The proposal of holding the Wikipedia stall at the ‘Kolkata Book Fair
2012’ responded very well. To see the situation I went it’s office at
2B Jhamapukur lane, Kolkata - 9. I had a meeting this evening, with
Tapash Babu who is the office-in-charge of the Publishers &
Booksellers Guild. Although the last date of application (31st August
2011) is over but he advised to submit a physical application over the
organization’s letterhead by coming week with the following details:
1. Name and address2. Required space in Sq mt3. Space allotted in last
two years4. Copy of the trade licence/registration5. Purpose of the
stall 6. Undertaking to abide by the rules and regulations set by the
guild7. Any other informations
I saw they (three/four persons) were busy with a huge number of
applications. Mr. Tapas explained that, after getting the application
they will call the party for a negotiation of the price of the space!
He expects the price of a 9 (minimum) sq mt space may go to Rs. 50,000
to 60,000/- this year. As the types of our organisation the Wikipedia
goes in IT category. They will provide only the space noting else!
I am working with a tentative budget, meanwhile any body make the
same, please respond.
Regards.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay
<debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I feel its a way to kill two birds with one stone. Not only do you get to
> reach the educated chunk of Bengalis, who might be interested in editing in
> English Wikipedia, but you will also get the major chunk of people who
> might be very much interested in preserving the Bengali Heritage by
> contributing to the Bengali Wikipedia. I mean, what better tool and what
> Better venue than the celebration of one of the oldest cultural
> celebrations.
>
> Positive point will be, that there will be a huge number of students also
> both from Bengali medium and English medium. The pitch of being able to
> incorporate a Wikipedia article into their resume might be enthralling to
> them. I seriously believe that this is possibly the biggest outreach
> possible in terms of the Eastern and North-Eastern region for the coming
> year at least.
>
> And yes, even in the course of the IEP, stickers and badges tend to have
> positive effects as seen by me in my role as an Ambassador which Nitika
> mentioned (thanks for the support Nitika, by the way!).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Debanjan*
>
> - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:39 AM, nasir khan <nasir8891(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I believe that it will be a very good event. In Bangladesh we are
>> participating in our Ekushe Book Fair (biggest book fair arranged in Dhaka)
>> for the last 6years. We got very positive response there and got some
>> wikipedians who are very active in Bengali Wikipedia now.
>>
>> Another thing is, on the weekend more people will visit the book fair, so
>> some volunteers can stand with a banner and some leaflet of Wikipedia near
>> the fair gate. We have experienced that it attracts more people and many of
>> them ask the volunteers to know more about the wikipedia.
>>
>> thanks
>> nasir khan saikat
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Nitika <ntandon(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the initiative Debanjan!!
>> >
>> > For those who don't know - Debanjan is an extremely active Campus
>> > Ambassador of the India Education Program. I'm glad that he is coming
>> > forward and helping us out in other outreach programs as well. And I
>> would
>> > encourage other Campus Ambassadors to take extra initiatives and involve
>> > themselves in other programs too.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Nitika
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 25-Nov-2011, at 2:11 AM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay wrote:
>> >
>> > > Jayanta da,
>> > >
>> > > Please do inform me about this, I might not not be to help you in the
>> > > on-ground organization part as I will be in Pune, but will try to come
>> to
>> > > Kolkata in January and help volunteer for this event. Looking very
much
>> > > forward for it, lets really make this happen, this will be a huge
>> > outreach.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Debanjan*
>> > >
>> > > - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Anindya Kumar Banerjee
>> > > <akb.now(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Distribute Wiki stickers to all visitors.
>> > >>
>> > >> This will help as all visitors will at least spread the news as
word
>> of
>> > >> mouth.
>> > >>
>> > >> Best Wishes
>> > >> A.K.Banerjee
>> > >>
>> > >> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Jayanta Nath
<jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hi,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> my thoughts below....
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 1) On-spot *India Chapter membership* for visitors if they
wish.
>> > >>> 2) Distribute Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia
Brochure.
>> > >>> 3) Distribute Bengali Wikipedia Brochures.
>> > >>> 4) Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12 days 1PM-8PM
>> > >>> 5) Contiguous running videos regarding Wikipedia ( Jimmy
speech,
>> > >>> Wikimania/WCI event images, and many more)
>> > >>> 6) Display all banner and etc
>> > >>> 7) Need one hired staff for collecting Cash and etc and work
for
>> India
>> > >>> Chapter membership. ( if possible)
>> > >>> 8) Short Quiz contest for visitors.
>> > >>> 9) Q&A for visitor (Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12
days
>> 1PM-8PM)
>> > >>>
>> > >>> anything new thought/feedback/suggestions are welcome.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Naveen Francis <
>> naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in
>> > >>>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> Hi Jayanta,
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Can you please co-ordinate this helping Tuhin Khanrah ?
