Please join the discussions on the planning page for Bangalore.<div><a href="http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Bangalore_Feb2011/Planning">http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Bangalore_Feb2011/Planning</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Bangalore_Feb2011/Planning"></a>regards</div><div>Arun</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Arun Ramarathnam</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arunram25@gmail.com">arunram25@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:19 AM<br>Subject: Liam Wyatt's visit to India<br>To: <a href="mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <<a href="mailto:wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>
Cc: Liam Wyatt <<a href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">liamwyatt@gmail.com</a>>, Barry Newstead <<a href="mailto:bnewstead@wikimedia.org">bnewstead@wikimedia.org</a>><br><br><br><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Dear Wikimedians,</span></font><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">It's a pleasure to inform you all that <a href="http://www.wittylama.com/" target="_blank">Liam Wyatt</a> will be visiting India between 12th and 19th Feb to focus on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLAM_(industry_sector)" target="_blank">GLAM</a> related initiatives here.</span></font></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Liam's visit to India is intended to support wikimedia communities to explore the possibilities of collaborating with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) in strengthening articles on wikipedia of mutual interest.</span></font></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font><font color="#222222" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Liam </font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">recently became a Wikimedia Fellow - </span></font><a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-our-glam-fellow-liam-wyatt/" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204);border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-our-glam-fellow-liam-wyatt/</a> <font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Liam was the </span></font><a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/07/10/the-royal-cup-bridges-wikipedia-and-the-british-museum/" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204);border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">wikipedian in residence</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"> at the British Museum last year. Liam has been focussed on GLAM and was the convener of the </span><a href="http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/GLAM-WIKI" style="border-collapse:collapse" target="_blank">GLAM-WIKI</a><span style="border-collapse:collapse"> event held in Australia in </span></font><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">August 2009.</span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"> </span></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">It is great to have </span></font><font color="#222222" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Liam </font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">visiting us. He will be visiting Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. </span></font>We hope to make the most of Liam's visit to create more awareness for GLAM amongst wikipedians and connect with GLAM stakeholders wherever possible. </div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Liam will also be speaking at the <span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.nift.ac.in/ICLAM_2011/index.htm" target="_blank">ICLAM</a> conference on the 15th.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">For coordinating events during his visit, I have create a GLAM project page on the India wiki, to help us all get started:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011" target="_blank">http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011</a></div><div class="gmail_quote">There are city specific pages, each of which has a planning page.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">We look forward to all your support and active participation to organize events and meeting in various cities. Wikipedians are requested to join the discussions in the planning pages for each city. .</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">regards</div><div>Arun</div><div><br></div><div>Bangalore, India</div><a href="http://www.twitter.com/arunram" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/arunram</a><br>
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