Dear Mr. Kanungo,
It is great to see you here. Odia Wikipedia is growing its content by the
contribution of numerous voluntary contributors across the world. The
content of Odia Wikipedia is free to access, edit and reproduce. Many a
times volunteers face problems for finding photos as copyrighted photos are
not allowed to be used in Wikipedia. Suryaprabha has created a broad sphere
of photos, news archive of many important people and places. It would be
really great if the community could request you to donate the photographs
which have already been used in the print edition of Suryaprabha o Prabha
Sarjana. We will upload them on WikiCommons (http://commons.wikimedia.org)
with due credit under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-*
sa*/*3.0*).
Do let us know your views. These photos will be used across all the 290 +
world language wikipedias.
On 26 February 2013 19:24, RABI KANUNGO <rabikanungo(a)rediffmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you. I am the Editor of a popular Odia daily newspaper Suryaprava,
> and also of an Odia monthly literary magazine Prabha Sarjana, published
> from Bhubaneswar. You may keep in touch with us and hope, our mutual
> cooperation may help our language.
> Rabi Kanungo
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Subhashish Panigrahi
Thank you. I am the Editor of a popular Odia daily newspaper Suryaprava, and also of an Odia monthly literary magazine Prabha Sarjana, published from Bhubaneswar. You may keep in touch with us and hope, our mutual cooperation may help our language.
Rabi Kanungo
So let me spread the word now about some other upcoming deadlines:
The scholarship deadline for Wikimania 2013 (Hong Kong, 7-11 August) is
in one week: 22 February 2013 23:59 UTC
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>. The talk
proposal deadline is 30 April
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>.
I also want to draw your attention to Open Source Bridge, Allied Media
Conference, and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
These are conferences that are interested in empowering everyone, using
technology, and have a focus on diversity and social justice. If you
lead a session at one of these conferences, you are eligible to apply
for Wikimedia Foundation's Participation Support subsidies for travel
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Support>. Last year, the
open source and Wikipedia sessions at Grace Hopper and Open Source
Bridge were very well-attended.
Allied Media Conference: 20-23 June, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Call for
proposals deadline: 8 March.
http://alliedmedia.org/news/2013/02/01/its-time-propose-session-amc2013-rea…
Open Source Bridge: 18-21 June, Portland, Oregon, USA. Call for
proposals deadline: 9 March.
http://opensourcebridge.org/blog/2013/01/2013-call-for-proposals-now-open/
Grace Hopper: 2-5 October, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Call for
proposals deadline: 15 March.
http://gracehopper.org/2013/participate/call-for-participation/
Go ahead and submit stuff! And remember, it's okay to submit multiple
proposals per conference.
MediaWiki is going to apply to participate in Google Summer of Code
again this year as a mentoring organization. Students aiming to
participate should look at this timeline:
https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 and remember
that their applications will be due on 3 May. In GSoC, college and
graduate students work on open source projects remotely, mentored by
skilled developers. Students who successfully complete the program
receive USD5000 in total.
And finally, if you're interested in attending AdaCamp in San Francisco
8-9 June 2013 (to work on supporting women in open technology and open
culture), please fill out
http://adainitiative.org/2013/01/interested-in-attending-an-adacamp-in-san-…
and indicate whether you would need travel assistance. "...this is not a
full application to attend AdaCamp San Francisco, just a way to gauge
interest. We will contact you with application details when applications
open."
Please feel free to forward!
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-applying
>
> "Individual Engagement Grants support Wikimedians to complete projects
> that benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, or otherwise
> serve our mission, community, and strategic priorities.
>
> "We fund individuals or small teams to build, organize, pilot, create,
> improve, research or facilitate something that enhances the work of
> Wikimedia's volunteers and helps us achieve our vision of a world in
> which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all
> knowledge."
>
> The deadline for the current round is Feb 15 24:00 UTC, which is about
> 26 hours from when I send this. Proposals for the next round will open
> in August.
>
> Please also consider helping discuss current proposals between now and
> 22 February: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing
>
> "Open discussion and evaluation of proposals is intended to encourage
> diversity and innovation in the grants made, by bringing multiple
> perspectives to the selection process. Funding limits the amount of
> Individual Engagement Grants we are able to make in each round, and
> proposals are carefully evaluated and selected according to
> pre-determined criteria
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-criteria>."
>
> Hope this is of interest!
>
> -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia
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Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this!
*
*
*Dear all,*
*
*
*On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of
running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this
plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a
period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second
phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and
corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and
professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers
among others.*
*
Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to
ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :)
Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us
a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this
current time. Link to the donation page on our website:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
Thanking you,
Executive Committee,
Wikimedia India.
*Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013)
A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has
access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of
WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and
would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF.
Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee
to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would
like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be
responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should
be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time.
The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive
Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We
will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us.
It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate
donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a
long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in
India.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*--*
*Thanks and regards,*
*Karthik Nadar,*
*Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*
Cross posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read this!
*
*
*Dear members,*
*
*
*On the second anniversary of the Chapter, we made public our intention of
running our first fundraiser. Going ahead with the first phase of this
plan, we will be running a central site notice on the chapter website for a
period of two calendar months starting 1 February, 2013. In the second
phase of this plan, we aim to approach high networth individuals and
corporates in the month of March 2013. This will be done using personal and
professional networks of current and past EC members, staff, volunteers
among others.*
*
Suggestions, help and support from the community on what we can do to
ensure success of this fundraiser are welcome. Every drop counts :)
Donations can be made by Online Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or by sending us
a Cheque through snail mail. We are unable to accept card payments at this
current time. Link to the donation page on our website:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donate
Thanking you,
Executive Committee,
Wikimedia India.
*Reasoning* (From our public statement on 4 January, 2013)
A lot of people may ask why the chapter needs a fundraiser when it has
access to WMF funding. The answer is, we are still ineligible for FDC of
WMF (we hope to be eligible for the second round of funding in 2013) and
would need to rely on grants, spending of which is restricted by the WMF.
Since formation, the chapter has relied heavily on the Executive Committee
to take on the burden of running the show. In an ideal world, the EC would
like to take on the role of guiding the chapter rather than actually be
responsible for operations after two years of incorporation, which should
be best done by professionals rather than volunteers in their spare time.
The chapter has hired an employee (Sowmyan Tirumurti, our Executive
Manager) as well as plans to lease its own office premises in Bangalore. We
will need the help of those volunteers who are in a position to support us.
It could be a small individual donation or in the form of a corporate
donation from an institution. A small token of support from you could go a
long way in helping us achieving our goals of furthering the movement in
India.*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*--*
*Thanks and regards,*
*Karthik Nadar,*
*Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.*