cross-posting; apologies if you have already read this from another list. hisham
Begin forwarded message: > From: Hisham <his...@wikimedia.org> > Subject: Announcing Noopur Raval as Consultant, Wikimedia Foundation (India > Program, Communications) > Date: March 5, 2012 7:19:05 PM GMT+05:30 > To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Noopur <noopur.ra...@gmail.com> > > Dear All, > > I am pleased to announce that Noopur Raval ([User:Noopur28] has been selected > as Consultant to the Wikimedia Foundation, and will support Communications > for India Program. > > This position will perform 4 key functions. Firstly, it will support > communications with our community. This involves a regular set of updates > (such as newsletters) as well as specific communication projects such as > story-telling of local community initiatives (to document experiences, > celebrate successes and cross-pollinate ideas.) This is not for day-to-day > program communications - which is a core part of each of our responsibilities > in the India Program team. Second will be to support media & PR for local > community initiatives. The single biggest challenge here will to be get more > Indic language media coverage to support community building efforts. This > will be done directly with community members and also in co-ordination with > the India Chapter's Communications Media & PR team. The third aspect is to > build and expand existing community social networks (such as WikimediaIndia > on facebook) and to help with the use of social networks to support community > building. Lastly, there is untapped potential of using digital outreach - to > augment existing physical outreach efforts. We need to (very, very > carefully) explore if we can reach out to our large and growing reader base > and inform, encourage and enable them to become editors using online channels > and resources. > > Noopur is a community member and has supported outreach activities (in > Ahmedabad & Delhi), is a member of Delhi SIG of the Chapter, has participated > in community collaborations like Collaboration of the Month and has been > actively trying to start GLAM in India. > > Noopur is from Gandhinagar and is graduating from JNU with a Master's in Arts > & Aesthetics. She has a triple honors Bachelor's in Media Studies, > Literature and Psychology from Christ College, Bangalore. She has interned > with Radio Mirchi, Times of India and the Centre for Internet & Society > (amongst others) - as well as done some teaching assignments. She is an > active blogger (including for the India Art Summit, 2011.) She has published > a novella and co-authored an anthology of poems, plays & short stories and > has co-presented a paper on "Wikiwars" with [User:Srikeit.] She is also an > amateur photographer and has contributed to Commons as well as other > platforms. > > The Communications position has taken a long time to fill. The initial call > for selection was in September. I reported back to the community in December > that I had failed to find the right candidate and hence the delay. There > were a number of deserving candidates and this selection has taken time > because of the need to find the most suitable profile for a complex role. > This role requires the right mix of an academic foundation in communications, > domain expertise as well as adequate familiarity with our community. It also > requires adaptability and strong learning skills - because so much of what we > are trying to do is pioneering. I am confident that she brings the right > level of experience and competencies - and I'm very excited by the > opportunity of making a step jump in the impact of communications for our > community. > > Do join me in welcoming Noopur. She will start on March 12 and will be based > in New Delhi. > > Best > > hisham > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
