Request on more details about India chapter

[Srinidhi N-2]

Hi Everyone,

I am a new to this mailing list and interested in being a part of the process. I would also like to know more about the discussions that I might have missed and in particular representations from different regions and languages of India.

Thanks and Regards,
Srinidhi

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  1. Re: Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter (TT Arvind)
  2. Re: Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter (Riana)
  3. Re: Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter (Deepu Joseph)
  4. Re: Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter (Srikeit)
  5. Nabble? (Akash)
  6. Re: Nabble? (Hari Prasad Nadig)
  7. Re: Nabble? (Akash)
  8. Update on the India chapter (Nicholas)
  9. Re: Update on the India chapter (R K Thukral)
 10. Re: Update on the India chapter (BalaSundaraRaman)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:00:27 +0000
From: "TT Arvind" < ttteuncmail@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter
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> We're hoping to set up a Wikimedia chapter by end of this month. Since
> this list is currently inactive, I'm hoping to revive it. Please could
> everyone respond to this mail so we know how many are actively
> subscribed?


I'm subscribed.

regards,

Arvind
User:Vadakkan



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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:54:55 +1030
From: Riana < wiki.riana@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter
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On 07/11/2007, TT Arvind <ttteuncmail@...> wrote:
>
> > We're hoping to set up a Wikimedia chapter by end of this month. Since
> > this list is currently inactive, I'm hoping to revive it. Please could
> > everyone respond to this mail so we know how many are actively
> > subscribed?
>

Just a lurker. Of Indian origin but based in Australia, not sure how much I
can help but will do all you need me to :)

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Riana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Riana
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Riana
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 06:43:34 +0530
From: "Deepu Joseph" < deepu.joseph1@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter
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I'm here as well.

Regards
Deepu (User:thunderboltz)

Nicholas wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're hoping to set up a Wikimedia chapter by end of this month. Since
> this list is currently inactive, I'm hoping to revive it. Please could
> everyone respond to this mail so we know how many are actively
> subscribed?
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:42:21 +0530
From: Srikeit < srikeit@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia India chapter
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Another pair of eyes watching this list...

Regards
Srikeit
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:58:40 +0530
From: Akash < akash.great@...>
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Nabble?
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Hi. I found during a recent google search that this mailing list is
being archived publicly on another website called nabble -
http://www.nabble.com/Dutch-government-provides-freely-licensed-photos-t3871145.html

Is this by design or is something else wrong? Is there any way to stop
it or are all wikimedia mailing lists public? I don't have an
particular problem with it, but it is still a place where anyone can
get my name, my email address or more personal details.

Akash



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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:19:38 +0530
From: Hari Prasad Nadig <mail@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Nabble?
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On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 23:58 +0530, Akash wrote:
> Hi. I found during a recent google search that this mailing list is
> being archived publicly on another website called nabble -
> http://www.nabble.com/Dutch-government-provides-freely-licensed-photos-t3871145.html
>
> Is this by design or is something else wrong? Is there any way to stop
> it or are all wikimedia mailing lists public? I don't have an
> particular problem with it, but it is still a place where anyone can
> get my name, my email address or more personal details.

This is a public list (the original archive itself is public). Hence, no
surprises there.

Just don't divulge any personal detail if you're concerned.

 - h.p.




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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:27:47 +0530
From: Akash <akash.great@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Nabble?
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Sure. Thanks for the tip.

Akash

On Nov 8, 2007 12:19 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig <mail@...> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 23:58 +0530, Akash wrote:
> > Hi. I found during a recent google search that this mailing list is
> > being archived publicly on another website called nabble -
> > http://www.nabble.com/Dutch-government-provides-freely-licensed-photos-t3871145.html
> >
> > Is this by design or is something else wrong? Is there any way to stop
> > it or are all wikimedia mailing lists public? I don't have an
> > particular problem with it, but it is still a place where anyone can
> > get my name, my email address or more personal details.
>
> This is a public list (the original archive itself is public). Hence, no
> surprises there.
>
> Just don't divulge any personal detail if you're concerned.
>
>   - h.p.
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:13:29 +0530
From: Nicholas <nichalp.wiki@...>
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on the India chapter
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Hi all,

An update on the Wikimedia India chapter formation. We are in the process of
finalizing the following:

* Trust vs Society
* Location of registration of trust
* Finalizing by-laws

1. Trust vs Society : Consensus favours the trust model
2. As many active wikipedians are based in Ahmadabad, the chapter will be
registered there.
3. By-laws are up on <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/bylaws>. Please  do
join in the discussions there. It is scheduled to  be closed
on the 15th of December.

Regards,
--Nicholas
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:54:54 +0530
From: "R K Thukral" < rkt@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on the India chapter
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You may go ahead,

best,

R K thukral
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 Hi all,

 An update on the Wikimedia India chapter formation. We are in the process
of finalizing the following:

 * Trust vs Society
 * Location of registration of trust
 * Finalizing by-laws

 1. Trust vs Society : Consensus favours the trust model
 2. As many active wikipedians are based in Ahmadabad, the chapter will be
registered there.
 3. By-laws are up on <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/bylaws >. Please  do join in
the discussions there. It is scheduled to  be closed on the 15th of
December.

 Regards,
 --Nicholas
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:40:33 -0800 (PST)
From: BalaSundaraRaman < sundarbecse@...>
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on the India chapter
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Hi Nicholas,

Can you please state where the discussion regarding membership and such happened and who the active members you mentioned are? I might've missed something. As far as I remember you asked in this list about willingness to join and several people including me had expressed interest. I noticed Utcursch's comparison of Trusts and Societies. Apart from these, I'm not aware of any discussion that happened.

I think that the Wikimedia chapter needs to have sufficient representation from as many Indian wikipedias as possible. Can we please have a detailed update in this list and the meta pages?

Regards,
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

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[Utkarshraj Atmaram]

On Dec 10, 2007 7:33 PM, Srinidhi N <srinidhi.n@...> wrote:

> I would also like to know more about the discussions that I might
> have missed and in particular representations from different regions and
> languages of India.

You haven't missed much. Everything discussed till now is available here:
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India>

There was an IRC meeting about the proposed Wikimedia India chapter in
2004. There was a lull after that, and we started a discussion in
November 2007. Currently, our focus is on finalizing the bylaws:

<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/bylaws>

We need to decide things like whether the Chapter should be registered
as a trust or a society, what will be number and term of Board of
Directors etc.

Once the draft of bylaws is finalized, we need to discuss things like
initial funding, membership fee etc.

The Chapters Committee encourages us to discuss the things on meta.
So, please feel free to modify the draft, or suggest changes on the
talk page:

<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_India/bylaws>

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Utkarshraj Atmaram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Utcursch

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