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Please update
On 23 March 2012 22:11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Heya, since I was unable to join in yesterday,
can I have a link to the
archive/log?
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Hisham <hisham(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> We're starting in 15 minutes at 9pm IST.
>
> Speak soon.
>
> *hisham*
>
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Hisham wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> Reminder that there's an IRC for the community with India Program on
> 22nd March at 9:00 pm IST in #wikimedia-office. This session is an open
> house with no specific topics to be discussed. (This was scheduled because
> we ran out of time in the previous IRC. To avoid spamming lists, I won't
> be sending this to any other lists apart from this one. Please do share
> this mail with whoever you know might be interested.
>
> (To join the IRC, all you have to do is go to:
>
http://webchat.freenode.net/ and enter a nickname ( it does not
> require prior registration) and enter #wikimedia-office as the channel
> name.)
>
> I'll send a reminder 15 minutes before the session.
>
> *hisham*
>
> On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Hisham wrote:
>
> Here's the
link<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Program…
that
> gives the log of this meeting - for those who couldn't attend.
>
> As planned, the major topic of discussion was the Indic Languages
> initiatives. We talked about the overall approach that Shiju has been
> following with several dozen community members. We walked through the
> Medical project - currently underway in
Assamese<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%…
> ,
Telugu<http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80…
> , Oriya
(
Odia)<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%…
> &
Malayalam<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5…82>.
> (This seeks to create vital articles in Indic wikis with the help of
> community members with medical/healthcare background, or users who are
> interested in healthcare articles.) During the IRC, Jayanta informed us
> that the Bengali community have also started
it<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MED>
> - which is great. We also discussed the Translated Articles
> Enhancement
Project<http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B…
which
> has been started by the Kannada community.
>
> Thank you to every one but a special thank you to the new folks who
> came on today. It's always nice to see new faces!
>
> We ran out of time on this IRC. As discussed, I would like to
> suggest Thursday March 22nd @9pm IST for another IRC. (This is in addition
> to the IRC planned for March 29th.) The March 22nd IRCwill be an open
> house - and will not therefore have a predetermined agenda.
>
> As always, do visit the India Program
page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program> for
> more information on everything we do.
>
> Best
>
> *hisham*
>
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Hisham wrote:
>
> Reminder that we are starting in 15 minutes.
>
> Do join in! Details below.
>
> *hisham*
>
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Hisham wrote:
>
> Gentle reminder. Do join in.
>
> *hisham*
>
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Hisham wrote:
>
> Hi Folks
>
> One of the essential things that India Program needs to constantly
> work out is keeping the community informed of the work that we are doing -
> so that this work is clearer but also to help cross-pollinate ideas amongst
> a wider set of community members who might not have been engaged on
> specific village pump / talk page discussion or involved in particular
> activities (e.g. outreach events) or wikiprojects.
>
> We used to have a monthly IRC with the community and India Program.
> (For those who are not familiar with IRC, it is an Internet messaging
> system similar to a regular chat room. It's very simple to use and you can
> join in by clicking on the following link:*
>
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office*.) I have
> been remiss in conducting these for the past few months - and I'd like to
> make amends by restarting, with a couple of modifications.
>
> a) I'd like to propose fortnightly instead of monthly. (I was wary of
> doing it any more frequently than monthly earlier because I didn't know if
> there would be enough on the plate to discuss. I have changed my mind now
> - because there is too much to discuss to cover in a single monthly
> session.) I'd like to propose that we do it in the 1st and 3rd Thursdays
> of every month at 9pm IST (which is GMT + 0530) - THOUGH NOT THIS MONTH -
> BECAUSE I HAVE MISSED THE TIMELINE. Just for March, we will do it on
> *March 15th* and March 29th (both at *9pm IST* which is GMT + 0530)
> b) I'd like to propose that we do it focussed on specific work streams
> instead of general. The reason I say this is that - as with many community
> meet-ups, folks will give time to attend a meet-up or participate in an IRC
> only if there is a topic of relevance to them. To that extent, we could do
> one IRC on Indic languages and one on Outreach & Communications. I'd start
> both the IRCs with a re-cap of India Programs activities for the fortnight
> (or so) prior to the IRC and forward from the IRC - and then we could talk
> about either Indic langauges or Outreach & Communications.
>
> The *March 15th one will be focussed on Indic Languages* and the one
> on March 29th will be on Outreach & Communications.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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