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sessions. The Dec 17, 2011 was anchored by Arun with the focus on=20
Chapter City & Language Special Interest Groups. [2]
</p><p><b>Board Meetings:</b><br>
The Chapter Executive Committee had two Tele-conference meetings in the=20
month of December (dated 07 Dec and 14 Dec, 2011). The Wikimedia India=20
chapter and Wikimedia Foundation had one joint co-ordination call on 21=20
Dec 2011, which was attended by Arjuna Rao Chavala, Arun Ramaratnam,=20
Naveen Francis, Sudhanwa Jogalekar, Tinu Cherian, Anirudh Bhati, Asaf=20
Bartov and Hisham Mundol. The summary of the joint coordination call was
 shared earlier [3].
</p>
<h2><span></span><font size=3D"4"><span>Community</span></font></h2>
<h3><span></span><span>City and Language Special Interest Groups</span></h3=
>
<p>City and Language Special Interest Groups are a mechanism to engage=20
the diverse interests of members across India. The objective is to grow=20
the wiki projects in their areas of interest by reviewing the status,=20
planning and executing events of interest through growing the community=20
involvement. The leadership of these groups is part of the extended=20
leadership of the Chapter.
</p><p>The Wikimedia Chapter is proud to announce the appointment of =20
the next batch of City and Language Special Interest Group Chairs [4] as
 given below:=C2=A0</p><p><br>
<b>City</b>
</p>
<ul><li> Delhi SIG - Noopur Raval (noopur [at] wikimedia [dot] in)
</li><li> Bangalore SIG - RadhaKrishna (Arkrishna [at] wikimedia [dot] in)
</li><li> Mumbai SIG - Kundan Amitabh (kundan.amitabh [at] wikimedia [dot] =
in)
</li><li> Pune SIG - Mandar Kulkarni(mandar.kulkarni [at] wikimedia [dot] i=
n)
</li><li> Kolkata SIG - Kalyan Sarkar (kalyan [at] wikimedia [dot] in)
</li></ul>
<p><b>Languages</b>=20
</p>
<ul><li> English SIG - Ashwin Baindur (ashlin [at] wikimedia [dot] in)
</li><li> Kannada SIG - Omshivaprakash H L (omshivaprakash [at] wikimedia [=
dot] in)
</li><li> Marathi SIG - Mahitgar (mahitgar [at] wikimedia [dot] in)
</li><li> Telugu SIG - Rahimanuddin Shaik (rahimanuddin [at] wikimedia [dot=
] in)
</li></ul>
<p>The current sign-ups  of Members for the SIGs are as follows:  <br>
</p><p><b>City Special Interest Groups</b>
</p>
<table border=3D"1">

<tbody><tr>
<th> City
</th>
<th> Members
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Bangalore
</td>
<td> 10
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Delhi
</td>
<td> 2
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Mumbai
</td>
<td> 3
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Pune
</td>
<td> 6
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Kolkata
</td>
<td> 2
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Language Special Interest Groups</b>
</p>
<table border=3D"1">

<tbody><tr>
<th> Language
</th>
<th> Volunteers
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Bengali
</td>
<td> 1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> English
</td>
<td> 15
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Hindi
</td>
<td> 1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Kannada
</td>
<td> 3
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Marathi
</td>
<td> 4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Malayalam
</td>
<td> 8
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Nepali
</td>
<td> 1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Odia
</td>
<td> 3
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Sanskrit
</td>
<td> 2
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Telugu
</td>
<td> 3
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h3><span></span><span>Events</span></h3>
<p>A round-up of Wikimedia events and initatives around the nation is as fo=
llows.=20
</p>
<ul><li> <b>Wiki Academy @Jaya Engineering college </b> ( 10 Dec 2011)=C2=
=A0:
 The first Wiki Academy in Jaya Engineering college, Chennai,[5] was=20
organized by the Wikimedia chapter and co-hosted by Jaya FOSS Club. Odia
 Wiki Chair &amp; Chapter member, Subhashish Panigrahi explained basics=20
of Wikipedia, how it is edited by millions of volunteers, how Wikipedia=20
is exclusively encyclopedic and kind of articles and notability of=20
articles in Wikipedia, how Wikipedians communicate and form community,=20
and organization of Wikimedia foundations and active projects.  Then he=20
took the audience through active editing by signing up, searching for=20
articles, choosing articles to create. Then he demonstrated about=20
creating an article by using the Edit toolbar, citing the text by=20
searching the web and uploading and adding pictures in articles. The=20
editing session was followed by a Q &amp; A session. Hisham Mundol,=20
Consultant, Wikimedia Foundation India Programs, connected with the=20
audience via Google Hangout. Hisham interacted with the audience by=20
giving a talk about the nature of the event, few details about=20
Wikipedia, WMF and Chapter and foundation are trying to do in India. He=20
answered questions raised by the audience. Nitika Tandon , Consultant,=20
Wikimedia Foundation India Programs, later explained about the India=20
Education program (IEP), how it functions and the=20
student-teacher-foundation collaborations through the education program.
