Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Wikipedia stall at World Samskrit Book exhibition - Call for volunteers

Dear all: We have just heard from the organisers of the World Sanskrit Book Fair in Bangalore a few hours back, that they are willing to offer us a free stall for wikipedia. As you may be aware we have a wikipedia in Sanskrit and this presents a good opportunity to spread awareness amongs folks interested in Sanskrit and the general public. There are 10,000 delegates from India and many countries around the world. Around 60,000 people (general public) are expected to attend the event. It is being inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka tomorrow. *Event brochure* http://www.samskritbookfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bookfair-brochur… *Opportunity for us* Make use of the free stall graciously provided by the organisers and spread the work about wikipedia In Indian languages and more specifically in Sanskrit. *Call for wikipedia volunteers for stall* If we get enough volunteers for the WIkipedia we can participate in the event. *Please volunteer.* Wikipedia stall details: http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:World_Sanskrit_Book_fair#Stall_details Interested volunteers please register here. http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:World_Sanskrit_Book_fair#Volunteers_neede… * * *Expectations from volunteers* - Familiarity with Wikipedia - Passion to spread the word about the wikipedia regards Arun _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list Wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr