Dear Pune Community
I'm writing to update you on the Wikipedia India Education Program. We (Frank, Annie,
Srikeit and I) are starting our outreach with universities and colleges in Pune today and
will be doing this for the next few days. The following link is our agenda.
(Tomorrow,
we'll be joined by PJ.)
We'll be sharing a daily update to you on progress - every day from tonight to Monday
(June 6th.)
Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to invite everyone in the community to come
and attend the social dinner we would like to host on Saturday night (June 4th). Please
refer Ashwin's mail below.
Best
Hisham Mundol
Wikimedia India Programs
skype : hisham.wikimedia
gtalk : hmundol(a)wikimedia.org
twitter : @mundol
On May 28, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
Hello
friends,
There is a lot happening in Pune next week. We have a lot of visitors in town who would
especially like to interact with the Pune Community. Our help and cooperation has been
sought for the Campus Ambassador training event next weekend. Our MEETUP DATE IS NOW
CHANGED FROM 11 JUN TO 04 JUN 2011 (Saturday) at 1800 hours at SICSR, Atur Centre, Model
Colony. Room No 704. 7th floor.
Hisham Mundol, National Program Coordinator, who is leading the Campus Ambassador
programme, will be in Pune for a week for masterminding the event. Bishakha Datta,
Trustee, will be gracing the event on Saturday. Tinu Cherian, the quintessential Indian
outreach activist, will also be coming for and participating in the meet - a rare treat
for us. I spoke to Arjuna Rao Chawala and he has promised to confirm attendance by an
Indian Chapter representative soon.
We have a number of people visiting us from
abroad. Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Annie Lin, who leads the Ambassador
Program are visiting Pune for the Campus Ambassador training event on 04-05 Jun 2011. We
also have P.J. Tabit coming down to India between June 1st and August 21st to support the
launch of the Wikipedia India Education Program. PJ is a Campus Ambassador in the US and
is on the Ambassador Steering Committee for Wikipedia. We, the Pune community, welcome
Frank, Annie & PJ to Pune and hope they have a wonderful stay.
We also welcome any members of the Wikimedian community in India from outside Pune who
are going to be with us for this event. Do let us know if we can help you in any way.
Broadly speaking, the campus ambassadors will be trained on 4th and 5th Jun by the
outreach team comprising lndian and foreign Wikipedians. In the evening on Saturday, the
campus ambassadors and the outreach team will be present for our meetup. After the meetup,
the Outreach Team has invited the Pune Wikipedia community for a SOCIAL EVENING WITH
DINNER. Venue for social evening will be indicated at the meetup.
Coming to another issue, the Campus Ambassadors themselves.
The first batch of Campus Ambassadors has been selected. To those selected, we say -
heartiest congratulations, you will shortly be learning to edit and to evangelise
Wikipedia. It is a most challenging task and we assure you of the community's support.
We invite you to be part of our community and we promise to help you, guide you and
partner you in this extraordinary journey you will undertake.
We also know that some other aspirants have not been selected this time round. In most
cases, this is due to their lack of Wikipedia skills. To all of them we say - there will
be another round of selection coming up in a few months, so have a great heart and wait.
The fact that all of you stood tall and came forth means you already belong to the select
batch of people who are doers and achievers. We, the Pune community, invite you to join us
for this meetup and become part of us. We will help you get the skills to make you ready
for the next round of selections.
Many of you all who are interested in becoming Wikipedians are requested to join all of
the above :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mr-wiki/ (Marathi Wikipedia Group)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l (Mailing list for
Wikimedians in Pune, India)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-pun (Mailing list for
Wikimedians in Pune, India)
Also please join the following groups on Facebook
Wikimedia India
WikiPuneri
IMPORTANT: All those attending the meetup from Pune (excepting those selected for the
Campus Ambassador program or those organising the event or visiting from outside Pune)
need to confirm attendance so that we can plan accordingly. Send your confirmation to :
ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com with subject : "Attending Pune meetup". Those not
attending need not respond.
So till then, Au revoir & Namaste, Khuda Hafez and Sat Sri Akal,
Jai Hind
Ashwin Baindur
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