>> > >>>> I can send you Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia
Brochure and
>> > few
>> > >>>> swags.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Tuhin Khanrah <
>> > >> tuhin.khanrah(a)gmail.com
>> > >>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> Dear all,
>> > >>>>> I also support the proposal. I think this
will be a big
>> > >>>>> showcase to 15 lac people.
>> > >>>>> Regards,
>> > >>>>> Tuhin Khnarah.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bishakha Datta <
>> > >>> bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com
>> > >>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>> When is the book fair? And can someone please
forward this to the
>> > >>>> chapter?
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Bishakha
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Kalyan Sarkar
<
>> > >>>> kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com
>> > >>>>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> I support the proposal.
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> I think Wikimedia India chapter should
earnestly consider
>> > >> showcasing
>> > >>>> the
>> > >>>>>>> success in the Indic language projects, the
campus ambassador
>> > >>> programs
>> > >>>>>> and
>> > >>>>>>> Wiki Conference India 2011 at the Kolkata Book
Fair 2012. This
>> > >> would
>> > >>>> be
>> > >>>>>> a
>> > >>>>>>> major outreach program, that would boost the
growth of Wikimedia
>> > >>>>>> projects
>> > >>>>>>> in India, eastern India and the North East in
particular.
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> Thanks and regards,
>> > >>>>>>> Kalyan Sarkar
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Debanjan
Bandyopadhyay <
>> > >>>>>>> debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> +1
>> > >>>>>>>> Even I agree. This will be a major outreach
in terms of
>> > >> Wikimedia
>> > >>>>>> India
>> > >>>>>>>> Chapter and the Wikipedia Kolkata
Community.
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> Not necessary to promote only bengali
Wikipedia but even english
>> > >>>>>>> Wikipedia
>> > >>>>>>>> can be promoted. This is a major outreach
and the Chapter really
>> > >>>>>> needs to
>> > >>>>>>>> look into it.
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> --
>> > >>>>>>>> Regards,
>> > >>>>>>>> Debanjan*
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> - Lets make this world a better and more
informative place*
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Biswarup
Ganguly <
>> > >>>>>>>> gangulybiswarup(a)gmail.com
>> > >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> > >>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> The 'Kolkata Book Fair' has
been organized by the
>> > >> 'Publishers &
>> > >>>>>>>>> Booksellers Guild' is one of the
most prestigious and active
>> > >>>>>> cultural
>> > >>>>>>>>> event in India for last thirty five
years. It is the world's
>> > >>>> largest
>> > >>>>>>>>> non-trade book fair, Asia's largest
book fair and the most
>> > >>>> attended
>> > >>>>>>>>> book fair in the world. Other than
books it houses television,
>> > >>>> radio
>> > >>>>>>>>> and other multimedia companies as
well.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> I think that, the presence of
Wikipedia in physically to the
>> > >>>> coming
>> > >>>>>>>>> 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012' will
be a most valuable way to reach
>> > >> a
>> > >>>> very
>> > >>>>>>>>> large number of well learned persons to
increase it's user
>> > >>> growth.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> It is learned from a verbal reliable
source that in 2010 the
>> > >>> stall
>> > >>>>>>>>> charge was about Rs. 500/- per squire
feet. The minimum space
>> > >>>>>> allotted
>> > >>>>>>>>> of 100 sqft. Apart from the fair space
there will be other
>> > >> costs
>> > >>>>>> (viz.
>> > >>>>>>>>> decorations, lights, projector &
computers with mobile
>> > >> broadband
>> > >>>>>> etc)
>> > >>>>>>>>> involved to have the exhibition
successfully.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> I propose for consideration to make a
twelve day show to the
>> > >>>>>>>>> 'Wikimedia India Chapter' for
the exhibition. The detail of
>> > >> the
>> > >>>>>> guild
>> > >>>>>>>>> is placed below:
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> ***********************
>> > >>>>>>>>> GUILD HOUSE
>> > >>>>>>>>> 2B Jhama Pukur Lane, Kolkata 700 009
>> > >>>>>>>>> West Bengal, India
>> > >>>>>>>>> Telephone: +91-33-2360 4588, 2354 4417
>> > >>>>>>>>> Fax: +91-33-2360 4566
>> > >>>>>>>>> E-mail:
guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in,pbguild@vsnl.net
>> > >>>>>>>>>
http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/index.php
>> > >>>>>>>>> ***********************
>> > >>>>>>>>> With regards.
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>> --
>> > >>>>>>>>> Biswarup Ganguly
>> > >>>>>>>>> Phones:
>> > >>>>>>>>> +919830022449
>> > >>>>>>>>> +919433005886
>> > >>>>>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>>>>
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