Nominations for the Executive Committee 2012/Pranav Curumsey

Nomination form for Wikimedia Chapter EC Election

(To be initiated by Proposer and updated by Seconder and the Candidate wishing to contest for Election and submitted as per the due date)

Proposal details
Name of the candidate:Pranav Curumsey

Membership ID (can be updated by Candidate later):INDI-9

Member Since (can be updated by Candidate later):May 2011

(As per Wikimedia Chapter by-laws, a Member for election to Executive Committee should have been member for at least 3 months before the date of the meeting of the AGM/Election).

Proposer:

Name:Naveen Francis

Signature(Use Wiki Signature):naveenpf 08:06, 11 August 2012 (IST)

Membership ID: INDI-063

Seconder:

Name: Cherian Tinu Abraham

Signature(Use Wiki Signature): Tinucherian 19:09, 11 August 2012 (IST)

Membership ID:INDI-054

Acceptance by the Candidate
Short Profile (including past involvment in Wikimedia activities in not more than 100 words):

History With Wikipedia:
 * Age: 25
 * Education: B.Com (HR College, University of Mumbai), MBA (Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow)
 * Wikipedian since: 2006
 * Wiki's active on: English (Home wiki), Commons and Meta
 * Held post of Chairman, Organising Committee - WikiConference India 2011
 * Organised several meetups, academy/workshops etc in Mumbai
 * Wikimedia Foundation Fellow in 2011
 * Over 10,000 edits on English Wikipedia including good and featured content and over 300 images contributed on Commons
 * Pioneer of QRpedia in India
 * Helped organise first ever GLAM event in Asia - GLAM-CC Workshop in June 2011
 * One of first two people to sign up for Wikimedia Chapter membership when it was announced
 * Suggested institution of a Tag and Assess 2012 drive on English Wikipedia which led to assessment of over 100,000 Wikipedia pages related to India, one of the largest country specific drives in Wikipedia history, larger than any Indian indic language Wikipedia on the whole. Also suggested the successful implementation of GA Collaboration of the Month (GA-INCOTM) on English Wikipedia.

Position Statement/Letter of intent (in not more than 200 words):

Having been extensively involved with the movement in India over the past year I feel with my experience I can help give new direction to the Chapter at a time when there is rapid change and uncertainty. One issue plaguing much of the community including myself is time, time that one can contribute to further movement goals. Given limited volunteer time available, the EC needs to prioritise its goals. In the coming year if elected, I would like to see increase in active membership base which can only happen if people have trust and faith in the chapter which can be achieved by the chapter supporting community led activities, making it more of a facilitator without putting pressure on people involved.

In my mind, there is no difference between chapter and community, the chapter is just a formal organisation of community members. This has been a point of contention questioned time and again and if elected I would like to make sure that the chapter works with the community (and CIS) for this community movement in a cohesive, inclusive, collaborative and transparent manner in addition to encouraging those community members who are not members of the chapter to sign up for chapter membership.

I Pranav Curumsey solemnly affirm to hold the aims and objectives of Wikimedia Chapter in highest esteem and strive to the best of my ability in serving the cause of Wikimedia Chapter.

Place: Mumbai

Date: 11/8/2012

Signature(Use Wiki Signature): Pranav 11:37, 11 August 2012 (IST)

Name: Pranav Curumsey