hi,
I was actually looking for an issue every 3 months.
A via-media sounds like a good idea. Perhaps create a section on the
outreach page -
page.
What would you call this?
Pradeep
2012/3/10 Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
Pradeep,
It is great that we see you in action after the Nov-Dec INCOTMs once
again. I do agree that we should have a long run in mind rather than a
sprint.
Could we have a via media - a skimpy newsletter which delivers the
monthly reports in between and a proper loaded full-fledged special issue
every four months as you suggested? The reason is that we'd like to have a
delivery vehicle in place for our monthly reports.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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2012/3/10 Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com>
> Hi Ashwin,
>
> While your enthusiasm is certainly infectious, I'm going in with
> caution. A reading through the pages[1] reveals that this newsletter has
> come out only 2-3 times per year since 2006 and 2011 is the first year that
> not a single issue came out. I'd like to get the first one out on a strong
> footing, so that I get an idea of how the newsletter is produced,
> standardise is somewhat, and get regular issues of the newsletter going
> out.
>
> Given my personal time constraints, I thought that May would be a good
> month to launch it to get some of the above things done and launch the
> newsletter. Let's make this a marathon effort and not a 100m sprint. My aim
> is to have at least 4 issues go out this year and the next and have a few
> more editors who know how to put an issue together and out so that other
> Wikipedians will be able to run the newsletter, when other things catch our
> fancy.
>
> Thanks to you for offering to partner with me on the first edition of
> 2012. Can we make April our first edition?
>
> Thanks also to Tinu for the offer to distribute the newsletter.
>
> warm regards,
> Pradeep
>
>
> 2012/3/8 Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Pradeep,
>>
>> Great idea. I am happy to see a respected editor and activist such as
>> you come forward to volunteer for community activities. :)
>>
>> As volunteer coordinator for WikiProject India, I promise to act as
>> co-volunteer for the first three months till the monthly report settles
>> down. But we need you or someone else to make a commitment up front for at
>> least the next three issues (March, April, May - we cannot wait till May).
>> May I request you to volunteer for the job as the privilege of the person
>> who has suggested this good idea in the first place?
>>
>> We are already providing a number of monthly reports/outputs which
>> can very easily be combined to form the bulk of the newsletter.
>>
>> We would need to change the format of this newsletter however.
>> Purportedly about WikiProject India, the avatar that you have linked was
>> instead an all-in-one community magazine. Outreach & GLAM are not core
>> activities for WikiProject India though they help develop the community and
>> hence are generally supported in principle. The focus of the monthly
>> WikiProject report has to be the online WikiProject activities though other
>> things may also be covered from time to time.
>>
>> I feel the following can easily be done:
>>
>> - The INCOTM brings out a monthly summary. User:BPositive's
>> report can be published here instead of the usual places it s reflected.
>> - I provide a monthly summary of activity in the WikiPoject. This
>> too can be published here.
>> - The assessment drive's monthly summary is aso available.
>> - We can introduce a daughter WikiProject each month.
>> - We can introduce the Wikimedian of the month here in addition
>> too.
>> - The chapter's and IP's summaries can be linked from here.
>> - A link to WikiPathrika issue can be given.
>> - A featured article of the month, image. media etc can be chosen.
>> - We can have an op-ed column where people can take up issues for
>> discussion.
>> - A tips & tricks/how-to/teaching column can be incorporated.
>>
>>
>> Also, we would need to take out the March issue right away, even if
>> it is bare bones compilation of outputs for the month. We cant wait till
>> May.
>>
>> This month, we should take out the issue by 20th and slowly prepone
>> it to by the 7th of the month.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/3/8 CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>
>>
>>> Excellant Pradeep.
>>> I will try to help with Newsletter delivery on talk pages via
>>> TinucherianBot too :)
>>>
>>> -TC
>>>
>>> 2012/3/8 Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am happy to see signs of activity and renewed interest in
>>>> WP:India post-WCI. One of the aspects that I would like to revive is the
>>>> newsletter, the last edition of which came out in November 2010.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the link to that edition -
>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Outreach/Newslette…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hope that working with others on this list and on the project
>>>> page, we can bring out the next newsletter in May 2012.
>>>>
>>>> warm regards,
>>>> Pradeep
>>>>
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