 The photos of the event are available here [6].=20
</li><li> <b>Coimbatore 1st Meetup</b>( 10 Dec 2011)=C2=A0: The first Kovai=
=20
(Coimbatore) meetup [7] was held at KGISL Campus, Saravanampatti,=20
Coimbatore. The Meetup was organised by Srikanth Ramakrishnan=20
(User:Rsrikanth05) and User:Sodabottle.=20
</li><li> <b>Bangalore Wikimeetup 40</b> ( 11 Dec 2011)=C2=A0:  Around 11=
=20
people attended the 40th Wikimeetup in Bangalore [8]. The Bangalore SIG=20
Chair, RadhaKrishna presented a talk on the experiences on=20
WikiConference India 2011 and WikiAcademy events in IT companies.=20
Experiences of Wiki Academy in Jaya engineering college and way forward=20
was shared by by Subhashish Panigrahi. Plans regarding Wiki Eleven in=20
January 2012 was discussed. The photos of the event are available here=20
[9].
</li><li> <b>Wikipedia Meetup1 Salem</b>( 11 Dec 2011)=C2=A0: A Wikimeetup =
was organised at Salem, Tamil Nadu, [10] by Tamil Wikipedians Sodabottle an=
d Surya Prakash.=20
</li><li> &#39;<i>Wikipedia Takes Kolkata /Kolkata Photo Walk</i> (18 Dec=
=20
2011)=C2=A0: A Photo Walk was organised in Kolkata, West Bengal [11] by=20
Kalyan Sarkar (Kolkata SIG Chair), Jayanta Nath (Bengali SIG Chair) and=20
 Biswarup Ganguly. Around 437 images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons=20
as a part of this initiative.[12]=20
</li><li> <b>GLAMcamp Amsterdam </b>  Noopur Raval ( Delhi SIG Chair and GL=
AM enthusiastic) attended GLAM worskop in Amsterdam, hosted by Wikimedia Ne=
derland. [13]=20
</li><li> <b>Wikipedians participation in CMDA IT Expo , 2011</b>:=20
Indian Wikipedians participated in the annual CMDA IT Expo 2011,=20
Pune.[14] The stall were manned by Sudhanwa Jogalekar ( EC member),=20
Mahitgar ( Marathi SIG Chair),  Ashwin Baindur ( English SIG Chair) ,=20
Hisham Mundol and Nitika Tandon ( WMF India Programs), and Campus=20
Ambassador (IEP) volunteers.=20
</li><li> <b>Malayalam Wiki-Academies:</b> Malayalam Wiki-community=20
organised two Wiki-Academies in Kerala in the month of December at=20
Alappuzha ( Dec 13) and Kollam (Dec 31). The Alappuzha (2nd Wikiacademy)
 held at St.Joseph Vanitha College was led by Adv. T.K Sujith, Adv.=20
M.P.Manojkumar and Akhil Krishnan. The Kollam (4th Wikiacademy) held at=20
Govt. Higher Secondary School, Anchal West, was led by Kiran Gopi (=20
User:Kiran_Gopi) , Faud A.J. ( User:Faudaj) , Kannan Shanmugam (=20
User:Fotokannan)and Sugeesh ( User:Sugeesh)
</li></ul>
<h3><span></span> <span>Other News</span></h3>
<ul><li> A new initiative named <b>&quot;Featured Wikimedian</b> was starte=
d on the public wiki of Wikimedia India. Every month, one Indian wikimedian=
 will be featured. [15]
</li><li> <b> Tamil Wikimedia contest</b>: The Tamil Wikimedia community
 has organised an international contest to get more photos, videos and=20
audios related to Tamil, Tamilians and Tamil culture to the Tamil=20
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. [16] (themed =E2=80=9CEluthu mattum arivan=
ru=E2=80=9D=20
or =E2=80=9CKnowledge beyond text=E2=80=9D) . The Tamil Wikipedia Community=
 and the=20
Wikimedia Foundation have jointly sponsored a prize money of $850 (with=20
nine prizes) for winners. (The first, second and third prizes are $200,=20
$100 and $50. Three prizes of $100 each are for those uploading the=20
maximum number of quality entries. A special prize of $150 is for media=20
files on traditional Tamil arts and crafts. Winners would be announced=20
on March 15, 2012 and they would get certificates with their entries=20
displayed on the front pages of Tamil Wiki projects.  The contest (,=20
November 15, 2011 to February 29, 2012) is open to all and is on=20
Facebook [17].
