Hi all,

The event went well. Around 25 wikimedians and non-wikimedians attended the meetup. The meetup opened with an Introdcution to Openstack by Yogesh G. The Wiki part was next. Surya Prakash. S. A gave a presentation on the state of the Tamil Wiki projects. Then I introduced the Wikimedia India Chapter and its activities. There was a long question and answer session on Wikimedia's copyright policies, creative commons licenses, personality rights, notability criteria in various wiki projects. We hope to have regular meetups in Chennai in the future.

For a list of attendees and photos, please see the event pages in Tamil and English Wikipedias.

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai5#Report
2) http://ta.wikipedia.org/s/2nlq

regards
Bala

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

Chennai is having a wiki meetup after a gap of nearly one and half years on March 9, 2013 (Saturday). There will be a couple of  short presentations on state of the Tamil wiki projects and an introduction of the Wikimedia India Chapter. All are welcome. If there are English or any other language wikimedians, who want to introduce / talk about their Wiki projects they are welcome to do so. (please send me a mail, so that I can plan the agenda accordingly). We will be sharing the venue and time slot with Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai (ILUGC) who are graciously helping us. People interested in open source projects can also attend the meetup. Those who are planning to attend please add your name to the meetup page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai5

Date & Time : 9 March 2013, 3-6 PM (Wiki specific part starts at 4 PM)
Venue          :  Classroom No 3, Areo Space Engineering department, Near Gajendra Circle, IIT Madras.

regards
Bala