gujarati) and a
> special mention to Viswa Prabha for winning the Raffles!
>
> Thank you,
> Best,
> Noopur
>
>
> --
> Noopur Raval
>
>
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From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to
Knowledge
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
This is the announcement that we have published on the jobs sections
of the CIS website for the Director of the Access to Knowledge
Programme. Please share with interested friends, colleagues and
communities.
Please send me feedback if any, I am happy to make some incremental
changes to the announcement.
Best wishes,
Sunil
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Vacancy for Programme Director (Access to Knowledge)
http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for
the post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi
office. The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the
Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore.
Position summary
The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme
which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of
Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free
knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large
Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages
and will manage a team of four staff members.
Responsibilities
Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by
designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and
cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore
innovative approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of
state encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums (GLAM) institution partnerships.
Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of
India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as,
university outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant
thematic contribution campaigns, etc.
Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by
developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and
Wikipedia (offline).
Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to
the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social
media.
Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can
inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other
countries.
Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the
programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing
communications and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the
Wikimedia Foundation.
Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and
build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge
communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software,
Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing,
etc.
Characteristics of the Director
High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be
strongly committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and
objectives of the programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS
and Wikimedia projects in the Indian context, exude enthusiasm for the
mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission.
Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling
difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge
into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves
learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons.
Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be
comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and
feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know
what she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things
are off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a
mature fashion.
Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as
a partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will
continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The
Programme Director must be willing and able to work with a diverse
array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds
and have a fervent commitment to Wikipedia’s community-led nature.
Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement
and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of
India.
Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of
initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in
use of resources (financial and human).
Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English
projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as
those of the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing
things that prove to be ineffective based on the data.
Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate
partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and
English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions
across the public, NGO, philanthropic and private sector.
Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel
within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach
activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year.
Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be
available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange
some evenings on a weekly basis.
Candidate background:
At least seven years of professional experience with a strong
track record of success in high performance organizations.
Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally
online) or organizational setting.
Strong academic results from highly-regarded university.
Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin
the success of Wikipedia.
Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset,
though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge
of how Wikipedia works in interviews).
Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team
environment.
Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in
at least one Indic language and English.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior
compensation at CIS.
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From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director
recruitment committee
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedians,
I would like to request members of the Indian Wikipedia community to
nominate themselves to serve on the CIS's A2K Programme Director
recruitment committee. This programme will hopefully receive large
grant from Wikimedia Foundation and we would greatly benefit from
community input during the hiring process of the new Programme
Director.
The volunteer must be experienced Wikipedian, based in India [ as we
cannot afford international travel for the interviews] and must have
sufficient managerial experience [including experience with conducting
interviews]. The volunteer should be able to spare time in September
to review applications remotely and also conduct face-to-face
interviews for 2 days either in Bangalore or Delhi.
Those who fit the description are requested to nominate yourself by
sending me an email with a profile and relevant URLs before COB 25th
August 2012.
I will publish a long list on cis-india.org on 29th August, after
removing those nominations that don't have the required
qualifications. The volunteer to serve on the recruitment committee
will be selected from the long list by using IETF's Publicly
Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection[1].
The other members of this recruitment committee will consist of
1. One of the existing independent consultants [Hisham, Nitika,
Noopur, Shiju or Subha]
2. One member from the Wikipedia Chapter (Wikimedia India Program
Trust) community. To be nominated by the Chapter Executive Committee.
3. Executive Director of CIS - me.
The recruitment committee will be responsible for screening the long
list of eligible applications and conducting one-on-one face-to-face
interviews with the short list of applicants.
Best wishes,
Sunil
[1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3797.txt The random seeds will be the
30 August 2012 result for the following national lotteries - Australia
(http://www.lotto.com.au/), UK (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk) and
USA (http://www.powerball.com or http://www.usamega.com)
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