</li><li> India Wikipedians Sengai Podhuvan , Karthik Nadar and Aniruddha K=
umar joins Jimmy Wales among others in the <b>Wikimedia Fundraising 2011 ba=
nners</b> [18].=20
</li><li> <b>New Mailing lists</b> are created for Gujarati=20
Wikipedia[19], Assamese Wikipedia [20], GLAM India [21] and India=20
related content on English Wikipedia &amp; related projects. [22].
</li></ul>
<h3><span></span><span>Milestones &amp; Anniversaries </span></h3>
<p><b> December 2011</b> [23]
</p>
<dl><dt>25
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://internal.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=3DTa:&=
amp;action=3Dedit&amp;redlink=3D1" title=3D"Ta: (page does not exist)" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Tamil Wikipedia</a> has reached 1,000,000 page edits.
</li><li> The <a href=3D"http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur:" title=3D"wikt:u=
r:" target=3D"_blank">Urdu Wiktionary</a> has reached 10,000 total pages.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>21
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://internal.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=3DMl:&=
amp;action=3Dedit&amp;redlink=3D1" title=3D"Ml: (page does not exist)" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Malayalam Wikipedia</a> has turned 9.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>18
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bn:" title=3D"wikt:bn=
:" target=3D"_blank">Bengali Wiktionary</a> has reached 2,000 entries, as a=
 user adds over 1,300 entries for Malagasy words in 5 hours.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>16
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://internal.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=3DBh:&=
amp;action=3Dedit&amp;redlink=3D1" title=3D"Bh: (page does not exist)" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Bihari Wikipedia</a> has reached 100,000 page edits.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>9
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sa:" title=3D"wikt:sa=
:" target=3D"_blank">Sanskrit Wiktionary</a> has reached 100 entries.
</li><li> The <a href=3D"http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur:" title=3D"wikt:u=
r:" target=3D"_blank">Urdu Wiktionary</a> has reached 5,000 entries.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>5
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://internal.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=3DB:mr=
:&amp;action=3Dedit&amp;redlink=3D1" title=3D"B:mr: (page does not exist)" =
target=3D"_blank">Marathi Wikibooks</a> has reached 1,000 registered users.
</li></ul>
<dl><dt>4
</dt></dl>
<ul><li> The <a href=3D"http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kn:" title=3D"wikt:kn=
:" target=3D"_blank">Kannada Wiktionary</a> has reached 150,000 entries.
</li></ul>
<h2><span></span> <font size=3D"4"><span>Media Coverage</span></font></h2>
<ul><li> 28 Dec=C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://www.mydigitalfc.com/knowledge/wiki=
pedians-say-indian-govt-should-ease-copyright-curbs-992" rel=3D"nofollow" t=
arget=3D"_blank">Financial Chronicle=C2=A0: Wikipedians say Indian govt sho=
uld ease copyright curbs</a>
</li><li> 27 Dec=C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2=
/2011122720111227022617405d732bc46/Ahmedabad-to-go-Wiki-with-your-clicks.ht=
ml" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Ahmedabad Mirror=C2=A0: &quot; Ahmed=
abad to go Wiki with your clicks&quot; </a>
</li><li> 24 Dec=C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech=
/internet/wikipedia-enlists-indians-to-be-the-standard-bearers-for-its-fund=
-raising-efforts/articleshow/11225652.cms" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blan=
k">The Economic Times=C2=A0: &quot;Wikipedia enlists Indians to be the stan=
dard-bearers for its fund-raising efforts&quot;</a>
</li><li> 18 Dec=C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-=
national/tp-karnataka/article2725372.ece" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank=
">The Hindu=C2=A0: &quot;Creative Commons: the licence to evolve&quot;</a>
</li><li> 16 Dec=C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-=
national/article2719118.ece?textsize=3Dsmall&amp;test=3D2" rel=3D"nofollow"=
 target=3D"_blank">The Hindu=C2=A0: &quot;Contest to add files to Tamil Wik=
ipedia gathers steam&quot;</a>
</li><li> 1 Dec =C2=A0: <a href=3D"http://techmarathi.com/?p=3D1243" rel=3D=
"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Tech Marathi: =E0=A4=AE=E0=A4=B0=E0=A4=BE=E0=
=A4=A0=E0=A5=80 =E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=95=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=AA=E0=A5=80=E0=
=A4=A1=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=AF=E0=A4=BE =E0=A4=B8=E0=A4=82=E0=A4=AA=E0=A4=BE=E0=
=A4=A6=E0=A4=A8 =E2=80=93 =E0=A4=85=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=98=E0=A4=A1 =E0=A4=95=E0=
=A5=80 =E0=A4=B8=E0=A5=8B=E0=A4=AA=E0=A5=87?</a> ( Marathi)
</li></ul>
<p><br>
We look forward to your continued support and active participation.
