<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Dear All,<br>Please share the photo graphs of 16thnJan if any of you have.<br>With Regards,<br>Girish<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Abhay Natu <anatu@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org>; BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> IndiaMailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore <wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun,
January 16, 2011 12:26:18 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event)<br></font><br>
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<div>I think I have missed the window to call you. The 11th hour notice and the 11.5 hour time difference did not help.</div>
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<div>Oh well, hopefully we can plan this thing out a little better the next time.</div>
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<div>Abhay</div>
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<div>Keep it simple.</div>
<div>As simple as possible.</div>
<div>But no simpler. -- A. Einstein<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 1/14/11, BalaSundaraRaman <i><sundarbecse@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><br>From: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event)<br>To: "Wikimedia India EC" <wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org><br>Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org>, anatu@yahoo.com<br>Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 7:09 PM<br><br>
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<div>Just in: Someone from Marathi Wiki, likely Abhay Natu, will come online and participate in the language session.</div>
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<div>- Sundar<br> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc@googlemail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sat, January 15, 2011 5:23:32 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] Wikipedia 10 Bangalore event on Jan 15th (whole day event)<br></font><br>Update embedded<br><br>
<div class="yiv1346534783gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc353.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=arunram25@gmail.com">arunram25@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Dear all,</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Greetings for WP10 to all from India!<br><br></span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Happy to share with you all that Bangalore is having a whole day event to celebrate the Wikipedia 10th anniversary.</span></font></div>
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<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The program for the event is as follows:</span></div>
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<div style="border-style: none; float: right;"><a rel="nofollow" style="border-style: none; display: block; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="Enlarge" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NIAS_Bangalore_MainAudi.jpg"><img style="border-style: none; display: block; vertical-align: middle;" alt="" width="15" height="11"></a></div>Main Auditorium, NIAS</div></div></div>
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<h3 style="border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 0.17em; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; width: auto; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0.5em;"><span><br>Evening session: Main Public event</span></h3>
<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;">Time: 17:00 to 20:15 IST<br>Audience: Everyone is invited. (Every Wikipedian!)<br>Purpose: Communicate Wikipedia Mission, facts, showcase its coolness, reach out to public, share India focus, discussion.<br><br></p></span></span></font></div>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">04:30 PM Coffee and Networking</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:00 PM Welcome and Introductions by Gautam John</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:15 PM Did you know (DYK) on Wikipedia & Wikipedia video snippets by Srikanth L.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">05:45 PM 06:00 PM <i>"<b>Namma Wikipedia</b>"</i> - Sharing of audience experience of using Wikipedia facilitated by Arjuna Rao.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>06:00 PM Invited Talk</b>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lawrence Liang - Legal researcher, lawyer and Author (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Liang">more</a>)</li></ul></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">06:30 PM <i>"How I became a Wikipedian"</i> - sharing of experiences by Wikipedia contributors by Sundar</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>06:45 PM Live address by Jimmy Wales via skype</b></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">07:00 PM Short Break</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">07:10 PM Chapter update by Hari Prasad Nadig
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">What is chapter, need for it, Impact on public policy making towards open access, Call for support, Current status.</li></ul></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>07:20 PM Panel Discussion on Wikipedia</b> by Arun Ramarathnam
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wikipedia, India and the opportunities ahead</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Prof. S. Sadagopan - Founder Director IIIT-B (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://ssadagopan.com/about.htm">more</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. Madan Mohan Rao - Research Director AMIC, Consultant and Writer (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://www.isim.ac.in/pdf/Modan%27s_bio.pdf">more)</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Achal Prabhala - Member, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala">more</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sunil Abraham - Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/sunil">more</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">08:00 PM Thank you video by Jimmy Wales</li></font></ul>
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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em;"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Time: 09:00 to 13:00 IST<br>Audience: Wikipedia editors (others welcome too)<br>Purpose: Share Updates, experiences and Best practices<br><br></font></p></div>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">09:00-09:30: Welcome, Networking, Informal introductions by <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Sundar" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar">Sundar</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">09:30-10:30: State of Wikimedia India-> reports from all Indian Wikipedia communities. (in person or remotely)
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wikipedias - Tamil (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Sundar" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar">Sundar</a>), Bengali (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Bellayet" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet">Bellayet</a>), Kannada (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:HPN" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPN">HP Nadig</a>), Malayalam (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Shijualex" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shijualex">Shiju Alex</a>), Telugu (<a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc">Arjuna
Rao</a>), Marathi <a rel="nofollow" style="padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" href="http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mahitgar">Mahitgar</a>, Sanskrit (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Arunram" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram">Arunram</a>, and English (<a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Tinucherian" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinucherian">Tinu Cherian</a>).</li></ul></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">10:30-11:30: Discussion: Expectations from the Chapter. Facilitated by <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Arunram" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arunram">Arun Ramarathnam.</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">11:30-11:45: Tea Break</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">11:45-13:00: Discussion: Plans for the Year 2011. Facilitated by <a rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none;" title="User:Sundar" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sundar">Sundar</a>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Outreach, India Wikimedia event, Wikimania, Coordination between cities, Translation initiatives, Offline CD</li></ul></li></font></ul>
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<div>Updated the section by including focus on languages which is missed out by Arun <br></div>
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<h3><span id="yiv1346534783Afternoon_session:_Segment_2:_Connect_with_other_city_Special_Interest_Groups" class="yiv1346534783mw-headline">Afternoon session: Segment 2: Connect with other city Special Interest Groups</span></h3>
<div>Time: 14:00 to 16:30 IST<br>Audience: Wikipedians and SIG members (others welcome too)<br>Purpose: Discuss the Wikipedia status on the themes and explore possibilities of collaboration and strategies for 2011.</div>
<h4><span class="yiv1346534783editsection">[<a rel="nofollow" title="Edit section: Language Groups" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=5">edit</a>]</span> <span id="yiv1346534783Language_Groups" class="yiv1346534783mw-headline">Language Groups</span></h4>
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<li>Malayalam -Shiju</li>
<li>Tamil -Sundar</li>
<li>Telugu .. Arjuna</li>
<li>Others (tbd)</li></ul>
<h4><span class="yiv1346534783editsection">[<a rel="nofollow" title="Edit section: Photography" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=6">edit</a>]</span> <span id="yiv1346534783Photography" class="yiv1346534783mw-headline">Photography</span></h4>
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<li>Photography and Wikipedia.</li></ul></dd></dl>
<h4><span class="yiv1346534783editsection">[<a rel="nofollow" title="Edit section: Technology" target="_blank" href="http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangalore&action=edit&section=7">edit</a>]</span> <span id="yiv1346534783Technology" class="yiv1346534783mw-headline">Technology</span></h4>
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<li>Mediawiki & Extensions</li>
<li>Hacking around Wikipedia</li>
<li>Offline & Mobile Wikipedia</li>
<li>Using bots for automated tasks with an emphasis on Pywikipediabot</li></ul></dd></dl>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><br></blockquote>Thanks<br><br>Arjuna Rao Chavala<br><br><br>
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