</p><p>Best,
</p><p>On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India)<br>
Naveen Francis <br>
Secretary <br>=20
</p><p>Notes:
</p>
<ul><li> 1) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Call_for_part=
icipation_of_Members_in_Chapter_Task_Forces" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Call_for_participation_of_Membe=
rs_in_Chapter_Task_Forces</a>
</li><li> 2) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Dec_1=
7,2011" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Interne=
t_Relay_Chats/Dec_17,2011</a>
</li><li> 3) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Chapter-Foun=
dation:_Co-Ordination_Call-December_2011_Update" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D=
"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Chapter-Foundation:_Co-Ordi=
nation_Call-December_2011_Update</a>
</li><li> 4) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/City_and_Language_SIG_subc=
ommittee_chair" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in=
/City_and_Language_SIG_subcommittee_chair</a>
</li><li> 5) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jaya_Engineer=
ing_College" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wi=
ki_Academy/Jaya_Engineering_College</a>
</li><li> 6) <a href=3D"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jaya_Eng=
ineering_College_Wiki_Academy1,_December_2011" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_=
blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jaya_Engineering_College_=
Wiki_Academy1,_December_2011</a>
</li><li> 7) <a href=3D"http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore/Co=
imbatore1" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wik=
i/Meetup/Coimbatore/Coimbatore1</a>
</li><li> 8) <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Banga=
lore/Bangalore40" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.or=
g/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore40</a>
</li><li> 9) <a href=3D"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalor=
e_Meetup_December2011" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://commons.wi=
kimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangalore_Meetup_December2011</a>
</li><li> 10) <a href=3D"http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SALEM1" rel=3D"nof=
ollow" target=3D"_blank">http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SALEM1</a>
</li><li> 11) <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_T=
akes_Kolkata" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi=
ki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata</a>
</li><li> 12) <a href=3D"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikiped=
ia_Takes_Kolkata" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://commons.wikimed=
ia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Kolkata</a>
</li><li> 13) <a href=3D"http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_Amsterdam"=
 rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp=
_Amsterdam</a>
</li><li> 14 <a href=3D"http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia=
-l/2011-December/006135.html" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://lis=
ts.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-December/006135.html</a>
</li><li> 15) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Category:Featured_Wikimed=
ian" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Category:F=
eatured_Wikimedian</a>
</li><li> 16) <a href=3D"http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en" rel=3D"no=
follow" target=3D"_blank">http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en</a>
</li><li> 17) <a href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/tawmc" rel=3D"nofollow" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">http://www.facebook.com/tawmc</a>
</li><li> 18) <a href=3D"http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#A_=
Parade_of_Appeals.21_December_22.2C_2011" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank=
">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#A_Parade_of_Appeals.21_De=
cember_22.2C_2011</a>=20
</li><li> 19) <a href=3D"https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikip=
edia-gu" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/mai=
lman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu</a>
</li><li> 20) <a href=3D"https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikip=
edia-as" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/mai=
lman/listinfo/wikipedia-as</a>
</li><li> 21) <a href=3D"http://lists.wmnederland.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listin=
fo/wlm-in" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.wmnederland.nl/c=
gi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wlm-in</a>=20
</li><li> 22) <a href=3D"https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikim=
edia-in-en" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/=
mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en</a>
</li><li> 23) <a href=3D"http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Milestones_and_Anniversar=
y" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Milestones_a=
nd_Anniversary</a>
</li></ul><br clear=3D"all"><br>
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